SMOG CHECK INSPECTOR CORE EXAM TEST QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔How often should a gas calibration be performed on the EIS Machine - ✔✔Every 72
hours
✔✔What should the technician do when a vehicle fails a smog check inspection and the
vehicle owner is convinced the technician failed his vehicle on purpose - ✔✔tell him to
make and appointment with the referee
✔✔a customer living in a basic area of the state of California brings their 1975 Ford
Mustang in for a smog check inspection. what test and what machine should be used -
✔✔no test is required
✔✔all hybrid vehicles are tested on thee is machine regardless of what area the state
the vehicle is registered in. true or false - ✔✔false
✔✔when the technician inspects a 1992 vehicle visually he finds the top of the exhaust
gas recirculation (EGR) valve has been crushed down. how should the technician enter
this into the EIS machine - ✔✔modified for EGR
✔✔the vacuum line leading to the EGR valve has been rubbing on the intake manifold.
The hose has a small leak in it as a result. how would the smog check inspector enter
this into thee is machine - ✔✔defective for EGR
✔✔during the visual inspection of a smog check inspection the smog check inspector
notices the oil dipstick isn't in the tube and looking under the hood the oil dipstick cannot
be found. how should this be entered into the EIS machine - ✔✔missing for PCV
system
✔✔what is the maximum drive axle weight allowed during an ASM test - ✔✔5000 lbs
✔✔An EVAP system reduces H/C Emissions. True of False - ✔✔True
✔✔when conducting a TSI smog check inspection how should smog check inspector
functionally test the EGR system - ✔✔Follow manufactures testing procedures
✔✔a vehicle is in for a smog inspection. it has two tailpipes showing from the rear of the
vehicle. upon closer inspection you notice the vehicle has a V style engine with two
exhaust manifolds. the exhaust system has two catalytic converters and two mufflers. it
has no bend pipe between the catalytic converters and the mufflers joining the two
exhaust systems together. how would this vehicle get entered into the EIS machine -
✔✔dual exhuast
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔How often should a gas calibration be performed on the EIS Machine - ✔✔Every 72
hours
✔✔What should the technician do when a vehicle fails a smog check inspection and the
vehicle owner is convinced the technician failed his vehicle on purpose - ✔✔tell him to
make and appointment with the referee
✔✔a customer living in a basic area of the state of California brings their 1975 Ford
Mustang in for a smog check inspection. what test and what machine should be used -
✔✔no test is required
✔✔all hybrid vehicles are tested on thee is machine regardless of what area the state
the vehicle is registered in. true or false - ✔✔false
✔✔when the technician inspects a 1992 vehicle visually he finds the top of the exhaust
gas recirculation (EGR) valve has been crushed down. how should the technician enter
this into the EIS machine - ✔✔modified for EGR
✔✔the vacuum line leading to the EGR valve has been rubbing on the intake manifold.
The hose has a small leak in it as a result. how would the smog check inspector enter
this into thee is machine - ✔✔defective for EGR
✔✔during the visual inspection of a smog check inspection the smog check inspector
notices the oil dipstick isn't in the tube and looking under the hood the oil dipstick cannot
be found. how should this be entered into the EIS machine - ✔✔missing for PCV
system
✔✔what is the maximum drive axle weight allowed during an ASM test - ✔✔5000 lbs
✔✔An EVAP system reduces H/C Emissions. True of False - ✔✔True
✔✔when conducting a TSI smog check inspection how should smog check inspector
functionally test the EGR system - ✔✔Follow manufactures testing procedures
✔✔a vehicle is in for a smog inspection. it has two tailpipes showing from the rear of the
vehicle. upon closer inspection you notice the vehicle has a V style engine with two
exhaust manifolds. the exhaust system has two catalytic converters and two mufflers. it
has no bend pipe between the catalytic converters and the mufflers joining the two
exhaust systems together. how would this vehicle get entered into the EIS machine -
✔✔dual exhuast
