ASE Study Guide 2026
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📚 ASE Topics to Study (69)
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✍️ Sample ASE Questions & Answers
1. What is the minimum spark duration generally considered necessary for reliable combustion?
✓ 0.5 milliseconds
A minimum of approximately 0.5 milliseconds (500 microseconds) of spark duration is generally required to reliably ignite the air-fuel mixture, especially under lean or diluted conditions.
2. With the battery disconnected, resistance measured between CAN High and CAN Low at DLC pins 6 and 14 on a healthy high-speed CAN bus should be about:
✓ 60 ohms
Two 120-ohm terminating resistors in parallel produce about 60 ohms total.
3. To measure circuit current directly with a digital multimeter, the meter must be connected:
✓ In series with the circuit
An ammeter must be placed in series so all circuit current passes through it.
4. An engine gives off heavy black exhaust smoke. What does this usually indicate?
✓ Rich air-fuel mixture
Black smoke is carbon from unburned fuel caused by a rich mixture.
5. An engine coolant temperature sensor is a negative temperature coefficient (NTC) thermistor. As coolant temperature rises, its resistance:
✓ Decreases
NTC thermistors lose resistance as temperature increases.
6. A secondary air injection (AIR) system pumps fresh air into the exhaust mainly during which period?
✓ Cold start and warm-up
AIR adds oxygen during warm-up to burn HC and CO and to heat the converter faster.
🎯 Free ASE Practice Tests
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