Utah DLD Motorcycle Practice Test 11
- Questions25
- Correct to pass20
- Passing score80%
- Minimum age16 years
-
1. You are riding a city street with embedded streetcar rails and it has just started to rain. What is the added risk?
Show answer
Answer D: Wet steel rails offer very little grip, and so does the pavement beside them
Steel rails give almost no traction when wet, so cross them upright at as close to a right angle as the lane allows, without braking or turning on the metal.
-
2. Which sign shape is reserved for one message only, the requirement to stop?
Show answer
Answer A: The octagon
The octagon is used for the stop sign and for no other message, so the outline alone identifies the requirement even when the legend is hard to read.
-
3. What should you confirm about your saddlebags before riding away?
Show answer
Answer A: That both are latched shut and neither is overloaded
An unlatched or overstuffed bag can swing open or sag into the rear wheel or the exhaust, either of which can wreck the machine's handling at once.
-
4. Why is hard braking the wrong response to a tire blowout at speed?
Show answer
Answer C: Because it can pull the vehicle further out of line and start it spinning
With one tire gone the braking forces are uneven, so heavy braking increases the pull to one side and can spin the vehicle.
-
5. How many usable riding paths does a single traffic lane offer a motorcycle?
Show answer
Answer C: Three
A lane is normally treated as a left, center and right path, and the rider picks the one that gives the best visibility and the largest space cushion.
-
6. You notice a bulge on the sidewall of one of your tires. What should you do?
Show answer
Answer D: Have the tire replaced before driving far, because it could blow out
A sidewall bulge means the internal cords have broken and only the rubber is holding the air. The tire can fail suddenly at any speed.
-
7. How should riders in a staggered formation pass another vehicle?
Show answer
Answer D: One rider at a time
Passing one rider at a time keeps each pass short and prevents the group from occupying the other lane longer than necessary.
-
8. How should a group merge onto a busy highway from an entrance ramp?
Show answer
Answer D: One rider at a time into gaps in traffic, re-forming once all are on
Each rider needs a gap and enough speed of their own, so the group merges individually and only takes up the staggered formation again afterward.
-
9. You are driving on a rural road with no sidewalk. Where should you expect to meet pedestrians?
Show answer
Answer A: Walking toward you on your side of the road
Where there is no sidewalk, pedestrians are taught to walk facing traffic, so they appear on your side of the road coming toward you.
-
10. A yield sign is posted where an entrance ramp meets the highway. What must you do?
Show answer
Answer C: Give way to the traffic already on the highway and merge into a gap
The yield sign confirms that the merging driver is the one who must fit into the traffic stream rather than the other way round.
-
11. What change in the road does this sign announce?
Show answer
Answer B: The two directions of travel are about to be separated, and the driver must keep to the right of the separation
Ahead the roadway splits into separate one-way roadways on either side of a median, so the driver stays to the right of the divider and no longer meets oncoming vehicles.
-
12. Two drivers each have three drinks, one over three hours and one in half an hour. What is the difference?
Show answer
Answer C: The fast drinker reaches a higher peak level
The liver removes alcohol at a steady rate, so drinking faster than the body can clear it pushes the blood alcohol level much higher.
-
13. What is the correct swerving technique?
Show answer
Answer D: Press the handgrip on the side you want to go and look toward the escape route
A swerve is two quick countersteering inputs, and because the motorcycle goes where the rider looks, the eyes belong on the open space.
-
14. When are you expected to switch from high beams to low beams?
Show answer
Answer D: When a vehicle approaches from ahead or you come up behind another vehicle
High beams blind other drivers, both those coming toward you and those you follow through their mirrors. Dim them whenever another vehicle is within range.
-
15. You come to a place where a storm has dropped a power line across the road ahead. What should you do?
Show answer
Answer B: Stop well back, keep everyone away from it and report it to the police
A downed line may be live and can energize the ground around it, so keep well clear and let the utility or the police handle it.
-
16. Why do riders keep the headlight burning in broad daylight?
Show answer
Answer B: It makes the motorcycle easier for other drivers to pick out
A motorcycle is a narrow target that other drivers overlook easily, and a lit headlight is one of the few things that makes it stand out at a distance.
-
17. A white diamond symbol is painted in a highway lane. What does it identify?
Show answer
Answer C: A lane reserved for high-occupancy vehicles
The diamond symbol marks a preferential lane, most often one reserved for vehicles carrying a minimum number of occupants.
-
18. Two solid white lines are painted between your lane and the lane beside it. What do they mean?
Show answer
Answer D: Crossing from one lane to the other is prohibited
Double solid white lines separate lanes of traffic going the same way and may not be crossed.
-
19. A stop line is painted across the pavement at this sign. Where must the vehicle come to rest?
Show answer
Answer A: Behind the stop line, with no part of the vehicle across it
The vehicle must halt behind the stop line; where no line is painted the driver stops before the crosswalk, and where there is neither, before entering the intersection.
-
20. A rider chooses an open face helmet. What does that choice make necessary?
Show answer
Answer A: Separate goggles or a face shield, because the face is uncovered
An open face helmet gives no eye or face protection, so the rider must add goggles or a face shield that will not shatter and that seals against the wind.
-
21. Parked cars block your view of a cross street you are about to enter. How should you proceed?
Show answer
Answer A: Edge forward slowly until you can see along the cross street, then go
Creeping forward buys a view of the cross street a little at a time, and it keeps the rider slow enough to stop if something is coming.
-
22. On a multi-lane street, a yield line is painted well back from an unsignalized crosswalk rather than right at it. Why?
Show answer
Answer D: So drivers in the other lanes can see the pedestrian
Setting the yield line back keeps a stopped vehicle from hiding a crossing pedestrian from drivers in the next lane, which is a common cause of these crashes.
-
23. You are entering a marked work zone. What should you expect?
Show answer
Answer B: A reduced posted speed, narrowed or shifted lanes, and traffic that may stop suddenly
Work zones change the geometry of the road and can bring traffic to a halt without warning, so the posted work zone speed and increased following distance both apply.
-
24. What does the T-CLOCS pre-ride inspection routine cover?
Show answer
Answer B: Tires and wheels, controls, lights, fluids, chassis and stands
T-CLOCS is a memory aid for a walk around check of tires and wheels, controls, lights and electrics, oil and other fluids, chassis, and side and center stands.
-
25. Which clue tells you that a parked vehicle is about to pull into traffic?
Show answer
Answer D: Exhaust smoke, brake lights, front wheels turned out or a driver in the seat
A running engine, lit brake lights, turned wheels or a person behind the wheel all mean the vehicle may move. Slow down and give it room.