Pass the South Dakota Motorcycle Permit test the first time with FREE South Dakota DMV Practice Tests. Study real motorcycle permit questions from the DMV handbook!.
1. In slow turns, how can you help balance the motorcycle?
2. Both brakes on your motorcycle should be used
3. After as few as ____ alcoholic drink(s), your ability to ride can be affected.
4. Generally, ____ should be avoided.
5. How does carrying a passenger change your motorcycle?
6. Motorcycles are harder to see. how can you increase your visibility?
7. When driving through a turn, your lane position should
8. When it starts to rain, what lane position can be hazardous?
9. Which of the following should you not do while passing?
10. When you come to a school or church bus that is stopped on any roadway to load or unload passengers, you must
11. You can be charged with driving while under the influence of alcohol if
12. How can you make your brake light more noticeable to others?
13. In countersteering to initiate a turn, pushing the right handgrip will allow the motorcycle to
14. To help stabilize the motorcycle in a turn, you should
15. What tests usually determine if you are riding legally or illegally under the influence of alcohol?
16. To avoid lurching while downshifting, what should you do?
17. What do gravel, lane markings, and road edges have in common?
18. Rolling on the throttle in a turn
19. In which of these situations would you use the engine cut-off switch?
To operate a motorcycle in South Dakota, you must have a motorcycle instruction permit or a motorcycle license. Licenses are issued by the Department of Public Safety (DPS). You can apply for a motorcycle instruction permit at age 14 and a motorcycle license at age 16. A motorcycle permit or license allows you to operate a motorcycle, motorbike, scooter, or moped on public roads.
To receive a motorcycle instruction permit, you must apply, submit the required documentation, pass the vision screening and the motorcycle knowledge exam, and pay the fees. To receive a motorcycle license, you must apply, submit the required documentation, pay the fees, and pass the vision screening, the knowledge exam, and the motorcycle driving test.
Tests are scheduled online or through the DPS. The motorcycle knowledge test contains 25 questions about safe riding practices and road rules. You must answer 20 of the questions correctly to pass. The motorcycle driving test assesses your ability to operate your motorcycle safely. If you fail a test, you must wait one day to retake it.