SMOG CHECK MANUAL - PART 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS |LATEST
VERSION
Reject the vehicle before starting an inspection or repair - ANS -If a station lacks
the equipment, tools, or reference materials necessary to inspect or repair a
particular vehicle, what must the station do?
Reject the vehicle or inform the customer both orally and in writing before
starting the Smog Check inspection - ANS -If, as a matter of policy, a Test and
Repair station does not repair certain types or vehicles or inspection failures,
what must the station do before beginning a Smog Check inspection?
Written estimate - ANS -What must the station provide for the customer before
beginning a Smog Check inspection?
Customer authorization - ANS -What must the station obtain before beginning the
Smog Check inspection?
Up-to-date, maintained, and calibrated - ANS -In order to perform a Smog Check
inspection, a station must check that all required equipment is...
Gasoline and alt. fuel vehicles 1976 to 1999 in Enhanced Areas - ANS -Which
vehicles receive ASM tests?
None - all are given OIS tests - ANS -Which diesel vehicles receive ASM tests?
, Gasoline-powered vehicles 1976 to 1999 registered in Basic and Change of
Ownership Areas, or registered in Enhanced Areas but incompatible with
dynamometer testing - ANS -Which vehicles receive TSI tests?
Gasoline and alt. fuel vehicles 1976 to 1999 - ANS -Which vehicles receive a
tailpipe emissions test on an EIS machine?
2000 and newer, 14,000 lbs and under GVWR - ANS -Which gasoline and alt. fuel
powered vehicles receive OIS tests?
No inspection is required - ANS -Propane and natural gas vehicles over 14,000 lbs
GVWR receive this kind of Smog Check inspection.
Powered by both internal combustion and electric power - ANS -For the purposes
of the Smog Check program, how are hybrid vehicles defined?
14,000 lbs - ANS -Diesel vehicles over this GVWR are exempt from the Smog
Check program.
1998 and newer - ANS -Which diesel powered vehicles receive an OIS inspection?
2000 and newer - ANS -Which hybrid vehicles receive an OIS inspection?
No - ANS -Are any hybrid vehicles 1999 MY and older subject to the Smog Check
program?
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS |LATEST
VERSION
Reject the vehicle before starting an inspection or repair - ANS -If a station lacks
the equipment, tools, or reference materials necessary to inspect or repair a
particular vehicle, what must the station do?
Reject the vehicle or inform the customer both orally and in writing before
starting the Smog Check inspection - ANS -If, as a matter of policy, a Test and
Repair station does not repair certain types or vehicles or inspection failures,
what must the station do before beginning a Smog Check inspection?
Written estimate - ANS -What must the station provide for the customer before
beginning a Smog Check inspection?
Customer authorization - ANS -What must the station obtain before beginning the
Smog Check inspection?
Up-to-date, maintained, and calibrated - ANS -In order to perform a Smog Check
inspection, a station must check that all required equipment is...
Gasoline and alt. fuel vehicles 1976 to 1999 in Enhanced Areas - ANS -Which
vehicles receive ASM tests?
None - all are given OIS tests - ANS -Which diesel vehicles receive ASM tests?
, Gasoline-powered vehicles 1976 to 1999 registered in Basic and Change of
Ownership Areas, or registered in Enhanced Areas but incompatible with
dynamometer testing - ANS -Which vehicles receive TSI tests?
Gasoline and alt. fuel vehicles 1976 to 1999 - ANS -Which vehicles receive a
tailpipe emissions test on an EIS machine?
2000 and newer, 14,000 lbs and under GVWR - ANS -Which gasoline and alt. fuel
powered vehicles receive OIS tests?
No inspection is required - ANS -Propane and natural gas vehicles over 14,000 lbs
GVWR receive this kind of Smog Check inspection.
Powered by both internal combustion and electric power - ANS -For the purposes
of the Smog Check program, how are hybrid vehicles defined?
14,000 lbs - ANS -Diesel vehicles over this GVWR are exempt from the Smog
Check program.
1998 and newer - ANS -Which diesel powered vehicles receive an OIS inspection?
2000 and newer - ANS -Which hybrid vehicles receive an OIS inspection?
No - ANS -Are any hybrid vehicles 1999 MY and older subject to the Smog Check
program?
