TIM EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What does SHRP2 stand for? - Answer -Strategic Highway Research Program 2
How many areas of focus does SHRP 2 have? what are they? - Answer -4 areas of
focus: 1. Safety 2. Renewal 3. Reliability 4. Capacity National Unified
The TIM training program was designed to? - Answer -Establish the foundation for and
to promote consistent training of all responders to achieve the three objectives of the
TIM goal
What are the three objectives of the TIM National Unified Goal (NUG)? - Answer -1.
Responder Safety 2. Safe, Quick Clearance 3. Prompt, Reliable, Interoperable
Communications
What are D Drivers? - Answer -Drunk Drugged Drowsy Distracted Dumb
Who suffers the most deaths by being struck each year? - Answer -Tow truck drivers
(Average 60)
On average, how many police officers die by being struck by traffic each year? -
Answer -Average of 12 per year over 24 years
Crashes that occur within the incident scene or within the queue or backup, including
the opposite direction, resulting from an original incident. - Answer -Secondary crashes
Effective TIM reduces and does what? - Answer -Reduces the duration and impacts of
traffic incidents -Improves the safety of motorists, crash victims, and emergency
responders.
Goods that have been imported or exported illegally into the dormitory, and are not
allowed? (i.e. testosterone supplements) - Answer -Contraband
Goal of TIM is to? - Answer -Shorten the time duration between when the incident
occurs, and when traffic resumes as normal.
Three standards that TIM performance measures? - Answer -1. Roadway clearance
time 2. Incident clearance time 3. Number of secondary crashes
The practice of rapidly, safely, and aggressively removing temporary obstructions from
the roadway? - Answer -Safe, quick clearance
What does safe, quick clearance help to do? - Answer -1. Minimizing exposure to
adjacent passing traffic 2. Reduce the probability of secondary crashes 3. Relieve
overall congestion and delay.
, Nationally, there are three types of laws that facilitate TIM, what are they? - Answer -1.
Move Over Laws 2. Driver Removal Laws 3. Authority Removal Laws
Law that provides authority (and immunity from liability in general) for designated public
agencies to remove vehicles and/or spilled cargo from the roadway to restore traffic
flow. - Answer -Authority Removal Laws
Law that require motorists involved in minor crashes (where there are no serious
injuries and the vehicle can be driven) to move their vehicles out of the travel lanes to
the shoulder or other safe area? - Answer -Driver Removal Laws
Law that requires drivers approaching a scene where emergency responders are
present to either change lanes when possible and/or reduce vehicle speed? - Answer -
Move Over Laws
National standard that was first published in 1935, and it has been maintained by FHWA
since 1971? - Answer -MUTCD - Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
Purpose of MUTCD - Answer -Promotes the uniformity of traffic control signs, signals,
and markings from state to state.
Lane Designation Terminology? - Answer -Plain English
When describing highway lanes... - Answer -left is analogous with inside and right with
outside, from the perspective of the flow of traffic.
A numbering system that assigns numbers 1, 2, 3, etc. from the left to right lane, again
from the perspective of the flow of traffic, can be used. - Answer -Lane Numbering
(terminology)
True or False: special or unique use lane(s), such as a high-occupancy vehicle (HOV)
lane is not a numbered lane. - Answer -True
True or False: TIM terminology is not just applicable to urban roads and freeways, the
techniques apply to local streets and rural roadways too. - Answer -True
Traffic that is entering or approaching the incident scene is considered? - Answer -
Upstream traffic
Traffic that is departing or past the incident is considered? - Answer -Down stream
traffic
Departing traffic is? - Answer -Downstream
Approaching traffic is? - Answer -Upstream
What does SHRP2 stand for? - Answer -Strategic Highway Research Program 2
How many areas of focus does SHRP 2 have? what are they? - Answer -4 areas of
focus: 1. Safety 2. Renewal 3. Reliability 4. Capacity National Unified
The TIM training program was designed to? - Answer -Establish the foundation for and
to promote consistent training of all responders to achieve the three objectives of the
TIM goal
What are the three objectives of the TIM National Unified Goal (NUG)? - Answer -1.
Responder Safety 2. Safe, Quick Clearance 3. Prompt, Reliable, Interoperable
Communications
What are D Drivers? - Answer -Drunk Drugged Drowsy Distracted Dumb
Who suffers the most deaths by being struck each year? - Answer -Tow truck drivers
(Average 60)
On average, how many police officers die by being struck by traffic each year? -
Answer -Average of 12 per year over 24 years
Crashes that occur within the incident scene or within the queue or backup, including
the opposite direction, resulting from an original incident. - Answer -Secondary crashes
Effective TIM reduces and does what? - Answer -Reduces the duration and impacts of
traffic incidents -Improves the safety of motorists, crash victims, and emergency
responders.
Goods that have been imported or exported illegally into the dormitory, and are not
allowed? (i.e. testosterone supplements) - Answer -Contraband
Goal of TIM is to? - Answer -Shorten the time duration between when the incident
occurs, and when traffic resumes as normal.
Three standards that TIM performance measures? - Answer -1. Roadway clearance
time 2. Incident clearance time 3. Number of secondary crashes
The practice of rapidly, safely, and aggressively removing temporary obstructions from
the roadway? - Answer -Safe, quick clearance
What does safe, quick clearance help to do? - Answer -1. Minimizing exposure to
adjacent passing traffic 2. Reduce the probability of secondary crashes 3. Relieve
overall congestion and delay.
, Nationally, there are three types of laws that facilitate TIM, what are they? - Answer -1.
Move Over Laws 2. Driver Removal Laws 3. Authority Removal Laws
Law that provides authority (and immunity from liability in general) for designated public
agencies to remove vehicles and/or spilled cargo from the roadway to restore traffic
flow. - Answer -Authority Removal Laws
Law that require motorists involved in minor crashes (where there are no serious
injuries and the vehicle can be driven) to move their vehicles out of the travel lanes to
the shoulder or other safe area? - Answer -Driver Removal Laws
Law that requires drivers approaching a scene where emergency responders are
present to either change lanes when possible and/or reduce vehicle speed? - Answer -
Move Over Laws
National standard that was first published in 1935, and it has been maintained by FHWA
since 1971? - Answer -MUTCD - Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
Purpose of MUTCD - Answer -Promotes the uniformity of traffic control signs, signals,
and markings from state to state.
Lane Designation Terminology? - Answer -Plain English
When describing highway lanes... - Answer -left is analogous with inside and right with
outside, from the perspective of the flow of traffic.
A numbering system that assigns numbers 1, 2, 3, etc. from the left to right lane, again
from the perspective of the flow of traffic, can be used. - Answer -Lane Numbering
(terminology)
True or False: special or unique use lane(s), such as a high-occupancy vehicle (HOV)
lane is not a numbered lane. - Answer -True
True or False: TIM terminology is not just applicable to urban roads and freeways, the
techniques apply to local streets and rural roadways too. - Answer -True
Traffic that is entering or approaching the incident scene is considered? - Answer -
Upstream traffic
Traffic that is departing or past the incident is considered? - Answer -Down stream
traffic
Departing traffic is? - Answer -Downstream
Approaching traffic is? - Answer -Upstream
