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MSF Basic Rider Course Exam Answered Questions and Answers
Question: What are two primary differences between
cars/trucks and motorcycles?
Correct Answer: Stability, Being Readily Seen, and More
Vulnerable
Question: What problems do these differences cause?
Correct Answer: Less protection & easier for an accident to
occur.
Question: Part of being responsible means to give a lot of
thought to what?
Correct Answer: Thinking before acting, and considering the
consequences of actions.
Question: What is the primary cause of motorcycle crashes?
Correct Answer: There is rarely a single cause. There is
usually an interaction of factors that accumulate, and at some point in time they come together in such a way to produce a crash.
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Question: How does the Handbook define a "good
motorcyclist"?
Correct Answer: To have the desire and motivation to
choose to reduce risk while riding.
Question: How does a rider reduce factors that lead to
crashes?
Correct Answer: By applying a STRATEGY. Thinking
before acting and considering the consequences of actions.
Question: What does it mean to have a margin of safety?
Correct Answer: 1) Staying within personal skill limits; 2)
staying within your motorcycle's limits, especially its tire traction limits; and 3) staying within the available time and space to respond to traffic situations before having to react to an emergency.
Question: What is SEE, and what does each letter stand for?
Correct Answer: It is a strategy to use in traffic and to be
constantly planning and implementing a course of action.S=Search, E=Evaluate, E=Execute
Question: Name several purposes of protective riding gear.
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Correct Answer: Providing comfort, increasing visibility,
and offering protection.
Question: What's the difference between a full-face and three-
quarter-coverage helmet?
Correct Answer: Full face covers all of the head and face.
3/4 doesn't offer the face and chin protection of a full-face helmet.
Question: Why aren't ordinary glasses or sunglasses sufficient
eye protection?
Correct Answer: They can shatter or fly off, and they allow
wind and airborne objects to reach the eyes.
Question: What stickers are likely to indicate a well-made
helmet?
Correct Answer: DOT and Snell Memorial Foundation
stickers.
Question: What type of injury accounts for the majority of
motorcycle deaths?
Correct Answer: Head injuries account for the majority of
motorcycle fatalities.
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Question: What is the value of appropriate footwear?
Correct Answer: Stones that get thrown up from the
roadway, burns from exhaust pipes, stronger grip on pavement, keep feet on footrests, and provide protection against foot and ankle.
Question: What is the value of motorcycle-specific clothing?
Correct Answer: Best combination of fit and protection.
Question: Define "hypothermia" and provide an example.
Correct Answer: A condition of subnormal body
temperature. Example: On a chilly day (50°F), a motorcyclist
riding at 30 mph experiences a chilling effect equivalent to
42°F.
Question: What is the value of dressing in layers?
Correct Answer: So that the layers can be removed as
desired.
Question: What is T-CLOCS and what does each letter stand
for?
Correct Answer: List of inspections which should be
checked before every ride. T = Tires and Wheels (Air pressure, Tread, Cracks, dents, loose spokes, Bearings,