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

Rear of the motorcycle starts to sway

Brakes become ineffective

Steering feels heavy

Engine starts to roar

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

Brake lines

Handlebars

Instrument view

All of these

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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?

Pulling a 'wheelie' as you reach it

Accelerating hard at it

Standing up on the foot pegs

Leaning all your weight forward

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Your passengers should only board your motorcycle...?

Once you're on with the engine started

Before you're on with the engine off

Before you're on with the engine started

Once you're on with the engine off

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

By looking in your mirrors

By looking at your reflection in shopfronts

By stopping and looking

By feeling behind you

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

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

All of these

To set the line

To warn of hazards ahead

To set the pace

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

1350

970

1700

2100

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

Fight it with the handlebars

Accelerate out of it

None of them

Apply the brakes

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

2 seconds

4 seconds

5 seconds

3 seconds

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

Use your brakes frequently

Use engine braking

Ride with your feet down

Accelerate across

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

Adjust your riding technique accordingly

Do all of these things

Make sure you have the right equipment

Give your passenger clear instructions

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When carrying a passenger you should...?

Do all of these things

Leave a larger following distance

Increase braking distance

Reduce speed

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

Reduced aerodynamic efficiency

A traffic citation

Drift

Tire wear

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

Maintain your current speed

Wave to them to catch up

Slow down to fall back with them

Accelerate to encourage them

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

With only your passenger sitting on the motorcycle

With neither of you sitting on the motorcycle

With only you sitting on the motorcycle

With both of you sitting on the motorcycle

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

Your belt

Your shoulders

Your hips

Your waist

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

High external temperatures

Loose chain

Excessive speed

Poor maintenance

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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 flat tire

Use rear brake only

Use the brake on the still inflated tire

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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...?

90 days

6 months

30 days

60 days

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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°

Accelerate as you reach the tracks

Turn to decrease the angle to 25°

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

Low and back

High and back

High and forward

Forward and low

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

Doing any of these things

Exiting the highway

Riding round curves

Entering the highway

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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?

15%

33%

60%

45%

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

Accelerate hard

Turn to ride in the line of the grooves

Relax and ride as normal

Stand up on the foot pegs

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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

Pull over as soon as possible to clean it off

Remove your face protection and keep on going

Keep going until the next gas station to clean it off

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

Along the center line

Down the center

In the right tire track

In the left tire track

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Your group should ride 2 abreast when...?

There is busy traffic

The highway is empty

Never

You're riding at low speeds

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