Minnesota Motorcycle Test 03

Obtaining your Minnesota motorcycle permit is essential to becoming a responsible rider. By familiarizing yourself with the state’s road rules and taking advantage of resources such as online practice tests and rider training classes, you can ace the permit test and start riding with confidence.

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Minnesota Motorcycle Practice Test 03

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You're riding in a straight line on good pavement when a child runs out in front of you. As you brake, your rear wheel locks. What should you do?

Increase the brake pedal pressure

Release the brake pedal and reapply

Leave it locked until you've stopped

Release the brake pedal and leave it off

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In which of these situations is it especially important to monitor your mirrors?

When stopped at an intersection

All of them

Before changing lanes

Before slowing down

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Stationary objects such as telephone poles can't jump out at you, why should they still be part of your evaluation process?

For all of these reasons

They may disguise other hazards

They may change the behavior of others

They may block your escape routes

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When riding at night you must be aware that...?

Distances are harder to judge

Speeds can be harder to judge

Your light can get lost amongst others

All of these pertain

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The greatest potential conflict between you and other traffic is...?

At intersections

On long straights

On freeway off ramps

On fast curves

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When deciding what to wear when you go riding, you should remember that most crashes occur...?

In fog

At night time

At dusk

In broad daylight

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When placing your motorcycle in a parallel parking space, unless a city ordinance expressly forbids it, you should park...?

At an angle, front wheel to the curb

Parallel to the curb, facing oncoming traffic

At 90° to the curb, front wheel touching the curb

At an angle, rear wheel to the curb

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You shouldn't move away to the right when being passed by another vehicle as...?

It cuts your chances of instantly repassing

It makes you look timid

It might encourage them to cut back in too early

It increases the chances of wind blast

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You see an overturned garbage can in the road ahead of you, beyond that a car pulling from a driveway, and beyond that a pedestrian about to cross. You should deal with them...?

The garbage can and car together, then the pedestrian

Separately

The garbage can first, then the car and pedestrian together

All in one move

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You have vehicles on both sides of you and one in front. Why should you drop back?

To increase your space cushion

To maximize your escape route potential

To stay out of their blindspots

For all these reasons

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If you're planning to slow down somewhere the driver behind may not expect it, it's a good idea to...?

Wave your hand backwards

Sound your horn

Flash your brake light

Turn and shout your intention to them

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When approaching a car driver about to pull out from your left, you should always remember that to them you are almost certainly...?

Less significant than a bus

Less significant than another car

Less significant than a truck

Less significant than all of these

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Which of these helmet colors is best for enhancing your visibility?

Black

Blue

Green

Purple

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50%+ of motorcycle/car crashes are caused by...?

Drivers entering the motorcyclist's right-of-way

Excessive driver speed

Excessive motorcyclist speed

Motorcyclists entering the driver's right-of-way

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You are riding on a two-lane street; there is traffic approaching you on your left, on your right is a parked car with a person in the driver's seat. What's your best lane position?

Right

Left

Any of these

Center

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You're riding up a residential street and a cyclist ahead of you is riding erratically. What's the best way to let them know you're there?

Shout a warning

Sound a short beep on your horn

Accelerate hard past them

Rev your engine loudly

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In an emergency situation, you should apply...?

Engine braking

Both brakes together

All front brake

All rear brake

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You should use your high beam headlight when riding at night, unless...?

There is no other traffic around

You are riding on the freeway

You are in a well lit urban area

You're coming up on another vehicle

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If your motorcycle has convex mirrors, they will make cars behind seem...?

Closer than they actually are

Faster than they actually are

Slower than they actually are

Further away than they actually are

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The purpose of a 'head check' is to...?

Indicate your intention

Make eye contact with drivers behind

Cancel your blind spot

All of these

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At a blind intersection, the best way to check for cross traffic is to...?

Accelerate into the cross lane, being ready to swerve

Drive slowly across, being ready to brake

Pull slightly into the cross lane

Lean forward when at the edge of the cross lane

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If you ride with your headlight on in the daytime, you...?

May irritate other drivers

Are twice as likely to be seen

Are risking a ticket

Are wasting battery power for no reason

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Experienced riders use which of the following 'lead times' to monitor the road ahead of them?

3/6/12 seconds

2/4/12 seconds

1/3/10 seconds

5/10/15 seconds

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Which of these is the only acceptable reason for moving into another vehicle's lane?

To get ahead to open highway

To make way for an emergency vehicle

To make progress through a tailback

To reach an offramp

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The majority of riders involved in crashes used...?

Not enough of both brakes

Too much rear brake and not enough front

Too much front brake and not enough rear

Too much of both brakes

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To increase your reaction time at an intersection, you should cover...?

The clutch and both brakes

The rear brake, gearshift and clutch

The front brake, clutch and horn

Both brakes and the horn

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Which of these areas demand extra focus on potential escape routes?

Areas around intersections

School and construction zones

Shopping areas

All of them

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It's acceptable not to use your turn signals...?

If you are turning into your driveway

If it is perfectly obvious what you are going to do

If there is absolutely no other traffic

Not in any of these circumstances

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When crossing an intersection, you should avoid...?

Sudden deceleration

Sudden acceleration

All of these

Swift changes of course

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Making eye contact with a driver means...?

You can write them off as a potential hazard

You can be certain they see you

Nothing

You can be certain they will yield

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