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1.You must yield to a public transport bus which is pulling out if:

The road has a speed limit of 60 kmh or lower

You have no opportunity to pull round it

The road is busy

Doing so won't significantly affect your speed

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2.Which of these will not help you be more alert?

Drinking coffee or caffeinated drinks

Avoiding heavy meals

Limiting the distance you ride

Stopping to get exercise

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3.Why shouldn't you use your high beam headlight in fog or heavy rain?

It might dazzle others

It will reflect back at you

It uses too much power

It will make you look too far ahead

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4.When forced to steer around an unexpected obstacle, which of these should you avoid?

Looking where you want to go

Reversing counter steering once past

Using the brakes

Using counter steering

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5.What's the best way to alert traffic behind you to the fact that you may have to stop suddenly?

Tap the rear brake pedal gently

Make hand gestures

Sound your horn

Brake hard several times

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6.In the event of an engine failure, what should be your very first action?

Apply the brakes

Put on your emergency lights

Steer to the side of the road

Pull in the clutch

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7.It's so foggy you decide to pull off the road. What is the most important thing for you to do?

Make sure you are well away from the roadway

Make sure you leave your lights on

Make sure you are facing oncoming traffic

Sound your horn at regular intervals

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8.Which of the three basic collision avoidance strategies should be your last choice?

They're all as good as each other

Braking

Acceleration

Steering

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9.When carrying heavy cargo, what's the best place for it?

As far back as possible

As high as possible

As far forward as possible

As low as possible

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10.Which of these is the only restriction which changes when you gain your Class 8 Novice license?

You may have a minimal blood alcohol content

You may use hands-free electronic devices

You may use a cell phone

You may ride unsupervised

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11.What's the minimum you should give your motorcycle after a winter's storage?

A good wash

A vigourous polish

A light dusting

An oil change

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12.While you are learning to ride, when must you have a qualified supervisor riding with you?

Any time during the hours of darkness

When riding on fast highways

When riding inside city or town limits

At all times

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13.If you refuse to give a breath or blood sample when asked, how will you be treated?

You will be treated as if you returned a BAC of .05 -.08

You will be given a warning

You will be given a fixed-penalty fine

You will be treated as if you returned a BAC of .08+

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14.When braking hard or accelerating:

It doesn't matter what you do

Keep the motorcycle as vertical as possible

CLean the motorcycle to the left

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15.What is the minimum penalty for being caught for the first time with a blood alcohol content over .08?

90 day suspension and 30 day deprivation of vehicle

90 day suspension

180 day suspension and 30 day deprivation of vehicle

None of the above.

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16.Which of these is it not compulsory for your motorcycle to have for you to be permitted to use it for your skills test?

Working brake lights

Passenger footpegs

Legal muffler

Working horn

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17.As well as impeding your vision, what else can fog do?

Make you dangerously cold

Make you lose your sense of balance

Impede your hearing

All answers are correct

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18.What should you do if one of your tires starts to whine or shudder under braking?

Release brake pressure

Hit the emergency cutoff

Brake harder

Increase throttle

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19.If you are caught with a blood alcohol content in excess of .08, what is the minimum it will cost you financially?

$3000

$4000+

$1000

$2000

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20.What is the best way to prepare for your Motorcycle Skills Test?

Get a friend to teach you

Ride by yourself in an empty parking lot

Look up riding skills on the Internet

Take professional instruction

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21.You must dim your high beam before you get how close to another vehicle?

200m

100m

250m

150m

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22.If you have a motorcycle license from another province, state or country how long can you use it in British Colombia before you must apply for a B.C. license?

One year

One month

Ninety days

Eight weeks

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23.What should your stopping distance be at night?

25% less than daytime

Less far than your headlight can reach

The same as in daytime

Twice the distance your headlight can reach

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24.What should you do to avoid being dazzled by glare from oncoming vehicle lights?

Wear sunglasses

Continually open and close your eyes

Look away to the right hand side of the road

Wear a tinted face shield

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25.Which of these is the only thing ABS brakes will help you with?

Reducing engine wear

Preventing wheel lock-up during hard braking

Improving fuel efficiency

Increasing tire tread life

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26.Which of these is the only restriction which does not apply to riders with a Class 8L learner's license?

Zero blood-alcohol level

Ride in daylight hours only

No riding in town

May not carry passengers

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27.You suddenly find you're riding over rough gravel. What's your best strategy?

Brake hard and turn off

Brake softly and turn off

Brake softly and keep straight

Brake hard and keep straight

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28.How much riding experience do experts suggest you should have under your belt before attempting to carry a passenger on your bike?

200km

2500km

1000km

100 km

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29.At what times of day should you be particularly vigilant for animals crossing the road?

Between 2 AM and 4 AM

Dusk and dawn

Midday and midnight

Late morning and early afternoon

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30.What is the minimum penalty for being caught for the first time with a blood alcohol content of between .05 and .08?

One week suspension

One month suspension

Three day suspension

Official warning

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31.Which of these areas are most likely to develop black ice first?

Off ramps

Underpasses

Bridges

Intersections

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32.What will indicate that a motorcycle is a good size for you?

You can get the balls of both feet on the ground

You can get your left foot flat on the ground with your right foot on the brake

You can bend your knees at right angles with your feet on the ground

You can get your right foot toe on the ground

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33.Which of these is not one of the three basic emergency collision avoidance techniques?

Accelerating

Braking

Skidding

Steering

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34.At speeds of 15 to 20 km/h, you should turn by:

Using your feet

Pushing right to turn right

Pushing left to turn right

None of the above

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35.How often to motorcycle accidents result in head and neck injuries?

One in one-hundred crashes

One in fifty crashes

One in twenty crashes

One in five crashes

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36.One way to respond to tailgaters is:

Yelling at the tailgater

Maintaining dominant lane position

Honking your horn

None of the above

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37.If you are riding in rain and fog, you should turn on:

Your high beam

Your low beam as is illustrated in the picture

Leave your lights on as usual

None of the above.

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38.On a multilane road, the dominant lane position is:

Right lane position while riding in the left lane

Left lane position

Middle of the lane

There is no dominant lane position

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39.The observation cycle is:

Looking around and reacting quickly

Speeding up, scanning, using all your brake power quickly

Looking ahead, scanning from side to side, glancing in your mirrors

All of the above

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40.What is inertia?

Speed

Tendency for you and your motorcycle to move in a straight line

Inability to brake safely

None of the above

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41.What should you do if you don’t have enough space to stop?

Counter steer around obstacles

Move to the right

Apply both brakes evenly and brace yourself

Pull off the road

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42.You just got into your car and as you were getting in you noticed a cyclist about 1 block away. What do you do?

Mirror check and pull out when safe.

Mirror check, signal, shoulder check and pull out when safe.

Signal and pull out.

Pull out when safe.

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43.What’s wrong with tailgating (following too closely behind the vehicle in front)?

The vehicle in front of you can block your view of hazards ahead.

If the vehicle stops suddenly, you have no time to slow down and stop safely.

You could rear-end the other driver and you will be held responsible.

All of the above.

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44.Use your mirrors and shoulder check whenever you plan to:

change lanes or lane position

Turn

Pull out from or pull over to the side of the road

All of the above

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45.New riders who have taken a professional training program have what percentage lower crash rate than riders who haven’t?

10%

50%

20%

100%

Correct! Wrong!

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1.You must yield to a public transport bus which is pulling out if:

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2.Which of these will not help you be more alert?

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3.Why shouldn't you use your high beam headlight in fog or heavy rain?

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4.When forced to steer around an unexpected obstacle, which of these should you avoid?

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5.What's the best way to alert traffic behind you to the fact that you may have to stop suddenly?

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6.In the event of an engine failure, what should be your very first action?

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8.Which of the three basic collision avoidance strategies should be your last choice?

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9.When carrying heavy cargo, what's the best place for it?

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10.Which of these is the only restriction which changes when you gain your Class 8 Novice license?

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11.What's the minimum you should give your motorcycle after a winter's storage?

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12.While you are learning to ride, when must you have a qualified supervisor riding with you?

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13.If you refuse to give a breath or blood sample when asked, how will you be treated?

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14.When braking hard or accelerating:

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15.What is the minimum penalty for being caught for the first time with a blood alcohol content over .08?

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16.Which of these is it not compulsory for your motorcycle to have for you to be permitted to use it for your skills test?

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17.As well as impeding your vision, what else can fog do?

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18.What should you do if one of your tires starts to whine or shudder under braking?

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19.If you are caught with a blood alcohol content in excess of .08, what is the minimum it will cost you financially?

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20.What is the best way to prepare for your Motorcycle Skills Test?

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21.You must dim your high beam before you get how close to another vehicle?

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22.If you have a motorcycle license from another province, state or country how long can you use it in British Colombia before you must apply for a B.C. license?

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23.What should your stopping distance be at night?

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24.What should you do to avoid being dazzled by glare from oncoming vehicle lights?

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25.Which of these is the only thing ABS brakes will help you with?

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26.Which of these is the only restriction which does not apply to riders with a Class 8L learner's license?

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