TRUCKING RODEO FINAL PAPER 2025/2026 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔What year was control over interstate motor carrier safety transferred to the newly
created U. S. Department of Transportation - ✔✔1967
✔✔In 1967, the US Department of Transportation became a cabinet level organization
of what? - ✔✔Executive Branch
✔✔T or F: Following a wave of deregulation of other transportation modes, the Motor
Carrier Act of 1980 defined and refocused trucking regulation. - ✔✔true
✔✔What best describes the Motor Carrier Act of 1980? - ✔✔Define and refocused
trucking regulation
✔✔What occurred to alter rates, routes, services as long as they function in a "zone of
reasonableness"
A) Motor Carrier Act of 1980
B) US DOT
C) Deregulation
D) Both A and C - ✔✔D) Motor Carrier Act of 1980 and Deregulation both occurred to
alter rates, routes, service as long as they function in a "zone of reasonableness"
✔✔Which Act made it easier for entrepreneurs to start a trucking company? - ✔✔Motor
Carrier Act of 1980
✔✔T or F: Between 1980 and 1990 the number of licensed motor carrier more than
doubled to over 40,000 - ✔✔True
✔✔As of 2015 there are over 1.48 million motor carrier, but between 1980 to 1990
licensed motor carrier doubled to? - ✔✔40,000
✔✔Today, the U.S. trucking industry is comprised of how many private and for hire
carriers? - ✔✔1,480,000
✔✔T or F: The increased competition of trucking companies has been credited with
shrinking the per lad revenue and raising rates. - ✔✔False
✔✔in 2015, over 35.03 million trucks hauled more than ______ billion tons of freight? -
✔✔10.49
✔✔In 2015, trucks hauled what percentage of the nation's freight bill? - ✔✔81.5%
,✔✔In 2015, what percentage of total domestic tonnage did trucks ship? - ✔✔70.1%
✔✔What was the objective of the Commercial Motor Vehicle Act of 1986? - ✔✔Improve
highway safety through nationwide mandatory testing, require states to adopt such
standards as CMV drivers must be qualified to operate commercial vehicles, and
impose requirements for employing CMV driver carriers
✔✔Which Act required states to adopt standards for CMV drivers? - ✔✔Commercial
Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986
✔✔T or F: In 2015, over 35.03 million trucks hauled more than 10.49 billion tons of
freight, representing 60.1% of domestic freight tonnage shipped and 726.4 billion in
gross freight revenue. - ✔✔True
✔✔In 2015, trucks hauled ______ billion in gross freight revenue. - ✔✔726.4
✔✔By 2027, the trucking industry is expected to handle ______ percent of the freight
tonnage in the U.S. - ✔✔66.4%
✔✔By 2027, the trucking industry is expected to handle ______ of the total tonnage is
the US and _______ of the total freight revenue. - ✔✔66.4%-78.4%
✔✔By 2027, trucking will account for ____% of total freight revenue. - ✔✔78.4
✔✔In 2015, trucks handled what % of the nations freight bill? - ✔✔81.5%
✔✔What year did NAFTA go into effect? - ✔✔1994
✔✔Which is NOT part of the agreement of NAFTA?
A) Eased trade restrictions
B) Eliminated tariffs
C) Placed limitations on the movements of goods across borders
D) None of the above - ✔✔C) Placed limitations on the movements of goods across
borders is NOT part of the agreement of NAFTA
✔✔In 1994 the value of NAFTA trade was 300 billion. In 2015 it was ______? - ✔✔1.11
trillion
✔✔T or F: The value of North American surface trade as increased from roughly 300
billion 1994 to 1.11 trillion in 2015 with with trucks moving over 47.1% of goods in terms
of value between the US and Canada. - ✔✔True
✔✔Trucks moved what % of goods in terms of value between the US and Mexico - ✔✔
,✔✔T or F: NAFTA eased trade restrictions by eliminating tariffs and reducing limitations
on the movement of goods, especially from China. - ✔✔False
✔✔For over _______ years, the US and Canada struggled to implement NAFTA
trucking provisions.
A) 15
B) 20
C) 17
D) none of the above - ✔✔D) none of the above.
✔✔T or F: In retaliation of the US unilaterally stopping the DP of NAFTA with Mexico,
Mexico established compensatory tariffs on a verity of US exports to Mexico which cost
American businesses an estimated $1.8 billion. - ✔✔False
✔✔In 2007, Mexico and the U.S. agreed to a NAFTA trucking Demonstration Project,
which the U.S. stopped in 2009. This resulted in Mexico charging tariffs tat cost U.S.
businessmen an estimated? - ✔✔2.4 billion
✔✔DOT released a "concept document" to re-engage Mexico and the U.S. in trade on
Jan 6, 2011. On which date did the first Mexican truck roll across the border, bound for
Dallas? - ✔✔Oct 21, 2011
✔✔T or F: On Jan 6, 2011 the Us DOT released a Concept Document to re-engage
Mexico, the US Congress and interested stakeholders in discussions to implement
NAFTA trucking. - ✔✔True
✔✔How many certificates of standards and provisional operating authority registrations
were handed out to Mexican domiciled motor carriers, who participated in the NAFTA
pilot program? - ✔✔13
✔✔Due to NAFTA, the percentage of goods moved between Canada and the U.S. by
trucks is 47.1%. Between Mexico and the U.S., it is what percentage? - ✔✔52.9
✔✔On June 9, 1998, Bill Clinton signed into law. - ✔✔TEA 21
✔✔T or F: TEA-21 built on the initiatives established in the inter modal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA). - ✔✔True
✔✔Which of the following was NOT the purpose of TEA-21, which was built on the
initiatives established in ISTEA?
A) Invest in research to maximize intelligent transportation systems
B) Strengthen transportation safety programs
, C) Promote the enactment and enforcement of 0.10% blood alcohol concentration
standards for drunk driving
D) Promote performance based activities - ✔✔C) Promote the enactment and
enforcement of 0.10% blood alcohol concentration standards for drunk driving
✔✔Which of the following did TEA-21 NOT do?
A) Strengthen transportation safety programs
B) Increase safety belt usage
C) Promote enforcement of 0.08% blood alcohol standards for drunk driver
D) Set standards for road side inspections - ✔✔D) Set standards for road side
inspections
✔✔Which law went into effect to reduce blood alcohol content to 0.08? - ✔✔TEA-21
✔✔Under TEA-21, the National Motor Carrier Safety Program (NMCSP) was
restructured. Part of this restructuring resulted in? - ✔✔MCSAP
✔✔T or F: MCSAP enables state enforcement personnel to monitor the compliance of
intrastate CMV's with a uniform set of safety regulations, but not interstate until Jan 1,
2014. - ✔✔False
✔✔T or F: TEA-21 established the MCSAP ( motor carrier safety assistance program )?
- ✔✔True
✔✔T or F: The MCSAP was established to disperse funds for state enforcement of
CMV safety and hazardous materials regulations. - ✔✔True
✔✔The Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP) did all but one of these
things
A) Imposed mandatory shutdown on all unfit carriers
B) Required the Secretary of transportation to establish procedures to enforce safety
regulations when violated
C) Establish a $100,000 maximum penalty for all non-record keeping violations of the
safety regulations
D) Disperse funds for state enforcement of CMV safety and hazmat regulations - ✔✔C)
Establish a $100,000 maximum penalty for all non-record keeping violations of the
safety regulations was not apply in the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program
✔✔Which of the following was set forth under TEA-21?
A) The Share the Road Program
B) Prohibit States from enforcing regulations affecting rates
C) Issued the Final Rule on hand held cell phone devices
D) Impose mandatory shutdown on all unfit carriers - ✔✔D) Impose mandatory
shutdown on all unfit carriers
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔What year was control over interstate motor carrier safety transferred to the newly
created U. S. Department of Transportation - ✔✔1967
✔✔In 1967, the US Department of Transportation became a cabinet level organization
of what? - ✔✔Executive Branch
✔✔T or F: Following a wave of deregulation of other transportation modes, the Motor
Carrier Act of 1980 defined and refocused trucking regulation. - ✔✔true
✔✔What best describes the Motor Carrier Act of 1980? - ✔✔Define and refocused
trucking regulation
✔✔What occurred to alter rates, routes, services as long as they function in a "zone of
reasonableness"
A) Motor Carrier Act of 1980
B) US DOT
C) Deregulation
D) Both A and C - ✔✔D) Motor Carrier Act of 1980 and Deregulation both occurred to
alter rates, routes, service as long as they function in a "zone of reasonableness"
✔✔Which Act made it easier for entrepreneurs to start a trucking company? - ✔✔Motor
Carrier Act of 1980
✔✔T or F: Between 1980 and 1990 the number of licensed motor carrier more than
doubled to over 40,000 - ✔✔True
✔✔As of 2015 there are over 1.48 million motor carrier, but between 1980 to 1990
licensed motor carrier doubled to? - ✔✔40,000
✔✔Today, the U.S. trucking industry is comprised of how many private and for hire
carriers? - ✔✔1,480,000
✔✔T or F: The increased competition of trucking companies has been credited with
shrinking the per lad revenue and raising rates. - ✔✔False
✔✔in 2015, over 35.03 million trucks hauled more than ______ billion tons of freight? -
✔✔10.49
✔✔In 2015, trucks hauled what percentage of the nation's freight bill? - ✔✔81.5%
,✔✔In 2015, what percentage of total domestic tonnage did trucks ship? - ✔✔70.1%
✔✔What was the objective of the Commercial Motor Vehicle Act of 1986? - ✔✔Improve
highway safety through nationwide mandatory testing, require states to adopt such
standards as CMV drivers must be qualified to operate commercial vehicles, and
impose requirements for employing CMV driver carriers
✔✔Which Act required states to adopt standards for CMV drivers? - ✔✔Commercial
Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986
✔✔T or F: In 2015, over 35.03 million trucks hauled more than 10.49 billion tons of
freight, representing 60.1% of domestic freight tonnage shipped and 726.4 billion in
gross freight revenue. - ✔✔True
✔✔In 2015, trucks hauled ______ billion in gross freight revenue. - ✔✔726.4
✔✔By 2027, the trucking industry is expected to handle ______ percent of the freight
tonnage in the U.S. - ✔✔66.4%
✔✔By 2027, the trucking industry is expected to handle ______ of the total tonnage is
the US and _______ of the total freight revenue. - ✔✔66.4%-78.4%
✔✔By 2027, trucking will account for ____% of total freight revenue. - ✔✔78.4
✔✔In 2015, trucks handled what % of the nations freight bill? - ✔✔81.5%
✔✔What year did NAFTA go into effect? - ✔✔1994
✔✔Which is NOT part of the agreement of NAFTA?
A) Eased trade restrictions
B) Eliminated tariffs
C) Placed limitations on the movements of goods across borders
D) None of the above - ✔✔C) Placed limitations on the movements of goods across
borders is NOT part of the agreement of NAFTA
✔✔In 1994 the value of NAFTA trade was 300 billion. In 2015 it was ______? - ✔✔1.11
trillion
✔✔T or F: The value of North American surface trade as increased from roughly 300
billion 1994 to 1.11 trillion in 2015 with with trucks moving over 47.1% of goods in terms
of value between the US and Canada. - ✔✔True
✔✔Trucks moved what % of goods in terms of value between the US and Mexico - ✔✔
,✔✔T or F: NAFTA eased trade restrictions by eliminating tariffs and reducing limitations
on the movement of goods, especially from China. - ✔✔False
✔✔For over _______ years, the US and Canada struggled to implement NAFTA
trucking provisions.
A) 15
B) 20
C) 17
D) none of the above - ✔✔D) none of the above.
✔✔T or F: In retaliation of the US unilaterally stopping the DP of NAFTA with Mexico,
Mexico established compensatory tariffs on a verity of US exports to Mexico which cost
American businesses an estimated $1.8 billion. - ✔✔False
✔✔In 2007, Mexico and the U.S. agreed to a NAFTA trucking Demonstration Project,
which the U.S. stopped in 2009. This resulted in Mexico charging tariffs tat cost U.S.
businessmen an estimated? - ✔✔2.4 billion
✔✔DOT released a "concept document" to re-engage Mexico and the U.S. in trade on
Jan 6, 2011. On which date did the first Mexican truck roll across the border, bound for
Dallas? - ✔✔Oct 21, 2011
✔✔T or F: On Jan 6, 2011 the Us DOT released a Concept Document to re-engage
Mexico, the US Congress and interested stakeholders in discussions to implement
NAFTA trucking. - ✔✔True
✔✔How many certificates of standards and provisional operating authority registrations
were handed out to Mexican domiciled motor carriers, who participated in the NAFTA
pilot program? - ✔✔13
✔✔Due to NAFTA, the percentage of goods moved between Canada and the U.S. by
trucks is 47.1%. Between Mexico and the U.S., it is what percentage? - ✔✔52.9
✔✔On June 9, 1998, Bill Clinton signed into law. - ✔✔TEA 21
✔✔T or F: TEA-21 built on the initiatives established in the inter modal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA). - ✔✔True
✔✔Which of the following was NOT the purpose of TEA-21, which was built on the
initiatives established in ISTEA?
A) Invest in research to maximize intelligent transportation systems
B) Strengthen transportation safety programs
, C) Promote the enactment and enforcement of 0.10% blood alcohol concentration
standards for drunk driving
D) Promote performance based activities - ✔✔C) Promote the enactment and
enforcement of 0.10% blood alcohol concentration standards for drunk driving
✔✔Which of the following did TEA-21 NOT do?
A) Strengthen transportation safety programs
B) Increase safety belt usage
C) Promote enforcement of 0.08% blood alcohol standards for drunk driver
D) Set standards for road side inspections - ✔✔D) Set standards for road side
inspections
✔✔Which law went into effect to reduce blood alcohol content to 0.08? - ✔✔TEA-21
✔✔Under TEA-21, the National Motor Carrier Safety Program (NMCSP) was
restructured. Part of this restructuring resulted in? - ✔✔MCSAP
✔✔T or F: MCSAP enables state enforcement personnel to monitor the compliance of
intrastate CMV's with a uniform set of safety regulations, but not interstate until Jan 1,
2014. - ✔✔False
✔✔T or F: TEA-21 established the MCSAP ( motor carrier safety assistance program )?
- ✔✔True
✔✔T or F: The MCSAP was established to disperse funds for state enforcement of
CMV safety and hazardous materials regulations. - ✔✔True
✔✔The Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP) did all but one of these
things
A) Imposed mandatory shutdown on all unfit carriers
B) Required the Secretary of transportation to establish procedures to enforce safety
regulations when violated
C) Establish a $100,000 maximum penalty for all non-record keeping violations of the
safety regulations
D) Disperse funds for state enforcement of CMV safety and hazmat regulations - ✔✔C)
Establish a $100,000 maximum penalty for all non-record keeping violations of the
safety regulations was not apply in the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program
✔✔Which of the following was set forth under TEA-21?
A) The Share the Road Program
B) Prohibit States from enforcing regulations affecting rates
C) Issued the Final Rule on hand held cell phone devices
D) Impose mandatory shutdown on all unfit carriers - ✔✔D) Impose mandatory
shutdown on all unfit carriers
