Chapter 2: heavy vehicle braking
Armin Driving School 604-441-2226
1 / 34
1. Speed and Weight facts: 2 × vehicle speed requires... × the stopping power
2 / 34
2. If the WEIGHT and SPEED on your vehicle is doubled stopping will require you to use?
3 / 34
3. What can reduce your danger zone?
4 / 34
4. When stopping in an emergency with ABS brakes you should:
5 / 34
5. The brakes, tires and suspension of a combination vehicle work best when:
6 / 34
6. ... provide an auxiliary slowing effect and assist the main brake system to slow the vehicle.
7 / 34
7. What is the basic principle behind braking systems?
8 / 34
8. Use tachometer to measure
9 / 34
9. The final factor in stopping is in the contact between... through the tires.
10 / 34
10. Speed and Weight facts: 2 × vehicle weight requires... × the stopping power
11 / 34
11. When driving through water you can test your brakes for safe operation condition by?
12 / 34
12. Brake fade occurs when
13 / 34
13. If the speed on your vehicle is doubled, stopping will require you to use?
14 / 34
14. What causes brake fade?
15 / 34
15. A commercial driver should mount chains on their tires
16 / 34
16. If you have to drive through water on the roadway, place a slight drag on the brakes to
17 / 34
17. In stopping a vehicle, the energy of motion is converted to the energy of heat through ....... between the lining/pad and drum/rotor surfaces of the vehicle's brakes.
18 / 34
18. If brake fades occur?
19 / 34
19. Speed and Weight facts: 2 ×vehicle speed and 2 × vehicle weight requires... × the stopping power
20 / 34
20. What is the purpose of retarders?
21 / 34
21. What is the final factor in stopping a vehicle?
22 / 34
22. If your brake fade while driving you should?
23 / 34
23. If you use the two second (or fifith second) rule or following distance and find that you reach out check point before your count is finished?
24 / 34
24. In ideal driving conditions, passenger cars and light trucks should be at least how many seconds behind the vehicle they are following?
25 / 34
25. When you see a potential hazard on the road your danger zone is reduced by?
26 / 34
26. Bald or defective tires may....
27 / 34
27. If you must drive more slowly than the traffic flow you should:
28 / 34
28. Even though the energy of motion turns the vehicle's wheels, the vehicle won't go anywhere unless there's...... between the tires and road surface.
29 / 34
29. A vehicle that is twice the weight of a car and is traveling at twice the speed of that car requires how much braking power to stop in the same distance:
30 / 34
30. To reduce the chance of loosing control of your vehichle when driving through down a steep hill?
31 / 34
31. Which of the following increases the most when you go faster?
32 / 34
32. Excessive use of the brakes could result in a buildup of more heat than the brakes can absorb and dissipate. What negative thing can happen if there is too much heat?
33 / 34
33. If the WEIGHT on your vehicle is doubled,stopping will require you to use?
34 / 34
34. Stopping on icy roads requires:
Your score is
The average score is 78%
Restart quiz
