DOT Medical Examination Certification
Questions and Answers11
According to their mission statement, the FMCSA is focused on all except:
A. Reducing Crashes
B. Reducing Injuries
C. Reducing Fatalities involving large trucks & buses
D. Reducing the number of potential CDL candidates - ANSWERS-D. Reducing the number of
potential CDL candidates
The organization responsible for providing the FMSCA with data about trends, costs, fatalities, &
injuries in large buss & trucks accidents is
A. NRCME
B. ART
C. FMSCA
D. DOT - ANSWERS-B. ART
Office of Analysis, Research & Technology - Is under the umbrella of FMSCA
T/F: The Fed Motor Carrier Safety Admin guidelines do not specify the number of pounds a
driver must be able to lift. - ANSWERS-T
Module 1
T/F: The CME may or may not choose to use the recommended guidelines. - ANSWERS-T:
However, when the certification decision does not conform to the recommendations, the
reasons for not following the medical guidelines should be included in the documentation.
Module 1
, Factoid:
The profile of the average truck or bus driver:
• Male.
• More than 40 years of age.
• Sedentary.
• Overweight.
• Smoker.
• Poor eating habits. - ANSWERS-Module 1
49 CFR 391.41: Describes the physical qualification requirements for drivers. The 13 standards
are used to determine driver medical fitness for duty. Four of the
standards: vision, hearing, epilepsy, and diabetes mellitus have objective disqualifiers that do
not depend on medical examiner clinical interpretation. These standards are the "non-
discretionary" standards. For the other nine "discretionary" standards, the medical examiner
makes a
clinical judgment in accordance with the physical qualification requirements for driver
certification. - ANSWERS-Module 1
49 CFR 391.43: Describes the responsibilities of the medical examiner, including general
instructions for performing the medical examination, a description of driver tasks and work
environment, medical advisory criteria, the sample Medical Examination Report form, and the
medical examiner's certificate. - ANSWERS-Module 1
49 CFR 391.45: Identifies who must have the commercial motor vehicle (CMV) driver physical
examination. - ANSWERS-Module 1
49 CFR 391.47: Describes the process for conflict resolution when there is a disagreement
Questions and Answers11
According to their mission statement, the FMCSA is focused on all except:
A. Reducing Crashes
B. Reducing Injuries
C. Reducing Fatalities involving large trucks & buses
D. Reducing the number of potential CDL candidates - ANSWERS-D. Reducing the number of
potential CDL candidates
The organization responsible for providing the FMSCA with data about trends, costs, fatalities, &
injuries in large buss & trucks accidents is
A. NRCME
B. ART
C. FMSCA
D. DOT - ANSWERS-B. ART
Office of Analysis, Research & Technology - Is under the umbrella of FMSCA
T/F: The Fed Motor Carrier Safety Admin guidelines do not specify the number of pounds a
driver must be able to lift. - ANSWERS-T
Module 1
T/F: The CME may or may not choose to use the recommended guidelines. - ANSWERS-T:
However, when the certification decision does not conform to the recommendations, the
reasons for not following the medical guidelines should be included in the documentation.
Module 1
, Factoid:
The profile of the average truck or bus driver:
• Male.
• More than 40 years of age.
• Sedentary.
• Overweight.
• Smoker.
• Poor eating habits. - ANSWERS-Module 1
49 CFR 391.41: Describes the physical qualification requirements for drivers. The 13 standards
are used to determine driver medical fitness for duty. Four of the
standards: vision, hearing, epilepsy, and diabetes mellitus have objective disqualifiers that do
not depend on medical examiner clinical interpretation. These standards are the "non-
discretionary" standards. For the other nine "discretionary" standards, the medical examiner
makes a
clinical judgment in accordance with the physical qualification requirements for driver
certification. - ANSWERS-Module 1
49 CFR 391.43: Describes the responsibilities of the medical examiner, including general
instructions for performing the medical examination, a description of driver tasks and work
environment, medical advisory criteria, the sample Medical Examination Report form, and the
medical examiner's certificate. - ANSWERS-Module 1
49 CFR 391.45: Identifies who must have the commercial motor vehicle (CMV) driver physical
examination. - ANSWERS-Module 1
49 CFR 391.47: Describes the process for conflict resolution when there is a disagreement
