LSCM 4560 DR. POHLEN UNT TEST 1 UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
A national transportation policy includes several
elements. Some of these elements include:
Answer:
User charges, promotion of different modes, and regulation of rates and services
Question:
What is the federal government's policy toward
transportation?
Answer:
is composite of laws, rules, funding programs and regulatory agencies
Question:
Which of the following organizations participate in
establishing a national transportation policy?
Answer:
Regulatory agencies
Industry associations
Courts
Congressional committees
Question:
Transportation planners and policy makers use this tool
when assessing potential transportation projects and for
allocating resources between competing transportation
requirements:
Answer:
Benefit/cost ratio
Question:
Government promotion of transportation can best be
characterized as:
Answer:
Assisting transportation so it can grow and survive.
Question:
Each mode of transportation has been promoted
differently. Which mode has received extensive indirect
promotion in terms of the total dollars spent on
infrastructure but has not been directly funded, owned,
or subsidized by the US government?
Answer:
Trucking
, Question:
This transportation mode has not received any public
promotion in the form of infrastructure or financial
support:
Answer:
Pipeline
Question:
Domestic water carriers have received two major forms
of federal promotion. They are:
Answer:
the work done by the Corp of Engineers and the Coast Guard
Question:
Air carriers are promoted through
Answer:
subsidies
air mail
the FAA and air traffic control
home flag
Question:
During a discussion at a local logistics event, you
overhear a discussion between two executives whose
companies transport goods between US ports and use
US carriers. They are discussing US cabotage laws. The
individuals see that you are a logistics student at UNT and
ask that you enter their discussion. They ask you why
cabotage laws are important. Which hof the following
would be an appropriate response?
Answer:
Cabotage laws are necessary to promote US carriers and protect them from
international competition.
Question:
During the Intermodal era, Congress and the ICC
recognized that transportation competition could take
three different forms. The forms of competition included:
Answer:
Intramodal, intermodal, and private versus for-hire
Question:
The United States applies a fuel tax to fund the Federal
Highway Trust Fund. This tax is considered to be what
type of user fee?
Answer:
Unit charge
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
A national transportation policy includes several
elements. Some of these elements include:
Answer:
User charges, promotion of different modes, and regulation of rates and services
Question:
What is the federal government's policy toward
transportation?
Answer:
is composite of laws, rules, funding programs and regulatory agencies
Question:
Which of the following organizations participate in
establishing a national transportation policy?
Answer:
Regulatory agencies
Industry associations
Courts
Congressional committees
Question:
Transportation planners and policy makers use this tool
when assessing potential transportation projects and for
allocating resources between competing transportation
requirements:
Answer:
Benefit/cost ratio
Question:
Government promotion of transportation can best be
characterized as:
Answer:
Assisting transportation so it can grow and survive.
Question:
Each mode of transportation has been promoted
differently. Which mode has received extensive indirect
promotion in terms of the total dollars spent on
infrastructure but has not been directly funded, owned,
or subsidized by the US government?
Answer:
Trucking
, Question:
This transportation mode has not received any public
promotion in the form of infrastructure or financial
support:
Answer:
Pipeline
Question:
Domestic water carriers have received two major forms
of federal promotion. They are:
Answer:
the work done by the Corp of Engineers and the Coast Guard
Question:
Air carriers are promoted through
Answer:
subsidies
air mail
the FAA and air traffic control
home flag
Question:
During a discussion at a local logistics event, you
overhear a discussion between two executives whose
companies transport goods between US ports and use
US carriers. They are discussing US cabotage laws. The
individuals see that you are a logistics student at UNT and
ask that you enter their discussion. They ask you why
cabotage laws are important. Which hof the following
would be an appropriate response?
Answer:
Cabotage laws are necessary to promote US carriers and protect them from
international competition.
Question:
During the Intermodal era, Congress and the ICC
recognized that transportation competition could take
three different forms. The forms of competition included:
Answer:
Intramodal, intermodal, and private versus for-hire
Question:
The United States applies a fuel tax to fund the Federal
Highway Trust Fund. This tax is considered to be what
type of user fee?
Answer:
Unit charge
