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IL CDL Air Brakes Practice Test 3 2025

Perfect for first-time and renewal CDL/CLP applicants, and those adding endorsements.

There are multiple resources available to you to learn about air brakes, but none of them compare to our practice test series. Our third free Illinois DMV CDL Air Brakes practice test teaches you the ways these systems function and keep you safe. A firm grasp of air brakes is essential to avoiding a restriction on your Illinois commercial driver’s license (CDL) prohibiting you from operating vehicles equipped with them. Traditional study methods will likely remind you of waiting on a delayed flight at O’Hare while stalled in your learning progress. However, the practice test is designed to supplement your Entry-Level Driver’s Training (ELDT) with reliable information to enhance your driving skills.

Giving you a baseline for measuring your progress, our Illinois DMV CDL Air Brakes practice test allows you to assess the effectiveness of its training method. The practice test contains 30 questions that challenge you to exhibit your knowledge of air brakes. You must pass a written Air Brakes knowledge test and a skills test to remove the air brakes restriction from your CDL. You can use the results of the practice test to identify the information you must better understand to correctly answer at least 80% of the 25 questions on the official knowledge test to pass. Using an interactive capability, the practice test engages you to focus on absorbing this critical information.

This Illinois DMV CDL Air Brakes practice test clearly explains the information you find most confusing. Any incorrect answer you provide is followed by a detailed explanation of the correct one. The explanation is based on information taken directly from the most recent Illinois DMV CDL manual (Illinois CDL Handbook 2025) and is up to date as of December 2025. More traditional study methods are not as effective in filling your knowledge gaps. Their approach is one-dimensional and heavily relies on memorizing the answers to the questions. However, you will only learn surface knowledge with this type of method. The practice test expands your knowledge of air brakes with authoritative information. You can be fully confident in applying the information it provides to various scenarios on the official knowledge test. Making it possible for you to pass the official knowledge test on your first try, the practice test can help you avoid the 24-hour waiting period to retest should you fail. You can depend on the practice test to deliver exceptional results in advancing your driving skills.

Soldier Field has evolved into a multi-purpose facility, and you can transform your professional driving skills with the practice tests at https://driving-tests.org/illinois/il-cdl-practice-test/.

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IL CDL Air Brakes Practice Test 3 2025
IL commercial driver's license
Based on official IL exam questions
Steven Litvintchouk, M.S., Chief Educational Researcher at Driving-Tests.org

Authored and fact-checked by Steven Litvintchouk, M.S.

Chief Educational Researcher, Driving‑Tests.org (ACES member)
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8 min to complete
Available in EN and ES

What to expect on the actual IL permit test

25

questions

20

correct answers to pass

80%

passing score

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