NATMI Safety Supervisor
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1. Who should be held responsible for achieving safety objectives?: Upper mangem-
net, driver, and line supervisors
2. Where should managers look in order to understand the causes of safety?: At
drive related issues such as training and morale, equipment maintenance, record keeping issues, and scheduling and
operational concerns
3. Job standards may not be changed or lowered for the purpose of hiring one
employee over another: True
4. Interviews should be used to obtain in depth information about previous
employment experience, education, and areas of inconsistency or incomplete
responses on the application: True
5. What is one way to obtain information from uncooperative previous employ-
ers?: Send a signed release along with the request for information
6. When is it acceptable to allow the application form to be filled out by someone
other then the applicant?: If they have illegible handwriting or limited English skills as long as the applicant
signs the application
7. If an applicant meets the standards and regulations required by the FMCSRs,
they can be assumed to be qualified for any job within the fleet: False
8. To ensure proper visual ability, it is necessary for driver applicants to meet
DOT standards for visual acuity, field of peripheral vision, and depth percep-
tion.: False
9. Which of the following is included in the federal motor carrier safety regu-
lation requirements for driver hearing capabilities?: At minimum, drivers must be able to
perceive a forced whisper at not less than 5 feet
10. It is illegal to use a job description as a pre employment selection tool: False
11. What is the purpose of an on road test?: To evaluate the driver ability to maneuver the vehicle
and their ability to respond to safely to traffic conditions
12. Which of the following driver skills should be included in an off the road
test?: To steer around obstacles, to steer through a narrow offset alley, to inspect and verify the safe operating
condition of the vehicle, to back up to a loading dock next to one vehicle, to back up as close as possible to an object
without striking it
13. On road tests are not as effective as off road tests in evaluating driver ability
and performance: False
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14. Effective trading programs save the company more money than they cost to
develop and implement: True
15. Is it not necessary to fully understand what is happening in the company and
why before deciding to implement a trading program: False
16. Cost benefit analysis is only necessary to justify high cost compliance train-
ing programs: False
17. Employees who are trained require less involvement and intervention from
their supervisors:
18. Attendance records are only required when training sessions are held to
comply with regulations: True
19. Which of the following should be the instructors first step in preparing for
training?: Determine what the trainees should be able to after training
20. What does selecting a teaching method depend on?: The training objectives, size of the
class, and time available
21. Every accident involving a vehicle operated by the fleet should be investigat-
ed: True
22. What is the first thing drivers should be trained to do at the scene accident?-
: Protect the scene with warning devices
23. In which of the following accident situations is an on the scene company
response NOT necessary?: When there was minor property damage
24. The same set of steps should be followed in every accident investigation: False
25. When interviewing accident witnesses, it is important to use the same ap-
proach with each witness, regardless of the witness's age, involvement, or
degree of cooperation!: False
26. Why should all injuries be investigated?: Because the nature of the injury is not predictable
from the accident
27. What are the purposes of injury investigation?: To control costs and prevent future accident
28. What is the foundation of an accident prevention program?: Defensive driving
29. What is the primary responsibility of the company in the event of compen-
sator injury?: To pay the claim
30. In general what are the workers compensation insurance costs based on?: The
location of the business and the fleet's safety record
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1. Who should be held responsible for achieving safety objectives?: Upper mangem-
net, driver, and line supervisors
2. Where should managers look in order to understand the causes of safety?: At
drive related issues such as training and morale, equipment maintenance, record keeping issues, and scheduling and
operational concerns
3. Job standards may not be changed or lowered for the purpose of hiring one
employee over another: True
4. Interviews should be used to obtain in depth information about previous
employment experience, education, and areas of inconsistency or incomplete
responses on the application: True
5. What is one way to obtain information from uncooperative previous employ-
ers?: Send a signed release along with the request for information
6. When is it acceptable to allow the application form to be filled out by someone
other then the applicant?: If they have illegible handwriting or limited English skills as long as the applicant
signs the application
7. If an applicant meets the standards and regulations required by the FMCSRs,
they can be assumed to be qualified for any job within the fleet: False
8. To ensure proper visual ability, it is necessary for driver applicants to meet
DOT standards for visual acuity, field of peripheral vision, and depth percep-
tion.: False
9. Which of the following is included in the federal motor carrier safety regu-
lation requirements for driver hearing capabilities?: At minimum, drivers must be able to
perceive a forced whisper at not less than 5 feet
10. It is illegal to use a job description as a pre employment selection tool: False
11. What is the purpose of an on road test?: To evaluate the driver ability to maneuver the vehicle
and their ability to respond to safely to traffic conditions
12. Which of the following driver skills should be included in an off the road
test?: To steer around obstacles, to steer through a narrow offset alley, to inspect and verify the safe operating
condition of the vehicle, to back up to a loading dock next to one vehicle, to back up as close as possible to an object
without striking it
13. On road tests are not as effective as off road tests in evaluating driver ability
and performance: False
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14. Effective trading programs save the company more money than they cost to
develop and implement: True
15. Is it not necessary to fully understand what is happening in the company and
why before deciding to implement a trading program: False
16. Cost benefit analysis is only necessary to justify high cost compliance train-
ing programs: False
17. Employees who are trained require less involvement and intervention from
their supervisors:
18. Attendance records are only required when training sessions are held to
comply with regulations: True
19. Which of the following should be the instructors first step in preparing for
training?: Determine what the trainees should be able to after training
20. What does selecting a teaching method depend on?: The training objectives, size of the
class, and time available
21. Every accident involving a vehicle operated by the fleet should be investigat-
ed: True
22. What is the first thing drivers should be trained to do at the scene accident?-
: Protect the scene with warning devices
23. In which of the following accident situations is an on the scene company
response NOT necessary?: When there was minor property damage
24. The same set of steps should be followed in every accident investigation: False
25. When interviewing accident witnesses, it is important to use the same ap-
proach with each witness, regardless of the witness's age, involvement, or
degree of cooperation!: False
26. Why should all injuries be investigated?: Because the nature of the injury is not predictable
from the accident
27. What are the purposes of injury investigation?: To control costs and prevent future accident
28. What is the foundation of an accident prevention program?: Defensive driving
29. What is the primary responsibility of the company in the event of compen-
sator injury?: To pay the claim
30. In general what are the workers compensation insurance costs based on?: The
location of the business and the fleet's safety record
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