MSF BASIC RIDER COURSE STUDY UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Question 1.
Name 2 primary differences between cars/trucks and motorcycles.
ANSWER
Stability and visibility.
Question 2.
What are the problems that these differences cause?
ANSWER
Motorcycles do not have the stability of cars because they must be balanced, and
motorcycles leave you more vulnerable in a crash because there is less protection.
Motorcycles are not as readily seen as cars, trucks, or other motor vehicles because of their
size.
Question 3.
Part of being responsible means to give a lot of thought to what?
ANSWER
The consequences of your riding behavior in traffic.
Question 4.
What is the primary cause of motorcycle crashes?
ANSWER
There is rarely a single cause; most crashes involve many variable factors.
Question 5.
How does the Handbook define a "good motorcyclist"?
ANSWER
To have the desire and motivation to choose to reduce risk while riding.
, Question 6.
How does a rider reduce factors that lead to crashes?
ANSWER
By applying a strategy.
Question 7.
What does it mean to have a margin of safety?
ANSWER
1) staying within personal skill limits; 2) staying within your motorcycle's limits, especially its
tire traction limits; 3) staying within the available time and space to respond to traffic
situations before having to react to an emergency.
Question 8.
What is SEE, and what does each letter stand for?
ANSWER
Search, Evaluate, Execute is the strategy to help you understand what is going on in traffic
and to be constantly planning and implementing a course of action.
Question 9.
Name several purposes of protective riding gear.
ANSWER
Providing comfort, increasing visibility, and offering protection.
Question 10.
What's the difference between a full-face and three-quarter-coverage helmet?
ANSWER
The three-quarter helmet doesn't offer the face and chin protection of full-face helmets.
ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Question 1.
Name 2 primary differences between cars/trucks and motorcycles.
ANSWER
Stability and visibility.
Question 2.
What are the problems that these differences cause?
ANSWER
Motorcycles do not have the stability of cars because they must be balanced, and
motorcycles leave you more vulnerable in a crash because there is less protection.
Motorcycles are not as readily seen as cars, trucks, or other motor vehicles because of their
size.
Question 3.
Part of being responsible means to give a lot of thought to what?
ANSWER
The consequences of your riding behavior in traffic.
Question 4.
What is the primary cause of motorcycle crashes?
ANSWER
There is rarely a single cause; most crashes involve many variable factors.
Question 5.
How does the Handbook define a "good motorcyclist"?
ANSWER
To have the desire and motivation to choose to reduce risk while riding.
, Question 6.
How does a rider reduce factors that lead to crashes?
ANSWER
By applying a strategy.
Question 7.
What does it mean to have a margin of safety?
ANSWER
1) staying within personal skill limits; 2) staying within your motorcycle's limits, especially its
tire traction limits; 3) staying within the available time and space to respond to traffic
situations before having to react to an emergency.
Question 8.
What is SEE, and what does each letter stand for?
ANSWER
Search, Evaluate, Execute is the strategy to help you understand what is going on in traffic
and to be constantly planning and implementing a course of action.
Question 9.
Name several purposes of protective riding gear.
ANSWER
Providing comfort, increasing visibility, and offering protection.
Question 10.
What's the difference between a full-face and three-quarter-coverage helmet?
ANSWER
The three-quarter helmet doesn't offer the face and chin protection of full-face helmets.
