NRCME EXAM STUDY MATERIALS QUESTION AND ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS)
1. **What is the minimum visual acuity required for a CMV driver in each eye and both eyes
combined?**
- a) 20/20 each eye and 20/20 both eyes
- b) 20/30 each eye and 20/30 both eyes
- c) 20/40 each eye and 20/40 both eyes
- d) 20/50 each eye and 20/50 both eyes
- **Answer:** c) 20/40 each eye and 20/40 both eyes
2. **What is the minimum peripheral vision requirement for a CMV driver?**
- a) 60 degrees
- b) 65 degrees
- c) 70 degrees
- d) 75 degrees
- **Answer:** c) 70 degrees
3. **For a driver with monocular vision, what is the maximum certification period with a federal
exemption?**
- a) 3 months
- b) 6 months
- c) 1 year
- d) 2 years
- **Answer:** c) 1 year
4. **Which of the following is a hearing requirement for CMV drivers?**
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- a) Hear a whispered voice at not less than 3 feet in the better ear
- b) Hear a whispered voice at not less than 5 feet in the better ear
- c) Average hearing loss no greater than 50 dB at 500Hz, 1000Hz, 2000Hz
- d) Average hearing loss no greater than 30 dB at 500Hz, 1000Hz, 2000Hz
- **Answer:** b) Hear a whispered voice at not less than 5 feet in the better ear, or average hearing
loss no greater than 40 dB at 500Hz, 1000Hz, 2000Hz
5. **Which of the following otic conditions results in automatic disqualification for a CMV driver?**
- a) Mild vertigo
- b) Meniere’s disease
- c) Eustachian tube dysfunction
- d) Chronic ear infections
- **Answer:** b) Meniere’s disease
6. **What is the maximum certification period for a driver with stable angina?**
- a) 3 months
- b) 6 months
- c) 1 year
- d) 2 years
- **Answer:** c) 1 year
7. **What is the minimum waiting period after CABG (coronary artery bypass graft) surgery before a
driver can be certified?**
- a) 1 month
- b) 2 months
- c) 3 months
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- d) 6 months
- **Answer:** c) 3 months
8. **What is the minimum waiting period for a driver who has had a heart transplant?**
- a) 6 months
- b) 9 months
- c) 1 year
- d) 18 months
- **Answer:** c) 1 year
9. **What is the maximum certification period for a driver who has had a heart transplant?**
- a) 3 months
- b) 6 months
- c) 12 months
- d) 2 years
- **Answer:** b) 6 months
10. **What is the minimum waiting period after PCI (percutaneous coronary intervention) before a
driver can be certified?**
- a) 1 day
- b) 1 week
- c) 1 month
- d) 3 months
- **Answer:** b) 1 week
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