MAINE STATE INSPECTION ADMIN EXAM
VERIFIED TEST BANK AND STUDY GUIDE
2024/2025
✅Reject vehicle if on a steering axle the lining thickness is less than -- inch at the
center for drum brakes, less than -- for air disc, and -- or less for hydraulics or electric
brakes or at wear indicators - ✅✅1/4; 1/8; 1/16
✅Reject vehicle if master cylinder fluid level is -- below the fill line; or if not marked --
below top (class D) - ✅✅1/2;1/2
✅Reject vehicle if pedal travel from its free height to its depressed height is more than
-- of total distance ( Hydraulics for class D) - ✅✅65%
✅Vacuum system must have sufficient reserve for -- brake applications with engine off
(class D) - ✅✅2
✅Vacuum pump must be able to achieve and maintain -- inches of vacuum (class D) -
✅✅18
✅Reject vehicle if reservoir pressure is lowered more than -- p.s.i after one full brake
application with engine off (class D) - ✅✅18
✅Reject vehicle if the time to build pressure from level after one brake application to
governor cut out pressure is more than - ✅✅30 seconds
✅Reject vehicle if governor cut-out pressure is not between -- p.s.i - ✅✅115-135
✅Reject vehicle if the air pressure warning light device does not activate before the
pressure is lowered to -- or -- the governor cut-out pressure, whichever is less -
✅✅55 p.s.i or 1/2
✅Vehicle must have both -- and -- low air pressure warning device - ✅✅visual;
audio
✅Reject vehicle if the leak rate with brakes released exceeds -- p.s.i in on minute for a
single vehicle - ✅✅2
✅Reject vehicle if the leak rate with the brakes applied is exceeds -- p.s.i in one
minute for a single vehicle - ✅✅3
,✅Reject vehicle if the pressure drop is more than -- of the first reading before the
brakes were applied - ✅✅20%
✅Reject vehicle if any manufacturer - installed self-adjusting slack adjuster was
replaced with a non-self adjusting unit after what date - ✅✅October 20, 1994
✅What is the procedure for replacement stickers - ✅✅put all the same information
on as the first sticker, write replacement on back, and new station number, staple old
sticker to new sticker stub sheet
✅Can vehicles have tinted windows - ✅✅yes, up to 5% on windshield and front,
unlimited past b frame
✅What was the date that started Window tint stations to have a licenses - ✅✅Jan 1,
2008
✅License should be renewed -- days before expiration. But can be up to -- after
expiration - ✅✅30, 180
✅Violation of any Maine law or any rule relating to motor vehicle inspections, may
result in license suspension for a period up to -- months first offense, a second offense
will be grounds for suspension up to - ✅✅6; 1 year of revocation
✅Class E inspection is mandatory in what county - ✅✅Cumberland
✅1974 or newer vehicles need to have what tested - ✅✅Gas cap pressure
✅1996 and newer vehicles need to have what tested - ✅✅OBD II diagnostics
✅If any warning or MIL lamps are on will a vehicle pass inspection - ✅✅yes, except
for ABS and emissions related
✅Any damaged or voided "new" sticker goes where - ✅✅on the stub sheet to the
state with the reason its void
✅Class B vehicles are inspected how often - ✅✅every 6 months
✅Where are stickers placed on a class D inspected trailer - ✅✅Lower left lateral
side
✅What does the floor pan mean - ✅✅Fire wall to the trunk starting at passenger
side
, ✅What does steering linkage mean - ✅✅the system composed of the steering
wheel and shaft, rack and pinion, steering box, pitman arm, idler arm, center link, tie
rods, and steering knuckle
✅What does suspension sticker mean - ✅✅support beams, control arms, ball joints
or kingpins, leaf, coil, air or torsion bar springs, spring hangers, shackles, u-bolts, radius
arms, caster struts, trailing arms, torque rods, shock absorbers
✅How much is the inspection application fee - ✅✅1.00
✅How much is the SBI fee (background check) - ✅✅21.00
✅How much is a package of 50 window tint certificates - ✅✅5.00
✅How much is a pack of 50 commercial vehicle inspection forms - ✅✅5.00
✅How much is each inspection sticker - ✅✅2.50
✅How much is a class A inspection (under 10,001 lbs) - ✅✅12.50
✅How much is a class A inspection (10,001 and 26,000 use in commerce) -
✅✅hourly
✅How much is a class B inspection - ✅✅8.00
✅How much is a class C inspection - ✅✅12.50
✅How much is a class D vehicle (with GVWR 10,001 + not used in commerce) -
✅✅12.50
✅How much is a class D inspection - ✅✅hourly rate
✅How much is a class E inspection (excluding buses and motorcycles) pre 1974;
1974-1995; 1996- newer - ✅✅12.50; 15.50; 18.50
✅What information is needed on an inspection sticker - ✅✅Inspection tech license,
date, full vehicle vin, station #, odometer, tech signature and print, and registration #
✅Does the inspection refusal form get sent to the state police - ✅✅no
✅What do you do to an inspection sticker if it fails inspection - ✅✅cut it diagonally
but leave the month that it expires
VERIFIED TEST BANK AND STUDY GUIDE
2024/2025
✅Reject vehicle if on a steering axle the lining thickness is less than -- inch at the
center for drum brakes, less than -- for air disc, and -- or less for hydraulics or electric
brakes or at wear indicators - ✅✅1/4; 1/8; 1/16
✅Reject vehicle if master cylinder fluid level is -- below the fill line; or if not marked --
below top (class D) - ✅✅1/2;1/2
✅Reject vehicle if pedal travel from its free height to its depressed height is more than
-- of total distance ( Hydraulics for class D) - ✅✅65%
✅Vacuum system must have sufficient reserve for -- brake applications with engine off
(class D) - ✅✅2
✅Vacuum pump must be able to achieve and maintain -- inches of vacuum (class D) -
✅✅18
✅Reject vehicle if reservoir pressure is lowered more than -- p.s.i after one full brake
application with engine off (class D) - ✅✅18
✅Reject vehicle if the time to build pressure from level after one brake application to
governor cut out pressure is more than - ✅✅30 seconds
✅Reject vehicle if governor cut-out pressure is not between -- p.s.i - ✅✅115-135
✅Reject vehicle if the air pressure warning light device does not activate before the
pressure is lowered to -- or -- the governor cut-out pressure, whichever is less -
✅✅55 p.s.i or 1/2
✅Vehicle must have both -- and -- low air pressure warning device - ✅✅visual;
audio
✅Reject vehicle if the leak rate with brakes released exceeds -- p.s.i in on minute for a
single vehicle - ✅✅2
✅Reject vehicle if the leak rate with the brakes applied is exceeds -- p.s.i in one
minute for a single vehicle - ✅✅3
,✅Reject vehicle if the pressure drop is more than -- of the first reading before the
brakes were applied - ✅✅20%
✅Reject vehicle if any manufacturer - installed self-adjusting slack adjuster was
replaced with a non-self adjusting unit after what date - ✅✅October 20, 1994
✅What is the procedure for replacement stickers - ✅✅put all the same information
on as the first sticker, write replacement on back, and new station number, staple old
sticker to new sticker stub sheet
✅Can vehicles have tinted windows - ✅✅yes, up to 5% on windshield and front,
unlimited past b frame
✅What was the date that started Window tint stations to have a licenses - ✅✅Jan 1,
2008
✅License should be renewed -- days before expiration. But can be up to -- after
expiration - ✅✅30, 180
✅Violation of any Maine law or any rule relating to motor vehicle inspections, may
result in license suspension for a period up to -- months first offense, a second offense
will be grounds for suspension up to - ✅✅6; 1 year of revocation
✅Class E inspection is mandatory in what county - ✅✅Cumberland
✅1974 or newer vehicles need to have what tested - ✅✅Gas cap pressure
✅1996 and newer vehicles need to have what tested - ✅✅OBD II diagnostics
✅If any warning or MIL lamps are on will a vehicle pass inspection - ✅✅yes, except
for ABS and emissions related
✅Any damaged or voided "new" sticker goes where - ✅✅on the stub sheet to the
state with the reason its void
✅Class B vehicles are inspected how often - ✅✅every 6 months
✅Where are stickers placed on a class D inspected trailer - ✅✅Lower left lateral
side
✅What does the floor pan mean - ✅✅Fire wall to the trunk starting at passenger
side
, ✅What does steering linkage mean - ✅✅the system composed of the steering
wheel and shaft, rack and pinion, steering box, pitman arm, idler arm, center link, tie
rods, and steering knuckle
✅What does suspension sticker mean - ✅✅support beams, control arms, ball joints
or kingpins, leaf, coil, air or torsion bar springs, spring hangers, shackles, u-bolts, radius
arms, caster struts, trailing arms, torque rods, shock absorbers
✅How much is the inspection application fee - ✅✅1.00
✅How much is the SBI fee (background check) - ✅✅21.00
✅How much is a package of 50 window tint certificates - ✅✅5.00
✅How much is a pack of 50 commercial vehicle inspection forms - ✅✅5.00
✅How much is each inspection sticker - ✅✅2.50
✅How much is a class A inspection (under 10,001 lbs) - ✅✅12.50
✅How much is a class A inspection (10,001 and 26,000 use in commerce) -
✅✅hourly
✅How much is a class B inspection - ✅✅8.00
✅How much is a class C inspection - ✅✅12.50
✅How much is a class D vehicle (with GVWR 10,001 + not used in commerce) -
✅✅12.50
✅How much is a class D inspection - ✅✅hourly rate
✅How much is a class E inspection (excluding buses and motorcycles) pre 1974;
1974-1995; 1996- newer - ✅✅12.50; 15.50; 18.50
✅What information is needed on an inspection sticker - ✅✅Inspection tech license,
date, full vehicle vin, station #, odometer, tech signature and print, and registration #
✅Does the inspection refusal form get sent to the state police - ✅✅no
✅What do you do to an inspection sticker if it fails inspection - ✅✅cut it diagonally
but leave the month that it expires
