Air Brake Practice Test 04

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Spring parking brake chambers should never be disassembled without first doing what?

Releasing the air pressure

Compressing the spring with a caging bolt

Finding out which spring has to be caged

Releasing the spring

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Some spring parking brakes can be released mechanically by doing what?

Winding them off

Turning them up

Turning them down

Letting them cool

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On the pre-trip air brake inspection, you must ensure that the parking brake spring is not...

Expanded

Missing

Manually caged

Wrong size

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What should always be done when caging the parking brake spring?

Releasing the two-way valve

Draining the wet tank

Turning off the compressor

Blocking the wheels

5 / 30

How many uses does the relay valve have?

One

Two

Three

Four

6 / 30

Parking brakes should be in what position before making a service brake application?

The release position

The activated position

The resting position

The forward position

7 / 30

Some systems may have an additional valve controlled by a blue button that applies what?

The trailer spring brakes

The trailer service brakes

Only the tractor spring parking brakes and not the trailer spring parking brakes

None of these

8 / 30

After overheating the brake drums, when should you set the spring parking brake?

The brake temperature gauge has a level reading

There is no longer any smoke coming from the brakes

After you have verified the brake drum is cool to the touch

The brakes no longer grab

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What is the danger of disassembling a spring parking brake unit?

They could break

Springs are under extreme pressure and could cause serious personal injury if disassembly is attempted

There is no danger

They could get stuck

10 / 30

Is the installation of spring parking brakes and their piping arrangements done the same in all vehicle air brake systems?

All but tandem trailers

Yes

All but fire trucks

11 / 30

What can be accomplished by installing a control valve in the cab and a front brake limiting valve on the front axle?

None of these

To reduce the speed of the vehicle without braking

Reduce the braking effort to the front wheels

To improve vehicle mileage

12 / 30

. In the spring parking brake system, the brakes are applied by spring pressure and retracted by what?

Air pressure

Hydraulics

Spring pressure

None of these

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when the brake drum has expanded because of extreme heating, when the brake drum starts to cool and contract, the pressure exerted by the spring parking brake may cause the brake drum to do what?

Crack or warp

None of these

Fall off

Stop the vehicle quickly

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What is another word for when the spring compresses?

Cages

Pushes

Shrinks

Downsizes

15 / 30

The effectiveness of the spring parking brake depends on what?

The type of brakes

The size of the spring

The pressure the spring provides

The service brake adjustment

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How are the brakes caged?

With a twist of the release valve

With a valve that releases the spring

With a bolt that runs beside the chamber body

With a bolt that runs through the centre of the chamber body, which is turned to compress the spring

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What is an automatic limiting valve?

It will hold off brake application to the front wheels from 35 to 40 psi, depending on how it has been pre-set

It will hold off brake application to the front wheels from 25 to 30 psi, depending on how it has been pre-set

It will hold off brake application to the front wheels from 15 to 20 psi, depending on how it has been pre-set

It will hold off brake application to the front wheels from 0 to 10 psi, depending on how it has been pre-set

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Instruction on how to cage is usually found where?

From a licensed mechanic

From the carrier

On the body of the parking brake chamber

With the vehicle's manual

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What is meant by compounding?

The force applied by the spring brakes and the service brake

The force applied when the air pressure is below 35 psi

The force applied by the service brakes when the vehicle is fully stopped

The force applied by the spring brakes when the vehicle is still in motion

20 / 30

The spring parking brake system can also act as what?

An emergency brake

Service brakes for the trailers

Hydraulic brakes

Air-over hydraulic brakes

21 / 30

What happens to allow reservoir air pressure to flow to the spring parking brake chambers?

Releasing the foot valve

Opening the control valve

Closing the control valse

None of these

22 / 30

Anytime the reservoir pressure drops to approximately 35 psi, what happens?

The spring parking brakes will be activated

A warning light activates

Nothing

The pressure gauge activates

23 / 30

Disassembly of a spring brake chamber should be done by...

The vehicle owner

The driver

A qualified mechanic or technician

All of the above

24 / 30

Which statement is false? How quickly the spring brakes will stop the vehicle depends on such factors as...

The type of spring brakes

The adjustment of the service brakes

The spring force of the spring brakes that have been installed

The weight and speed of the vehicle

25 / 30

Which statement is false? When parking a vehicle with over heated brakes...

Stop the engine and leave the transmission in the lowest gear

Keep the engine running between 600 and 900 rpm

Block the wheels

Park on level ground

26 / 30

With an automatic limiting valve, brake applications between 40 psi and 60 psi are reduced to...

Less than 45%

Less than 60%

Less than 50%

Less than 20%

27 / 30

The control valve is set in what position for dry road surfaces?

Rough

Wet

Smooth

Normal

28 / 30

Where does the air in the control line 'dead end' to?

The quick release valve

The one-way valve

The two-way valve

The relay valve

29 / 30

What should the brake chamber be fitted with to ensure debris will not enter the chamber?

Nothing

A fan

A dust cap

A filter

30 / 30

During normal service brake operation, wat happens to the parking brake spring?

Nothing happens

It does expand

It does not expand

It retracts

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