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.

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What is the purpose of a check valve?

It protects the service tanks from air supply failure

None of the above

It checks the service tanks for air

It checks that the hoses are running smoothly

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

80 psi

60 psi

70 psi

50 psi

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What do brake chambers do?

Houses the brakes until they are needed

Hold the air to be used for the brakes

Convert air pressure into mechanical force

None of the above

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What does air brake antifreeze essentially do?

To prevent the air from freezing

Nothing

To prevent rubber components in the valves from drying out

To keep the air hoses from freezing

5 / 30

When the park control valve is pulled, what happens?

The park brakes are released

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

None of the above

It prepares the brakes to application

6 / 30

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

The higher pressure of either the primary or secondary tank

The secondary tank only

The primary tank only

Whichever tank has the least amount of pressure

7 / 30

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

Through the rotors

Through the air dryers

Through the couplers

Through the quick release valve

8 / 30

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

Only the same as bus circuits

Yes

Only the same as truck circuits

9 / 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

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How much are the service capable of handling?

250 psi

350 psi

300 psi

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

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

The drive axel

The last axel

The trailer axel

The power axel

12 / 30

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

2 inches

3 inches

2 1/2 inches

3 1/2 inches

13 / 30

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

Type 20

Type 15

Type 40

Type 30

14 / 30

What does AD-IS refer to?

Automatic Drying Isolation System

None of the above

Automatic Documentation Into Solids

Air Dryer Integrated Solution

15 / 30

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

40 psi

30 psi

60 psi

50 psi

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What do the air pressure gauges measure?

Air pressure from the primary tank

The air in the park brakes

Air pressure from the secondary tank

Air pressure from both primary and secondary tanks

17 / 30

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

Air volume in the circuit is lost

Air pressure flows through the chambers

Control valve is applied

Air pressure gauge drops

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

The size and number of brakes installed in the axel group

According to OEM specifications

None of the above

The year the tractor was manufactured

19 / 30

How many air lines go to the trailer?

Four

Three

Two

One

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

Yes

Some do

Just the last axle group

21 / 30

When do the tanks drain properly?

After sitting idle for two hours

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

None of the above

Once the rpm is at 900 rpm

22 / 30

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

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

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

23 / 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

No reason

Only the top mechanical team could do this

24 / 30

How can spring brakes be manually released?

With a foot control

You can't

With a hand control

With a release bolt

25 / 30

What allows the brakes to release more rapidly?

Nothing

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

When the driver releases their foot from the brake pedal

When the chambers are not full of air

26 / 30

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

Larger air lines

Larger glad hand couplers

Nothing

A relay valve

27 / 30

What does Type 20 typically refer to?

The typical size of brake chambers for trailer axels

The typical size of brake chambers for steering axels

The typical size of brake chambers for power axels

Nothing

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

It's club for all commercial vehicle drivers

None of the above

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

To record all deficiencies with commercial vehicles across North America

29 / 30

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

60 psi

30-55 psi

5 psi

20-45 psi

30 / 30

Which is not part of the service brake circuit?

The air dryer gauge

Control valve

Air tank protected by a check valve

Brake chambers

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