Manitoba Professional Driver Test 03

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1 / 30

If you drive a bus, truck, or truck and trailer, how should your following distance be adjusted?

Decrease it based on the length of the vehicle

Keep it the same

None of these

Increase it based on the length of the vehicle

2 / 30

What is not a type of retarder?

Exhaust

Propane

Electric

Hydraulic

3 / 30

The danger zone can be reduced if...

The brakes are updated

The vehicle's speed is reduced

The driver uses proper footwear

It can't

4 / 30

The distance required to stop a vehicle depends on...

The type of brakes

None of these

Its speed and weight

The experience of the driver

5 / 30

When weight and speed are both doubled, the braking force must be...

Increased ten times

Increased three times

Increased four times

Increased eight times

6 / 30

What will snubbing the brakes help to prevent?

Wear on the tires

Nothing

Late stops

Overheating the brakes

7 / 30

Why should drivers of automatic transmission vehicles shift down to a lower gear?

For better fuel economy

To save wear and tear of the gears

None of these

For increased braking power when descending a hill

8 / 30

What does 'covering the brake' mean?

Placing a layer of rubber across the brake pedal

Placing your right foot beside the brake pedal

Removing the foot from the accelerator and putting it lightly on the brake pedal

Placing your foot near the clutch

9 / 30

If you're driving an ambulance, what should the minimum following distance be?

Three seconds

Two seconds

Four seconds

Two car lengths

10 / 30

Stopping a vehicle without anti-lock brakes on an icy road surface will require the driver to do what?

Lightly release or pump the brakes

None of these

Locking up the brakes to allow the tires to dig in

Feather the brakes to avoid locking up

11 / 30

Which statement is false? Other than to gain speed, when else should you shift gears?

Before starting down a hill

Before entering a curve

Before entering an intersection

Before or after railway crossings

12 / 30

Drivers going down steep grades such as a hill with a loaded vehicle should select a lower gear when?

Half way down the hill

Before starting downhill

At the bottom of the hill before going up

Approaching the top of the hill

13 / 30

If the speed is doubled, the braking force must be increased by...

Three times

Two times

Equal

Four times

14 / 30

What does 'snubbing' the brakes mean?

When the brake applications are not used and are ignored

When a brake application is made at intervals to reduce the vehicle's speed and then the brakes are released

None of these

When the parking brake is used instead of the regular brakes

15 / 30

It is illegal for regulated vehicles, trucks, highway buses or motor vehicles that are pulling another piece of equipment on a roadway outside of a restricted speed area to follow within how far from each other?

60 m

90 m

300 m

150 m

16 / 30

Which statement is false? If the brakes were allowed to overheat, what could happen?

Lead to brake fade

A full lock-up of the brakes

Complete brake loss

Cause the brake drums to expand

17 / 30

What is referred to as the danger zone?

The area directly in behind the vehicle

The area directly in front of the vehicle in which the vehicle cannot be stopped

The blind areas immediately to the left of the cab

The blind area directly to the right of the vehicle

18 / 30

When driving a vehicle equipped with an anti-lock brake system (ABS), how would you tend to brake?

Lightly touch the brakes

Pump the brakes

Apply the brakes as normal

Hit the brakes firm and fast

19 / 30

On combination vehicles such as a truck and trailer or tractor-trailer equipped with an air brake system, the trailer brakes are applied along with the tractor brakes by use of the foot valve. What is this often referred to as?

Foot-hand braking

Bottom foot braking

Balanced braking

Top heavy braking

20 / 30

When the ABS start working, what should you not do?

Release the pressure you have applied to the brake pedal

None of these

Hold the steering wheel firmly

Keep firm pressure on the brake pedal

21 / 30

Which statement is false? Braking distance in the danger zone will vary according to...

Condition of the brakes

The weight of the vehicle

The pressure the driver uses to apply the brakes

Condition of the road surface

22 / 30

Are engine retarders allowed to be used on road tests?

Yes

Only on a downhill grade

Only while parking

23 / 30

When a traffic control signal light has been green for some time, what is it known as?

A common green light

A fresh green light

A stagnant green light

A stale green light

24 / 30

Over-braking on vehicles without anti-lock brakes while negotiating a curve, or traveling on wet or icy surfaces could result in what?

Nothing

A jackknife

A longer stopping distance

Brake fade

25 / 30

If the weight of the vehicle is doubled, the braking force must be...

Quadrupled

Equal

Tripled

Doubled

26 / 30

What happens to the danger zone when speed increases?

The danger zone decreases

The danger zone remains the same

Nothing

The danger zone increases

27 / 30

The trailer brakes may be applied independently of the tractor brakes by use of what?

Double clutching

The hand control valve

None of these

The parking brakes

28 / 30

The 'slow-moving vehicle' sign may be displayed only on a vehicle, combination of vehicles or other machinery travelling at a speed of...

20 km/h or less

35 km/h or less

30 km/h or less

40 km/h or less

29 / 30

What's another name for engine retarders?

Electric brakes

Exhaust retarders

Engine brakes

Hydraulic retarders

30 / 30

What do retarders do for the vehicle?

They cool down the brake pads and rotors

They assist the brakes by reducing the heat that's built up inside them

They provide auxiliary slowing of the vehicle

Nothing

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