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Nevada 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. What is the best way to make a quick stop when you are already in a curve?
Correct answer: Bring the machine upright and square the bars, then brake
Where conditions allow, bring the machine as near to vertical as you can and square the handlebars, then brake; otherwise brake smoothly and add pressure as the lean comes off.
Source: Nevada Motorcycle Operator Manual — Ride Within Your Abilities, Crash Avoidance
2. For the anti-lock system to do its work in a panic stop, the rider must:
Correct answer: apply full pressure to both brake controls
Anti-lock braking comes into play when full pressure is put on both the hand lever and the foot pedal in a straight-line emergency stop.
Source: Nevada Motorcycle Operator Manual — Ride Within Your Abilities, Basic Vehicle Control
3. What should a rider do the instant the front wheel locks?
Correct answer: Let the lever go completely, then squeeze it again smoothly
A locked front wheel takes away steering and balance at once, so the lever must be let go completely and then squeezed again smoothly.
Source: Nevada Motorcycle Operator Manual — Ride Within Your Abilities, Basic Vehicle Control
4. If the rear wheel locks on good pavement while you are upright and running straight, you may:
Correct answer: keep it locked until the motorcycle has come to a stop
On a surface with decent grip, a locked rear wheel can be held locked to a stop provided the machine is upright and traveling in a straight line.
Source: Nevada Motorcycle Operator Manual — Ride Within Your Abilities, Crash Avoidance
5. What does the manual want done with the handlebars in the final feet of a stop?
Correct answer: Square them up so the motorcycle finishes balanced and upright
Square the bars up before the motorcycle comes to rest; a wheel still turned to one side at walking pace makes the machine hard to hold upright.
Source: Nevada Motorcycle Operator Manual — Ride Within Your Abilities, Crash Avoidance
6. What braking mistake do studies find in most crash-involved riders?
Correct answer: Too little front brake and too much rear
Riders caught up in crashes tend to use too little front brake and too much rear, and they fail to separate braking from swerving.
Source: Nevada Motorcycle Operator Manual — Ride Within Your Abilities, Crash Avoidance
7. Which brakes should a rider use for a routine stop?
Correct answer: Both the front and the rear
Both brakes belong in every stop, so that using them together becomes automatic when an emergency arrives.
Source: Nevada Motorcycle Operator Manual — Ride Within Your Abilities, Basic Vehicle Control
8. Why is releasing a locked rear brake dangerous once the back wheel has swung out of line?
Correct answer: The machine can snap upright and throw the rider forward
When the wheels are out of alignment, letting a locked rear wheel roll again can snap the machine upright and pitch the rider forward in a high-side crash.
Source: Nevada Motorcycle Operator Manual — Ride Within Your Abilities, Crash Avoidance
9. What sets an integrated braking system apart from a plain linked system?
Correct answer: Using the rear pedal also brings in part of the front brake
An integrated setup is a variation on linked braking in which pressing the rear pedal also brings in part of the front brake.
Source: Nevada Motorcycle Operator Manual — Ride Within Your Abilities, Basic Vehicle Control
10. How should the front brake lever be worked in a hard stop?
Correct answer: Squeezed smoothly with steadily increasing force
The lever should be squeezed smoothly with steadily rising force rather than snatched, and it can be applied harder once braking has begun and weight has moved forward.
Source: Nevada Motorcycle Operator Manual — Ride Within Your Abilities, Basic Vehicle Control
11. As weight shifts forward under braking, what should happen at the rear brake?
Correct answer: Pressure on it should be eased off
Less weight over the back wheel means less grip there, so rear pedal pressure has to be eased off to keep that wheel from locking.
Source: Nevada Motorcycle Operator Manual — Ride Within Your Abilities, Basic Vehicle Control
12. Choosing a lower gear to slow the motorcycle produces an effect most like:
Correct answer: applying the brakes
Dropping down through the gears creates engine braking, which slows the machine in much the same way the brakes do.
Source: Nevada Motorcycle Operator Manual — Ride Within Your Abilities, Basic Vehicle Control
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