1 . To help prevent rollovers, you should:

Accelerate quickly after stopping.
Drive slowly around turns.
Keep the load near the back of the trailer.
Keep the load on one side of the trailer.

2 . Air pressure in the ____ air line is controlled by either the foot brake or trailer hand brake.

Emergency
Service
Rear
Auxiliary

3 . To prevent a rollover, a driver should:

Keep cargo low.
Place cargo high.
Keep cargo loose.
Turn quickly.

4 . The trailer hand valve should be used:

To test the trailer brakes.
To check the connection between the trailer and tractor.
To accelerate.
To test the lights on the trailer.

5 . Using the trailer hand brake while experiencing a trailer jackknife will:

Stop the skid.
Straighten the trailer.
Increase traction.
Continue the skid.

6 . When backing up to couple a trailer, you should position the tractor:

At a 90-degree angle in front of the trailer.
Directly in front of the trailer.
At a 30-degree angle in front of the trailer.
At a 60-degree angle in front of the trailer.

7 . Push in the trailer air supply control to:

Activate the emergency brakes.
Deactivate the air brakes.
Sound the horn.
Supply the trailer with air.

8 . The service air line is attached to the:

Relay valves.
Supply line.
Emergency air line.
Steering wheel.

9 . In a double or triple combination:

Cargo weight must be evenly distributed between all trailers.
The heaviest trailer should be positioned directly behind the cab.
The heaviest trailer should be positioned in the rear.
The weight of the trailers does not matter.

10 . When glad hands are coupled, the seals should be pressed together at an angle of:

30 degrees.
45 degrees.
60 degrees.
90 degrees.

11 . Rollovers are most likely to happen when:

Drivers turn too fast.
Driver turn too slowly.
It is windy.
It is raining.
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12 . Trailers with low underneath clearance may be difficult to drive:

On interstate highways.
Over railroad crossings.
On dirt roads.
At the posted speed limit.

13 . Pull out the trailer air supply control to test:

The parking brake.
The trailer emergency brakes.
The trailer service brakes.
The landing gear.

14 . Compared to other commercial motor vehicles, combination vehicles need more space on the road because they are longer and they:

Need more space to turn and stop.
Drive more slowly.
Are twice the width.
Swerve more often.

15 . Fully-loaded rigs:

Are less likely to roll over than empty rigs.
Are more likely to roll over than empty rigs.
Are just as likely to roll over as empty rigs.
Should not be driven.

16 . The trailer hand valve should:

Be used for parking.
Be used only to test the trailer brakes.
Be used together with the brake pedal.
Be used on slippery surfaces.

17 . When coupling a trailer:

Make sure to couple matching glad hands.
Any glad hand can be connected to any other glad hand.
It is best to leave one glad hand unattached.
Only one set of glad hands should be connected.

18 . What happens when the wheels of a trailer lock up?

The trailer will usually continue to move in a straight line.
The trailer will disengage.
The trailer will likely swing around.
The trailer will stop.

19 . If unsure if a trailer is equipped with ABS, you can:

Check under the trailer for wheel speed sensors coming from the back of the brakes.
Try driving on a slippery surface and see if ABS kicks in.
Assume it does have ABS.
Remove a tire and look for the ABS sensor on the axle.

20 . Starting in which year were newly manufactured trailers required to have ABS?

1972
1987
1998
2004