1 . When coupling, after you've connected the air lines to the trailer, you should:

Supply air to the trailer.
Activate the emergency brake.
Disconnect the glad hands.

2 . To prevent a rollover, a driver should:

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

3 . During a trip, the ____ should be open.

Rear service line shut-off valve
Rear supply line shut-off valve
Inner shut-off valves

4 . When braking with ABS, you should:

Push the brake pedal harder than usual.
Push the brake pedal as you normally would.
Push the brake pedal more lightly than usual.

5 . When uncoupling a trailer, landing gear should be:

Raised completely.
Lowered halfway.
Just off the pavement.
Firmly on the ground.

6 . Look into the back of the fifth wheel:

While testing your air brakes.
If your vehicle begins to skid.
When inspecting a coupling.

7 . If your trailer goes off course while you are backing, you should:

Continue the backing process without changing anything.
Pull the truck forward, readjust, and start backing again.
Get out of the truck and move the trailer into the right position.
Turn the steering wheel all the way to the left until the trailer straightens out.

8 . During a trip, which shut-off valves should be open?

All shut-off valves should be open.
The rear shut-off valves should be open.
All shut-off valves should be in the open position, except the rear shut-off valves.
No shut-off valves should be open.

9 . When glad hands are coupled, the seals should be pressed together at a ____ angle.

50-degree
180-degree
90-degree

10 . Trailers built before ____ are not required to have spring brakes.

1985
1975
1999

11 . When driving a vehicle equipped with an Anti-Lock Braking System (ABS), brakes should be applied:

In the same way as they would be in a vehicle without ABS.
As the vehicle is placed in neutral.
With the hand brake.
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12 . Keeping cargo centered on a rig can:

Help you drive faster.
Prevent a rollover.
Make turns more dangerous.

13 . After finishing a pre-trip inspection, you should:

Close the service line valve.
Remove the service line valve.
Leave the emergency line valve open.
Leave the rear shut-off valves open.

14 . ____ are the cause of more than half of all accident-related truck driver deaths.

Truck rollovers
Motorcycles
Slippery roads
Pedestrians

15 . Before backing your tractor under the trailer, make sure your trailer brakes are:

Disengaged.
Locked.
Deactivated.
Dry.

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

1972
1987
1998
2004

17 . Place the trailer air supply control in its "emergency" position to test:

The trailer emergency brakes.
A coupling device.
The anti-lock brakes.

18 . Rollovers happen when drivers:

Turn too quickly.
Do not driving fast enough.
Pay attention to the road.
Drive illegally.

19 . When backing up while coupling a trailer, the tractor should be positioned:

Directly in front of the trailer.
Directly next to the trailer.
Parallel with the trailer.

20 . 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.