Ohio Motorcycle Test 03

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Ohio Motorcycle Practice Test 03

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If your front wheel locks under braking, you should...?

Release the lever halfway

Increase the rear brake pressure

Release the lever completely and leave it off

Release the lever completely and reapply

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If you want to pass another vehicle, you should begin your maneuver from...?

Well back of their right-hand side

Well back of their left-hand side

Close up on the right-hand side

Close up on their left hand side

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How can you be sure you have made eye contact with a driver?

If they remain stationary

If they have looked you straight in the eye

You can't

If they have nodded to you

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Which of these do you not have to take into account when evaluating hazard?

Pavement markings

Traffic signals

None of them

Warning signs

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When riding at night your following distance should be a minimum of...?

3 seconds

4 seconds

1.5 seconds

2 seconds

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When confronted with a hazard you should never...?

Brake or swerve more than once

Brake then swerve

Brake and swerve together

Swerve then brake

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You should use your high beam headlight at all times at night except...?

When in well lit areas

When riding at low speed

When approaching another vehicle

When being followed by another vehicle

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Your searching strategy should focus particularly on...?

Potential escape routes

Opportunities to pass

Places you can accelerate

All of these

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Your searching strategy should be designed to monitor...?

To the side of you

To the rear of you

To the front of you

All around you

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You plan to pull across the street and stop outside a store in the middle of a block. Before slowing down, it's a good idea to...?

Start signaling

Shout a warning to other drivers

Point to where you want to go

Flash your brake light

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If you are boxed in by cars on either side of you, it's best to...?

Gesture at them that they should drop back

Speed up or drop back to a clear spot

Maintain your speed in the center of your lane

Sound your horn loudly to show them you are there

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There is a large fallen branch in the road ahead of you which you cannot avoid. Before you reach it, you should...?

Reduce speed

Turn to meet it at 90°

Do all these things

Stand up on the foot pegs

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At what point during a turn should you cancel your turn signals?

As soon as the turn is started

When you are well away from the end of the turn

Once more than halfway through the turn

As soon as the turn is finished

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One of the primary causes of motorcyclists crashing in curves is...?

Going in too slow

Staying in the center of the lane

Not signaling before entering

Going in too fast

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You can make yourself twice as likely to be noticed by other road users if you...?

Wear dark clothing

Keep your headlight on

Have a mirrored face shield

Sit up straight

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You're entering an intersection with a line of oncoming cars waiting to turn left across you. You should...?

Maintain speed and gradually drift towards them

Accelerate and turn sharply towards them

Maintain speed and gradually drift away from them

Decelerate and turn sharply away from them

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When passing, you should perform the whole set of signaling, mirror and head checks...?

When pulling back in

When pulling out

It depends on circumstances

Both pulling out and pulling back in

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You're riding down a street with no oncoming traffic and a series of cars parked in bays on your right. Your best lane position is...?

Right

Any of these

Left

Center

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You should reduce your reaction time by covering the clutch and brakes in which of these areas?

Country roads

Construction zones

Urban streets

Freeways

20 / 30

When being passed by other vehicles, you should be especially wary of...?

Extended mirrors

Wind blast

All of these

Objects thrown from windows

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If you have to swerve around a hazard, you should keep your eyes fixed on...?

Your front wheel

The hazard

The pavement

Your escape route

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You can ride faster at night than you would in the day...?

When there's less traffic

In areas of very good illumination

When you know the roads

Never

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

When starting to accelerate on the freeway

When dismounting after parking

When stopped at an intersection

When riding over a cross street

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The best way to separate a group of hazards into single hazards is to...?

Maintain current speed

Increase speed

Swerve to one side

Slow down

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Highside crashes occur when a locked rear wheel is released with...?

The gearbox in neutral

The clutch pulled in

The front wheel also locked

The wheels out of alignment

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When choosing clothing for visibility, remember that your body makes up what proportion of the visible surface area of the rider/motorcycle unit?

50%

20%

30%

40%

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When executing a decision to avoid a hazard, you should warn other parties by...?

Shouting a warning

Using your lights and/or horn

Revving your engine

Any of these

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The most dangerous problem posed by a parked car is the potential for...?

Pedestrians stepping out from beyond it

Trash being thrown from the window

The driver opening their door

The driver pulling a U-turn

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The best way to cope with a blind intersection is to...?

Proceed across at high speed

Let your ears take the place of your eyes

Pull partly into the cross traffic lane and stop

Stop and lean forward

30 / 30

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

Under no circumstances

When the traffic is very heavy

If it's the only way to make a pass

When you can see clear space up ahead

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