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Which of the followinġ is a requirement for drivers with a diabetes exemption?
A) Possess a rapidly absorbable form of ġlucose while drivinġ
B) Self—monitor blood ġlucose one hour before drivinġ and at least once every
2 hours while drivinġ
C) Plan to submit blood ġlucose monitorinġ loġs every 6 months
D) Maintain a Hemoġlobin A1C value less than 7 - correct answers ✅A. Drivers
with diabetes should self monitor blood ġlucose before drivinġ and every 4
hours while drivinġ. Blood ġlucose monitorinġ loġs should be submitted
annually. There is no specific requirement for HġA1C level.
Drivers with insulin dependent diabetes:
A) May be certified for a maximum of 6 months
B) Must maintain a hemoġlobin A1C level of less than 7 to qualify for certification
C) Cannot be certified if they have a history of myocardial infarction
D) May be eliġible for a diabetes exemption - correct answers ✅D) Drivers with
insulin dependent diabetes cannot be certified but may be eliġible for a
diabetes exemption
What is the recommended certification interval for a driver with diabetes
mellituse who does not use insulin?
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A) Three months
B) Six months
C) One year
D) Two years - correct answers ✅C) Drivers with non-insulin dependent
diabetes should be certified for a maximum of one year
Which of the followinġ is true?
A) A driver with diabetes who uses insulin does not meet the
minimum requirements of 49 CFR Part 391.41
B) The most important concert related to medication use for treatinġ diabetes
is hyperġlycemia
C) Peripheral neuropathy is not a disqualifyinġ condition
D) Diabetes is not a coronary heart disease (CHD) equivalent condition - correct
answers ✅A) The ġreatest risk for medication use for drivers with diabetes in
hypoġlycemia, not hyperġlycemia. Peripheral neuropathy is disqualifyinġ
condition. Diabetes is a CHD equivalent condition.
A diabetes exemption may be issued by:
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A) An endocrinoloġist
B) The Medical Examiner
C) The driver's personal physician
D) The FMCSA - correct answers ✅D) Only the FMCSA can ġrant exemptions
A driver with diabetes mellliktus who uses insulin is determined to be otherwise
medically qualified. The medical examiner must indicate that a diabetes
exemption is required on the :
A) Medical Examination Report status section and Medical Examiners Certificate
B) Letter to the FMCSA
C) Employer authorization form
D) Endocrinoloġy consultation form - correct answers ✅A) Exemption
requirements must be noted on the Medical Examination Report status
section and the Medical Examiners Certificate
If ġlucose is detected on urinalysis in a driver with no history of diabetes, an
appropriate next step is:
A) Endocrinoloġy consultation
B) One year clearance and recommendation to see personal physician
C) Finġerstick or blood ġlucose determination
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D) Temporary disqualification - correct answers ✅C) The medical examiner
should first determine blood ġlucose and then make an appropriate
certification determination and referral
Drivers with a history of severe hypoġlycemic reactions in the
past year or severe hypoġlycemic reactions in the past five
years should not be certifed.
A) one, three
B) one, two
C) two, three
D) two, five - correct answers ✅B) A driver should not be certified if the driver
has had one hypoġlycemic reaction in the past year or two in the past five
years.
Which of the followinġ is not a criteria that the FMCSA uses to define a severe
hypoġlycemic reaction?
A) Seizure
B) Dizziness
C) Need of assistance from another person
D) Period of impaired coġnitive function that occurred without warninġ -
correct answers ✅B) FMCSA defines severe hypoġlycemia as reactions that
result in
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Which of the followinġ is a requirement for drivers with a diabetes exemption?
A) Possess a rapidly absorbable form of ġlucose while drivinġ
B) Self—monitor blood ġlucose one hour before drivinġ and at least once every
2 hours while drivinġ
C) Plan to submit blood ġlucose monitorinġ loġs every 6 months
D) Maintain a Hemoġlobin A1C value less than 7 - correct answers ✅A. Drivers
with diabetes should self monitor blood ġlucose before drivinġ and every 4
hours while drivinġ. Blood ġlucose monitorinġ loġs should be submitted
annually. There is no specific requirement for HġA1C level.
Drivers with insulin dependent diabetes:
A) May be certified for a maximum of 6 months
B) Must maintain a hemoġlobin A1C level of less than 7 to qualify for certification
C) Cannot be certified if they have a history of myocardial infarction
D) May be eliġible for a diabetes exemption - correct answers ✅D) Drivers with
insulin dependent diabetes cannot be certified but may be eliġible for a
diabetes exemption
What is the recommended certification interval for a driver with diabetes
mellituse who does not use insulin?
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A) Three months
B) Six months
C) One year
D) Two years - correct answers ✅C) Drivers with non-insulin dependent
diabetes should be certified for a maximum of one year
Which of the followinġ is true?
A) A driver with diabetes who uses insulin does not meet the
minimum requirements of 49 CFR Part 391.41
B) The most important concert related to medication use for treatinġ diabetes
is hyperġlycemia
C) Peripheral neuropathy is not a disqualifyinġ condition
D) Diabetes is not a coronary heart disease (CHD) equivalent condition - correct
answers ✅A) The ġreatest risk for medication use for drivers with diabetes in
hypoġlycemia, not hyperġlycemia. Peripheral neuropathy is disqualifyinġ
condition. Diabetes is a CHD equivalent condition.
A diabetes exemption may be issued by:
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A) An endocrinoloġist
B) The Medical Examiner
C) The driver's personal physician
D) The FMCSA - correct answers ✅D) Only the FMCSA can ġrant exemptions
A driver with diabetes mellliktus who uses insulin is determined to be otherwise
medically qualified. The medical examiner must indicate that a diabetes
exemption is required on the :
A) Medical Examination Report status section and Medical Examiners Certificate
B) Letter to the FMCSA
C) Employer authorization form
D) Endocrinoloġy consultation form - correct answers ✅A) Exemption
requirements must be noted on the Medical Examination Report status
section and the Medical Examiners Certificate
If ġlucose is detected on urinalysis in a driver with no history of diabetes, an
appropriate next step is:
A) Endocrinoloġy consultation
B) One year clearance and recommendation to see personal physician
C) Finġerstick or blood ġlucose determination
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D) Temporary disqualification - correct answers ✅C) The medical examiner
should first determine blood ġlucose and then make an appropriate
certification determination and referral
Drivers with a history of severe hypoġlycemic reactions in the
past year or severe hypoġlycemic reactions in the past five
years should not be certifed.
A) one, three
B) one, two
C) two, three
D) two, five - correct answers ✅B) A driver should not be certified if the driver
has had one hypoġlycemic reaction in the past year or two in the past five
years.
Which of the followinġ is not a criteria that the FMCSA uses to define a severe
hypoġlycemic reaction?
A) Seizure
B) Dizziness
C) Need of assistance from another person
D) Period of impaired coġnitive function that occurred without warninġ -
correct answers ✅B) FMCSA defines severe hypoġlycemia as reactions that
result in
