New Hampshire Motorcycle Test 03

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New Hampshire Motorcycle Practice Test 03

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Before you make a pass, you should...?

Make a head check

Use your turn signal

Do all of these

Check your mirrors

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The most effective way for clothing to be seen is for it...?

To match your motorcycle

To be reflective

To be brightly colored

To be dark

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A highside crash is caused when a locked rear wheel is released with...?

The front brake on

The throttle open

The wheels out of alignment

The clutch in

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The best place to be to avoid being dangerously affected by wind blast from an oncoming vehicle is...?

In the right of the lane

In the center of the lane

As far away from the vehicle as possible

In the left of the lane

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When passing a parked car, you should...?

Many of these depending on conditions

Stay in the center of your lane

Stay as far to the right as possible

Ride as far to the left as possible

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The most likely place for conflict between yourself and other traffic is...?

An offramp

An intersection

A sweeping curve

A business district

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Before passing a vehicle, you should position yourself...?

Close up on their left side

Well back off their right side

Well back off their left side

Just outside their blindspot

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You have a truck to your left, a bus to your right and a car ahead. The safest thing to do is...?

Stay where you are

Swerve through them to get ahead

Wave at them to drop back

Drop back to clear space

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

Causing a hazard

Wasting your battery

Twice as likely to be seen

Risking a ticket

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Head checks should be used...?

Only when making left turns

Only when changing lanes

As part of your normal scanning routine

Only in heavy traffic

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The signals on your motorcycle are similar to those on a car, but using them is...?

As important

It depends on conditions

Less important

More important

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Using the 'RiderRadar' system, anything it is considered immediate if it is within...?

4 seconds of you

12 seconds of you

2 seconds of you

16 seconds of you

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You should reduce your speed at night...?

On freeways

On badly lit roads

In unfamiliar areas

At all times

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Which of these is not part of the SEE strategy?

Speed

Evaluate

Execute

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If your rear wheel locks you can leave it locked until you have come to a stop, provided...?

The road surface is good

You're going in a straight line

All of these apply

The motorcycle is upright

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If you have to stop quickly, you should use...?

Front brake only

Both brakes together

Rear brake only

Both brakes alternately

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Your biggest concern when approaching a parked car should be...?

That a pedestrian will step from behind it

That it will pull a U-turn across you

That the driver will open the door

That it will pull into your lane

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If you're planning to stop somewhere where it may not be expected, e.g. the middle of a block, you should warn other drivers by...?

Flashing your brake light

Indicating 100 yards in advance

Shouting a warning

Waving your hands

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You can reduce your reaction time in busy areas by riding...?

With the clutch and both brakes covered

With the rear brake, clutch and headlight flasher covered

With the horn and the clutch covered

With both brakes and the horn covered

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The best way of searching for traffic at a blind intersection is...?

To use your ears instead of your eyes

To drive across slowly looking left and right

To stop at the stop line, then accelerate across

To stop and lean forward

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When applying maximum straight line braking, the best place to look is...?

Well ahead

At what you're trying not to crash into

At the front wheel

At the handlebars

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At intersections, always work on the basis that...?

A driver will yield

Drivers who see you will stop

A driver has not seen you

A driver has seen you if you make eye contact

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When it is acceptable to share a lane with other vehicles?

When riding with friends

When making a pass

Never

When traffic is stationary

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When executing a strategy to avoid a hazard, you should...?

Adjust your position

Communicate your presence

Adjust your speed

All of these

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When choosing clothing for visibility, you should remember that most motorcycle crashes happen...?

In fog

In broad daylight

At dawn

At nighttime

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If you don't release the front brake immediately when the front wheel locks, you will lose...?

Balance

All of these

Direction

Control

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It's particularly important to use your mirrors when...?

In all these situations

Before you slow down

When stopped at an intersection

Before you change lanes

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You can see 5 potential hazards ahead. How should you deal with them?

In pairs and a single

As 5 individual hazards

As a single group of hazards

In a group of 2 and a group of 3

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At night it is more difficult to assess...?

Speed

Trajectory

All of these

Distance

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In busy areas you should be particularly focusing your search strategy on...?

Places you can pass

The fastest line

Potential escape routes

Blocking other traffic

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