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2025 South Dakota Motorcycle Permit Test 11

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://staging.dmvwrittentest.cheat-sheets.com/en/south-dakota/motorcycle.

Number of Tests 16

Number of Question 25

Passing Score 19

1. Texting and driving is:

Illegal.

Allowed when stopped at traffic control devices.

Allowed when there is minimal traffic.

Texting while driving is a very dangerous distraction that increases the risk of a crash by as much as 23 times. Texting while operating a vehicle is prohibited by South Dakota law.

2. To reduce the chances of a collision, a motorcycle rider should:

Maintain an adequate space cushion.

Ride very slowly.

Ride the centerline.

To reduce your chances of being involved in a collision, always allow yourself an adequate cushion of space. Maintain your space cushion when following another vehicle, being followed by another vehicle, passing, being passed, or lane sharing.

3. Which of the following is not a benefit of maintaining a space cushion between your motorcycle and other vehicles?

You will have time to react to hazards.

You will have space to maneuver.

You will have more time to accelerate when entering a curve.

Maintaining a cushion of space around your motorcycle at all times helps ensure that you will have time to react and space to maneuver if someone else on the road makes a mistake.

4. If your motorcycle begins to weave while you are riding over rain grooves or bridge gratings, you should:

Speed up to get over the surface faster.

Exaggerate the zigzag motion to get the attention of other drivers.

Maintain a steady speed and ride straight across the grooves or gratings.

If your motorcycle begins to weave when riding over grooves or gratings, simply maintain a steady speed and proceed straight across the surface. Trying to compensate for the weave by riding at an angle forces you to zigzag to stay in your lane, which is more dangerous.

5. When being followed by a tailgater, you should:

Allow them to pass.

Speed up.

Not change how you are riding.

The best way to handle a tailgater is to allow them to pass you. Speeding up may result in them continuing to tailgate you, just at a higher speed.

6. When riding, jackets and pants should:

Fit loosely enough to allow the wind to catch the fabric.

Be snug enough to keep from flapping in the wind.

Be tight enough to prevent you from moving freely.

Jackets and pants should fit snugly enough that they do not flap in the wind, but also loosely enough that you are able to move freely.

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