Colorado Motorcycle Test 03

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Colorado Motorcycle Practice Test 03

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When a driver is merging onto the highway from your right, the best place for you to be is where?

In the right-hand side of your lane

In the left-hand side of your lane

Ahead of them as quickly as possible

In another lane

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If you are forced to ride across a very slippery surface like ice or wet leaves, which of these should you do?

Let your feet skim the surface

Don't touch the brakes

Pull in the clutch and coast

All of them

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You're riding alongside trolley tracks running parallel to your lane, and you have to cross them to make a left turn. What should you do?

Gradually edge across the tracks from distance

Turn away from them and turn back in at 90°

Make a sharp quick turn left

Dismount and push your motorcycle across

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You can't avoid riding across a piece of timber lying in the road. What should you do?

Crouch over the gas tank

Shift all your weight back

Shift all your weight forward

Stand up on the foot pegs

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It's been snowing overnight and there is 6 inches of snow on the roads. What's your best course of action?

Leave your motorcycle at home

Ride in lower gears than usual

Ride slower than usual

Ride with your feet down

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When should you dip your headlight at night?

When there is no other traffic

When following or approaching another vehicle

At all times

When there is adequate street lighting

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On slippery surfaces, which brake gives you the most stopping power?

The rear

They're both the same

It depends what's making the roads slippery

The front

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When riding at night, what's your best lane position?

In the center of the lane

To the left of the lane

To the right of the lane

Wherever you judge you will be most visible

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In a high-risk situation, you should cover both brakes and what?

The engine cut-off switch

The high beam controller

The turn signals

The clutch

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Where do the majority of motorcycle/automobile collisions take place?

On right-hand turns

On overpasses

At intersections

On freeways

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You see a parked car on your right signaling to pull out. Why should you immediately slow down?

To stop vehicles behind overtaking both of you

Because it is the law that you do so

Because they may be about to pull a U-turn

Because they may be about to open a door

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In which of these rain situations will the road surface be particularly slippery?

When rain starts to ease off

As the pavement starts to dry

Just after it starts to rain

When it has been raining for more than an hour

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Which of these becomes an increased hazard when it's raining?

They all do

Lane markings

Manhole covers

Steel plates

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If your motorcycle starts to weave on rain grooves, which of these should you do?

Turn in to the line of the grooves

Slow down

Speed up

Maintain current speed

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What's the best way to keep a good cushion of space on your left-hand side?

Ride as far to the right as possible

Ride as far to the left as possible

Shift around your lane to maintain it

Ride in the center of the lane

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You see a patch of wet road ahead. What's your first action?

Slow down

Speed up

Shift your weight backwards

Change into higher gear

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The vehicle behind is making a passing maneuver on you. What's your best lane position?

Weaving from side to side in your lane

As far away from the passing vehicle as possible

As close to the passing vehicle as possible

In the center of your lane

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Which position is usually your best in the rain?

The center of the lane

Close to the gutter

The left tire track left by cars

The right tire track left by cars

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A car behind is tailgating you. You decide to speed up; this will result in?

You being tailgated at higher speed

The tailgater backing off

You opening up a bigger cushion around you

You losing the tailgater

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In the 5 step SIPDE process, what does the P stand for?

Predict

Push

Parameter

Power

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What should your minimum following distance be at night time?

2 seconds

3 seconds

4 seconds

5 seconds

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You can easily and safely cross railroad tracks at angles of?

25° or more

45° or more

35° or more

15° or more

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When is it acceptable to ride between rows of stopped cars?

When there is an accident ahead

If you can see your turn ahead

You should never do it

If there is more than a 4 foot gap

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The car ahead is travelling at the posted speed limit, but you can see clear space beyond them in which you would feel more comfortable to ride. What should you do?

Maintain your current position

Pass them then quickly slow back down

Ride up close to show them you want to pass

Repeatedly flash your headlights to ask them to move

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Which areas should you be continually scanning when riding?

Everything in front and to your sides

A 90° cone in front of you

The zone directly ahead

360° around you

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Before making a pass on a car, what should you do?

Close right up to their rear fender

Sound a long blast on your horn

Start from a safe following distance

Switch to a lower gear

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Why should you take note of stationary objects which aren't in your path, such as trees, telegraph poles etc?

Because they can block escape routes

Because they can obscure your vision

For all of these reasons

Because other hazards can emerge from behind them

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In which of these circumstances should you increase your following distance?

When you have obscured visibility

In rainy conditions

All of them

In heavy traffic

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Other drivers tend to use which of their mirrors most often?

Their rearview mirror

Their left-hand side mirror

There is no particular favorite

Their right-hand side mirror

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Where is the worst place for encountering debris such as dirt and gravel?

In underpasses

At the bottom of hills

The center line

The sides of curves

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