Illinois Motorcycle Test 03

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Illinois Motorcycle Practice Test 03

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You should ride at night with your high beam on except when...?

Riding in a business district

Riding on the freeway

Riding in a residential area

Approaching another vehicle

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What is the best way to make sure that other drivers will notice you during the day?

Wear clothing which bulks up your silhouette

Ride with your headlight on

Keep your engine revving loudly

Sit up as tall as possible

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For normal stopping, the best practice is to...?

Use the front brake then the rear

Use both brakes at the same time

Use only the front brake

Use only the rear brake

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You should only consider letting your feet skim along the surface if...?

You're going less than 10 mph

You're going at walking pace

You're going at any speed if you feel you might fall

You feel you need to keep yourself up in a turn

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You are exiting a blind intersection and can only see for a few yards in the direction of cross traffic. What should you do?

Use your ears instead of your eyes to see if anything is coming

Pull out slightly into the cross traffic lane for better vision

Ride and out slowly into the cross traffic lane, preparing to stop

Stop and lean forward for better vision

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When you are riding on slippery surfaces, you should try to be...?

Aggressive

Timid

Smooth

Fast

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If you have a flat in either or both tires, how should you come to a stop?

Keep riding until you reach a gas station or truck stop

Turn sharply to the side of the road

Slowly edge to the side of the road

Come to a stop immediately, whatever your road position

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You're about to turn off a high-speed highway, what's the best way to let other road users know you're going to slow down?

Point where you're going

Sound your horn

Put your hand up

Flash your brake light

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When you park your motorcycle at the roadside, how should you position it?

90° to the curb, rear wheel touching the curb

45° to the curb, rearwheel touching the curb

45° to the curb, front wheel touching the curb

90° to the curb, front wheel touching the curb

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You want to move into the middle lane of a 3 lane highway. Why should you scan the far lane as well as the one next to you?

To see if you can cross both lanes at once

To see if cars in the middle lane will be able to move out around you as you switch

A driver in that lane may be intending to join the middle lane as well

To check you have an escape route if cars in the middle lane speed up

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You are riding over a bridge grating and you feel your motorcycle start to weave. How should you react?

Zigzag to stay in the grooves

Maintain your course and speed

Fight the weave with your handlebars

Accelerate hard

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What's the biggest danger you should be aware of when approaching a parked car to your right?

The driver may pull out into your direction of travel

The driver may step out of the car in front of you

A pedestrian may step from beyond the car

The driver may pull a U-turn across you

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You're out riding and it starts to rain. You should be aware that the roads will be particularly slippery...?

As the pavement starts to dry

When the rain comes down to a drizzle

When it's been raining for half an hour

Just after the rain starts

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As you approach a large intersection, you should...?

Cover the clutch and the horn

Cover the horn and your headlight flasher

Cover both brakes and the clutch

Cover both brakes and your turn signals

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If you are braking in a straight line on a good traction surface and your rear wheel locks, what should you do?

Leave it locked until you've stopped

Gradually release the rear brake

Pump the rear brake

Immediately release the rear brake

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What is usually the safest way to ride across railroad tracks which cross your line of travel?

Accelerate hard to bump over the tracks

Keep going straight

Turn so that you can go through them at 50°

Turn so that they are at 90°

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Which of these should you not do when approaching an obstacle which you cannot go around?

Stand up on the foot pegs

Keep looking where you want to go<br />

Set the collision angle at 90°

Accelerate hard

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The percentage of motorcycle/automobile crashes caused by car drivers entering the motorcycle's right-of-way is...?

40%

30%

20%

50%

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Most riders in crashes make the mistake of doing what?

Trying to speed around an obstacle

Trying to swerve then brake

Trying to brake then swerve

Trying to swerve and brake simultaneously

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The majority of motorcycle crashes occur...?

At dusk

In broad daylight

At dawn

At night

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What percentage of stopping power does your front brake provide you with?

60%

90%

70%

50%

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You have a blind spot just like car drivers. What is the best way to counteract it?

Use your ears instead of your eyes

Stick your hand out to stop any cars in your blind spot

Adjust your mirror with your hand

Turn and look into it

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When making an emergency swerve, your body should...?

Stay upright

Lean further than the motorcycle

Lean with the motorcycle

Lean opposite the motorcycle

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You can proceed safely across a car waiting to pull out from an intersection if...?

The driver has sounded their horn

You have made eye contact with the driver

None of these

The driver is completely stationary

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What advantage does staying in the center of your lane all the way round the curve give you?

It allows you to adjust for traffic crowding the center line

It gives you an escape route if there are any obstacles in your lane

It gives you the best view of approaching traffic

All of these

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You should reduce your speed at night...?

If you are in heavy traffic

If the streetlighting is poor

If you are on unfamiliar roads

In all circumstances

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Where will you find potentially dangerous buildups of dirt and gravel?

On the apex of bridges

Down the center line

On the outside of curves

In country hollows

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If you feel your steering go heavy, what is most likely cause?

Chain breakage

Engine seizure

Rear tire flat

Front tire flat

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A good way to go around a curve if there is no traffic present is to...?

Go all the way round the outside

Move outside to inside to outside

Move inside to outside to inside

Go all the way round the inside

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Which of these groups of colors for motorcycle jackets will give you the best chance of being seen?

Red, yellow or green

Brown, olive or beige

Jungle or desert camouflage

Blue, black or navy

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