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According to their mission statement, the FMCSA is focused on all except: A. Reducing Crashes B. Reducing Injuries C. Reducing Fatalities involving large trucks & buses D. Reducing the number of potential CDL candidates correct answers D. Reducing the number of potential CDL candidates The organization responsible for providing the FMSCA with data about trends, costs, fatalities, & injuries in large buss & trucks accidents is A. NRCME B. ART C. FMSCA D. DOT correct answers B. ART Office of Analysis, Research & Technology - Is under the umbrella of FMSCA T/F: The Fed Motor Carrier Safety Admin guidelines do not specify the number of pounds a driver must be able to lift. correct answers T Module 1 T/F: The CME may or may not choose to use the recommended guidelines. correct answers T: However, when the certification decision does not conform to the recommendations, the reasons for not following the medical guidelines should be included in the documentation. Module 1 Factoid: The profile of the average truck or bus driver: • Male. • More than 40 years of age. • Sedentary. • Overweight. • Smoker. • Poor eating habits. correct answers Module 1 49 CFR 391.41: Describes the physical qualification requirements for drivers. The 13 standards are used to determine driver medical fitness for duty. Four of the standards: vision, hearing, epilepsy, and diabetes mellitus have objective disqualifiers that do not depend on medical examiner clinical interpretation. These standards are the "non-discretionary" standards. For the other nine "discretionary" standards, the medical examiner makes a clinical judgment in accordance with the physical qualification requirements for driver certification. correct answers Module 1 49 CFR 391.43: Describes the responsibilities of the medical examiner, including general instructions for performing the medical examination, a description of driver tasks and work environment, medical advisory criteria, the sample Medical Examination Report form, and the medical examiner's certificate. correct answers Module 1