New Brunswick Permit Test | Driving Exam Practice Test

Truck Test 10

1.When stopping on slippery surfaces with an ABS equipped truck, how should you apply the brake pedal?

With intermittent pressure

With as much pressure as possible

With light pressure

With firm continuous pressure

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2.If your vehicle is equipped with an air dryer system, you need to drain the reservoirs…?

Never

Less often

As often as if the system wasn't there

More often

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3.With brakes on the same axle, pushrod travel should be…?

Any of these

High on the right than the left

The same on each side

Higher on the left than the right

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4.An application pressure gauge shows what?

The pressure being delivered to the brakes

The pressure in the compressor

The pressure in the supply tank

The pressure in the secondary tank

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5.Which of these people is ultimately responsible for making sure air brakes are working properly?

State inspection officials

The company mechanic

The vehicle driver

The vehicle owner

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6.If your vehicle has wedge brakes, you will know the automatic adjusters have failed if when the brakes are applied and released the linings move more than…?

1/32 of an inch

1/8 of an inch

1/4 of an inch

1/16 of an inch

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7.On which of these vehicles are you most likely to find air over hydraulic brakes?

A heavyweight truck

A bus

A crane towing vehicle

A heavyweight emergency response vehicle

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8.If a vehicle is equipped with a tractor parking brake valve, it will usually be what colour?

Yellow button

Red button

Blue button

Green button

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9.Your vehicle will have automatic slack adjusters if it was built later than…?

2006

1986

1996

1976

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10.Which of these statements is most accurate regarding poorly adjusted brakes?

You may not notice poor adjustment in normal operation

It is safe to use poorly adjusted brakes in normal operation

Poorly adjusted brakes will work normally if you increase pedal pressure

You will immediately notice poor adjustment

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11.The trailer air supply knob on the dashboard will usually be what shape?

Circle

Square

Hexagon

Octagon

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12.A tractor with a bobtail proportioning system will reduce the braking pressure to the drive axle brakes by up to…?

75%

10%

25%

50%

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13.In a Type 30 brake chamber, the maximum available stroke is…?

0.5 inches

1.5 inches

3.5 inches

2.5 inches

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14.Automatic slack adjusters need to be checked…?

More often than manual adjusters

Less often than manual adjusters

Only during servicing

As often as manual adjusters

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15.When you want to apply the trailer brakes without applying the tractor brakes, what should you use?

The foot valve

The trailer air supply valve

Any of these

The hand valve

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16.Which of these factors influence braking performance?

Road conditions

Vehicle aerodynamics

Brake adjustment

All of them

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17.The emergency brake will come on automatically when the air pressure in the service brake system drops below…?

55 psi

25 psi

60 psi

45 psi

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18.When unloaded, a vehicle can stop in 20 m from 20 km/h. If the weight of the vehicle is doubled, how far will it need to stop from 40 km/h with the same brake pressure?

40 m

160 m

80 m

120 m

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19.When adjusting brakes, the vehicle should…?

Have the engine off

Have the wheels chocked

Be on level ground

Fulfil all these conditions

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20.In a manual transmission vehicle, the brakes should be checked with the transmission in what gear?

Neutral

Second

Third

First

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21.When using anti-lock brakes, you have to get used to…?

Holding the brake pedal to the floor

Pumping the brake pedal

Holding the brake pedal exactly half close

Releasing the brake pedal completely

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22.When the brakes are on, the angle between the slack adjuster and the pushrod should be what?

120°

90°

60°

45°

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23.If the weight of your load doubles the weight of your vehicle, the stopping distance for the same brake pressure will be…?

Doubled

Halved

Trebled

Quadrupled

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24.You're travelling at 90 km an hour and your brake system has a lag of half a second. How far will your vehicle travel in the time between you pressing the brake pedal and the brakes engaging?

18.5 m

6.5 m

14.5 m

12.5 m

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25.When checking brake adjustment, the air pressure gauge must read over what?

80 psi

120 psi

90 psi

60 psi

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26.The brake pressure gauge tells you what?

The pressure at the brake pedal

The pressure in the brake lines

The pressure in the brake chambers

All of these

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27.When can the trailer handbrake be used as a parking brake?

For short periods

When in depot

Never

On level ground

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28.The low air pressure indicator will always come on if the pressure drops below what level?

65 psi

35 psi

45 psi

60 psi

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29.What colour is the trailer air supply knob?

Red

Green

Blue

Yellow

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30.What is the handbrake used for?

The service brakes on the semitrailer’s wheels

The service brakes on all wheels

The spring brakes on the tractor wheels

The spring brakes on all wheels

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31.In a braking sequence, after the driver presses down on the brake pedal, what happens?

Air travels into the brake chambers

The push rod moves forward

The brake shoes contact the drums

All these things happen simultaneously

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32.Brake linings lose all effectiveness at temperatures over…?

350°C

450°C

500°C

550°C

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33.Heavy vehicles have a minimum of how many compressed air reservoirs?

Four

Three

Two

Five

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34.What is the big advantage that air brake systems have over hydraulic braking systems?

Greener

Cheaper

More powerful

All of these

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35.The brake linings can be found where?

On the S-cam

On the pushrod

On the brake drum

On the brake shoes

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36.Which of these limits your braking capability?

The available air pressure

How hard you can press on the brake

How long the supply lines are

All of these

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37.The truck parking brake control is what colour?

Yellow

Red

Blue

Green

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38.When connecting brake hose couplers, they should be held together at…?

45°

60°

90°

120°

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39.The air pressure gauge tells you what?

The air pressure in the service reservoirs

The air pressure in the supply lines

The average air pressure across the system

The air pressure in the brake chambers

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40.The emergency brakes can be activated by doing what?

Pulling the handbrake

Pumping the brake pedal

Pulling out the parking brake control

Pushing in the parking brake control

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41.Compared to hydraulic brakes, air brakes react…?

At the same speed

Any of these depending on age of vehicle

Faster

More slowly

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42.When you double your speed, the amount of braking power required for the same stopping distance as your initial speed is…?

Halved

Trebled

Doubled

Quadrupled

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43.An air brake system can go from a pressure loss to emergency braking within…?

A few seconds

A few dozen seconds

A few hours

A few minutes

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44.To keep brake hose couplers clean when not in use, they can be hooked up to dummy couplers or…?

Covered with plastic bags

Hooked to each other

Blocked off with rags

Sealed with grease

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45.What is the unit of measurement indicated by a tachometer?

Degrees Celsius (°C)

Pounds per square inch (psi)

Kilometer per hour (km/h)

Revolutions per minute (rpm)

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Truck Test 10

1.When stopping on slippery surfaces with an ABS equipped truck, how should you apply the brake pedal?

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2.If your vehicle is equipped with an air dryer system, you need to drain the reservoirs…?

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3.With brakes on the same axle, pushrod travel should be…?

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4.An application pressure gauge shows what?

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5.Which of these people is ultimately responsible for making sure air brakes are working properly?

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6.If your vehicle has wedge brakes, you will know the automatic adjusters have failed if when the brakes are applied and released the linings move more than…?

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7.On which of these vehicles are you most likely to find air over hydraulic brakes?

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8.If a vehicle is equipped with a tractor parking brake valve, it will usually be what colour?

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9.Your vehicle will have automatic slack adjusters if it was built later than…?

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10.Which of these statements is most accurate regarding poorly adjusted brakes?

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11.The trailer air supply knob on the dashboard will usually be what shape?

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12.A tractor with a bobtail proportioning system will reduce the braking pressure to the drive axle brakes by up to…?

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13.In a Type 30 brake chamber, the maximum available stroke is…?

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14.Automatic slack adjusters need to be checked…?

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15.When you want to apply the trailer brakes without applying the tractor brakes, what should you use?

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16.Which of these factors influence braking performance?

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17.The emergency brake will come on automatically when the air pressure in the service brake system drops below…?

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18.When unloaded, a vehicle can stop in 20 m from 20 km/h. If the weight of the vehicle is doubled, how far will it need to stop from 40 km/h with the same brake pressure?

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19.When adjusting brakes, the vehicle should…?

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20.In a manual transmission vehicle, the brakes should be checked with the transmission in what gear?

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21.When using anti-lock brakes, you have to get used to…?

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22.When the brakes are on, the angle between the slack adjuster and the pushrod should be what?

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23.If the weight of your load doubles the weight of your vehicle, the stopping distance for the same brake pressure will be…?

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24.You're travelling at 90 km an hour and your brake system has a lag of half a second. How far will your vehicle travel in the time between you pressing the brake pedal and the brakes engaging?

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25.When checking brake adjustment, the air pressure gauge must read over what?

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26.The brake pressure gauge tells you what?

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