Saskatchewan Air Brake Test 01

If you’re planning on becoming a professional driver in Saskatchewan, it’s essential that you take the Air Brake Endorsement Test. But before taking the official exam, it’s advisable to first take the free Saskatchewan Air Brake practice test. The practice test is designed to help you familiarize yourself with the actual test’s structure and question format, making you feel confident and prepared.

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What is needed on your license to operate a vehicle equipped with an air brake system?

A Z endorsement

An A endorsement

A B endorsement

An S endorsement

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What is referred to as brake lag?

The time air takes to travel through a properly maintained air brake system

The time it takes the brain to recognize you need to move from the accelerator

The time it takes the brake to actually stop the vehicle

The time it takes to depress the brake pedal

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What is the definition of reaction time?

The time it takes from the moment a hazard is recognized to the time the accelerator is released

The time it takes from the moment a hazard is recognized to the time the brake pedal is applied

None of these

The time it takes from the moment a hazard is recognized to the time the vehicle is stopped

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What happens when enough friction is created between brake linings and drums?

A fire breaks out

A flat tire

The wheels stop turning

The linings break

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Which statement is false? Braking distance depends on the following...

The tires to grip the road

The brake drums to dissipate heat

The ability of the lining to produce friction

The driver to react appropriately

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The Endorsement A is not required when operating Class 3 or 5 vehicles licensed as...

Fire trucks

Tow vehicle

Farm vehicle

All of these

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Which statement is false? The distance required to stop a vehicle depends on its speed and weight in addition to the factors of...

Energy

Heat

Fiction

Size

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If speed is doubled, stopping power must be increased by...

Ten times

Four times

Eight times

Six times

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What happens if heat is too great within the brakes?

None of these

The brakes will lock up

The brakes will warp

Braking effectiveness will be lost

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What is referred to as psi?

Pressure per squashed insertion

Pounds per square inch

Pressure per square inch

None of these

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Excessive use of the brakes would cause what?

All of these

Harder pressure to depress the brake pedal

A build-up of heat greater than the brake drums could absorb and dissipate

A wheel lock-up

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What stops the wheels from turning?

When the air pressure is exhausted from the chambers

When enough friction is created between brake linings and drums

When the tires maintain enough inflation

When enough air pressure is applied within the brake lines

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Most brake linings should not exceed what temperature?

280°C

250°C

180°C

120°C

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Is the Endorsement A is required when operating trucks with air over hydraulic brakes?

Yes

Only if used on public property

Only is used out of province

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What happens if one or two wheels had brakes that were not properly adjusted?

Weaker fuel economy

The other wheels would have to do more than their share of the braking

There would be a brake fade

None of these

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To stop a vehicle, brake shoe linings are forced against the machined surfaces of the brake drums, creating friction, which produces what?

Heat

Shavings

None of these

Air

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When weight and speed are both doubled, stopping power must be increased...

Four times

Six times

Eight times

Ten times

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The amount of heat the brake drums can absorb depends on what?

The size of the drums

The metal thickness of which they are made

All of these

The size of the pads

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Braking systems use devices to gain a mechanical advantage, with the most common device for this purpose is...

Fulcrum

Pivot

Leverage

Principle

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The heat produced is absorbed by the metal brake drums, which dissipate heat by passing it off into...

Into the brake lines

The atmosphere

Back into the brake chambers

The tires

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If the weight of a vehicle is doubled, the stopping power must be...

Tripled

Quadrupled

The same

Doubled

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Can air be compressed into a much smaller space than it normally occupies?

Only into tires

Yes

Depends on where it's heading

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What is the typical amount of brake lag?

9/10 of a second

6/10 of a second

3/10 of a second

4/10 of a second

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Most brake linings operate best around...

110°C

100°C

120°C

90°C

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Which statement is false? The distance required to stop a vehicle depends on its speed and weight in addition to the factors of the following

Motion

Friction

Energy

Heat

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Which statement is false? Stopping distance consists of the following factors...

Brake lag

Driver's reaction time

Braking distance

Speed

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Which statement is false? Power is maintained by the following...

Leverage and air pressure

Mechanically

Oil pressure

Use of air

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What is the typical reaction time?

1 second

3/4 of a second

1 1/4 second

1/2 of a second

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The engine converts the energy of heat into the energy of motion, the brakes must convert this energy of motion into...

Mechanical energy

The energy of heat

Friction

All of these

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What is referred to as brake fade?

The improved results of efficient braking

None of these

A gradual improvement in braking ability

Loss of braking efficiency due to overheating the brakes

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