AIR BRAKES PRACTICE TEST - KENTUCKY

16. How should you apply the brakes when going down a steep downgrade?
Apply the brakes whenever you reach your safe speed, until your speed has been reduced to 5 mph below your safe speed.
Apply the brakes as hard as you can without locking the wheels.
You should not brake, and only use engine braking to prevent brake failure.
Apply the brakes when you reach the bottom of the downgrade.
17. To prevent rollover, you should:
keep the cargo as close to the ground as possible.
drive slowly around on ramps and off ramps.
go slowly around turns.
All of the above.
18. The application pressure gauge shows:
how much pressure is in the air tanks.
how much air pressure you are applying to the brakes.
how much pressure the relay valves should send to the trailer brakes.
All of the above.
19. In some vehicles a modulating control valve may be used to:
apply the front brakes.
apply the parking brake.
decrease the pressure in the brake system.
apply the spring brakes gradually.
20. ABS malfunction lamps are located:
on the instrument panel.
under the hood.
on the driver'door.
None of the above.
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