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2025 South Carolina Motorcycle Permit Test 8

The following questions are from real DMV written motorcycle permit tests. These are some of the actual permit questions you will face in South Carolina 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 Carolina please visit https://cheat-sheets.dmv-written-test.com/en/south-carolina/motorcycle.

Number of Tests 16

Number of Question 30

Passing Score 24

1. When sitting on a motorcycle, you should:

Use your arms to hold up your body.

Sit at an angle so your arms can support your weight.

Sit so you can use your arms to control the motorcycle.

Sit with a posture that allows you to use your arms to control your motorcycle. You should not be positioned in a way that requires your arms to prop up your body and support your weight.

2. How is the accelerator controlled?

With the right hand

With the left hand

With the right foot

With the left foot

The accelerator of a motorcycle is located by the right handgrip and is controlled with the right hand.

3. Passengers should:

Look over their shoulder when taking a turn or curve.

Never hold onto the rider.

Sit as far back as possible.

Before mounting, you should ask your passenger to look over your shoulder in the direction of any turn or curve that you may take. Doing so will help you and your bike to lean in the appropriate direction.

4. Footrests:

May be shared by the driver and passenger

Are required for the driver and passenger

Are not required

Keep your feet firmly on the footrests for balance. The motorcycle should be equipped with passenger footrests. Firm footing prevents your passenger from falling off and pulling you off, too.

No left turn

No U-turn

No right turn

Regulatory signs are white signs with red and black markings that inform drivers of specific traffic laws in the indicated area. This sign indicates that right turns are prohibited.

6. To reduce the chances of a collision, a motorcyclist should:

Stare straight in front of their motorcycle.

Be unwilling to move to avoid a potential hazard.

Scan their path of travel, looking at least 10 to 15 seconds ahead of their motorcycle.

To reduce the risk of being involved in a collision, consistently scan your path of travel at least 10 to 15 seconds ahead of your motorcycle. Scanning the road ahead will give you time to react to a hazard before meeting the hazard.

7. Which of the following is not a method used to maintain control of a motorcycle in a turn?

Accelerate through the turn.

Reduce your speed before turning.

Lean into the turn.

To ensure control when making a turn, you should reduce your speed before entering the turn. Look through the turn in the direction you want to move, press on the handle grip to lean in the appropriate direction, and roll on the throttle through the turn to stabilize suspension.

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