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IA CDL Air Brakes Practice Test 3 2025

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

To qualify for more driving opportunities and increase your earnings, you should remove the air brakes restriction from your Iowa commercial driver’s license (CDL). Our third free CDL Air Brakes practice test helps you learn this essential skill to advance your career. It’s part of our Air Brakes practice test series, which teaches you the various functions and components of these systems. The knowledge you gain will be a great asset in securing highly sought-after jobs. You wouldn’t hike the Maquoketa Caves without the proper safety equipment; likewise, air brakes are a crucial safety feature of most commercial vehicles. The practice test delivers exceptional results in enhancing your skills to operate them.

Placing an emphasis on expanding your existing knowledge, our CDL Air Brakes practice test eliminates the barriers to your success. You must pass an official Air Brakes Knowledge test and a skills test that confirms your ability to inspect and operate the system. Passing both removes the air brakes restriction from your CDL. Using 30 questions, similar to those on the official knowledge test, streamlines your learning process. You can use the results to focus on absorbing the information you don’t understand. Grasping this information is critical to correctly answering at least 80% of the 25 questions on the official knowledge test to pass.

This Iowa CDL Air Brakes practice test identifies your learning obstacles and equips you with reliable information to overcome them. The practice test is based on the most recent Iowa DOT CDL manual (Iowa CDL Handbook 2025) and is up to date as of November 2025. Designed with an interactive capability, the practice test responds to any question you get wrong with a detailed explanation of the correct answer. The information provided is taken directly from the CDL manual. It is the most accurate and authoritative information available. You can confidently apply it to various driving scenarios that may appear on the official knowledge test. Your likelihood of passing the official knowledge test on the first try will dramatically increase using this study method. You can depend on the practice test to help you achieve your learning objectives and develop the driving skills that help you stand out in the crowd.

Riverside is said to be the “Future Birthplace of James T. Kirk,” but you can develop iconic professional driving skills today using the practice tests at https://driving-tests.org/iowa/ia-cdl-practice-test/.

Real exam-style pitfalls you’ll practice:
Common Traps
Distractors
Trick Wording
Double Negatives
IA CDL Air Brakes Practice Test 3 2025
IA commercial driver's license
Based on official IA exam questions

Authored and curated by Steven Litvintchouk, M.S.

Chief Educational Researcher (ACES member)
Methodology & Editorial Policy
Last verified for accuracy: November 2025 (reviewed weekly)

8 min to complete
Available in EN and ES

What to expect on the actual IA permit test

25

questions

20

correct answers to pass

80%

passing score

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