Fleet Safety

Practice Exam Questions - Bank 3

1. U.S. DOT requires all drivers to perform this activity: (NSC, APP-A&P, p. 230)

a. pretrip route analysis
b. pretrip vehicle inspection
c. break inspection every thousand miles
d. report of road conditions

2. A chock should be positioned:

a. to stop vehicle from moving downhill
b. to stop vehicle from moving forward
c. to stop vehicle from moving backward
d. to stop vehicle from moving uphill

3. What is the safe position of a load on a truck bed?

a. fully forward on the bed
b. over the front axle
c. over the rear axle
d. centered on the bed

4. The goal of the this Act is to improve highway safety by ensuring that drivers of large trucks and buses are qualified to operate those vehicles and to remove unsafe and unqualified drivers from the highways:

a. Uniform Commercial Drivers Act of 1973
b. Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986
c. National Commercial Safety Act of 1970
d. American Trucking Standards Act of 1945

5. Drivers have been required to have a CDL in order to drive a commercial motor vehicle since:

a. 1986
b. 1945
c. 1992
d. 1932

6. Federal standards require States to issue this class of CDL to drivers who drive any combination of vehicles with a GCWR of 26,001 or more pounds provided the GVWR of the vehicle(s) being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds:

a. Class A
b. Class B
c. Class C
d. Class D

7. Federal standards require States to issue this class of CDL to drivers who drive any single vehicle, or combination of vehicles, that does not meet the definition of Class A or Class B, but is either designed to transport 16 or more passengers, including the driver, or is placarded for hazardous materials:

a. Class C
b. Class D
c. Class E
d. Class F

8. Which of the following is not information required on all CDLs?

a. driver's date of birth, sex, and height
b. name of the issuing federal agency
c. words 'Commercial Driver's License' or 'CDL'
d. driver's State license number

9. Formerly a part of the Federal Highway Administration, this agency's primary mission is to prevent commercial motor vehicle-related fatalities and injuries.

a. National Commercial Motor Carrier Administration
b. National Highway Safety Administration
c. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
d. Federal Commercial Carrier Administration

10. Which of the following equations describes a vehicle-accident frequency rate? (Petersen, TSM, 323)

a. (total number of accidents x 1 million miles)/actual mileage driven.
b. annual gross revenue/annual dollar losses from vehicle accidents.
c. total number of accidents/number of drivers.
d. (actual mileage driven/1 million miles) x number of drivers.

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