MSF Basic Rider Course BOLD Questions | Actual Questions and Answers
Latest Updated 2024/2025 (Graded A+)
Name 2 primary differences between cars/trucks and motorcycles. - ✔✔Stability, Being Readily Seen,
and More Vulnerable
What are the problems that these differences cause? - ✔✔Less protection & easier for an accident to
occur.
Part of being responsible means to give a lot of thought to what? - ✔✔Thinking before acting, and
considering the consequences of actions.
What is the primary cause of motorcycle crashes? - ✔✔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.
How does the Handbook define a "good motorcyclist"? - ✔✔To have the desire and motivation to
choose to reduce risk while riding.
How does a rider reduce factors that lead to crashes? - ✔✔By applying a STRATEGY. Thinking before
acting and considering the consequences of actions.
What does it mean to have a margin of safety? - ✔✔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.
What is SEE, and what does each letter stand for? - ✔✔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
Name several purposes of protective riding gear. - ✔✔Providing comfort, increasing visibility, and
offering protection.
