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Texas Inspector Study Guide Exam Final with A+ Questions with Answers. Which vehicles are exempt from gas cap testing? - Correct Ans: ✔✔Diesel, Antigue vehicles, motorcycles, slow moving vehicles
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Which vehicles are exempt from gas cap testing? - Correct Ans:
✔✔Diesel, Antigue vehicles, motorcycles, slow moving vehicles
Fuel cap is required unless? - Correct Ans: ✔✔It has a capless fuel system
What are you checking for when it comes to brake lines? - Correct
Ans: ✔✔Leaks and condition of lines/hoses
What are you inspect for the exhaust system? - Correct Ans:
✔✔Manifold, gaskets, exhaust pipe, muffler, resonator, supporting hangers
What finding on the exhaust system will cause a fail? - Correct Ans:
✔✔Leaks, holes, or patches
Does the exhaust have to have the proper hangers? (Y/N) - Correct
Ans: ✔✔Yes it does
What year model requires a catalytic converter? - Correct Ans:
✔✔1984 and newer
Where are the locations of the exhaust discharge? - Correct Ans:
✔✔Rear, Sides or top of the passenger compartment of vehicle
Why would a truck with a camper be rejected for the exaust system?
What is the exception to holes in the exhaust that would not reject a
vehicle? - Correct Ans: ✔✔Holes made by the manufacturer for drainage purposes
What year model is Exhaust Emissions System checked for? - Correct
Ans: ✔✔1968 and newer
What are you inspecting for the exhaust emissions system? - Correct
Ans: ✔✔Air injection system, therostatic air cleaner, evaporative emissions system, exhaust recirculation system, positive crankcase ventilation system, catalytic converter
What can the exhaust emmissions system not be? - Correct Ans:
✔✔It cannot be removed, altered, disconnected to make it ineffective
What are you inspecting for exhaust emissions system hoses? -
Correct Ans: ✔✔Cannot be lose, broken, leaking, or improperly routed
Whats inspected for the outside of the vehicle part of the TSI? -
Correct Ans: ✔✔Tires, Mud Flaps, Wheels, Lighting Equipment, Glass coating/tint, gas cap test
Whats inspected for the under the vehicle part of the TSI? - Correct
Ans: ✔✔Service brakes, parking brake, exhaust system
Whats inspected for the under the hood part of the TSI? - Correct
Ans: ✔✔Exhaust Emissions System, Master Cylinder, Power Steering, Exhaust Manifold
What is needed for a motorcycle inspection? - Correct Ans:
✔✔Proof of Insurance, Horn, Steering
How many mirrors are needed for a motorcycle? - Correct Ans:
✔✔1 is required
How many wheels have to have a brake system on a motorcycle? -
Correct Ans: ✔✔All wheels
Does a side car need to have brakes on a motorcycle? - Correct Ans:
✔✔not required to
What must a motorcycles wheel assembly not have? - Correct Ans:
✔✔Bent, broken, loose, or missing spokes
What must a motorcycle have on the exhaust system? - Correct Ans:
✔✔a baffle
How many tail lamps must a motorcycle have? - Correct Ans: ✔✔ 1
What color must a motorcycles tail lamp be? - Correct Ans: ✔✔Red
What is the height requirements for a motorcycles tail lamp? -
Correct Ans: ✔✔20" to 72"
What color must a motorcycles stop lamp be? - Correct Ans: ✔✔Red or amber
What color must a motorcycles tail lamp be? - Correct Ans: ✔✔Red
How many rear red reflectors must a motorcycle have? - Correct
Ans: ✔✔ 1
Height requirements for motorcycle rear red reflector? - Correct
Ans: ✔✔15" to 60"
What color must a motorcycles head lamp be? - Correct Ans:
✔✔white or clear
What color must a trailers turn signal lamp be? - Correct Ans:
✔✔Red or Amber
how many and what color must a trailers tail lamps be? - Correct
Ans: ✔✔2 tail lamps ; Red
How many and what color must a trailers stop lamps be? - Correct
Ans: ✔✔2 stop lamps ; Red or Amber
How many rear reflectors and what color must they be on a trailer? -
Correct Ans: ✔✔2 rear reflectors ; Red
How many license plate lamps and what color must they be on a
trailer? - Correct Ans: ✔✔1 license plate lamp ; White or clear
Tire Depth on trailers should be? - Correct Ans: ✔✔2/
What must be included on vehicles and trailers 80 feet or wider? -
Correct Ans: ✔✔Clearance, Side marker lamps and reflectors
What is the correct order for doing an inspection? - Correct Ans:
✔✔
Check the following for verification of financial responsibility -
Correct Ans: ✔✔
What is the required policy length for insurance - Correct Ans:
✔✔At least 30 days
If vehicle doesn't have proof of insurance? - Correct Ans: ✔✔Do Not inspect
Vin/ Make & Model should be take from where? - Correct Ans:
✔✔From the vehicle
What is the minimum Insurance liability requirements? - Correct
Ans: ✔✔$30,000/$60,000/$25,
What would be a cause for rejection of a vehicle during a brake test?
(1/2) - Correct Ans: ✔✔The brake warning lamp or signal is on or comes on during test
What would be a cause for rejection of a vehicle during a brake test?
(2/2) - Correct Ans: ✔✔Brakes do not meet requirements for stopping distances
What is not a cause for rejection of a vehicle during brake test? -
Correct Ans: ✔✔If the Anti-Lock (ABS) lamp or signal which is on or comes on during test will not be cause for rejection
Every vehicle with a windshield must be equipped with? - Correct
Ans: ✔✔A windshield wiper or wipers in good order for control by driver of the vehicle
The Horn must be heard for a distance of? - Correct Ans: ✔✔200ft
The horn cannot sound? - Correct Ans: ✔✔Unreasonable loud, harsh or whistle sound
Do model year vehicles before 1960 need to be equipped with
electrical turn signal lamps? - Correct Ans: ✔✔No
What must the turn signal do but isn't required to automatically
cancel? - Correct Ans: ✔✔Lock into proper turning positions
Mirror must be visible for how many feet behind the motor vehicle? -
Correct Ans: ✔✔200 ft
How many exterior mirrors are required? - Correct Ans: ✔✔ 1
How many mirrors are required if vehicles rear sight is blocked -
Correct Ans: ✔✔ 2
How many interior mirrors are required? - Correct Ans: ✔✔ 1
What must mirrors not be? - Correct Ans: ✔✔Cracked, Peeled, Tarnished, or improperly/loosely Mounted
Can the mirror interfere with the drivers forward vision? (Y/N) -
Correct Ans: ✔✔No it cannot
Which seatbelts are only inspected in motor vehicle? - Correct Ans:
✔✔The Front Lap Belts
Where are front seat belts required? - Correct Ans: ✔✔Where the motor vehicles manufacturer had put the original front seat belts
How is the movement of the steering wheel tested? - Correct Ans:
✔✔Turn steering wheel from full left to full right, checking lash and free movement
What year model is the High beam required to be checked on
vehicles? - Correct Ans: ✔✔1948 and newer models
Can High beam lights be any color? (Y/N) - Correct Ans: ✔✔Yes they can
What is the proper tread depth for safe and operating conditions? -
Correct Ans: ✔✔2/32 of an inch
What shows bad tire condition? - Correct Ans: ✔✔Cord exposed, side wall seration, visible bumps, bulges and knots
Cuts, snags, and tears to tires cannot exceed? - Correct Ans:
✔✔1inch
What should tread wear bar indicators not do? - Correct Ans:
✔✔Contact the road on any two adjacent major grooves in the center of the middle of the tire
Mud Flaps are ALWAYS required on? - Correct Ans: ✔✔Dual wheel pickups
Mud flaps length / height must be? - Correct Ans: ✔✔No more than 12" above the roadway and as wide as the tires
Where are Mud flap required? - Correct Ans: ✔✔Behind the rearmost axle or combination if it has 4 or more tires
What is exempt from mudflaps - Correct Ans: ✔✔Truck tractors, motor homes, buses, and pole trailers
What must you check for the presence of on the wheels? - Correct
Ans: ✔✔Lugs, Bolts & Nuts
What fails a vehicle during wheel inspection? - Correct Ans: ✔✔Any part of the wheel is bent, cracked, re-welded, or damaged
How many windshield wipers are required? - Correct Ans: ✔✔As many as originally equipped
What causes a windshield wiper to be rejected? - Correct Ans:
✔✔Tear in excess of 1" or combination of tears equalling 1"
Every motor vehicle must have how many head lamps? - Correct
Ans: ✔✔2 (1 on each side)
LED tail lamp diodes may not have over what percentage not
working? - Correct Ans: ✔✔50%
What year model requires turn signal lamps? - Correct Ans:
✔✔1960 and newer
How many turn signal lamps are required in the front? - Correct Ans:
✔✔2 in the front
How many turn signal lamps are required in the back? - Correct Ans:
✔✔2 in the back
What color must the front turn signals be? - Correct Ans: ✔✔White or amber
What color must the back turn signals be? - Correct Ans: ✔✔Red or amber
What color must the license plate light be? - Correct Ans: ✔✔Clear or white
How many license plate lamps are required? - Correct Ans: ✔✔only one
What color must the center high mount stop lamp be? - Correct
Ans: ✔✔Red
What year vehicles require a center high mounted stop lamp? -
Correct Ans: ✔✔1994 and newer
What vehicles require a center high mounted stop lamp on 1994 and
newer models? - Correct Ans: ✔✔Trucks, buses less than 80 in, and gross weight over 10,000 lbs, multi purpose passenger vehicles
What color must rear reflectors be? - Correct Ans: ✔✔Red
How many rear reflectors are needed? - Correct Ans: ✔✔ 2
What are the height requirements for rear reflectors? - Correct Ans:
✔✔15" to 60" from center of reflector to ground
Stop Lamps should not have what on the lenses? - Correct Ans:
✔✔Painted, colored, or tented lenses
What is the minimum percentage of tint? - Correct Ans: ✔✔25%
What windows are inspected for tent? - Correct Ans: ✔✔Side front windows only
How many and what color warning lamps should a school bus have? -
Correct Ans: ✔✔2 front, 2 rear, alternately flashing ; red
Distance school bus warning lamps must be seen? - Correct Ans:
✔✔500 ft
Most warning lamps buses are required to have and what color? -
Correct Ans: ✔✔8 ; 4 red, 4 amber working in automatic integrated system
What must a school bus have working on the front and rear and how
many? - Correct Ans: ✔✔2 Red lamps in the front ; 2 red lamps in the back
What must the School Bus Sign be in height? - Correct Ans: ✔✔Not less than 8" in height on front and rear
What must be required inside a school bus and what size/type? -
Correct Ans: ✔✔Fire extinguisher ; 1 qt/chemical
What mirror is required on outside of bus? - Correct Ans:
✔✔Exterior Crossover convex mirror
All vehicles inspections performed ( pass or fail ) shall be entered into
the system? (T/F) - Correct Ans: ✔✔True
How many days does a vehicle have after fail to return for one free
inspection? - Correct Ans: ✔✔15 days
Who may a vehicle owner have repairs or adjustments made by? -
Correct Ans: ✔✔By any qualified person of their choice
Where is the count of inspection located on the vehicle registration?
How many inspectors must be present during business hours? -
Correct Ans: ✔✔at least 1
What must be visible to the public on all stations? - Correct Ans:
✔✔Hour of operation
What is Major Tread Grooves? - Correct Ans: ✔✔Grooves in the tread design molded through the complete thickness of the tread rubber
What is minor tread grooves? - Correct Ans: ✔✔Remaining tire tread design other than major tread grooves
What vehicles do not apply to tint inspection procedures? - Correct
Ans: ✔✔Vehicles used to transport passengers for a fee (taxi, limousine, Law enforcement vehicles)