TIMS FINAL EXAM 2026 ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔How should reporting go? (timeline) - ✔✔1. Initial/ Windshield Size-Up Report 2. 15-
Minute Detailed Size-Up Report 3. Regular Progress Reports
✔✔The following information should be provided during the detailed size-up report
and/or during subsequent progress reports? - ✔✔-Location -Vehicles - number/type -
Injured Persons -Incident Duration Classification (Minor, Intermediate, or Major) -On-
Scene Conditions -Hazardous Materials -Traffic Conditions -Towing and Recovery -
Additional Resources Needed
✔✔MUTCD Chapter 6I divides traffic incidents into three general incident classes based
on the anticipated duration. What are they, and what are the time limits? - ✔✔-Minor: <
30 minutes -Intermediate: 30 minutes to 2 hours -Major: > 2 hours
✔✔Refers to moving vehicles involved in an incident to a secondary location before
being worked - ✔✔"Move It"
✔✔Describes a situation where the vehicles involved cannot be moved to a secondary
location before being worked. - ✔✔"Work It"
✔✔Safe-positioned, as defined by the MUTCD, is the positioning of emergency vehicles
at an incident in a manner that attempts to? - ✔✔1. Protect the responders performing
their duties 2. Protect road users traveling through the incident scene 3. Minimize, to the
extent practical, disruption of the adjacent traffic flow
✔✔True or False: The shoulder of a highway is considered a lane when establishing a
block? - ✔✔True
✔✔A responder vehicle positioned to block a single lane or the shoulder is referred to
as? - ✔✔Linear Block
✔✔When the responder vehicle is positioned to block multiple involved lanes it is
called? - ✔✔Multi-lane Block
✔✔2 ways a blocking vehicle can be positioned on the roadway? - ✔✔1. Angled 2.
Parallel
✔✔Meaning the vehicle is positioned at an angle with respect to the travel lanes? -
✔✔Angled Block
, ✔✔Meaning the vehicle is positioned parallel to the travel lanes or the shoulder? -
✔✔Parallel Block
✔✔True or False: Turning a blocking vehicle's wheels so that they are not facing the
incident space is a recommended practice referred to as critical wheel angle? - ✔✔True
✔✔During initial incident response, it is typical for law enforcement, fire, and DOT or
Safety Service Patrol vehicles to position? - ✔✔Upstream
✔✔During initial incident response, it is typical for ambulances, tow trucks, and other
support units to position - ✔✔Downstream
✔✔To ensure responder and motorist safety, it may be necessary to close additional
lanes for a short time, a practice referred to as? - ✔✔Lane +1 Blocking
✔✔Every block creates an area of danger between the blocking vehicle and moving
traffic, commonly referred to as the? - ✔✔Zero buffer
✔✔The use of a what during a traffic stop can reduce law enforcement exposure to the
hazard of being in the zero buffer? - ✔✔Non-traffic side approach
✔✔The ability of a vehicle to draw attention to its presence, even when other road users
are not actively looking for it? - ✔✔Conspicuity
✔✔Markings on responder vehicles are passive treatments that complement
emergency lighting by using? - ✔✔-Contrasting colors that make the vehicle stand out -
Fluorescent colors to increase daytime visibility -Retroreflective materials to maximize
nighttime visibility
✔✔True or False: While an important tool for warning drivers, most emergency lighting
does little to augment traffic control or guide drivers, therefore more is not always better
where emergency lighting is concerned? - ✔✔True
✔✔True or False: The use of too many lights at an incident scene can be distracting
and can create confusion for approaching road users (and other responders), especially
at night. - ✔✔True
✔✔When multiple responder vehicles are present, only the rear-most (upstream)
vehicles and blocking vehicles should continue the use of? - ✔✔emergency (warning)
lights after appropriate traffic control is in place.
✔✔All workers, including emergency responders, within the right-of-way of a roadway
who are exposed either to traffic (vehicles using the highway for purposes of travel) or
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔How should reporting go? (timeline) - ✔✔1. Initial/ Windshield Size-Up Report 2. 15-
Minute Detailed Size-Up Report 3. Regular Progress Reports
✔✔The following information should be provided during the detailed size-up report
and/or during subsequent progress reports? - ✔✔-Location -Vehicles - number/type -
Injured Persons -Incident Duration Classification (Minor, Intermediate, or Major) -On-
Scene Conditions -Hazardous Materials -Traffic Conditions -Towing and Recovery -
Additional Resources Needed
✔✔MUTCD Chapter 6I divides traffic incidents into three general incident classes based
on the anticipated duration. What are they, and what are the time limits? - ✔✔-Minor: <
30 minutes -Intermediate: 30 minutes to 2 hours -Major: > 2 hours
✔✔Refers to moving vehicles involved in an incident to a secondary location before
being worked - ✔✔"Move It"
✔✔Describes a situation where the vehicles involved cannot be moved to a secondary
location before being worked. - ✔✔"Work It"
✔✔Safe-positioned, as defined by the MUTCD, is the positioning of emergency vehicles
at an incident in a manner that attempts to? - ✔✔1. Protect the responders performing
their duties 2. Protect road users traveling through the incident scene 3. Minimize, to the
extent practical, disruption of the adjacent traffic flow
✔✔True or False: The shoulder of a highway is considered a lane when establishing a
block? - ✔✔True
✔✔A responder vehicle positioned to block a single lane or the shoulder is referred to
as? - ✔✔Linear Block
✔✔When the responder vehicle is positioned to block multiple involved lanes it is
called? - ✔✔Multi-lane Block
✔✔2 ways a blocking vehicle can be positioned on the roadway? - ✔✔1. Angled 2.
Parallel
✔✔Meaning the vehicle is positioned at an angle with respect to the travel lanes? -
✔✔Angled Block
, ✔✔Meaning the vehicle is positioned parallel to the travel lanes or the shoulder? -
✔✔Parallel Block
✔✔True or False: Turning a blocking vehicle's wheels so that they are not facing the
incident space is a recommended practice referred to as critical wheel angle? - ✔✔True
✔✔During initial incident response, it is typical for law enforcement, fire, and DOT or
Safety Service Patrol vehicles to position? - ✔✔Upstream
✔✔During initial incident response, it is typical for ambulances, tow trucks, and other
support units to position - ✔✔Downstream
✔✔To ensure responder and motorist safety, it may be necessary to close additional
lanes for a short time, a practice referred to as? - ✔✔Lane +1 Blocking
✔✔Every block creates an area of danger between the blocking vehicle and moving
traffic, commonly referred to as the? - ✔✔Zero buffer
✔✔The use of a what during a traffic stop can reduce law enforcement exposure to the
hazard of being in the zero buffer? - ✔✔Non-traffic side approach
✔✔The ability of a vehicle to draw attention to its presence, even when other road users
are not actively looking for it? - ✔✔Conspicuity
✔✔Markings on responder vehicles are passive treatments that complement
emergency lighting by using? - ✔✔-Contrasting colors that make the vehicle stand out -
Fluorescent colors to increase daytime visibility -Retroreflective materials to maximize
nighttime visibility
✔✔True or False: While an important tool for warning drivers, most emergency lighting
does little to augment traffic control or guide drivers, therefore more is not always better
where emergency lighting is concerned? - ✔✔True
✔✔True or False: The use of too many lights at an incident scene can be distracting
and can create confusion for approaching road users (and other responders), especially
at night. - ✔✔True
✔✔When multiple responder vehicles are present, only the rear-most (upstream)
vehicles and blocking vehicles should continue the use of? - ✔✔emergency (warning)
lights after appropriate traffic control is in place.
✔✔All workers, including emergency responders, within the right-of-way of a roadway
who are exposed either to traffic (vehicles using the highway for purposes of travel) or
