Saskatchewan Air Brake Test 05

Taking the free Saskatchewan Air Brake practice test is an excellent way to prepare yourself for the official exam. By taking this practice test, you will get a good idea of what kind of questions to expect, and you will be able to hone your skills to ace the exam with flying colors. Moreover, this test is designed to cover everything that you need to know to pass your official exam successfully.

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Place the trailer-supply valve in the what position and reservoir air will be directed to the tractor protection valve and supply-line glad hand?

Emergency

Off

Normal

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Vehicles equipped with dead-end couplers should have what in use whenever the vehicle is used without a trailer?

Protection plates

Rounded plates

Metal plates

Dead-end plates

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A tractor protection valve is usually mounted on the cab or...

Chassis of the tractor

Anywhere the driver decides to put it

Under the hood

At the front of the trailer

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What is referred to as glad hands?

The coupling device used to connect the service and supply lines of the trailer to the truck or tractor

None of these

The device used to filter the air from the compressor to the supply tank

The device used to force air into the brake chambers

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What happens when the trailer-supply valve is open?

Air passes through the bottom of the tractor protection valve and charges the trailer through the supply line

All of these

Air passes directly to the trailer through the supply line

Air passes through the top of the tractor protection valve and prepares to charge the trailer through the supply line

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Will the tractor protection valve operate if the trailer-supply valve is closed?

Yes

Depends on the size of the compressor

Depends on the number of reservoirs

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Can the hand valve be used as a parking brake?

Only on Class 1 vehicles

Only with buses

Yes

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What do you do if the unit is not equipped with dead-end couplers?

The glad hands can rest on a hook attached to the rear of the cab

The glad hands can rest in a pouch at the rear of the cab

The glad hand of the service line can be locked to the glad hand of the supply line

None of the above

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What's another name for the supply line?

Perimeter line

Primary line

Emergency line

Safety line

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Why is the trailer hand-control valve added?

To reduce the work of the driver

To allow the trailer to apply automatically

To avoid having the brakes lock

So that you can apply the trailer's brakes independent of the tractor

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When you are not hooked to a trailer, the trailer-supply valve is...

Closed

Blocked

Removed

Open

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What is referred to as dynamiting?

When the brakes explode from too much air pressure

None of these

An emergency application of the trailer brakes

When the brakes fall apart

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When the pressure in the supply line reaches 45 psi, the service line port of the tractor protection valve does what?

Shifts

Widens

Closes

Opens

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The trailer-supply valve has also been referred to as...

The emergency valve

The service valve

The main line valve

The primary valve

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Some vehicles are equipped with a different type of cab-mounted trailer-supply valve, which must be operated...

None of these

By remote

Electronically

Manually

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How many positions does the manually operated trailer-supply valves have?

Four

Three

Two

Five

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The supply line always contains the same air pressure as...

The largest circuit

The highest-pressure circuit

The closest circuit

The lowest-pressure circuit

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What will join and lock the couplers?

A quick, downward snap

Pins

Locking grips

Clamps

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Air is supplied to the trailer-supply valve by what?

A one-way control valve

The foot valve

A double-check valve that is connected to both the primary and secondary circuits

Two air hoses

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What happens on a trailer breakaway?

The brakes lock up

The chains lock up

Air will rush into the supply line until the trailer-supply valve automatically opens

Air will rush out of the supply line until the trailer-supply valve automatically closes

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The trailer hand-control valve is also called...

Spike

Shaft

Lever

Nailer

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The double-check valve only takes air from what?

The closest reservoir

The supply tank

The biggest reservoir

The highest pressure circuit

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The trailer-supply valve is usually...

A yellow square

A red triangle

A yellow circle

A red octagonal button

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What is the function of the service line?

It vents the air from the service brakes

None of these

It carries air to fill the trailer's tanks

It carries pressure for the service brakes

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The two-way check valve allows control of the trailer brake by use of...

The hand valve or foot valve

The one-way valve

All of these

The supply tank

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What prevents air from escaping the glad hands?

Nothing

A metal cap

A shut-off valve

A snap-lock position and a rubber seal

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The hand valve is typically supplied from primary and secondary circuits and plumbed to...

The foot valve

A double-check valve

A one-way valve

A two-way valve

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Where are two-way check valves installed?

Between the foot valve and the compressor

Beside the compressor

Between the hand valve and the tractor protection valve

Between the tractor protection valve and the supply tank

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When connecting the glad hands, start with the two seals together and the couplers at what angle to each other?

45 degree

30 degree

75 degree

90 degree

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Why should the glad hands be protected when not in use?

All of these

To keep dirt out of the lines

To follow company policy

So as not to interfere with the driver

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