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2024 TRUCKING RODEO TEST
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2024 TRUCKING RODEO TESTA driver's reputation relies on? PG 1
a. Driving record
b. professionalism
c. self-discipline
d. all of the above - Answers -d. all of the above
The Truck Driving Championships influence how many drivers annually? PG 2
a. hundreds
b. thousands
c. tens of thousands
d. over 100,000 - Answers -c. Tens of thousands
The TDC was established by the ATA in? PG 2
a. 1933
b. 1937
c. 1935
d. 1924 - Answers -b. 1937
Which is not an objective of the TDC? PG 2
a. to drive accident free
b. to perfect their crafts
c. to improve the media's and the general public's image of truck drivers and the motor
carrier industry
d. none of the above - Answers -d. none of the above
In order for drivers to perform at their peak, they rely on? PG 6
a. knowledge
b. experience
c. skills
d. all of the above - Answers -d. all of the above
Which boosted the growth of trucking? PG 7
a. WWII
b. industrial revolution
c. WWI
d. regulation - Answers -c. WWI
,passed the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which went into effect Jan
1, 1994, and his a pact between Mexico, Canada, and the United States. - Answers -
True
Which is NOT part of the agreement of NAFTA?
A) eased trade restrictions
B) eliminated tariffs
C) placed limitations on movements of goods across borders
D) none of the above - Answers -C) placed limitations on movements of good across
borders was not apart of the NAFTA agreement
Due to NAFTA, the percentage of goods moved between Canada and the U.S. by
trucks is 53.8%. Between Mexico and the U.S., it is what percentage? - Answers -67.5
On what date did Bill Clinton sign the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st century,
which authorized highway and other surface transportation programs and their funding
through 2003? - Answers -June 9, 1998
T or F: TEA-21 built on the initiatives established in the intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA) - Answers -True
Which of the following did TEA-21 NOT do?
A) strengthen transportation safety programs
B) increase safety belt usage
C) promote enforcement of 0.08 blood alcohol standards for drunk driving
D) set standards for road side inspections - Answers -D) the TEA-21 does not do set
standards for road side inspections
Under TEA-21, the National Motor Carrier Safety Program (NMCSP) was restructured.
Part of this restructuring resulted in? - Answers -MCSAP
The Motor Carrier Safety Program (MCSAP) did all but one of these things
A) imposed mandatory shutdown on all unfit carriers
B) required the Secretary of transportation to establish procedures to enforce safety
regulations when violated
C) establish a $100,000 maximum penalty for all non-recordkeeping violations of the
safety regulations
D) disperse funds for state enforcement of CMV safety hazmat regulations - Answers -
C) The Motor Carrier Safety Program did not establish a $100,000 maximum penalty for
all non-recordkeeping violations of the safety regulations
The Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 moved all carrier safety oversight
responsibilities to: - Answers -FMCSA
T or F: The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is under authority of the U.S.
Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS). - Answers -False
,T or F: The goal of the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 is to reduce the
number and severity of crashes involving large trucks. - Answers -True
On which date did President George W. Bush sign into law the Safe, Accountable,
Flexible, Efficient Transportation Act: A Legacy for Users (SAGETEA-LU)? - Answers -
Aug 10, 2005
At the end of WWI there were over 1 million trucks, how many were there at the start of
WWI? PG 7
a. 300,000
b. 900,000
c. 750,000
d. over 1.5 million - Answers -a. 300,000
The pneumatic tire was introduced to trucking in? PG 7
a. 1919
b. 1924
c. 1933
d. none of the above - Answers -a. 1919
The Diesel engine was introduced to trucking in? PG 7
a. 1924
b. 1919
c. 1933
d. 1954 - Answers -a. 1924
The regulation of trucking came under Motor Carrier Act of? PG 7
a. 1935
b. 1933
c. 1937
d 1934 - Answers -a. 1935
The onset of WWII firmly established trucking as a vital mode of freight delivery. PG 8
a. True
b. False - Answers -a. True
The Motor Carrier Act that regulated trucking was modeled after the interstate
Commerce Act of? PG 7
a. 1980
, b. 1887
c. 1919
d. 1876 - Answers -b. 1887
Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Federal Highway Aid Act establishing the interstate
highway system in? PG 8
a. 1954
b. 1960
c. 1962
d. 1956 - Answers -d. 1956
The interstate highway system, which took over 60 plus years to build, consists of how
many miles? PG 8
a. 42,345
b. 47,432
c. 45,705
d. over 50,000 - Answers -b. 47,432
The addition of new roads transformed trucking into a nationwide carriage service. PG 8
a. True
b. False - Answers -a. True
What year did U.S. DOT take control of safety and regulations for trucking? PG 8
a. 1954
b. 1960
c. 1966
d. 1967 - Answers -d. 1967
DOT was established by an act of Congress on? PG 8
a. Jan 1, 1960
b. Jan 1, 1966
c. Oct 15, 1966
d. Oct 15, 1967 - Answers -c. Oct. 15, 1966
Which year did the Motor Carrier Act define and refocus trucking regulations? PG 8
a. 1984
b. 1967
c. 1980
d. none of the above - Answers -c. 1980
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