Minnesota Motorcycle Test 02

A motorcycle license grants you legal access to Minnesota’s roadways and prepares you to enjoy a thrilling yet responsible riding experience. This blog includes everything you need to know about the Minnesota motorcycle practice test, the legal requirements, and how to confidently nail your permit test.

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Minnesota Motorcycle Practice Test 02

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Your priority in choosing a lane position should be to...?

Maintain a space cushion to your rear

Maintain a space cushion to your left

Maintain a space cushion to your right

Maintain a space cushion all round you

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In wet weather, your following distance should be at least...?

2.5 seconds

2 seconds

1.5 seconds

3 seconds

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As you ride through a turn, you should be looking at...?

Your exit

The curb

The center line

The apex

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You should be particularly aware of the danger of big buildups of oil and grease on the pavement around...?

Tollbooths

Roundabouts

Construction zones

Business districts

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On a normal motorcycle, where will you find neutral?

After 5th gear

Between 3rd and 4th gear

Between 1st and 2nd gear

Before 1st gear

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When you're riding in normal conditions, how far ahead should you search your path of travel for possible hazards?

8 seconds

4 seconds

12 seconds

16 seconds

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You should position yourself on your seat so that your arms are supporting how much of your weight?

50%

75%

20%

As little as possible

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The best procedure for keeping your motorcycle in top condition is to follow the recommendations of...?

The owner's manual

Internet discussion groups

Friends who are riders

Your local mechanic

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You should check your engine oil level...?

Monthly

Before every ride

Weekly

Fortnightly

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With either the front or rear brake applied separately, you should not be able to push your motorcycle forward or back...?

More than 6 inches

At all

More than 18 inches

More than a foot

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It's important as you approach a curve that you...?

Accelerate

Maintain speed

Up shift

Reduce speed

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In a normal speed turn, your body should lean...?

At a more upright angle than your motorcycle

At a steeper angle than your motorcycle

At an opposite angle to your motorcycle

At the same angle as your motorcycle

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When might you particularly need to use your brakes before downshifting to avoid a wheel skid?

When shifting into 1st gear

When slowing rapidly

In all of these scenarios

When riding downhill

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You are stuck in a tailback on the freeway and it doesn't look like you're going anywhere for a while. What gear should you be in?

Neutral

2nd

5th

1st

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As you go through a braking maneuver, you should apply pressure in what way on your brakes?

Lessening both

Lessening front, increasing rear

Increasing front, lessening rear

Increasing both

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Your brake light should come on when...?

You apply both brakes together

You do any of these

You apply the front brake on its own

You apply the rear brake on its own

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Which of these is an important factor in crash avoidance?

Using your brake light

Making proper signals

All of them

Choosing the right lane position

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You should always use both brakes for any stopping maneuver, because...?

It's the only way to operate your brake light

Brakes only work properly as a pair

That will ingrain good habits

It minimizes the risk of skidding

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Engine braking can be useful. It is controlled by...?

The gearshift pedal

The throttle

The clutch

The rear brake

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You should choose a lane position which...?

All of these

Sets you up for turns

Avoids surface hazards

Communicates your intentions

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Your minimum requirement for turn signals is that...?

All four are working

Both left-hand side ones are working

Both front ones are working

Both back ones are working

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To allow yourself to use the proper muscles for precision steering, you should adjust the handlebars so that your hands are...?

Level with your shoulders

Level with your elbows

Level with your eyeline

Level with your hips

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You should keep your feet level when riding so that...?

They don't snag on obstacles

They can't get caught between the foot pegs and the road

You can easily reach the foot controls

All of these things

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You will give the driver ahead of you the best chance of seeing you if you ride in view of...?

Any of these

Their left sideview mirror

Their right sideview mirror

Their rearview mirror

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You have reached a blind intersection and stopped at the stop line. You then move forward and are hit by a car which has run the opposite light on orange. Who has responsibility?

Just you

Both of you

Neither of you

The car driver

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When is it permissible to exceed the speed limit when making a pass?

If you need to make the pass to get to a turn

Never

If you can't make the pass stick without doing so

If the vehicle you're passing is already at the speed limit

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Which of these best describes the way you should hold the handgrips as you ride?

Fingertip pressure

White knuckle grip

Lightly

Firmly

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The best time to adjust your mirrors is...?

Sitting on your motorcycle, before you set off

Standing by your motorcycle, before you set off

At the first red light you come to

When you're going over 30 mph

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A properly adjusted mirror may still show...?

Part of your knee

Part of your gas tank

Part of your helmet

The edge of your shoulder

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If you have to brake in a curve, you should remember that the greater the lean angle...?

The more traction you have

The shorter the stopping distance will be

The less traction you have

The harder you should apply the brake

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