FREE NT Air Brake Practice Test 1 2025
We’re glad you stopped by to practice your knowledge of air brakes! We have nine Northwest Territories Air Brakes Practice Tests for you, of which this one is just the first. We designed these practice tests to help you pass the official Air Brakes knowledge test on your first try.
In Northwest Territories, all applicants for a commercial driver’s licence (Classes 1 through 4) must be at least 18 years of age, hold a Class 5 driver’s licence, pass a vision test, and submit a medical report. Then you must pass a general knowledge test on the theory of commercial driving. If you’ll be applying for an Air Brake Endorsement (usually unavailable for Class 4), you must also complete an approved Air Brake course and pass a separate Air Brake knowledge test. For Class 1, the Air Brake endorsement is mandatory because virtually all Class 1 vehicles in Northwest Territories have air brakes. The air brake knowledge test is based on the official NT Air Brake Manual.
Passing the general knowledge test will entitle you to a commercial learner’s permit. This permit will allow you to practice commercial driving under supervision as you prepare to take your road test and pre-trip inspection test. (You can practice operating a commercial vehicle with air brakes even if you haven’t met all the requirements for an Air Brake endorsement.) In Northwest Territories, Mandatory Entry-Level Training (MELT) is not currently required for any class of licence.
When you’re ready, you can schedule a road test (which includes a pre-trip inspection test) for your commercial driver’s licence. You must take the test in a vehicle that’s representative of the class of licence you’re applying for. For an air brake endorsement, you must take these tests in a vehicle equipped with air brakes.
Unfortunately, neither reading the official Air Brake Manual nor taking a short Air Brake course can ensure you’ll pass the Air Brakes knowledge test on your first try. But we can!
Each of our nine Northwest Territories Air Brakes Practice Tests includes 35 multiple-choice questions on air brakes. All questions are up to date as of May 2025 and based on the official Air Brake Manual.
If you get stuck on a practice question, you can ask our AI Assistant to discuss the question further, give you a hint, or answer your own questions about operating commercial vehicles. If you still miss the question, the AI Assistant will give you the correct answer and explain why it is correct.
- Should you pump (keep pressing and releasing) air brakes?
- It is important to keep compressed air as dry as possible because
- What does the low air pressure warning device warn you about?
- If the low air pressure warning signal comes on, what should you do?
- The effectiveness of the spring brakes for emergencies or parking
- During normal driving, what keeps the spring brakes released?
- Assuming good traction and constant vehicle weight, if you double your speed, your vehicle's braking distance will be
- If drum brakes overheat, the vehicle's stopping distance will increase. What is the reason for this?
- Air braking systems tend to react slower than hydraulic braking systems because
- While travelling downhill, you notice that each time you want to brake, you must press the brake pedal farther down than the last time to achieve the same braking force. What could be causing this?
- The maximum air pressure available for braking is determined by
- The foot (treadle) valve
- Which of the following can impair braking effectiveness?
- After you apply the service brakes, what happens to that compressed air?
- What does an alcohol evaporator do?
- When you test the system air-loss rate, the maximum acceptable leakage rates per minute after the initial drop are
- You're driving a vehicle equipped with a dual air brake system. The low air pressure warning signal comes on, but one system still has normal pressure. What should you do?
- How should you test your vehicle's low air pressure warning signal?
- An application pressure gauge shows the air pressure
- All vehicles equipped with air brakes must have
- What is the colour coding that is often used for the supply and service lines to the trailer?
- The hand valve of a tractor-trailer
- In a vehicle equipped with air brakes, what does the governor control?
- Polarized gladhands on a tractor
- ln vehicles with three dash-mounted push-pull valve knobs, how are the valve knobs usually coloured?
- Which of the following are major components of the air supply circuit?
- Wedge brakes are designed to be
- Where are the air brake chambers located?
- What does an ABS system do?
- When you are going at twice the speed, your service brakes will need to work _________ to stop your vehicle.
- Which of these significantly decreases the braking force produced at the wheel?
- Which type of trailer can be towed before the service tanks are full?
- In determining how well your air brake system works, which is NOT a significant factor?
- In large commercial vehicles, most air brake systems use automatic valves to
- Where are a vehicle's air tanks located?
- What is the "cut-in" level?
