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Mississippi Motorcycle: Braking & Emergency Stops practice test
Using both brakes together, stopping quickly without locking a wheel, and recovering from a skid.
Content reviewed against official driver handbooks · August 12, 2026
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1. Roughly what portion of a motorcycle's stopping power can the front brake deliver?
Correct answer: At least seventy percent
The front is the stronger of the two and can supply at least seventy percent of the machine's total stopping power.
Source: Motorcycle Operator Manual — Basic Vehicle Control, Braking
2. The front wheel locks under braking. What must you do?
Correct answer: Release the front brake immediately and completely, then reapply it smoothly
Let the lever go at once and completely, then squeeze it back on smoothly. A locked front wheel takes away steering and balance immediately, and failing to release it fully ends in a crash.
Source: Motorcycle Operator Manual — Crash Avoidance, Front-Wheel Skids
3. You are taking a three-wheel motorcycle down a long hill. What does the manual want you to change?
Correct answer: Start slowing earlier, for corners as well as for stops
Gravity adds to the work the brakes have to do on a descent, so slowing has to be started earlier than usual, both for corners and for stops.
Source: Motorcycle Operator Manual — Three-Wheel Supplement, Hills
4. What is a high-side crash, as the manual describes it?
Correct answer: A crash that follows releasing a locked rear wheel that is out of alignment with the front
It happens when a locked rear wheel is released while it is out of line with the front: the machine snaps upright and tumbles, throwing the rider forward into its path.
Source: Motorcycle Operator Manual — Crash Avoidance, Rear-Wheel Skids
5. As you brake hard, weight shifts forward. What does that mean for the rear brake?
Correct answer: Use light and progressively lighter pressure to avoid a rear skid
With the load moving onto the front wheel, the rear has less traction left, so the pedal needs light and then lighter pressure to keep the rear from locking.
Source: Motorcycle Operator Manual — Basic Vehicle Control, Braking
6. What does a linked braking system do?
Correct answer: It applies braking at both wheels when either control is used
It ties the two brakes together, so pressure at either the hand lever or the foot pedal is applied at both wheels.
Source: Motorcycle Operator Manual — Basic Vehicle Control, Linked and Integrated Braking Systems
7. Why is there less braking available while the motorcycle is leaned over?
Correct answer: Some of the available traction is being spent on cornering
Cornering already uses part of the tires' grip, and the deeper the lean the more likely the tires are to let go if you also brake hard.
Source: Motorcycle Operator Manual — Basic Vehicle Control, Braking in a Corner
8. If you cannot straighten up first, how should you brake while still leaned in a curve?
Correct answer: Brake smoothly and gradually, adding pressure as the lean comes off
Brake smoothly and gradually; as speed falls you can stand the machine up further, and the extra grip that frees lets you add brake pressure until you are upright with the bars square.
Source: Motorcycle Operator Manual — Crash Avoidance, Stopping Quickly in a Curve
9. How should the front brake lever be worked for the shortest safe stop?
Correct answer: Squeeze smoothly and firmly, with progressively more force
Squeeze it smoothly and firmly, building pressure progressively — never grab at it or slam it on.
Source: Motorcycle Operator Manual — Basic Vehicle Control, Braking
10. What should your knees and eyes be doing during a hard straight-line stop?
Correct answer: Knees against the tank and eyes up, looking well ahead
Knees clamped to the tank and eyes up and well down the road help hold the machine in a straight line while it stops.
Source: Motorcycle Operator Manual — Basic Vehicle Control, Braking
11. You lock the rear wheel on a good traction surface while traveling straight and upright. What does the manual allow?
Correct answer: You may keep it locked until you have come to a complete stop
On decent traction you may hold the rear locked until you are fully stopped, and you can still control the machine as long as it stays upright and straight.
Source: Motorcycle Operator Manual — Crash Avoidance, Quick Stops
12. How many brakes should be used for an everyday stop?
Correct answer: Both brakes, every time you slow or stop
Both, every time you slow or stop — practicing that on ordinary stops is what builds the habit you will need in an emergency.
Source: Motorcycle Operator Manual — Basic Vehicle Control, Braking
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