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CDL VEHICLE INSPECTION TEST ALABAMA

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To obtain a CDL, you will be required to pass a vehicle inspection test. The vehicle inspection test, formerly known as pre-trip, is a skills test to see if you identify which features and equipment on the test vehicle should be inspected before driving. During the test, you will be asked to do an inspection of your vehicle. You will be expected to show your knowledge of the inspection process and you will be tested to see if you know whether your vehicle is safe to drive. During the CDL inspection test, DMV does not allow the use of testing aids, other than the vehicle inspection guide in the Alabama CDL Manual. To prepare for the test, study the following sections of the CDL manual: Driving Safely and the Vehicle Inspection Test. If you do not pass the CDL inspection test, the other skills tests will be postponed.

1. The most important reason for doing a vehicle inspection is:

Property damage requirements
Safety
Liability insurance
Employer liability

2. During the vehicle inspection, you should check your clutch for:

Looseness
Sticking
Damage
All of the above.

3. How can you tell if your vehicle is equipped with ABS?

Trailers will have yellow ABS malfunction lamps on the left side.
Look under the vehicle for the wheel speed sensor wires coming from the back of the brakes.
Look for yellow ABS malfunction lamps on the instrument panel.
All of the above.

4. Which of the following is a suspension system defect?

Leaking brake fluid
Leaking power steering cylinder
Loose exhaust pipes
Leaking shock absorbers

5. Which of these is NOT something you should check during the pre-trip inspection of the engine compartment?

Engine oil level
Coolant level in radiator
Worn electrical wiring insulation
Brake controls

6. If you are looking for puddles on the ground and dripping fluids on the underside of the engine and transmission, you are checking for:

Oil level
Coolant level
Leaks
None of the above.

7. How can you check slack adjusters?

Check that the spring brakes come on automatically.
Turn the electrical power on and step on and off the brake pedal.
Use gloves and pull hard on each slack adjuster that you can reach.
Wait for normal air pressure, release the parking brake, move the vehicle forward, and apply the brakes firmly using the brake pedal.

8. Wheel bearing seals should be checked for:

leaks.
dirt.
twisted axles.
tears.

9. To check the automatic transmission fluid:

you must go down grades.
you should turn the engine off.
the wheel nuts must be loose.
the engine may have to be running.

10. Brake drums (or discs) must not have cracks longer than:

one third the width of the friction area.
one half the width of the friction area.
the width of the friction area.
twice the width of the friction area.

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AL CDL Inspection Test

Number of questions:	20
Correct answers to pass:	16
Passing score:	80%

Number of questions:	20
Correct answers to pass:	16
Passing score:	80%

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