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2024 South Dakota Motorcycle Permit Test 16

The following questions are from real DMV written motorcycle permit tests. These are some of the actual permit questions you will face in South Dakota when getting your motorcycle learners permit. Each motorcycle theory practice test question has three answer choices. Select one answer for each question and select "grade this section." You can find this button at the bottom of the drivers license quiz. For a complete list of questions and answers for South Dakota please visit https://cheat-sheets.dmv-written-test.com/en/south-dakota/motorcycle.

Number of Tests 16

Number of Question 25

Passing Score 19

7. People under the age of 21 can be arrested for riding with a minimum blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of:

0.02 percent.

0.04 percent.

0.08 percent.

Under South Dakota's "Zero Tolerance" law, people below the legal drinking age of 21 can be arrested for operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.02 percent or higher. It is never safe to operate a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol.

8. The best way to stop quickly is to:

Use only your front brake.

Use only your rear brake.

Use both brakes at the same time.

To stop quickly, apply controlled pressure to both the front and rear brakes at the same time.

9. Making eye contact with another driver:

Means that they see you.

Doesn’t mean that they will properly yield to you.

Guarantees that they will properly yield to you.

You should never take eye contact with another driver as a guarantee that they will properly yield to you. It is not uncommon for a driver to look directly at a motorcyclist and still fail to notice them.

10. When riding behind another vehicle, you should position yourself:

To be seen in the vehicle’s side mirror.

To be seen in the vehicle’s rearview mirror.

To be seen through the vehicle's passenger window.

If you are following a car, the driver is most likely to notice you if you position yourself behind them in the center of your lane. This lane position places you in the driver's rearview mirror. Most drivers check their rearview mirrors much more often than their side mirrors.

11. When attempting to pass another vehicle, you should:

Ride within the posted speed limits.

Exceed the posted speed limit to complete the pass, but not by more than 10 mph.

Pass more than one vehicle at a time.

All passes must be completed within legal speed limits. Riders should pass only where it is safe and legal to do so.

12. Alcohol reaches the brain ________ being consumed.

Within minutes of

About an hour after

About two hours after

Alcohol reaches the brain and begins affecting the drinker's riding abilities within minutes of being consumed. Operating any motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol is illegal and dangerous.

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