TIMS UPDATED 2026 EXAM SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔National standard that was first published in 1935, and it has been maintained by
FHWA since 1971? - ✔✔MUTCD - Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
✔✔Purpose of MUTCD - ✔✔Promotes the uniformity of traffic control signs, signals, and
markings from state to state.
✔✔Lane Designation Terminology? - ✔✔Plain English
✔✔When describing highway lanes... - ✔✔left is analogous with inside and right with
outside, from the perspective of the flow of traffic.
✔✔A numbering system that assigns numbers 1, 2, 3, etc. from the left to right lane,
again from the perspective of the flow of traffic, can be used. - ✔✔Lane Numbering
(terminology)
✔✔True or False: special or unique use lane(s), such as a high-occupancy vehicle
(HOV) lane is not a numbered lane. - ✔✔True
✔✔True or False: TIM terminology is not just applicable to urban roads and freeways,
the techniques apply to local streets and rural roadways too. - ✔✔True
✔✔Traffic that is entering or approaching the incident scene is considered? -
✔✔Upstream traffic
✔✔Traffic that is departing or past the incident is considered? - ✔✔Down stream traffic
✔✔Departing traffic is? - ✔✔Downstream
✔✔Approaching traffic is? - ✔✔Upstream
✔✔The backup of traffic that results from an incident or blocked lanes? - ✔✔A traffic
queue
✔✔True or False: A queue may form in either direction of travel because of
rubberneckers. - ✔✔True
✔✔Who is typically the first to receive notification of an incident? - ✔✔Dispatcher
✔✔Dispatchers are responsible for? - ✔✔-Providing a basic assessment of the situation
-Dispatching an appropriate response based on their knowledge of available resources
, ✔✔Steps to the notification and verification process? - ✔✔1. Detection 2. Verification 3.
Notification
✔✔The discovery of an incident and the first step in the TIM process. - ✔✔Detection
✔✔Involves collecting as much information as possible from the individual(s) reporting
the incident including the exact location, the make, model, and color of the involved
vehicles, and a call back number in case more information is needed - ✔✔Verification
✔✔When the communications center will dispatch the appropriate response? -
✔✔Notification
✔✔Whats a TMC? - ✔✔Transportation Management Center
✔✔Whats a TOC? - ✔✔Traffic Operations Centers
✔✔Serves as the hub for the collection and dissemination of incident information? -
✔✔Traffic Operations Centers
✔✔Monitoring traffic conditions using? - ✔✔-(CCTV) cameras -Roadway detectors and
congestion maps -Public safety contacts via phone and/or computer-aided dispatch
(CAD) links
✔✔TMCs are usually responsible for? (5) - ✔✔-Monitoring traffic conditions -Providing
real-time traveler information -Providing traffic and incident info notification to other
traffic management/communication centers, public safety partners and the news media
-Monitoring traffic management devices to ensure they are functioning properly -
Controlling traffic management devices, including ramp meters, traffic signal systems,
etc.
✔✔Providing real-time traveler information using? - ✔✔-511 - phone systems, websites
and social media -Dynamic message signs (DMS) -Portable changeable message signs
(PCMS) -Highway advisory radio (HAR)
✔✔Initial arrival/windshield size-up report should include? - ✔✔-Unit identification -
Exact location of incident -Number and type of vehicles involved -Degree of damage -
Number of lanes closed -Hazards or problems -Establishment of command
✔✔Detailed and accurate size-up should be provided after the responder has? -
✔✔More fully assessed the scene.
✔✔How should reporting go? (timeline) - ✔✔1. Initial/ Windshield Size-Up Report 2. 15-
Minute Detailed Size-Up Report 3. Regular Progress Reports
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔National standard that was first published in 1935, and it has been maintained by
FHWA since 1971? - ✔✔MUTCD - Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
✔✔Purpose of MUTCD - ✔✔Promotes the uniformity of traffic control signs, signals, and
markings from state to state.
✔✔Lane Designation Terminology? - ✔✔Plain English
✔✔When describing highway lanes... - ✔✔left is analogous with inside and right with
outside, from the perspective of the flow of traffic.
✔✔A numbering system that assigns numbers 1, 2, 3, etc. from the left to right lane,
again from the perspective of the flow of traffic, can be used. - ✔✔Lane Numbering
(terminology)
✔✔True or False: special or unique use lane(s), such as a high-occupancy vehicle
(HOV) lane is not a numbered lane. - ✔✔True
✔✔True or False: TIM terminology is not just applicable to urban roads and freeways,
the techniques apply to local streets and rural roadways too. - ✔✔True
✔✔Traffic that is entering or approaching the incident scene is considered? -
✔✔Upstream traffic
✔✔Traffic that is departing or past the incident is considered? - ✔✔Down stream traffic
✔✔Departing traffic is? - ✔✔Downstream
✔✔Approaching traffic is? - ✔✔Upstream
✔✔The backup of traffic that results from an incident or blocked lanes? - ✔✔A traffic
queue
✔✔True or False: A queue may form in either direction of travel because of
rubberneckers. - ✔✔True
✔✔Who is typically the first to receive notification of an incident? - ✔✔Dispatcher
✔✔Dispatchers are responsible for? - ✔✔-Providing a basic assessment of the situation
-Dispatching an appropriate response based on their knowledge of available resources
, ✔✔Steps to the notification and verification process? - ✔✔1. Detection 2. Verification 3.
Notification
✔✔The discovery of an incident and the first step in the TIM process. - ✔✔Detection
✔✔Involves collecting as much information as possible from the individual(s) reporting
the incident including the exact location, the make, model, and color of the involved
vehicles, and a call back number in case more information is needed - ✔✔Verification
✔✔When the communications center will dispatch the appropriate response? -
✔✔Notification
✔✔Whats a TMC? - ✔✔Transportation Management Center
✔✔Whats a TOC? - ✔✔Traffic Operations Centers
✔✔Serves as the hub for the collection and dissemination of incident information? -
✔✔Traffic Operations Centers
✔✔Monitoring traffic conditions using? - ✔✔-(CCTV) cameras -Roadway detectors and
congestion maps -Public safety contacts via phone and/or computer-aided dispatch
(CAD) links
✔✔TMCs are usually responsible for? (5) - ✔✔-Monitoring traffic conditions -Providing
real-time traveler information -Providing traffic and incident info notification to other
traffic management/communication centers, public safety partners and the news media
-Monitoring traffic management devices to ensure they are functioning properly -
Controlling traffic management devices, including ramp meters, traffic signal systems,
etc.
✔✔Providing real-time traveler information using? - ✔✔-511 - phone systems, websites
and social media -Dynamic message signs (DMS) -Portable changeable message signs
(PCMS) -Highway advisory radio (HAR)
✔✔Initial arrival/windshield size-up report should include? - ✔✔-Unit identification -
Exact location of incident -Number and type of vehicles involved -Degree of damage -
Number of lanes closed -Hazards or problems -Establishment of command
✔✔Detailed and accurate size-up should be provided after the responder has? -
✔✔More fully assessed the scene.
✔✔How should reporting go? (timeline) - ✔✔1. Initial/ Windshield Size-Up Report 2. 15-
Minute Detailed Size-Up Report 3. Regular Progress Reports
