Smog Check Manual - Part 1 2024/2025
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If a station lacks the equipment, tools, or reference materials necessary to
inspect or repair a particular vehicle, what must the station do? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Reject the vehicle before starting an inspection or repair
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? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Reject the vehicle
or inform the customer both orally and in writing before starting the Smog
Check inspection
What must the station provide for the customer before beginning a Smog
Check inspection? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Written estimate
What must the station obtain before beginning the Smog Check inspection?
- 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Customer authorization
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, In order to perform a Smog Check inspection, a station must check that all
required equipment is... - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Up-to-date, maintained, and
calibrated
Which vehicles receive ASM tests? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Gasoline and alt. fuel
vehicles 1976 to 1999 in Enhanced Areas
Which diesel vehicles receive ASM tests? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔None - all are
given OIS tests
Which vehicles receive TSI tests? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Gasoline-powered
vehicles 1976 to 1999 registered in Basic and Change of Ownership Areas,
or registered in Enhanced Areas but incompatible with dynamometer
testing
Which vehicles receive a tailpipe emissions test on an EIS machine? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Gasoline and alt. fuel vehicles 1976 to 1999
Which gasoline and alt. fuel powered vehicles receive OIS tests? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔2000 and newer, 14,000 lbs and under GVWR
Propane and natural gas vehicles over 14,000 lbs GVWR receive this kind
of Smog Check inspection. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔No inspection is required
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Exam Questions Marking Scheme New
Update | A+ Rated
If a station lacks the equipment, tools, or reference materials necessary to
inspect or repair a particular vehicle, what must the station do? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Reject the vehicle before starting an inspection or repair
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? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Reject the vehicle
or inform the customer both orally and in writing before starting the Smog
Check inspection
What must the station provide for the customer before beginning a Smog
Check inspection? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Written estimate
What must the station obtain before beginning the Smog Check inspection?
- 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Customer authorization
COPYRIGHT©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
1
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, In order to perform a Smog Check inspection, a station must check that all
required equipment is... - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Up-to-date, maintained, and
calibrated
Which vehicles receive ASM tests? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Gasoline and alt. fuel
vehicles 1976 to 1999 in Enhanced Areas
Which diesel vehicles receive ASM tests? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔None - all are
given OIS tests
Which vehicles receive TSI tests? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Gasoline-powered
vehicles 1976 to 1999 registered in Basic and Change of Ownership Areas,
or registered in Enhanced Areas but incompatible with dynamometer
testing
Which vehicles receive a tailpipe emissions test on an EIS machine? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Gasoline and alt. fuel vehicles 1976 to 1999
Which gasoline and alt. fuel powered vehicles receive OIS tests? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔2000 and newer, 14,000 lbs and under GVWR
Propane and natural gas vehicles over 14,000 lbs GVWR receive this kind
of Smog Check inspection. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔No inspection is required
COPYRIGHT©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
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