Delaware Motorcycle Test 02

Feeling inspired to start your motorcycle adventure? Take the first step today with our free Delaware motorcycle permit practice test and get one step closer to earning your ticket to ride.

/30

Delaware Motorcycle Practice Test 02

1 / 30

When inspecting your drive system, you should check what?

That the chain is correctly tightened

That there are no worn sprockets

That the chain is properly oiled

All of these

2 / 30

Your brake light should operate?

From the rear brake

From the front brake

From both brakes used together

From either the front or rear brake

3 / 30

Why shouldn't you drag your feet when riding?

For all of these reasons

It stops you getting to the controls quickly

You could injure your foot

You can catch something and upset your balance

4 / 30

If your motorcycle is equipped with a tachometer, what will it show you?

The engine revolutions

Your speed

Fuel remaining

Total distance travelled

5 / 30

What's the maximum interval you should leave between checking your hydraulic fluid and coolant levels?

One day

Two months

One month

One week

6 / 30

If your motorcycle is equipped with a kick start, where will you find it?

In front of the rear brake pedal

Behind the rear brake pedal

Behind the gearshift pedal

In front of the gearshift pedal

7 / 30

What is the most vital element to being seen by other drivers?

They are all vital

Using your headlight

Good road positioning

Wearing bright clothing

8 / 30

If a car driver enters an intersection with the traffic light on yellow, turning to red, and you pull away with a green light and s/he hits you, whose fault is that?

Your fault

The car driver's fault

Neither of your faults

Both of your faults

9 / 30

When you release the throttle, it should return to its closed position?

Immediately

In stages

Gradually

Only when you twist it back

10 / 30

When should you change items on your motorcycle such as oil, filters etc.?

At each service interval

At the intervals recommended in the manual

As and when they fail

Whenever motorcycle performance drops

11 / 30

ABS systems can help you to avoid what?

Stalling

Over revving

Wheel lock-up

Sideways drift

12 / 30

When riding your motorcycle, your arms should be?

Supporting as little of your weight as possible

Supporting half your weight

Supporting as much of your weight as possible

Supporting all your weight

13 / 30

You should adjust your mirrors so that they show?

All of the lane next to you and as much as possible of the lane behind

All of the lane behind and the rear of your motorcycle

All of the lane behind and as much as possible of the lane next to you

The lane next to you and as much as possible of the next lane over

14 / 30

Before shifting up or down, what's the first step you should take?

Pull in the clutch and front brake simultaneously

Roll off the throttle while pulling in the clutch

Roll on the throttle while pulling in the clutch

Roll off the throttle, then pull in the clutch

15 / 30

You can best employ the correct muscles for precision steering if?

Your hands are below your elbows

Your elbows are tucked into your sides

You stick your elbows out as far as possible

Your elbows are below your hands

16 / 30

Engine braking can help you control your motorcycle. It happens when?

You release the throttle

You add more choke

You are changing down gears

You are changing up gears

17 / 30

Where will you find neutral on most motorcycle gearboxes?

Between 1st and 2nd gear

Between 3rd and 4th gear

After 5th gear

Before 1st gear

18 / 30

In order to avoid accidentally employing too much throttle, when you start from a standstill your right wrist should be?

Well above the throttle

Just resting on the throttle

Level with the throttle

Well below the throttle

19 / 30

To avoid skidding, as you move through a straight-line braking maneuver how should you apply your brakes (after having applied them both to begin with)?

Start to release both of them

More front, less rear

More rear, less front

Keep them both at full pressure

20 / 30

Why is it even more important to maintain and check your motorcycle than it would be with a car?

Because cars have bigger engines

Because motorcycles aren't built as well as cars

Because motorcycles have more moving parts

Because minor technical failures can cause crashes

21 / 30

To help yourself get round a turn, where should you be looking?

At the road surface

At your handlebars

Through the turn

At the apex

22 / 30

As you are riding, how far ahead should you be searching your path of travel?

2 seconds

4 seconds

8 seconds

12 seconds

23 / 30

On a normal motorcycle, you operate the rear brake with?

Your right foot

Your left foot

Your right hand

Your left hand

24 / 30

A basic inspection should take place before?

You put the motorcycle away

Taking the motorcycle to be serviced

Every long ride

Every ride

25 / 30

You should base your gear changes on what?

The time since the last gearchange

The manufacturer's manual

Your speed

The engine revolutions

26 / 30

The best way to make sure that you use both brakes automatically in an emergency is what?

Practice using both brakes when stationary

Practice using both brakes in slow speed stops

Always use both brakes in every stop

Practice using both brakes in high speed stops

27 / 30

What's the main reason for riders crashing in curves?

Entering too fast

Entering too slow

Braking too hard

Braking too soft

28 / 30

How will keeping your knees against the gas tank as you ride help you?

It keeps your knees warm

It keeps your knees out of danger in a crash

It's the most aerodynamic position

It helps keep balance in turns

29 / 30

If you have to brake in the middle of a curve, the lack of traction available means that you should?

Brake more heavily than usual

Only apply the front brake

Brake the same as usual

Brake more lightly than usual

30 / 30

When holding the rear brake down on level ground, you should not be able to push the motorcycle?

Backwards or forwards

Forwards

More than a foot in any direction

Backwards

Your score is