Combination Test 3

Q1

You are coupling a tractor to a semi trailer and have backed up but are not under it. What should you hook up before backing under?

Q2

You have coupled with a semi trailer. In what position should you put the front trailer supports before driving away?

Q3

Air lines on a combination vehicle are often colored to keep them from getting mixed up. The emergency line is ____; the service line is ____.

Q4

Which of these statements is true?

Q5

You are coupling a tractor and semi trailer and have connected the air lines. Before backing under the trailer, you should:

Q6

The hand valve should be used:

Q7

The air leakage rate for a combination vehicle (engine off, brakes off) should be no more than ____ psi per minute.

Q8

The fifth wheel locking lever is not locked after the jaws close around the kingpin. This means that:

Q9

You are driving a combination vehicle when the trailer breaks away, pulling apart both air lines. You would expect the trailer brakes to come on and:

Q10

Semi trailers made before 1975 that are equipped with air brakes: