CSX CONDUCTOR EXAMS SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Employees must know and comply with the rules, instructions, and procedures that
govern duties. They must also comply with the instructions of a Supervisor or
Trainmaster/Yardmaster. In the event of a conflict, what should an employee do? -
✔✔Take the safe course
✔✔When using equipment other than remote controls, what speed is not to be
exceeded when coupling cars? - ✔✔4 mph
✔✔What is true about train speeds? - ✔✔They must not be exceeded
✔✔Whenever dealing with a conflict between two speeds, which speed should be
chosen by the conductor? - ✔✔The lowest speed
✔✔You are operating a single locomotive through a receiving yard and you are
operating at restricted speed. What speed should not be exceeded? - ✔✔10 mph its a
yard
✔✔What is the speed that permits stopping at half the range of vision. Permitting a stop
short of a train, car, obstruction, on-track equipment, stop signals, derails, and
improperly lined switches. Also permits looking for BROKEN RAIL - ✔✔Restricted
Speed
✔✔Your train left the main track through a hand thrown switch into a non-signaled yard.
What speed is not to be exceeded? - ✔✔10 mph
✔✔The Appearance of a fixed signal as viewed from the direction of an approaching
train - ✔✔Signal Aspect
✔✔The information conveyed by the aspect of a signal - ✔✔Signal Indication
, ✔✔A block signal equipped with a number plate, a G marker, or a P marker that
conveys Restricted Proceed as the most restrictive aspect - ✔✔Intermediate Signal
✔✔A color light, color position light, or semaphore signal that conveys Stop as its most
restrictive speed and does NOT have a P marker, C marker, APP marker, or a G
marker - ✔✔Absolute Signal
✔✔Train speeds are authorized by the Operating Rules, Special Instructions and...? -
✔✔1) Signal Indication. 2) Dispatcher Message
✔✔Unless otherwise specified, speed restrictions apply to the ___________ Train -
✔✔Entire
✔✔What must and employee receive before occupying a controlled track? -
✔✔Dispatch Bulletin and Release Form
✔✔You are on the Q31715 train, on duty at 0700, your release form is 3 Hours and 57
Minutes old. What action is required? - ✔✔None
✔✔You are on the Q31715 train, during your job briefing you discover a irregularity with
your release form other than crew names and ID numbers. After talking to a dispatcher
what action is required? - ✔✔Obtain a corrected Dispatch Bulletin
✔✔The Conductor and Engineer are required to obtain a legible copy of a Dispatch
Bulletin and Release Form. Is that all that is required? - ✔✔NO, they must ensure that
all documents correspond to each other
✔✔How long must you retain a Dispatch Bulletin? - ✔✔The entire tour of duty
✔✔How long are Dispatcher Messages in effect? - ✔✔1) Until Fulfilled. 2) Until
Cancelled
✔✔What is required of a conductor or engineer before operating on a subdivision not
listed on their dispatcher bulletin? - ✔✔Contact dispatcher and obtain a EC-1 form for
the subdivision
✔✔Information contained in Timetables, System Bulletins, Division Bulletins, and CSX
Procedural Instruction Manuals - ✔✔Special Instructions
✔✔Written or electronically transmitted special instructions issued by a division
concerning the safety of employees and the movement of trains - ✔✔Division Bulletin
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Employees must know and comply with the rules, instructions, and procedures that
govern duties. They must also comply with the instructions of a Supervisor or
Trainmaster/Yardmaster. In the event of a conflict, what should an employee do? -
✔✔Take the safe course
✔✔When using equipment other than remote controls, what speed is not to be
exceeded when coupling cars? - ✔✔4 mph
✔✔What is true about train speeds? - ✔✔They must not be exceeded
✔✔Whenever dealing with a conflict between two speeds, which speed should be
chosen by the conductor? - ✔✔The lowest speed
✔✔You are operating a single locomotive through a receiving yard and you are
operating at restricted speed. What speed should not be exceeded? - ✔✔10 mph its a
yard
✔✔What is the speed that permits stopping at half the range of vision. Permitting a stop
short of a train, car, obstruction, on-track equipment, stop signals, derails, and
improperly lined switches. Also permits looking for BROKEN RAIL - ✔✔Restricted
Speed
✔✔Your train left the main track through a hand thrown switch into a non-signaled yard.
What speed is not to be exceeded? - ✔✔10 mph
✔✔The Appearance of a fixed signal as viewed from the direction of an approaching
train - ✔✔Signal Aspect
✔✔The information conveyed by the aspect of a signal - ✔✔Signal Indication
, ✔✔A block signal equipped with a number plate, a G marker, or a P marker that
conveys Restricted Proceed as the most restrictive aspect - ✔✔Intermediate Signal
✔✔A color light, color position light, or semaphore signal that conveys Stop as its most
restrictive speed and does NOT have a P marker, C marker, APP marker, or a G
marker - ✔✔Absolute Signal
✔✔Train speeds are authorized by the Operating Rules, Special Instructions and...? -
✔✔1) Signal Indication. 2) Dispatcher Message
✔✔Unless otherwise specified, speed restrictions apply to the ___________ Train -
✔✔Entire
✔✔What must and employee receive before occupying a controlled track? -
✔✔Dispatch Bulletin and Release Form
✔✔You are on the Q31715 train, on duty at 0700, your release form is 3 Hours and 57
Minutes old. What action is required? - ✔✔None
✔✔You are on the Q31715 train, during your job briefing you discover a irregularity with
your release form other than crew names and ID numbers. After talking to a dispatcher
what action is required? - ✔✔Obtain a corrected Dispatch Bulletin
✔✔The Conductor and Engineer are required to obtain a legible copy of a Dispatch
Bulletin and Release Form. Is that all that is required? - ✔✔NO, they must ensure that
all documents correspond to each other
✔✔How long must you retain a Dispatch Bulletin? - ✔✔The entire tour of duty
✔✔How long are Dispatcher Messages in effect? - ✔✔1) Until Fulfilled. 2) Until
Cancelled
✔✔What is required of a conductor or engineer before operating on a subdivision not
listed on their dispatcher bulletin? - ✔✔Contact dispatcher and obtain a EC-1 form for
the subdivision
✔✔Information contained in Timetables, System Bulletins, Division Bulletins, and CSX
Procedural Instruction Manuals - ✔✔Special Instructions
✔✔Written or electronically transmitted special instructions issued by a division
concerning the safety of employees and the movement of trains - ✔✔Division Bulletin
