CSX Conductor Training Week 1 Test
Review questions with correct answers
Who is Responsible for making Pay Claims? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Ranking Employee or
Employee to be paid
What is the Hand Signal for Reduce Speed? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Arm out horizontal
over the track
Which of the following are allowed by the Rulebook? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Always take
the safe course
What is the Hand Signal for Release Air Brakes? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Hand held
overhead when Equipment is Standing
Who authorizes a Utility Employee to join an Assigned Crew? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Ranking Employee
What is the normal position for a switch or derail? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔In the "on" or
derailing position
Before lining a switch or derail, an employee must? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔1) Ensure that
any preceeding movement has passed clearance points. 2) Ensure that the device is not locked,
spiked, or tagged "out of service"
If a lock is found to be defective or missing on a main line switch or derail an employee must? - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔1) Report device to Trainmaster/Dispatcher. 2) Be governed by the
instructions of said Dispatcher/Trainmaster
, When an Employee determines that a switch or derail is defective, the employee must? - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔1) Not operate the device. 2) Report device to Proper Authority
You are standing in a yard using multiple switches on long shoves. After lining each switch an
employee should check what? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔That all switch points are flush and
aligned properly.
When using a portable radio in a shove move, Employee instructions must specify what? - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔1) Employee is clear of all tracks. 2) Switches and Derails are all
properly aligned for the move
What is a System of Tracks, other than main tracks and sidings, used for making up trains for storing
cars and other purposes? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Yard
By Definition, what is the location in a turnout where it is unsafe to pass on an adjacent track? - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Clearance Point
What is a track connection between two adjacent tracks, not necessarily parallel, consisting of two
switches whose primary purpose is to allow crossing from one track to another? - ** VERIFIED
ANSWERS **✔✔Crossover
What is a device of "Necessary Track" used to change from one track to another? - ** VERIFIED
ANSWERS **✔✔Switch
What is the the minimum distance you must stand from a switch or derail involved in the route of a
passing train? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔30'
When crossing tracks with standing equipment, what safety precautions must be taken? - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔1) Stop and check both directions. 2) Do not cross within 25' of
standing equipment.
In addition to facing the equipment and maintaining 3 points of contact, what other steps must be
taken when disembarking moving equipment? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔1) Avoid getting off
Review questions with correct answers
Who is Responsible for making Pay Claims? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Ranking Employee or
Employee to be paid
What is the Hand Signal for Reduce Speed? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Arm out horizontal
over the track
Which of the following are allowed by the Rulebook? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Always take
the safe course
What is the Hand Signal for Release Air Brakes? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Hand held
overhead when Equipment is Standing
Who authorizes a Utility Employee to join an Assigned Crew? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Ranking Employee
What is the normal position for a switch or derail? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔In the "on" or
derailing position
Before lining a switch or derail, an employee must? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔1) Ensure that
any preceeding movement has passed clearance points. 2) Ensure that the device is not locked,
spiked, or tagged "out of service"
If a lock is found to be defective or missing on a main line switch or derail an employee must? - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔1) Report device to Trainmaster/Dispatcher. 2) Be governed by the
instructions of said Dispatcher/Trainmaster
, When an Employee determines that a switch or derail is defective, the employee must? - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔1) Not operate the device. 2) Report device to Proper Authority
You are standing in a yard using multiple switches on long shoves. After lining each switch an
employee should check what? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔That all switch points are flush and
aligned properly.
When using a portable radio in a shove move, Employee instructions must specify what? - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔1) Employee is clear of all tracks. 2) Switches and Derails are all
properly aligned for the move
What is a System of Tracks, other than main tracks and sidings, used for making up trains for storing
cars and other purposes? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Yard
By Definition, what is the location in a turnout where it is unsafe to pass on an adjacent track? - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Clearance Point
What is a track connection between two adjacent tracks, not necessarily parallel, consisting of two
switches whose primary purpose is to allow crossing from one track to another? - ** VERIFIED
ANSWERS **✔✔Crossover
What is a device of "Necessary Track" used to change from one track to another? - ** VERIFIED
ANSWERS **✔✔Switch
What is the the minimum distance you must stand from a switch or derail involved in the route of a
passing train? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔30'
When crossing tracks with standing equipment, what safety precautions must be taken? - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔1) Stop and check both directions. 2) Do not cross within 25' of
standing equipment.
In addition to facing the equipment and maintaining 3 points of contact, what other steps must be
taken when disembarking moving equipment? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔1) Avoid getting off
