Alberta Air Brake Test 03

Taking the Alberta Air Brake practice test is essential to obtaining the required certification to operate vehicles equipped with air brakes. Not only does the practice test help you gauge your knowledge, but it also helps you prepare for the official exam. It is a means to identify gaps in your understanding and provides an opportunity to rectify them. Carrying out ample practice can help you pass the exam with flying colors.

1 / 30

It's not recommended to take park springs apart. Why is this?

It's too tough a job

There are no repairable parts inside

Only the top mechanical team could do this

No reason

2 / 30

Does every axle group will have an independent service brake circuit?

Some do

Yes

Just the last axle group

3 / 30

What does air brake antifreeze essentially do?

To prevent the air from freezing

To prevent rubber components in the valves from drying out

To keep the air hoses from freezing

Nothing

4 / 30

A long stroke chamber has a total stroke of...

3 1/2 inches

3 inches

2 1/2 inches

2 inches

5 / 30

When the park control valve is pulled, what happens?

Air is exhausted and the park spring expands and applies the foundation brake

None of the above

It prepares the brakes to application

The park brakes are released

6 / 30

When do the tanks drain properly?

Once the rpm is at 900 rpm

Not until the air pressure is depleted and the contamination settles down and starts to drip from the tank

None of the above

After sitting idle for two hours

7 / 30

What do brake chambers do?

Convert air pressure into mechanical force

Houses the brakes until they are needed

None of the above

Hold the air to be used for the brakes

8 / 30

Spring park brakes begin to apply if system air pressure drops below what pressure?

30 psi

40 psi

60 psi

50 psi

9 / 30

The park brake control valve pops out when the pressure drops to what psi?

20-45 psi

30-55 psi

5 psi

60 psi

10 / 30

How much full-service brake applications should the air tank volume capacity be capable of providing?

A minimum of 12 full-service brake applications for power units and 8 full-service applications for trailers

a minimum of 6 full-service brake applications for power units and 4 full-service applications for trailers

a minimum of 10 full-service brake applications for power units and 10 full-service applications for trailers

A minimum of 8 full-service brake applications for power units and 12 full-service applications for trailers

11 / 30

Air pressure for the park circuit is delivered from which tank?

The higher pressure of either the primary or secondary tank

Whichever tank has the least amount of pressure

The primary tank only

The secondary tank only

12 / 30

What does Type 20 typically refer to?

The typical size of brake chambers for power axels

The typical size of brake chambers for trailer axels

Nothing

The typical size of brake chambers for steering axels

13 / 30

How much are the service capable of handling?

At least five times the compressor cut-out pressure or 500 psi, whichever is greater

350 psi

300 psi

250 psi

14 / 30

How many air lines go to the trailer?

One

Two

Four

Three

15 / 30

To reduce lag time, what is installed near the brake chambers?

Larger air lines

A relay valve

Larger glad hand couplers

Nothing

16 / 30

How can spring brakes be manually released?

With a foot control

With a release bolt

You can't

With a hand control

17 / 30

What is the purpose of a check valve?

It checks the service tanks for air

It protects the service tanks from air supply failure

None of the above

It checks that the hoses are running smoothly

18 / 30

The capacity of a service tank is set according to what?

According to OEM specifications

The size and number of brakes installed in the axel group

The year the tractor was manufactured

None of the above

19 / 30

What does AD-IS refer to?

Automatic Documentation Into Solids

None of the above

Air Dryer Integrated Solution

Automatic Drying Isolation System

20 / 30

What do the air pressure gauges measure?

Air pressure from the primary tank

Air pressure from the secondary tank

The air in the park brakes

Air pressure from both primary and secondary tanks

21 / 30

What is the typical size of brake chambers for load bearing axels?

Type 30

Type 20

Type 40

Type 15

22 / 30

Since not all trailers should have alcohol-based antifreeze, how would you know if they should?

The year the trailer was built

You would have to trust your maintenance team

There will be a decal fitted to the front of the trailer warning against alcohol use

You would be able to smell it

23 / 30

Which statement is false? During a brake application...

Control valve is applied

Air volume in the circuit is lost

Air pressure gauge drops

Air pressure flows through the chambers

24 / 30

Which is not part of the service brake circuit?

Control valve

The air dryer gauge

Brake chambers

Air tank protected by a check valve

25 / 30

Power units have two service circuits: one for the steering axel. What is the other one?

The power axel

The trailer axel

The last axel

The drive axel

26 / 30

What is the purpose of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA)?

To standardize commercial vehicle inspections so that defects are applied equally throughout North America

None of the above

To record all deficiencies with commercial vehicles across North America

It's club for all commercial vehicle drivers

27 / 30

When the brakes are released, where is the air typically released through?

Through the rotors

Through the couplers

Through the air dryers

Through the quick release valve

28 / 30

What allows the brakes to release more rapidly?

When the chambers are not full of air

When air pressure in the brake chambers exhausts through the quick release valve

When the driver releases their foot from the brake pedal

Nothing

29 / 30

Are trainer service and park circuits the same as truck and bus circuits?

Only the same as bus circuits

Only the same as truck circuits

Yes

30 / 30

The low air alarm is set to activate if air pressure drops below what psi?

60 psi

50 psi

70 psi

80 psi

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