VIRGINIA STATE INSPECTION ACTUAL FINAL PAPER 2025
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔How many times can a vehicle be reissued a new rejection sticker. - ✔✔none, only
one rejection sticker is allowed per vehicle
✔✔What must be done if a vehicle was previously rejected for brakes and it is unknown
which brakes were inspected? - ✔✔all four brakes must be inspected
✔✔How many times may a vehicle be reinspected during it's 15 day rejection period? -
✔✔No more than 2 times
✔✔As a minimum, what must an inspector do to test brakes. - ✔✔Drive all vehicles into
the inspection lane and test both service and parking brakes.
✔✔What wheel and drums are removed during a regular inspection? - ✔✔One front and
one rear
✔✔When would you inspect both front wheels instead of one front one rear? -
✔✔Trucks with Floating axles that require seals to be replaced when the rear tires are
removed.
✔✔Can an inspector require a test drive if a braking problem is detected? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔At what weight are trailers required to have brakes? - ✔✔3,000 pounds
✔✔If a customer installs brakes on a trailer that originally came without. must it be
inspected? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔What year was the red brake failure light added to cars - ✔✔January 1, 1968
✔✔When do brake pads/shoes fail state? - ✔✔When they are less than 2/32's thickness
✔✔Will a wire-backed lining fail if wire is visible in friction surface? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔Will broken or cracked linings/pads fail state inspection? - ✔✔yes
✔✔Will snap-on brake linings fail if they are loose? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔Can brakes fail if grease or other contamination is present on friction surfaces and
pads/linings? - ✔✔Yes
, ✔✔What will cause riveted brake linings to fail state? - ✔✔worn to less than 2/32 over
the heads, or rivets or linings that are loose.
✔✔Will misaligned pads/linings fail state if they do not make full contact with friction
surface? - ✔✔yes
✔✔What will cause a brake disc(rotor) to fail state? - ✔✔When it is worn or scored to
the point that machining would cut it past the manufacturers minimum thickness. or a
crack that is more than half the width of the friction surface.
✔✔What will cause the mechanical brake linkage to fail state? - ✔✔Cables that are
frayed or frozen and parts that are missing, broken , badly worn, or misaligned.
✔✔What do you do when you test the brake pedal for operation? - ✔✔Apply pressure to
pedal for 10 seconds. brake pedal height must be maintained and on power assisted
vehicles the engines must be on.
If the pedal does not move when the car is turned on after pedal has been pumped and
is being held with steady pressure.
✔✔Outside of brake system operation, what else can your brake system fail for? -
✔✔insufficient fluid in the reservoir; if there are
broken, kinked or restricted fluid lines or hoses; if there is any leakage of
fluid at the pump, steering gear or brake booster, or any of the lines or hoses
in the system; or if belts are frayed, cracked or excessively worn.
If a caliper is sticking or binding
✔✔Can a vehicle fail for bad vacuum lines? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔When will a trailers electric brake system fail state? - ✔✔Amperage is 20% above or
30% below the manufacturers spec.
Amp meter shows no reading or is not steady during application and release of brakes.
Any terminal that are contaminated, dirty, loose, frayed.
Brakes that do not apply automatically when the breakaway safety is operated
Breakaway braking devices are missing or inoperative; cable is frayed or
broken.
✔✔How long should it take a passenger vehicle with four wheel brakes to stop from 20
mph? - ✔✔25 feet
✔✔What regarding an automatic transmission shifter will cause a vehicle to fail state? -
✔✔the vehicle will start in any
gear other than (P) park and (N) neutral. If the gearshift indicator does not
identify the park (P) and neutral (N) positions
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔How many times can a vehicle be reissued a new rejection sticker. - ✔✔none, only
one rejection sticker is allowed per vehicle
✔✔What must be done if a vehicle was previously rejected for brakes and it is unknown
which brakes were inspected? - ✔✔all four brakes must be inspected
✔✔How many times may a vehicle be reinspected during it's 15 day rejection period? -
✔✔No more than 2 times
✔✔As a minimum, what must an inspector do to test brakes. - ✔✔Drive all vehicles into
the inspection lane and test both service and parking brakes.
✔✔What wheel and drums are removed during a regular inspection? - ✔✔One front and
one rear
✔✔When would you inspect both front wheels instead of one front one rear? -
✔✔Trucks with Floating axles that require seals to be replaced when the rear tires are
removed.
✔✔Can an inspector require a test drive if a braking problem is detected? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔At what weight are trailers required to have brakes? - ✔✔3,000 pounds
✔✔If a customer installs brakes on a trailer that originally came without. must it be
inspected? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔What year was the red brake failure light added to cars - ✔✔January 1, 1968
✔✔When do brake pads/shoes fail state? - ✔✔When they are less than 2/32's thickness
✔✔Will a wire-backed lining fail if wire is visible in friction surface? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔Will broken or cracked linings/pads fail state inspection? - ✔✔yes
✔✔Will snap-on brake linings fail if they are loose? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔Can brakes fail if grease or other contamination is present on friction surfaces and
pads/linings? - ✔✔Yes
, ✔✔What will cause riveted brake linings to fail state? - ✔✔worn to less than 2/32 over
the heads, or rivets or linings that are loose.
✔✔Will misaligned pads/linings fail state if they do not make full contact with friction
surface? - ✔✔yes
✔✔What will cause a brake disc(rotor) to fail state? - ✔✔When it is worn or scored to
the point that machining would cut it past the manufacturers minimum thickness. or a
crack that is more than half the width of the friction surface.
✔✔What will cause the mechanical brake linkage to fail state? - ✔✔Cables that are
frayed or frozen and parts that are missing, broken , badly worn, or misaligned.
✔✔What do you do when you test the brake pedal for operation? - ✔✔Apply pressure to
pedal for 10 seconds. brake pedal height must be maintained and on power assisted
vehicles the engines must be on.
If the pedal does not move when the car is turned on after pedal has been pumped and
is being held with steady pressure.
✔✔Outside of brake system operation, what else can your brake system fail for? -
✔✔insufficient fluid in the reservoir; if there are
broken, kinked or restricted fluid lines or hoses; if there is any leakage of
fluid at the pump, steering gear or brake booster, or any of the lines or hoses
in the system; or if belts are frayed, cracked or excessively worn.
If a caliper is sticking or binding
✔✔Can a vehicle fail for bad vacuum lines? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔When will a trailers electric brake system fail state? - ✔✔Amperage is 20% above or
30% below the manufacturers spec.
Amp meter shows no reading or is not steady during application and release of brakes.
Any terminal that are contaminated, dirty, loose, frayed.
Brakes that do not apply automatically when the breakaway safety is operated
Breakaway braking devices are missing or inoperative; cable is frayed or
broken.
✔✔How long should it take a passenger vehicle with four wheel brakes to stop from 20
mph? - ✔✔25 feet
✔✔What regarding an automatic transmission shifter will cause a vehicle to fail state? -
✔✔the vehicle will start in any
gear other than (P) park and (N) neutral. If the gearshift indicator does not
identify the park (P) and neutral (N) positions
