Connecticut Motorcycle Test 03

Once you have obtained your permit, be sure to continue practicing and honing your skills before taking the final step of obtaining a full motorcycle license. Safe riding practices and continued education are key to being a responsible and confident motorcyclist.

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Connecticut Motorcycle Practice Test 03

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When approaching an intersection with a driver preparing to cross your path, you should cover?

Both brakes and the clutch

Both brakes and turn signals

Rear brake, horn and headlight flasher

Front brake, clutch and horn

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What's the best position to adopt in relation to a vehicle in front when you want to pass them?

Left of lane, well back

Center of lane, well back

Center of lane, close up

Left of lane, close up

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What's the car which will give you most trouble?

The one ahead of you

The one behind you

The one to your side

The one you don't see

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You should use your horn in all these circumstances EXCEPT?

To let another driver know of your presence

To express your anger at another driver

To warn another driver of a mechanical defect with their vehicle

To warn another driver not to pull out

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A large truck is approaching you in the opposite lane; what's the best road position to adopt?

In the gutter

Left of the lane

Center of the lane

Right of the lane

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In the SEE strategy, what do the letters stand for?

Safety, expertise, enthusiasm

Slow, engine, exit

Search, evaluate, execute

Speed, execution, expertise

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There is debris ahead of you, further on a pedestrian is stepping into the road and beyond that a car is pulling from an intersection. What's your best approach?

Plan a strategy to deal with the first hazard separately, then the other two as one hazard

Plan a strategy to deal with each hazard individually

Plot a line which allows you to weave through them without slowing

Speed up to be past them all before they become hazards

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You're in the left-hand lane of the freeway and someone starts tailgating you. What should you do?

Wave them to pass you on the right hand side

Switch to the next lane over and let them pass

Speed up to escape them

Gesture at them to back off

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For the greatest safety you should position yourself so that the driver in front can see you in?

Their rearview mirror

Their left side view mirror

Any of these

Their right side view mirror

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If a car can potentially enter your path, you should assume that it will unless?

You have sounded your horn as a warning

You have made eye contact

Always assume it will

It's your right of way

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When is the only time you shouldn't lean at the same angle as your motorcycle?

In fast sweeping turns

In slow tight turns

In a curve greater than 180° degrees

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What must you do to make a motorcycle go left around a curve?

Press the right hand grip and lean left

Press the left hand grip and lean right

Press the right hand grip and lean right

Press the left hand grip and lean left

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In or around intersections, shopping areas and school and construction zones, you should focus even more than usual on?

Weaving through traffic

Getting through as fast as possible

Being ready to sound your horn

Possible escape routes

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Why shouldn't you ride between rows of stopped traffic?

A driver could attempt a U-turn across you

A door could open in front of you

All of these reasons

You could be hit by rubbish thrown from cars

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What's a good way to minimize the harm posed by any hazard?

Using your lights and horn

Any and all of these

Adjusting your direction

Adjusting your speed

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What is the biggest danger you face when passing parked cars on your right?

Drivers pulling into your lane

Drivers opening doors

Drivers throwing rubbish from windows

Drivers making sudden U-turns

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Why must you always turn your head to look behind when changing lanes?

To listen for engine noise behind

To check there is no vehicle in your blind spot

To show drivers you are about to maneuver

To make eye contact with drivers behind

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When choosing your clothing, you should reflect on the fact that?

Most crashes occur in broad daylight

Most crashes occur in fog

Most crashes occur at dawn or dusk

Most crashes occur at night time

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To decide on your best lane position, divide your lane into how many sections?

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Under which of the circumstances should you increase your following distance?

When carrying a passenger

In the rain

When you can't see past the vehicle ahead

All of these

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You should cancel your turn signal when?

You are through the apex of your turn

You have completed your turn and progressed 50 yards

You have commenced your turn

You have completed your turn

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What is the best place in your lane to maintain a space cushion and be seen?

Right-hand

Left-hand

There is no set rule

Center

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A vehicle ahead of you passes a direction sign. You should not reach the same sign less than 2 seconds before?

Its front bumper has cleared the sign

Its rear bumper has cleared the sign

It is 10 yards past the sign

The front half of the vehicle has cleared the sign

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Where is the greatest potential for conflict between yourself as a motorcyclist and other traffic?

Intersections

Off ramps

Freeways

Overpasses

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When a car is merging onto the highway ahead of you, you should?

Force them to yield

Yield to them

Sound your horn long and loudly

Speed up and pass them on the right-hand side

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You should always remember that as a smaller vehicle, drivers usually perceive you as?

Closer and faster than you actually are

Farther away and slower than you actually are

Farther away and faster than you actually are

Closer and slower than you actually are

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You should position your motorcycle at an angle to the curb when parking, unless?

A city ordinance forbids it

You are nervous about it being knocked

You want to reduce its visibility to thieves

There is plenty of space for parallel parking

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You want to move from the right lane of a three lane freeway to the middle lane. Why should your check include the far left lane as well?

To make sure there is no driver coming from there into your intended lane

To see if there is somewhere you can force cars in the middle lane to move to

To see if you can cross both lines at once

To check there is no vehicle there whose air draft might buffet you

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The average grease strip in the center of the lane is usually safe to ride on, unless?

It is cold

It is very warm

It is raining

It is humid

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At a blind intersection, you should start your crossing maneuver from?

As far back as possible

The closest safe point to the cross traffic lane

The stop line

With your front wheel in the cross traffic lane

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