TRUCKING RODEO FINAL TEST QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT SOLUTIONS 2025/2026
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? - ANS-June 9, 1998
T or F: TEA-21 built on the initiatives established in the intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA) - ANS-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 - ANS-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? - ANS-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 - ANS-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: - ANS-FMCSA
T or F: The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is under authority of the U.S.
Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS). - ANS-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. - ANS-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)? - ANS-Aug
10, 2005
,Which is not true about SAFETEA-LU?
A) It is the largest investment in transportation to
B) It built on TEA-21 and ISTEA
C) It doubled the funds for infrastructure safety
D) It paid bonuses to companies for their safety records - ANS-D) SAFETEA-LU did not
pay bonuses to companies for their safety records
Which is NOT an objective of MAP 21?
A) roadside inspections
B) maintaining infrastructure conditioning
C) protecting the environment
D) reducing traffic congestion - ANS-A) roadside inspections is not an objective of MAP
21
What year was the Bioterrorism Response Act signed? - ANS-2002
What year was the American Trucking Association (ATA) established? - ANS-1933
What year was the America's Road Team established? - ANS-1986
What year was the final rule on medical certificates linked to CDL? - ANS-2008
The trucking industry can be justly called a ________ of the U.S. economy. - ANS-
mainspring
T or F: Trucks perform a distribution service which "can" be duplicated by both rail and
sea transportation. - ANS-False
Trucks have the advantage of _______, which does not appear likely to be challenged. -
ANS-
Flexibility
Which is not an advantage trucks have over all other means of freight transportation? -
ANS-Cost
Which is NOT a contributing factor in the higher efficiency of trucks over rail?
A) easier pick-up and delivery
B) the ability to deliver door to door
C) cost
D) regular delivery schedules - ANS-Cost is not a contributing factor in the higher
efficiency of trucks over
rail
,On what date did NAFTA's trucking pilot program officially end? - ANS-Oct 10, 2014
Which is true about crashes involving large trucks between 2008 and 2013?
A) there was 10% reduction is crashes
B) crashes dropped from 380,000 to 342,000
C) there was 19% reduction in fatalities between 2008 and 2013
D) all of the above - ANS-D) all of the above
What date did President Obama sign into law MAP 21? - ANS-July 6, 2012
The trucking industry cooperates with? - ANS-state and local authorities and federal
officials
Which is not a reason listed in 'Facts for Drivers', in the selection of professional truck
drivers? - ANS-efficiency
T or F: Truck drivers should pull to the right to allow motorists to pass. - ANS-True
The trucking industry is represented nationally by... - ANS-ATA
The American Trucking Association Inc. (ATA) is a ______ of motor carrier. - ANS-
federation
The ATRI has been engaged in critical transportation studies since 1954 and stands
for? - ANS-American Transportation Research Institute
ATA is headquartered in? - ANS-Arlington, Virginia
Which is not a department of ATA? - ANS-Road Condition Failure Dept.
America's Road Team, sponsored by Volvo Trucks, was created by ATA in? - ANS-
1986
America's Road Team motto is? - ANS-"Safety is our driving concern"
Drivers representing America's Road Team, are referred to as? - ANS-Captains
Which is dedicated to reducing the fatalities and accident rates on American roadways?
- ANS-Share the Road
Share the Road is sponsored by? - ANS-Mack Trucks and Michelin North America
Share the Road program reaches out to the public through? - ANS-radio, online, and TV
The Share the Road program reaches how many motorists annually? - ANS-millions
, T or F: U.S. DOT has not been able to calculate or credit programs like 'Share the Road'
with a reduction in truck-related fatalities over the past decade, but hopes to in the
future. - ANS-False
Share the Road program has been in existence for over? - ANS-20 years
Share the Road replaced what program? - ANS-How to Drive
DOT created The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) on? - ANS-Oct 15, 1966
T or F: FHWA has the broad responsibility for ensuring that America's roads and
highways (physical infrastructure) continue to be the safest and most technologically
upto-date. - ANS-True
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) was established in? -
ANS-
1970
Which is not a responsibility of NHTSA
A) provide education, research, safety standards, and enforcement activity for the
purpose of saving lives
B) provide education research, and safety standards to reduce economic costs due
to traffic crashes
C)provide education, research, and safety standards to prevent injury
D) provide quality research and feedback to the EPA, on the effects of traffic congestion
to wildlife - ANS-D) Providing quality research and feedback to the EPA, on the effects
to traffic congestion to wildlife is not a responsibility of NHTSA
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards are issued by? - ANS-NHTSA
T or F: The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration was created in 2000, pursuant
to the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1998 - ANS-False
T or F: FMCSA issues standards for safety programs; and the states, for the most part,
adopted them as their own. - ANS-True
In which month and year did Congress transfer responsibility for hazardous material
transport and safety to the newly created Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration (PHMSA) ? - ANS-February 2005
On Nov 30th, 2004, who signed the Norman Y Mineta Research and Special Programs
Improvement Act of 2004? - ANS-George W. Bush
When was the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established? - ANS-July 1970
Which is not true of ULSD?
A) increased production cost between 4 cents and 5 cents
B) fleets may experience slightly lower fuel economy
CORRECT SOLUTIONS 2025/2026
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? - ANS-June 9, 1998
T or F: TEA-21 built on the initiatives established in the intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA) - ANS-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 - ANS-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? - ANS-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 - ANS-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: - ANS-FMCSA
T or F: The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is under authority of the U.S.
Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS). - ANS-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. - ANS-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)? - ANS-Aug
10, 2005
,Which is not true about SAFETEA-LU?
A) It is the largest investment in transportation to
B) It built on TEA-21 and ISTEA
C) It doubled the funds for infrastructure safety
D) It paid bonuses to companies for their safety records - ANS-D) SAFETEA-LU did not
pay bonuses to companies for their safety records
Which is NOT an objective of MAP 21?
A) roadside inspections
B) maintaining infrastructure conditioning
C) protecting the environment
D) reducing traffic congestion - ANS-A) roadside inspections is not an objective of MAP
21
What year was the Bioterrorism Response Act signed? - ANS-2002
What year was the American Trucking Association (ATA) established? - ANS-1933
What year was the America's Road Team established? - ANS-1986
What year was the final rule on medical certificates linked to CDL? - ANS-2008
The trucking industry can be justly called a ________ of the U.S. economy. - ANS-
mainspring
T or F: Trucks perform a distribution service which "can" be duplicated by both rail and
sea transportation. - ANS-False
Trucks have the advantage of _______, which does not appear likely to be challenged. -
ANS-
Flexibility
Which is not an advantage trucks have over all other means of freight transportation? -
ANS-Cost
Which is NOT a contributing factor in the higher efficiency of trucks over rail?
A) easier pick-up and delivery
B) the ability to deliver door to door
C) cost
D) regular delivery schedules - ANS-Cost is not a contributing factor in the higher
efficiency of trucks over
rail
,On what date did NAFTA's trucking pilot program officially end? - ANS-Oct 10, 2014
Which is true about crashes involving large trucks between 2008 and 2013?
A) there was 10% reduction is crashes
B) crashes dropped from 380,000 to 342,000
C) there was 19% reduction in fatalities between 2008 and 2013
D) all of the above - ANS-D) all of the above
What date did President Obama sign into law MAP 21? - ANS-July 6, 2012
The trucking industry cooperates with? - ANS-state and local authorities and federal
officials
Which is not a reason listed in 'Facts for Drivers', in the selection of professional truck
drivers? - ANS-efficiency
T or F: Truck drivers should pull to the right to allow motorists to pass. - ANS-True
The trucking industry is represented nationally by... - ANS-ATA
The American Trucking Association Inc. (ATA) is a ______ of motor carrier. - ANS-
federation
The ATRI has been engaged in critical transportation studies since 1954 and stands
for? - ANS-American Transportation Research Institute
ATA is headquartered in? - ANS-Arlington, Virginia
Which is not a department of ATA? - ANS-Road Condition Failure Dept.
America's Road Team, sponsored by Volvo Trucks, was created by ATA in? - ANS-
1986
America's Road Team motto is? - ANS-"Safety is our driving concern"
Drivers representing America's Road Team, are referred to as? - ANS-Captains
Which is dedicated to reducing the fatalities and accident rates on American roadways?
- ANS-Share the Road
Share the Road is sponsored by? - ANS-Mack Trucks and Michelin North America
Share the Road program reaches out to the public through? - ANS-radio, online, and TV
The Share the Road program reaches how many motorists annually? - ANS-millions
, T or F: U.S. DOT has not been able to calculate or credit programs like 'Share the Road'
with a reduction in truck-related fatalities over the past decade, but hopes to in the
future. - ANS-False
Share the Road program has been in existence for over? - ANS-20 years
Share the Road replaced what program? - ANS-How to Drive
DOT created The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) on? - ANS-Oct 15, 1966
T or F: FHWA has the broad responsibility for ensuring that America's roads and
highways (physical infrastructure) continue to be the safest and most technologically
upto-date. - ANS-True
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) was established in? -
ANS-
1970
Which is not a responsibility of NHTSA
A) provide education, research, safety standards, and enforcement activity for the
purpose of saving lives
B) provide education research, and safety standards to reduce economic costs due
to traffic crashes
C)provide education, research, and safety standards to prevent injury
D) provide quality research and feedback to the EPA, on the effects of traffic congestion
to wildlife - ANS-D) Providing quality research and feedback to the EPA, on the effects
to traffic congestion to wildlife is not a responsibility of NHTSA
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards are issued by? - ANS-NHTSA
T or F: The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration was created in 2000, pursuant
to the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1998 - ANS-False
T or F: FMCSA issues standards for safety programs; and the states, for the most part,
adopted them as their own. - ANS-True
In which month and year did Congress transfer responsibility for hazardous material
transport and safety to the newly created Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration (PHMSA) ? - ANS-February 2005
On Nov 30th, 2004, who signed the Norman Y Mineta Research and Special Programs
Improvement Act of 2004? - ANS-George W. Bush
When was the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established? - ANS-July 1970
Which is not true of ULSD?
A) increased production cost between 4 cents and 5 cents
B) fleets may experience slightly lower fuel economy
