California Motorcycle Test 04

Passing your motorcycle permit exam is an important step toward becoming a licensed rider. By using our free California DMV motorcycle permit practice test, you can gain valuable knowledge and experience that will help you successfully pass the real exam. Remember to also study your state’s motorcycle handbook and practice safe riding techniques before hitting the road.

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California Motorcycle Practice Test 04

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It's acceptable to ride across wildlife areas in California if?

It will save you more than an hour of travel time

It's never acceptable

Conditions are dry

You only ride slowly

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If a railroad track runs parallel to your course and you wish to move across it, what is your best option?

Move out and turn back in at exactly 90°

Cut across at 35°

Slowly drift across over 100 yards or more

Move out and turn back in at at least 45°

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If your steering suddenly starts to feel 'heavy', what has most likely happened?

You have a front tire flat

Your throttle has stuck

You have a rear tire flat

Your engine has seized

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Why should you increase your throttle slightly just before you hit an obstacle?

To make your front wheel rise over the obstacle

To lighten the front end

To help you smash through the obstacle

To help you speed away from the obstacle

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In cold weather, where should you be particularly cautious about ice, even if there is none where you are currently riding?

On overpasses

In built-up areas

On wider roads

On underpasses

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What is the maximum sentence in California for attempting to evade a police officer who pulls you over?

6 months in county jail

$250 fine

$500 fine

One year in county jail

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When carrying a passenger, you should make adjustments to?

Your headlight angle

Your tire pressure

Your mirror angles

All of these

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How soon after being involved in a collision which causes any injury at all must you report the accident to the California DMV?

Within 3 months

Within a month

Within 10 days

Within 2 weeks

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You are forced to ride over an obstacle in the road. What is your best choice?

Slow down as much as possible

Try to pull up the front wheel

Maintain your current speed

Speed up

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What is the maximum sentence in California for causing serious bodily injury whilst attempting to escape from police?

3 years in state prison

5 years in state prison

7 years in state prison

$2800 fine

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If your motorcycle develops a 'wobble,' which of these should you NOT do?

Close down the throttle

Try to accelerate out of it

Move your weight forward

Grip the handlebars firmly

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Under California law, a person with a blood-alcohol concentration of 0.08% or more is riding illegally, unless they are under 21 years of age in which case the illegal BAC is what?

0.01%

0.05%

0.03%

0.07%

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If you are going to hit an obstacle, what is the best way of making sure you are not thrown off your motorcycle?

Lean your weight forwards

Lean your weight backwards

Push the handlebars downwards

Stand up on the foot pegs

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If an animal strays into the road in front of you, which of these should you NOT do?

Change lanes to avoid it

Prepare to swerve

Sound your horn

Slow down

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What is the most common cause of engine seizure?

Not keeping the oil topped up

Not oiling your chain

Not keeping your antifreeze topped up

Not keeping hydraulic fluid topped up

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What's the best way to minimize the risks of drinking and riding?

Get some exercise before riding

Don't ride when you've drunk any alcohol

Make sure you eat while you're drinking

Limit yourself to a single drink per hour

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You're crossing a bridge grating and your motorcycle starts to weave. What should you do?

Maintain your speed and straight line

Slow right down

Turn into the line of the grooves

Speed up

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When you are carrying a heavy load, what should you check?

Tire pressures

All of these

Damper settings

Spring preload settings

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What's the first thing you should do if your throttle sticks open?

Brake hard

Hit the engine cut-off switch

Pull in the clutch

Twist the throttle to try and loosen it

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Under California law, if you are towing a trailer you must not exceed?

65 mph

35 mph

45 mph

55 mph

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When an object hits your eye protection, what should you do?

Pull over at the next gas station

Pull over and inspect the damage as soon as safe to do so

Wipe your eye protection and keep going

Stop immediately

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The pace of a riding group should be taken from?

The most experienced rider

The rider with the slowest motorcycle

The rider at the back

The lead rider

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The most slippery part of the lane in the rain will usually be?

The center

They will all be as slippery as each other

The left-hand side

The right-hand side

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If you are forced to cross a patch of ice, what speed should you adopt?

The very slowest possible

Above your normal speed

Your normal speed

Half your normal speed

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Oil on the pavement can be particularly dangerous when?

As the road starts to dry out after rain

During continuous light drizzle

In the middle of a heavy storm

Just after it starts to rain

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What is the safest place to carry a load on a motorcycle?

As far forward as possible

As far back as possible

As high up as possible

As central as possible

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Who should have detailed knowledge of the planned route when riding in a group?

The last rider

Every single rider

The leader and the last rider

The leader

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A friend wants a ride home but your motorcycle does not have passenger footpegs. What should you do?

Share your footpegs with them

Let them wrap their legs around you

Refuse to carry them

Let them rest their feet on the exhaust

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You are riding with a group of 9 friends. What's the best way to organize yourselves?

Ride together in single file

Ride together in staggered formation

Split yourselves into 2 groups of 5

Split into 5 pairs

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Where are dirt, gravel and salt most likely to gather on the road?

Down the center line

In the middle of straights

Around the edges of curves

In the middle of curves

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