CDL - Air Brakes exam

TEXAS CDL AIR BRAKESEXAM, NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS WITH (VERIFIED ANSWERS)| ALREADY GRADED ATEXAS CDL AIR BRAKESEXAM After every working day - ----Answer----Oil and water usually collect in compresed air tanks. If you do not have an automatic tank drain, when should you drain the air tanks? Why drain water from the compressed air tanks? - ----Answer----Water can freeze in cold weather and cause brake failure. The air brake system for a straight truck or bus should not leak at a rate of more than __________ psi per minute with the engine off and the brakes released. - ----Answer----2 To make an emergency stop with air brakes, using the stab braking method, you should: - ----Answer----Press on the brake pedal as hard as you can, release the brakes when the wheels locked, put on the brakes again when the wheels start rolling. You should know that your brakes are fading when: - ----Answer----You have to apply the brake pedal harder to control speed on a downgrade. If the air compressor should develop a leak, what keeps the air in the tanks? - ----Answer----The one way check valve. To check the brake slack on S-cam brakes you should park on: - ----Answer----Park on level ground, chock the wheels, and release the parking brakes. The application pressure gauge shows how much pressure you have: - ----Answer----When you are applying to the brakes. The spring brakes used on the chambers in a straight truck will bring you to a stop when air pressure drops below ______ psi. - ----Answer----20 The safety valve is set to automatically reduce pressure at ________ psi. - ----Answer----150 Your truck has a dual air system and one system loses its pressure. What will happen? - ----Answer----Either the front or back brake will not be fully operational.