New York Motorcycle Test 04

Repeated practice solidifies your understanding of traffic laws, road signs, and safe riding practices, making it easier to recall information when required.

By incorporating these tools into your preparation, you’ll set yourself up for success and ensure you’re well-prepared to pass the NYS Motorcycle Permit Test.

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New York Motorcycle Practice Test 04

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You are forced to cross a wide patch of ice. Which of these is your best option?

Ride with your feet down

Use your brakes frequently

Use engine braking

Accelerate across

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If you don't load your saddlebags evenly, you are risking...?

Reduced aerodynamic efficiency

Drift

A traffic citation

Tire wear

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Which of these is the best way to stop yourself being thrown from your motorcycle if you're forced to ride over an object?

Leaning all your weight forward

Standing up on the foot pegs

Accelerating hard at it

Pulling a 'wheelie' as you reach it

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Your group should ride 2 abreast when...?

There is busy traffic

The highway is empty

You're riding at low speeds

Never

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In the USA, how many motorcyclists are killed each year in crashes involving alcohol or drugs?

1700

970

2100

1350

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In wet weather, the best lane position is often...?

In the left tire track

Down the center

Along the center line

In the right tire track

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When carrying a passenger you should...?

Do all of these things

Leave a larger following distance

Reduce speed

Increase braking distance

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If you have a front tire flat, your first indication will usually be...?

Brakes become ineffective

Rear of the motorcycle starts to sway

Steering feels heavy

Engine starts to roar

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When carrying a passenger, it is paramount that you...?

Give your passenger clear instructions

Make sure you have the right equipment

Adjust your riding technique accordingly

Do all of these things

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A group should switch from staggered formation to single file when...?

Riding round curves

Entering the highway

Doing any of these things

Exiting the highway

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The maximum safe number for a group of riders is...?

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You are approaching a railroad track which runs at 45° across your road. How should you deal with it?

Keep going as you are

Turn to increase the angle to 90°

Turn to decrease the angle to 25°

Accelerate as you reach the tracks

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If you refuse to accept a chemical test for drugs from a New York State police officer, you can expect a ban for...?

60 days

30 days

90 days

6 months

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You see in your mirrors that the person behind you in a group is falling back. What should you do?

Wave to them to catch up

Maintain your current speed

Slow down to fall back with them

Accelerate to encourage them

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If you experience wobble, which of these should you not do?

Apply the brakes

None of them

Fight it with the handlebars

Accelerate out of it

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At regular intervals when riding with a load, you should check it is secure...?

By looking at your reflection in shopfronts

By stopping and looking

By feeling behind you

By looking in your mirrors

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How many drinks does it take adversely to affect your riding performance?

It depends on your size

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The engine overheating and seizing will usually be down to...?

Poor maintenance

Excessive speed

High external temperatures

Loose chain

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The job of the leader in a group of riders is principally...?

To warn of hazards ahead

All of these

To set the pace

To set the line

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Your passenger can hold onto any of these for security, except...?

Your waist

Your shoulders

Your hips

Your belt

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If incorrectly mounted, tank bags may interfere with...?

All of these

Instrument view

Brake lines

Handlebars

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Riding in a group in staggered formation, the gap between riders #5 and #2 should be...?

4 seconds

3 seconds

2 seconds

5 seconds

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40% of riders killed in motorcycle crashes had alcohol in their systems, but how many were over the legal blood-alcohol concentration limit?

45%

15%

60%

33%

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You're riding a set of rain grooves when you feel your motorcycle start to weave. How should you react?

Stand up on the foot pegs

Relax and ride as normal

Accelerate hard

Turn to ride in the line of the grooves

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Your passengers should only board your motorcycle...?

Before you're on with the engine off

Once you're on with the engine started

Before you're on with the engine started

Once you're on with the engine off

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If you have three drinks in one hour, at the end of that hour you will have how many drinks (minimum) in your system?

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You should adjust your mirrors and headlights when carrying a passenger...?

With both of you sitting on the motorcycle

With only your passenger sitting on the motorcycle

With only you sitting on the motorcycle

With neither of you sitting on the motorcycle

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A load on a motorcycle is safest when it's...?

Forward and low

High and back

Low and back

High and forward

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If you have to brake when you have a flat tire, you should...?

Use both brakes softly

Use the brake on the still inflated tire

Use the brake on the flat tire

Use rear brake only

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Something thrown from a car smears your face protection. What should you do?

Wipe it off with your gloves and keep on going

Keep going until the next gas station to clean it off

Remove your face protection and keep on going

Pull over as soon as possible to clean it off

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