Colorado Motorcycle Permit Practice Test 03

In this completely free practice test for the Colorado Motorcycle License, you’ll find 30 multiple choice questions designed to assess your knowledge of motorcycle driving, road rules, and traffic signs, all of which are explained in the Colorado Motorcycle Operator’s Handbook. If you are unable to obtain a passing score on this test, review the operator’s handbook until you feel confident that you know the material.

Colorado Motorcycle Permit Test - Quiz 03

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?

a. Gradually edge across the tracks from distance

b. Turn away from them and turn back in at 90°

c. Make a sharp quick turn left

d. Dismount and push your motorcycle across

Question 1 of 30

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

a. Leave your motorcycle at home

b. Ride in lower gears than usual

c. Ride with your feet down

d. Ride slower than usual

Question 2 of 30

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

a. Slow down

b. Speed up

c. Change into higher gear

d. Shift your weight backwards

Question 3 of 30

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

a. The center line

b. In underpasses

c. The sides of curves

d. At the bottom of hills

Question 4 of 30

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

a. Ride as far to the left as possible

b. Ride as far to the right as possible

c. Shift around your lane to maintain it

d. Ride in the center of the lane

Question 5 of 30

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

a. If there is more than a 4 foot gap

b. If you can see your turn ahead

c. When there is an accident ahead

d. You should never do it

Question 6 of 30

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

a. In another lane

b. In the right-hand side of your lane

c. In the left-hand side of your lane

d. Ahead of them as quickly as possible

Question 7 of 30

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?

a. Maintain your current position

b. Ride up close to show them you want to pass

c. Pass them then quickly slow back down

d. Repeatedly flash your headlights to ask them to move

Question 8 of 30

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

a. Maintain current speed

b. Speed up

c. Turn in to the line of the grooves

d. Slow down

Question 9 of 30

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

a. Shift all your weight back

b. Stand up on the foot pegs

c. Shift all your weight forward

d. Crouch over the gas tank

Question 10 of 30

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

a. Because they may be about to pull a U-turn

b. Because they may be about to open a door

c. Because it is the law that you do so

d. To stop vehicles behind overtaking both of you

Question 11 of 30

What should your minimum following distance be at night time?

a. 5 seconds

b. 2 seconds

c. 4 seconds

d. 3 seconds

Question 12 of 30

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

a. The turn signals

b. The high beam controller

c. The clutch

d. The engine cut-off switch

Question 13 of 30

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

a. Their rearview mirror

b. Their left-hand side mirror

c. There is no particular favorite

d. Their right-hand side mirror

Question 14 of 30

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

a. All of them

b. In heavy traffic

c. When you have obscured visibility

d. In rainy conditions

Question 15 of 30

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

a. Lane markings

b. They all do

c. Steel plates

d. Manhole covers

Question 16 of 30

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

a. Sound a long blast on your horn

b. Close right up to their rear fender

c. Switch to a lower gear

d. Start from a safe following distance

Question 17 of 30

Which position is usually your best in the rain?

a. The left tire track left by cars

b. Close to the gutter

c. The center of the lane

d. The right tire track left by cars

Question 18 of 30

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

a. You losing the tailgater

b. You being tailgated at higher speed

c. You opening up a bigger cushion around you

d. The tailgater backing off

Question 19 of 30

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

a. Push

b. Parameter

c. Power

d. Predict

Question 20 of 30

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

a. At intersections

b. On overpasses

c. On right-hand turns

d. On freeways

Question 21 of 30

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

a.15° or more

b.35° or more

c.45° or more

d.25° or more

Question 22 of 30

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

a. Just after it starts to rain

b. As the pavement starts to dry

c. When rain starts to ease off

d. When it has been raining for more than an hour

Question 23 of 30

When should you dip your headlight at night?

a. At all times

b. When there is adequate street lighting

c. When there is no other traffic

d. When following or approaching another vehicle

Question 24 of 30

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

a. All of them

b. Pull in the clutch and coast

c. Don't touch the brakes

d. Let your feet skim the surface

Question 25 of 30

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

a. Because they can obscure your vision

b. Because they can block escape routes

c. Because other hazards can emerge from behind them

d. For all of these reasons

Question 26 of 30

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

a. They're both the same

b. It depends what's making the roads slippery

c. The front

d. The rear

Question 27 of 30

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

a. As far away from the passing vehicle as possible

b. In the center of your lane

c. As close to the passing vehicle as possible

d. Weaving from side to side in your lane

Question 28 of 30

Which areas should you be continually scanning when riding?

a.360° around you

b.The zone directly ahead

c.Everything in front and to your sides

d.A 90° cone in front of you

Question 29 of 30

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

a. To the right of the lane

b. In the center of the lane

c. Wherever you judge you will be most visible

d. To the left of the lane

Question 30 of 30

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Colorado Motorcycle Permit Practice Test 03

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