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Safety Inspection Exam Tips: 63 Essential Points for 2025, Exams of Motor Vehicle Design

A comprehensive set of 63 tips for passing a safety inspection exam, covering various aspects of vehicle inspection procedures, regulations, and requirements. It includes questions and answers, making it a valuable resource for individuals preparing for safety inspection certification or those seeking to enhance their knowledge of vehicle safety standards.

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2024/2025

Available from 01/07/2025

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63 Tips on Safety Inspection Exam
Year 2025 Edition.
1. An annually inspected vehicle receives an inspection sticker for
how long?? - Correct Ans: ✔✔1 year from the date on the
previous inspection sticker. If the old sticker is expired, it will be
1 year from the day of the current inspection.
2. A semi-annually inspected vehicle receives an inspection sticker
for hour long?? - Correct Ans: ✔✔No more than 9 months
based on charts from the Department.
3. Insert stickers: - Correct Ans: ✔✔Selected based on the
expiration date on the new sticker. If the vehicle is due for
emission inspection, the vehicle will receive an I/M indicator
tab on the safety certificate of the inspection.
4. What would happen if you fraudulently record an inspection??
- Correct Ans: ✔✔Suspension of inspection privileges.
5. When inspection information is transferred from a work order
to the MV431 or MV480 by anyone other than the mechanic
who did the inspection, what should the work order have?? -
Correct Ans: ✔✔It should have the certified mechanics
signature and then retained for audit.
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Year 2025 Edition.

  1. An annually inspected vehicle receives an inspection sticker for how long?? - Correct Ans: ✔✔1 year from the date on the previous inspection sticker. If the old sticker is expired, it will be 1 year from the day of the current inspection.
  2. A semi-annually inspected vehicle receives an inspection sticker for hour long?? - Correct Ans: ✔✔No more than 9 months based on charts from the Department.
  3. Insert stickers: - Correct Ans: ✔✔Selected based on the expiration date on the new sticker. If the vehicle is due for emission inspection, the vehicle will receive an I/M indicator tab on the safety certificate of the inspection.
  4. What would happen if you fraudulently record an inspection??
    • Correct Ans: ✔✔Suspension of inspection privileges.
  5. When inspection information is transferred from a work order to the MV431 or MV480 by anyone other than the mechanic who did the inspection, what should the work order have?? - Correct Ans: ✔✔It should have the certified mechanics signature and then retained for audit.
  1. Where should the original inspection report sheet be kept?? -

Correct Ans: ✔✔It should be kept as a garage record and kept on file at the station for audit.

  1. If errors are discovered on inspection stickers, what should you

do?? - Correct Ans: ✔✔Report them the the Vehicle Control Division ASAP.

  1. The part of the vehicle windshield cleaned by the sweep of the

windshield wipers is known as the: - Correct Ans: ✔✔critical area of the windshield.

  1. The center of the critical area of the driver's side of the vehicle

in the drivers normal line of vision is: - Correct Ans: ✔✔5 1/ inches high and 8 1/2 inches wide.

  1. FMVSS stands for: - Correct Ans: ✔✔Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards in 49 CFR Part 571
  2. A truck that weighs from 11,001 to 17,000 pounds is AKA:
    • Correct Ans: ✔✔medium truck.
  3. A truck that weight over 17,000 pounds is AKA: - Correct

Ans: ✔✔heavy truck.

  1. GVWR - Correct Ans: ✔✔Gross Vehicle Weight Rating
  1. Commonwealth inspection stations: - Correct Ans:

✔✔Issued to stations owned and operated by: the Federal gov, the commonwealth, and a political subdivision of the commonwealth.

  1. Fleet inspection station owners must own or lease at least

how many vehicles?? - Correct Ans: ✔✔15. And only vehicles registered or leased by the fleet station owner can be inspected at these stations.

  1. At motorcycle inspection stations, what tools must be

available?? - Correct Ans: ✔✔A SPOKE WRENCH, and TRUING STAND, and a phot-electric type aimer or approved headlight aiming-screen. Floor jacks or floor stands are not required.

  1. Enhanced vehicle safety inspection stations are for: -

Correct Ans: ✔✔Titling reconstructed, specially constructed, recovered theft, flood, collectible, street rods, and other vehicles requiring a branded certificate of title.

  1. Official inspection stations shall be open for business for a

minimum of how many hours?? - Correct Ans: ✔✔40 hours. And between 7AM and 5PM, or for 10 hours a day.

  1. Tu dois parler anglais être inspecteur!! - Correct Ans:

✔✔(You must speak english to be an inspector)

  1. Can you have dirt floors at an inspection station?? -

Correct Ans: ✔✔Hell no.

  1. How many certified inspectors must you have at an

inspection station?? - Correct Ans: ✔✔At least 1.

  1. How many vehicles can you inspect per hour?? - Correct

Ans: ✔✔Two.

  1. How many motorcycles can you inspect per hour?? -

Correct Ans: ✔✔Three

  1. Do you need to have a valid drivers license for each class

of vehicle you are inspecting? - Correct Ans: ✔✔Yup.

  1. In how many years will you ned to renew your

certification?? - Correct Ans: ✔✔Five.

  1. Who needs to know if a certified mechanic is hired?? -

Correct Ans: ✔✔The Vehicle Control Division.

  1. After you replace a part on a vehicle, what must you do

with it?? - Correct Ans: ✔✔Keep it until the vehicle is returned to the customer.

  1. Form MV 436A is for ordering certificates of inspection

for: - Correct Ans: ✔✔vehicles.

  1. Form MV 467A is for ordering certificates of inspection

for: - Correct Ans: ✔✔inserts and temporary inspection approval indicators.

  1. For MV 500 must be signed in order to order certificates. -

Correct Ans: ✔✔Okay?? haha :) :)

  1. In Category 1 of violations, faulty inspection of equipment

or parts can lead to: - Correct Ans: ✔✔Suspension.

  1. In Category 2 of violations, improper record keeping can

lead to: - Correct Ans: ✔✔Suspension.

  1. In Category 2 of violations, improperly assigning

certificate of inspections can lead to: - Correct Ans: ✔✔Suspension.

  1. In Category 2 of violations, improper certification of

inspection security can lead to: - Correct Ans: ✔✔A warning, then to suspension.

  1. In Category 3 of violations, inspection by a mechanic that is suspended or revoked of their operating privilege can lead to:
    • Correct Ans: ✔✔suspension.
  2. Does a trailer weighting less than 3,000 lbs or less need to

hold a valid certificate of inspection?? - Correct Ans: ✔✔No.

  1. If the emissions certificate of inspection will expire within 90 days or less, should they receive a renewed emissions before a safety certificate?? - Correct Ans: ✔✔Yes.
  2. What is a temporary inspection approval indicator?? -

Correct Ans: ✔✔An adhesive insert put on the current safety certification, used to designate vehicles that do not have a renewed emissions inspection, but have passed safety inspection.

  1. School buses, public buses, passenger vans, mass transit vehicles, or motor vehicles over 17,000 lbs must be inspected how often?? - Correct Ans: ✔✔Bi-Annually.
  2. Motor homes, emergency vehicles, private noncommercial vehicles should inspected how often?? - Correct Ans: ✔✔Annually.
  3. I love you more!! - Correct Ans: ✔✔Muah ah ah
  1. Should you remove the old certificate before applying a

new one?? - Correct Ans: ✔✔Duh.

  1. On trailers, where should the certificate of inspection be

placed?? - Correct Ans: ✔✔To the left front of the trailer, approx. 6 feet high if possible. A holder is allowed if in the right place.