Illinois Motorcycle: Alcohol, Drugs & Impairment Practice Test

Question 1

If you have two drinks within one hour, what is true at the end of that hour?

Accepted Answer

At least one drink still remains in your system — Because the body clears only about one drink per hour, after two drinks in an hour at least one drink still remains in your bloodstream.

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Both drinks are already gone

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You are guaranteed to be sober

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Only trace amounts affect a large person

Question 2

About how quickly does the body eliminate alcohol?

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About one drink per hour — Alcohol leaves the body at a rate of roughly one drink per hour, so drinking faster than that lets it build up in your bloodstream.

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About three drinks per hour

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Instantly, once you stop drinking

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About one drink every ten minutes

Question 3

Which three things play the largest part in determining a rider's blood-alcohol concentration?

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How much you drink, how quickly you drink it, and what you weigh — Quantity consumed, the speed at which it is consumed, and body weight are the three major determinants, although food intake, gender and physical condition can push the level higher still.

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The brand of drink, the time of day, and your age

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Your height, the outside temperature, and how long you slept

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Your riding experience, your mood, and your engine size

Question 4

What is one of the best ways to keep a friend who has been drinking from riding?

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Arrange a safe alternative way for them to get home — Arrange a safe ride by providing an alternative way home, and slow their drinking or keep them there until they are safe to travel.

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Let them ride if they promise to go slowly

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Give them coffee so they can ride right away

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Assume they know their own limits

Question 5

Does spacing your drinks to one per hour guarantee your riding skills are unaffected?

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No, effects from drinking may still remain — Even pacing yourself to one drink per hour, alcohol can still accumulate and the effects of drinking may remain; your judgment is one of the first things impaired.

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Yes, you are guaranteed to be safe

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Yes, as long as you ride slowly

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No, but only if you had more than five drinks

Question 6

Besides alcohol, what THC level in whole blood can make a driver legally under the influence in Illinois?

Accepted Answer

5 nanograms or more per milliliter — You're considered under the influence with a THC reading at or above five nanograms in each milliliter of whole blood, among other thresholds.

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1 nanogram per milliliter

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20 nanograms per milliliter

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THC is never a factor

Question 7

Among riders killed in motorcycle crashes who had been drinking, how many were over the legal limit?

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About one-third of them — Nearly half of riders killed had been drinking, yet only about one-third of those had a BAC above the illegal limit; the rest were impaired by just a few drinks.

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All of them

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None of them

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Exactly half of them

Question 8

In motorcycle crashes that involve drinking or drugs, how often is someone injured?

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In roughly nine crashes out of ten — Roughly nine out of every ten such motorcycle crashes produce injuries, against about a third of comparable automobile crashes, because a rider has so little protection.

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In about one crash out of ten

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In about a third of them

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Only when the rider was traveling above highway speeds

Question 9

A DUI conviction in Illinois may require a BAIID. What is it?

Accepted Answer

A breath-alcohol unit that your vehicle will not start without — A breath-alcohol device can be ordered as part of the penalties for driving under the influence: the vehicle will not start until the driver supplies a breath sample through it.

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A curfew limiting the hours you are allowed to ride

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An extra charge added to your annual registration

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A tracker that reports your speed to the state

Question 10

In Illinois, what blood-alcohol concentration makes a driver legally under the influence?

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.08 or more — A person is legally under the influence in Illinois at a BAC of .08 or more, though impairment starts well below that level.

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.05 or more

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.10 or more

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.12 or more

Question 11

What does Illinois law say about operating a vehicle with a controlled substance or intoxicating compound in your blood?

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It is unlawful no matter how small the amount detected — Illinois bars operating a vehicle on its highways whenever any controlled drug, other regulated substance or intoxicating compound can be detected in the blood, so no permitted quantity exists.

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It is allowed while your blood-alcohol reading stays under the limit

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It is an offense only for riders younger than 21

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It is permitted whenever a physician prescribed the substance

Question 12

How much alcohol can begin to affect your riding performance?

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As little as one drink — Even a single drink can noticeably degrade how you ride, and your judgment slips well before you reach the legal limit.

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Only after four or more drinks

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Only once you are over the legal limit

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Alcohol does not affect riding skill

Illinois Motorcycle: Alcohol, Drugs & Impairment practice test

Study questions with answers

1. If you have two drinks within one hour, what is true at the end of that hour?

2. About how quickly does the body eliminate alcohol?

3. Which three things play the largest part in determining a rider's blood-alcohol concentration?

4. What is one of the best ways to keep a friend who has been drinking from riding?

5. Does spacing your drinks to one per hour guarantee your riding skills are unaffected?

6. Besides alcohol, what THC level in whole blood can make a driver legally under the influence in Illinois?

7. Among riders killed in motorcycle crashes who had been drinking, how many were over the legal limit?

8. In motorcycle crashes that involve drinking or drugs, how often is someone injured?

9. A DUI conviction in Illinois may require a BAIID. What is it?

10. In Illinois, what blood-alcohol concentration makes a driver legally under the influence?

11. What does Illinois law say about operating a vehicle with a controlled substance or intoxicating compound in your blood?

12. How much alcohol can begin to affect your riding performance?

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