FMCSA COMPREHENSIVE PACKAGE
PRACTICE SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ What is form MCSA5875? Answer: Medical Examination Report
Form
⩥ True or False: Determination pending is only for interstate. Answer:
True
⩥ How often does the ME need to report to the national registry when
you have consistently been doing exams? and when you have not been
doing exams? Answer: either way you must report monthly
⩥ When are the completed exams due? Answer: Midnight of the same
date
⩥ What is required in an urinalysis exam? Answer: specific gravity,
protein, glucose, and blood
⩥ When does the Federal Clinical Lab Improvement Amendment
consider and urinalysis a lab test? Answer: when performed in office
,⩥ When was the FMCSA established? Answer: Jan 1, 2000
⩥ What is the FMCSA mission statement focused on? Answer: reducing
crashes, injuries, fatalities involving large trucks and buses.
⩥ What is the FMCSA mission statement? Answer: to promote safety of
americas highways through promulgation and implementation of
medical regulations, guidelines, and policies that ensure CMV drivers
engaged in interstate commerce are physically qualified to do so.
⩥ What are 2 important programs from FMCSA? Answer:
*Development and implementation of national registry program
*overseeing of medical exemption and certificate programs
⩥ What is the National Registry Statement? Answer: To improve
Highway safety by producing trained certified ME's who can effectively
determine if a CMV drivers health meets the FMCSA's standards.
⩥ Which office uses economic stats and environmental analysis for rule
making? Answer: Analysis Research and Technology AKA ART
⩥ What is the formula for the risk of death between vehicles? Answer: a
Vehicle with 2x weight = 6 Fold risk of death
,⩥ Who must comply with drivers hours of service? Answer: 1. Drivers
operation Commercial Motor Vehicle
2. Persons engaging in interstate commerce
3. Persons engaging in intrastate commerce where that state adopted and
enforces the new HOS regulations.
⩥ True or false: Work that is not driving is considered off duty. Answer:
False. Work that is not driving must be included in duty hours.
⩥ How much sleep is required for Property Carrying Drivers using a
sleeper berth provision? Answer: at least 8 consecutive hours in sleeper
berth plus 2 consecutive hours in off duty or in sleeper berth.
⩥ How much sleep is required for Passenger Carrying Drivers using a
sleeping berths provision? Answer: must take at least 8 hours in sleeper
berth but may split the time into 2 periods, neither being less than 2
hours.
⩥ What is the definition of an ME under code 49CFR390.5? Answer: A
person who is licensed, certified, or registered to perform physical
exams. Term includes but is not limited to: Drs. of Med, D.O.'s,
Advanced Practice Nurses, PA's, and Chiropractors
⩥ Definition of For Hire or Private Motor Carrier. Answer: includes
motor carriers agents, officers, and reps, as well as employees for
, hiring/supervising/training/assigning/dispatching of drivers and
employees concerned with installation, inspection, and maintenance of
Motor Vehicle equipment and accessories.
⩥ Definition of Owner/Operator. Answer: Independent Driver of a
commercial vehicle
⩥ Definition of a commercial motor vehicle under code 49CFR390.5.
Answer: 1. Weighs 10,001 lbs or more
2. Can transport more than 9 passengers, including the driver, for
compensation.
3. Can transport more than 16 passengers, including the driver, not for
compensation.
4. Transport requiring placard for hazardous waste.
⩥ Definition of Class A license under section 383.5. Answer: Combo of
vehicles weighing 26,001 lbs or more provided the weight of the vehicle
being towed is in excess of 10k lbs.
⩥ Definition of Class B license under section 383.5. Answer: Single
vehicle with weight of 26,001 or more lbs or any such vehicle, towing a
vehicle, not in excess of 10k lbs.
⩥ Defintion of Class C license under section 383.5. Answer: Any single
or combo of vehicles that does not meet the definition of class A or B.
PRACTICE SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ What is form MCSA5875? Answer: Medical Examination Report
Form
⩥ True or False: Determination pending is only for interstate. Answer:
True
⩥ How often does the ME need to report to the national registry when
you have consistently been doing exams? and when you have not been
doing exams? Answer: either way you must report monthly
⩥ When are the completed exams due? Answer: Midnight of the same
date
⩥ What is required in an urinalysis exam? Answer: specific gravity,
protein, glucose, and blood
⩥ When does the Federal Clinical Lab Improvement Amendment
consider and urinalysis a lab test? Answer: when performed in office
,⩥ When was the FMCSA established? Answer: Jan 1, 2000
⩥ What is the FMCSA mission statement focused on? Answer: reducing
crashes, injuries, fatalities involving large trucks and buses.
⩥ What is the FMCSA mission statement? Answer: to promote safety of
americas highways through promulgation and implementation of
medical regulations, guidelines, and policies that ensure CMV drivers
engaged in interstate commerce are physically qualified to do so.
⩥ What are 2 important programs from FMCSA? Answer:
*Development and implementation of national registry program
*overseeing of medical exemption and certificate programs
⩥ What is the National Registry Statement? Answer: To improve
Highway safety by producing trained certified ME's who can effectively
determine if a CMV drivers health meets the FMCSA's standards.
⩥ Which office uses economic stats and environmental analysis for rule
making? Answer: Analysis Research and Technology AKA ART
⩥ What is the formula for the risk of death between vehicles? Answer: a
Vehicle with 2x weight = 6 Fold risk of death
,⩥ Who must comply with drivers hours of service? Answer: 1. Drivers
operation Commercial Motor Vehicle
2. Persons engaging in interstate commerce
3. Persons engaging in intrastate commerce where that state adopted and
enforces the new HOS regulations.
⩥ True or false: Work that is not driving is considered off duty. Answer:
False. Work that is not driving must be included in duty hours.
⩥ How much sleep is required for Property Carrying Drivers using a
sleeper berth provision? Answer: at least 8 consecutive hours in sleeper
berth plus 2 consecutive hours in off duty or in sleeper berth.
⩥ How much sleep is required for Passenger Carrying Drivers using a
sleeping berths provision? Answer: must take at least 8 hours in sleeper
berth but may split the time into 2 periods, neither being less than 2
hours.
⩥ What is the definition of an ME under code 49CFR390.5? Answer: A
person who is licensed, certified, or registered to perform physical
exams. Term includes but is not limited to: Drs. of Med, D.O.'s,
Advanced Practice Nurses, PA's, and Chiropractors
⩥ Definition of For Hire or Private Motor Carrier. Answer: includes
motor carriers agents, officers, and reps, as well as employees for
, hiring/supervising/training/assigning/dispatching of drivers and
employees concerned with installation, inspection, and maintenance of
Motor Vehicle equipment and accessories.
⩥ Definition of Owner/Operator. Answer: Independent Driver of a
commercial vehicle
⩥ Definition of a commercial motor vehicle under code 49CFR390.5.
Answer: 1. Weighs 10,001 lbs or more
2. Can transport more than 9 passengers, including the driver, for
compensation.
3. Can transport more than 16 passengers, including the driver, not for
compensation.
4. Transport requiring placard for hazardous waste.
⩥ Definition of Class A license under section 383.5. Answer: Combo of
vehicles weighing 26,001 lbs or more provided the weight of the vehicle
being towed is in excess of 10k lbs.
⩥ Definition of Class B license under section 383.5. Answer: Single
vehicle with weight of 26,001 or more lbs or any such vehicle, towing a
vehicle, not in excess of 10k lbs.
⩥ Defintion of Class C license under section 383.5. Answer: Any single
or combo of vehicles that does not meet the definition of class A or B.
