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

Wherever the cross traffic has the best chance of seeing you

In the right-hand portion of your lane

In the left-hand portion of your lane

In the center of your lane

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

So you are ready for a fight

So you can take the registration of the perpetrator

So you are ready to take revenge

So you can avoid it

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

It makes you look scared and vulnerable

It's against the law

They'll just follow you as closely at higher speed

It encourages them to do it again

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

At an angle, front wheel to the curb

At an angle, rear wheel to the curb

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

Facing oncoming traffic

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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...?

A pedestrian may walk out from in front of the car

They may join your lane ahead of you

The driver may open his door

They may pull a U-turn ahead of you

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

Used too much of both brakes

Used too much front brake and not enough rear

Used too much rear brake and not enough front

Used not enough of both brakes

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

4 seconds

3 seconds

2 seconds

1 second

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

In a residential area

When approaching a car

When riding on the freeway

When there is a full moon

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

Covering the front brake and the horn button

Covering your horn and headlight buttons

Covering the rear brake and the headlight button

Covering both brakes and the clutch

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

In pairs

As a single group

Any of these

Individually

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

Riding with your engine over revving

Riding with your headlight on

Riding with loud music playing

Riding in an aggressive manner

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

Stick to the center of your lane

Sound your horn at any one coming up behind you

Slow right down as any other driver approaches

Weave about in your lane

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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 farther away and faster than they actually are

Motorcycles appear closer and faster than they actually are

Motorcycles appear closer and slower than they actually are

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

They seem to smile at you

They seem to wave you through

You make eye contact with them

None of them

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Your nighttime speed should be...?

The same as daytime

Slower than daytime

Faster than daytime

Any of these depending on conditions

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Which of these should you never do in an emergency?

Swerve then brake

Brake and swerve together

Brake then swerve

Brake

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

The center of your lane

The left hand of your lane

The right hand of your lane

As far away from them as possible

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

In the opposite lane

In the left-hand portion of your lane

In the center of your lane

In the right-hand portion of your lane

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

Any of these apply

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

Oncoming traffic would have to slow down to let you through

The lane markings are an unbroken line

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

75%

40%

25%

50%

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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?

Turn sharply away from it as you reach it

Gradually edge away from it as you cross

Increase your speed substantially

Decrease your speed substantially

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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

When you've scrubbed 50% off your speed

Once any danger is passed

Immediately

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

Riding too close to the center

Running wide

Going in too slow

Braking too hard

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In an emergency, how should you use your horn?

Give one long blast

Give several short beeps

Give one short beep

Give a mixed pattern of long and short beeps

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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 flash your brake light

To sound your horn

To wave your hands

To turn and look at them

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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 slower than they actually are

Make objects seem farther away than they actually are

Make objects seem larger than they actually are

Make objects seem closer than they actually are

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

Move up close

Drop well back

Sound a long blast on your horn

Keep your normal following distance

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

Your escape route being blocked

Being in their blind spot

Them cutting in on you

All of these

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

The best match for your helmet

The most expensive

The best match for your motorcycle

The easiest to be seen

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