North Carolina Motorcycle Test 02

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North Carolina Motorcycle Practice Test 02

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If you speed up to try to lose a tailgater, you are risking...?

Encouraging the tailgater to race

Being tailgated at higher speed

All of these

Unwittingly breaking the speed limit

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Maintaining a cushion of space all around you provides you with...?

All of these things

Time to find an escape route

Time to react

Time to maneuver

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Which of these should not be a factor in choosing your lane position?

Where you are most visible

Where you can go fastest

Where you have the best escape route

Where you can avoid wind blast

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Before making a pass, you should...?

Use your signals

Check in your mirrors

Do all these things

Turn to check in your blind spot

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You should adjust your handlebars so that your hands are...?

Level with your lowest rib

Level with your hips

Level with your collarbone

Level with your elbows

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You need to increase your following distance if...?

Any of these apply

The pavement is slippery

Your view is obscured

Traffic is heavy

7 / 30

When choosing your lane position travelling behind car, you should remember that car drivers most frequently check...?

Over their shoulders

Their right side view mirror

Their left side view mirror

Their rearview mirror

8 / 30

You can exceed the speed limit when making a pass...?

If the vehicle being passed is attempting to block you

Under no circumstances

If you and the other vehicle are the only traffic on the road

If you can see clear road ahead

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Your grip on the handlebars should be...?

Tight

Fingertip

Firm

Loose

10 / 30

The grease strip in the middle of a lane will usually be no more than...?

2 feet wide

18 inches wide

3 feet wide

4 feet wide

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In a normal turn, you should...?

Stay upright and lean your motorcycle

Lean further over than your motorcycle

Lean less far than your motorcycle

Lean at the same angle as your motorcycle

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Which of these is the best split between supporting your weight and steering your motorcycle for your arms?

30/70

10/90

20/80

50/50

13 / 30

You're stopped at a red light. Which gear should you be in?

Neutral

5th

2nd

1st

14 / 30

What percentage of stopping power is provided by your front brake?

85%

75%

55%

65%

15 / 30

You can share a lane with another vehicle...?

Under no circumstances

If you're joining the exit lane

If you're letting them pass you

If traffic is slow

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When making a pass, the best place to see and be seen is...?

The center of the lane, close up

The center of the lane, well back

The right side of the lane, well back

The left side of the lane, well back

17 / 30

You should use both of your brakes for stopping...?

In emergencies

When braking from over 30 mph

At all times

At low speed

18 / 30

The minimum following distance to a vehicle ahead is always...?

2 seconds

4 seconds

1.5 seconds

3 seconds

19 / 30

To lean your motorcycle to the left for a left turn, you should...?

Press on the left-hand grip

Pull on the right-hand grip

Pull on the left-hand grip

Press on the right-hand grip

20 / 30

Going through a turn, you should look where you want to go by turning...?

Just your head

Just your head and shoulders

Just your eyes

Your head, shoulders and hips

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You should look out for big buildups of oil and grease...?

In business districts

At toll booths

In school zones

At freeway exits

22 / 30

When you're shifting into a lower gear, the most important thing to check is...?

You're not going too fast

You're not going too slow

The revs are as high as possible

You're going in a straight line

23 / 30

When you're riding, your feet should be pointing...?

Down 15°

It doesn't matter

Level

Up 15°

24 / 30

You are riding in the left-hand lane of a four-lane highway, with traffic both coming and going either side. Your best lane position is...?

Center lane

It doesn't matter

Right-hand side

Left-hand side

25 / 30

The best place to deal with wind blast from other vehicles is...?

Wherever is furthest from the other vehicle

The center of the lane

The right of the lane

The left of the lane

26 / 30

For the purpose of lane positioning, you should divide your lane into how many parts?

27 / 30

Keeping the minimum following distance allows you...?

A better view of hazards

All of these things

Time to swerve

Room to stop

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Who has the most responsibility for keeping you safe on the road?

Yourself

Other road users

The North Carolina DMV

North Carolina traffic police

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You're coming up to a pickup truck which is stopped at a red light. You should stop...?

Alongside the front passenger door

Almost touching its bumper

Alongside the front driver's door

Well back of it

30 / 30

You should sit on your motorcycle so that with your hands on the hand grips your arms will be...?

Elbows touching your sides

Fully stretched

Slightly bent

Bent at right angles

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