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 do the air pressure gauges measure?

Air pressure from the primary tank

Air pressure from both primary and secondary tanks

Air pressure from the secondary tank

The air in the park brakes

2 / 30

How many air lines go to the trailer?

Four

One

Two

Three

3 / 30

When do the tanks drain properly?

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

Once the rpm is at 900 rpm

After sitting idle for two hours

None of the above

4 / 30

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

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

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

5 / 30

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

Control valve is applied

Air pressure flows through the chambers

Air pressure gauge drops

Air volume in the circuit is lost

6 / 30

How much are the service capable of handling?

350 psi

250 psi

300 psi

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

7 / 30

What does AD-IS refer to?

Air Dryer Integrated Solution

None of the above

Automatic Drying Isolation System

Automatic Documentation Into Solids

8 / 30

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

A relay valve

Larger air lines

Nothing

Larger glad hand couplers

9 / 30

When the park control valve is pulled, what happens?

None of the above

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

It prepares the brakes to application

The park brakes are released

10 / 30

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

70 psi

50 psi

80 psi

60 psi

11 / 30

What does air brake antifreeze essentially do?

To prevent rubber components in the valves from drying out

To keep the air hoses from freezing

Nothing

To prevent the air from freezing

12 / 30

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

No reason

It's too tough a job

Only the top mechanical team could do this

There are no repairable parts inside

13 / 30

Which is not part of the service brake circuit?

Brake chambers

The air dryer gauge

Air tank protected by a check valve

Control valve

14 / 30

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

3 1/2 inches

3 inches

2 inches

2 1/2 inches

15 / 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

16 / 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

17 / 30

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

It's club for all commercial vehicle drivers

None of the above

To record all deficiencies with commercial vehicles across North America

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

18 / 30

How can spring brakes be manually released?

With a hand control

With a release bolt

With a foot control

You can't

19 / 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

20 / 30

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

Only the same as truck circuits

Yes

Only the same as bus circuits

21 / 30

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

5 psi

20-45 psi

30-55 psi

60 psi

22 / 30

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

The trailer axel

The drive axel

The power axel

The last axel

23 / 30

What does Type 20 typically refer to?

The typical size of brake chambers for trailer axels

The typical size of brake chambers for power axels

Nothing

The typical size of brake chambers for steering axels

24 / 30

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

60 psi

50 psi

30 psi

40 psi

25 / 30

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

Some do

Just the last axle group

Yes

26 / 30

What do brake chambers do?

Hold the air to be used for the brakes

Houses the brakes until they are needed

Convert air pressure into mechanical force

None of the above

27 / 30

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

Type 15

Type 20

Type 30

Type 40

28 / 30

What is the purpose of a check valve?

It protects the service tanks from air supply failure

It checks the service tanks for air

None of the above

It checks that the hoses are running smoothly

29 / 30

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

The higher pressure of either the primary or secondary tank

The primary tank only

Whichever tank has the least amount of pressure

The secondary tank only

30 / 30

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

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

You would be able to smell it

You would have to trust your maintenance team

The year the trailer was built

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