Arkansas ODS Motorcycle Practice Test 1
Test 1 of 6. Pick an answer for each question to see if it is right and why; your score appears at the end. You need 20 correct answers to pass, the same ratio as the real Arkansas test.
- Questions25
- Correct to pass20
- Passing score80%
- Minimum age16 years
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1. When must a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle display lighted lamps on an Arkansas street or highway?
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Answer A: At all times
Arkansas Code 27-36-204 exempts motorcycles and motor-driven cycles from the night-only rule and requires them to display lighted lamps at any time they are on a street or highway.
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2. You enter a work zone where the top layer of pavement has been milled off, leaving a grooved surface. How should you ride?
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Answer B: Hold a relaxed grip and steady speed, and expect the tires to wander
Milled or grooved pavement makes the tires follow the ridges and the motorcycle feel unsettled, so relax on the bars, keep a constant speed and ride straight through.
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3. A driver stopped on suspicion of impaired driving refuses to take a chemical test. What happens?
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Answer D: A license penalty follows for the refusal itself
Under implied consent, holding a license means agreeing to testing, so a refusal brings its own suspension separately from anything the court decides.
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4. A yellow horizontal rectangular sign showing one large arrow pointing left or right, facing traffic on the far side of a sharp bend, tells the driver
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Answer C: which way the roadway turns at that point
The large arrow sign is mounted on the outside of a sharp change in alignment so that a driver approaching head on immediately sees which way the road goes.
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5. What fine range does Arkansas set for a first violation of its texting while driving law?
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Answer B: $25 to $250
Arkansas Code 27-51-1506 punishes a first violation of the no texting law by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars and not more than two hundred fifty dollars.
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6. What field of vision does Arkansas require of a driver's license applicant?
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Answer D: 140 degrees with two functional eyes, 105 degrees with one
Arkansas Code 27-16-704 sets the field of vision standard at 140 degrees for a person with two functional eyes and 105 degrees for a person with one functional eye.
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7. Under Arkansas law, when can a driver be charged with DWI at an alcohol concentration between 0.04 and 0.08 percent?
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Answer D: When the driver is involved in a traffic crash or a serious traffic offense
Arkansas allows a DWI charge in the 0.04 to 0.08 percent range when the driver is involved in a traffic crash or a serious traffic offense.
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8. Below a speed limit sign is a smaller panel with white numbers on a black background and the word NIGHT. What does it show?
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Answer D: The limit that applies after dark
A night speed limit panel sets a separate legal maximum for the hours of darkness, and its reversed colors mark it as the night figure.
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9. Under Arkansas law, who is allowed to send text messages while driving?
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Answer D: No one, regardless of age
Arkansas prohibits text messaging while driving for every driver, with no age exception.
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10. Why is it harder for a rider to judge distance and closing speed after dark?
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Answer D: Only lights are visible, so closing speeds are hard to read
At night you see lights rather than whole vehicles and the scene around them, which strips away the cues that tell you how far away something is and how fast it is closing.
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11. How long does Arkansas suspend a driver's license for a third DWI conviction within five years?
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Answer D: 30 months
A third DWI or BWI conviction within a five-year span carries a thirty-month suspension in Arkansas.
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12. What minimum liability coverage must an Arkansas motor vehicle policy provide?
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Answer D: $25,000 per person, $50,000 per accident and $25,000 for property
Arkansas Code 27-22-104 requires at least twenty-five thousand dollars for bodily injury or death of one person, fifty thousand for two or more, and twenty-five thousand for property damage.
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13. What must an Arkansas driver who already holds a valid Class D License complete in order to obtain a Class M motorcycle license?
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Answer D: A motorcycle knowledge exam, a vision test and a motorcycle skills exam
An Arkansas applicant who already holds a Class D License must still pass the motorcycle knowledge exam, the vision test and the motorcycle skills exam.
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14. You are passing a crash on the other side of a divided highway. What should you do?
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Answer D: Keep your eyes on your own lane and the traffic around you
Staring at a crash scene, often called rubbernecking, causes sudden slowing and secondary collisions. Your attention belongs on the traffic in front of you.
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15. A center lane is bordered by a solid yellow line on the outside and a broken yellow line on the inside, with left-turn arrows painted in it. How may you use that lane?
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Answer A: Only to make a left turn or to prepare for one from either direction
That marking identifies a two-way left turn lane, which may only be used for left turns or to prepare for a left turn and never for travel or passing.
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16. What speed limit applies when passing an Arkansas school building or school zone during school hours while children are present and outside the building?
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Answer A: 25 miles per hour
Arkansas Code 27-51-212 forbids driving faster than 25 miles per hour past a school building or school zone during school hours when children are present and outside the building.
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17. When does Arkansas law forbid a driver of any age to use a wireless telecommunications device in a highway work zone?
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Answer D: When a highway worker is present
Arkansas Code 27-51-1606 prohibits using a wireless telecommunications device while driving in a highway work zone when a highway worker is present, except in an emergency.
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18. A pedestrian has stepped into a crosswalk at an intersection ahead of you. What is your obligation?
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Answer C: Yield and let the pedestrian finish crossing before you proceed
Drivers must yield to pedestrians in a crosswalk, and an intersection has a legal crosswalk whether or not lines are painted on the pavement.
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19. You are traveling beside another vehicle on a multilane highway at nearly the same speed. Why is this a poor position?
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Answer B: You may be sitting in that driver's blind spot with nowhere to go if they move over
Driving alongside removes your side escape route and often puts you where the other driver cannot see you. Speed up or drop back to open space beside you.
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20. How many points does Arkansas assess for passing a school bus that is displaying its warning not to pass?
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Answer C: 8 points
Passing a school bus displaying a warning not to pass carries eight points in the Arkansas schedule, the same as reckless driving and hit and run.
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21. For how long may an Arkansas driver arrested for DWI drive on the Driver's License Receipt issued at the arrest?
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Answer D: Thirty days
A driver who held a valid license at the time of a DWI arrest may drive on the Driver's License Receipt for thirty days.
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22. Why is a U-turn on a one-way street a problem?
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Answer A: You would end up facing the wrong way against all the traffic
Every lane of a one-way street runs the same way, so turning around leaves you driving head-on against all of the traffic.
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23. Driving at night you notice that the raised markers along the line beside you are throwing back red light. What does that tell you?
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Answer C: You are facing traffic and must get off that roadway
Red retroreflection is shown only toward traffic that should not be there, so a red return means the vehicle is heading the wrong way.
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24. How many points does Arkansas assess for a hit and run, that is, failing to stop and render aid after a crash?
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Answer D: 8 points
Failure to stop and render aid after an accident is assessed at eight points in the Arkansas violations and points schedule.
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25. Your passenger keeps leaning out to one side to see the road ahead. What should you do?
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Answer B: Ask them to stay in line with you and look over your shoulder instead
Leaning out shifts the combined weight sideways and unsettles the machine, and a passenger can see far enough by looking past the rider's shoulder.