Massachusetts Motorcycle Practice Test 8

1.If an animal you are passing appears frightened, what does the law require?

Continue past at low speedPull to the roadside and stopSound your horn once as a warningTurn around and find another route

2.Why does the manual warn against riding along beside a car that is traveling in the next lane over?

Your mirrors cannot be adjusted while another vehicle is beside youThat driver may swing into your lane without warning and leave you nowhere to goState law forbids two vehicles from occupying adjacent lanes at the same timeEngine noise from the car drowns out the sound of your own machine

3.A STOP sign requires what of each vehicle that reaches it?

A rolling slowdown if the way is clearA stop only if other traffic is presentYielding without stoppingA complete stop before the crosswalk or stop line

4.How do you check your following distance using the two-second rule?

Count two seconds after the vehicle ahead passes a fixed pointMeasure the gap in car lengths by eyeWatch the speedometer for two secondsCount how many dashed lines are between you

5.Roughly how much does one typical drink raise the average person's BAC?

About 0.08%About 0.10%About 0.15%About 0.02%

6.When setting a motorcycle's kickstand off the road, what does the manual warn about?

The kickstand is unnecessary on level groundKickstands are illegal off the roadThe kickstand should never touch dirtOn soft or sloped surfaces the bike may tip over

7.What does the manual say about traveling in a center lane marked for left turns from both directions?

You may not drive along in a shared center turn laneYou may use it as a passing laneYou may drive in it during rush hourYou may use it to merge onto the highway

8.Massachusetts law requires motorcycle riders and passengers to wear a helmet meeting which standard?

Any bicycle helmet standardState standard No. 100No particular standard is requiredU.S. DOT Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 218

9.Once you have brought your motorcycle safely off the roadway, where should you leave it?

As far away from the moving lanes as the ground allowsJust beyond the white edge line so you stay visibleTurned to face traffic so drivers see your headlightIn the nearest travel lane with the flashers running

10.Under the IDENTIFY step of the SPIDER strategy, which of these is treated as a stationary hazard?

A car merging onto the road from an on-rampA loose dog near the shoulderA pedestrian stepping down off a curbA pothole, a guardrail, or thick roadside brush