Iowa Motorcycle Test 03

With dedication and practice, you’ll soon be cruising down the streets of Iowa with confidence as a licensed motorcycle rider. Keep learning, stay safe, and have fun! Ride on! Heading out on the open road with your motorcycle is an exhilarating experience many people dream of.

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Iowa Motorcycle Practice Test 03

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If you are riding alongside other cars or trucks, you are risking...?

Your escape route being blocked

Them cutting in on you

Being in their blind spot

All of these

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At night, you should have your high beam on all the time except...?

In a residential area

When there is a full moon

When riding on the freeway

When approaching a car

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Which of these things guarantees that a driver has seen you?

They seem to wave you through

None of them

They seem to smile at you

You make eye contact with them

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Your nighttime speed should be...?

Faster than daytime

The same as daytime

Any of these depending on conditions

Slower than daytime

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What's the best way to discourage other drivers from sharing a lane with you?

Sound your horn at any one coming up behind you

Stick to the center of your lane

Weave about in your lane

Slow right down as any other driver approaches

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Even if you are certain a driver must have seen you, you must still be cautious because...?

Motorcycles appear farther away and slower than they actually are

Motorcycles appear closer and faster than they actually are

Motorcycles appear farther away and faster than they actually are

Motorcycles appear closer and slower than they actually are

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At a blind intersection, you must position yourself...?

In the center of your lane

Wherever the cross traffic has the best chance of seeing you

In the left-hand portion of your lane

In the right-hand portion of your lane

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As you ride you should always be 'looking for trouble.' Why?

So you can take the registration of the perpetrator

So you can avoid it

So you are ready for a fight

So you are ready to take revenge

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When passing parked cars on a two-lane highway with no oncoming traffic, where should you position yourself?

In the right-hand portion of your lane

In the center of your lane

In the opposite lane

In the left-hand portion of your lane

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Most motorcycle riders involved in a crash have...?

Used too much front brake and not enough rear

Used too much of both brakes

Used too much rear brake and not enough front

Used not enough of both brakes

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Groups of hazards should always be dealt with...?

As a single group

In pairs

Individually

Any of these

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The convex mirrors fitted to most modern motorcycles give you a wider view of the road and also...?

Make objects seem closer than they actually are

Make objects seem farther away than they actually are

Make objects seem larger than they actually are

Make objects seem slower than they actually are

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In an emergency, how should you use your horn?

Give one long blast

Give a mixed pattern of long and short beeps

Give one short beep

Give several short beeps

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Your minimum following distance at night should be at least...?

2 seconds

3 seconds

1 second

4 seconds

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When choosing a motorcycle jacket you should choose the one that is...?

The best match for your motorcycle

The most expensive

The best match for your helmet

The easiest to be seen

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Why shouldn't you try to accelerate away from somebody tailgating you?

It encourages them to do it again

It's against the law

It makes you look scared and vulnerable

They'll just follow you as closely at higher speed

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In potential high-risk areas, you should prepare to react by...?

Covering your horn and headlight buttons

Covering the front brake and the horn button

Covering the rear brake and the headlight button

Covering both brakes and the clutch

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Which of these should you never do in an emergency?

Swerve then brake

Brake

Brake and swerve together

Brake then swerve

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What percentage of motorcycle/car crashes are caused by drivers entering a rider's right-of-way?

75%

50%

40%

25%

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If you are stopping in a straight line on a good surface and you accidentally lock the rear brake, when should you release it?

When you're at a complete stop

Once any danger is passed

When you've scrubbed 50% off your speed

Immediately

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Unless a city ordinance forbids it, how should you park your motorcycle?

At 90° to the curb, front wheel up on the sidewalk

Facing oncoming traffic

At an angle, rear wheel to the curb

At an angle, front wheel to the curb

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When preparing a pass you should move into the left portion of the lane and...?

Drop well back

Move up close

Sound a long blast on your horn

Keep your normal following distance

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The biggest cause of single vehicle crashes for motorcycles when running into a curve is...?

Running wide

Going in too slow

Braking too hard

Riding too close to the center

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Which of these makes you twice as likely to be noticed during daylight hours?

Riding with your headlight on

Riding with loud music playing

Riding with your engine over revving

Riding in an aggressive manner

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The best place to be to deal with wind blast from large oncoming vehicles is...?

The right hand of your lane

The left hand of your lane

The center of your lane

As far away from them as possible

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You see a car ahead of you with a person sitting in the driver's seat. The biggest threat they pose to you is...?

They may join your lane ahead of you

The driver may open his door

A pedestrian may walk out from in front of the car

They may pull a U-turn ahead of you

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If you're going to slow down unexpectedly, the best way to let the drivers behind know what you're doing is...?

To sound your horn

To wave your hands

To turn and look at them

To flash your brake light

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You should search assertively around you at all times as you ride so that you will have...?

Legal evidence if there is a crash

More opportunities to ride fast

More time and space to maneuver

More passing opportunities

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You shouldn't make a pass if...?

The lane markings are an unbroken line

Oncoming traffic would have to slow down to let you through

You will have to exceed the posted speed limit to make it

Any of these apply

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You are riding across an intersection and there is an oncoming car waiting to turn left across you. What should you do?

Gradually edge away from it as you cross

Decrease your speed substantially

Turn sharply away from it as you reach it

Increase your speed substantially

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