CSX CONDUCTOR PRACTICE EXAM TEST UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔All - ✔✔When one speed is shown on a Permanent Reduce Speed sign, it indicates
the speed permitted for ________ trains.
✔✔Controlled, 20, switch is lined - ✔✔Rule 193-A Exception on Non-Signaled track
states ____________ speed not exceeding ___ MPH approaching all switches
prepared to stop until it is determined __________ ___ __________ for the intended
route.
✔✔Dispatcher Message - ✔✔On controlled tracks, the loaction of work force limits are
designated on the ___________ ___________.
✔✔End restriction - ✔✔A permanent end restriction sign will be located at the: ______
of the __________
✔✔F, 95, rocking - ✔✔Rule EHR 4453 states that: When handling ___ Plate box cars,
high side gondolas, open top hoppers, or covered hoppers witha cubic foot capacity of
at least 4000 that are loaded with more than ____ tons and indentified by tonnage
graph, observe cars for excessive _________.
✔✔Intermodal, 60 - ✔✔A train consisting of all loaded box cars will be considered a
__________ train and may not exceed __ MPH.
✔✔Maximum authorized speed - ✔✔Normal speed is _________ ___________
________.
✔✔Passenger, 5, 10 - ✔✔Revenue ________ trains, or freight trains with ____ or more
placarded cars may not operate on excepted track, and will not exceed ___ MPH.
✔✔Permanent Reduce Speed - ✔✔Permanent speed restrictions are indicated at the
beginning of the restriction by a: __________ ___________ ___________ sign.
✔✔Restricted Speed, 15 - ✔✔_________ is a speed that will permit stopping within
one-half the range of vision. It will also permit stopping short of a train, a car, an
obstruction, a stop signal, a derail, or an improperly aligned switch. It will not exceed
____ MPH.
✔✔signal indication, dispatcher - ✔✔Rule 193 states that trains are authorized to enter
and move within main track yard limits by _________ ___________ , or authority of the
_________ ___________.
, ✔✔Signal Indication, Train Dispatcher - ✔✔What is the authorization for trains to enter
and move within main track yard limits? ____________ __________ or by the
________ __________.
✔✔Timetable - ✔✔The locations of permanent speed restrictions are identified in
special instructions in the: ____________.
✔✔train, car, obstruction, derail, improperly, stop - ✔✔Per rule 46, trains using other
than main or signaled tracks must move at a speed that will permit stopping within one-
half the range of vision short of a _______, ____, __________, ________, __________
aligned switch, on track equipment, or a _____ signal.
✔✔1, 6 - ✔✔The minimum number of flags and fusees required at the beginning of a
trip or tour of duty in the controlling locomotive is __ red flag, and __ fusees.
✔✔1, 12 - ✔✔The minimum number of flags and fusees required at the beginning of a
trip or tour of duty in an occupied caboose or shoving platform is __ red flag, and __
fusees.
✔✔Restricted, 15 - ✔✔A train that encounters an unattended fusee burning on or near
it's track must immediatley reduce to and not exceed _____________ speed for ___
minutes.
✔✔Adjacent, distance, stop - ✔✔Rule 70 (Train Protection) states that when providing
warning against approaching trains on adjacent track, place a lighted fusee immediatley
on any adjacdnt track at the ________ of the train. Go at least the __________ distance
prescribed by the table, and give a ________ signal if you see or hear an approaching
train.
✔✔Fouls, both - ✔✔Rule 70 states that when a train inadvertently ______ a main track,
protection must be provided in _______ directions, at least the dstance prescribed in
the table.
✔✔Dispatcher, warning - ✔✔Rule 161-A states that if overunning an Authority, notify
the train ____________ immedialtley and provide __________ as prescribed in the
table.
✔✔Number, messages, initials, date - ✔✔The release line of a dispatcher bulletin is the
last line and will contain the dispatcher bulletin _________, total number of
___________, the dispatcher's ___________, and the ________ ad time released.
✔✔Train dispatcher, train, 4 - ✔✔The dispatcher bulletin is a computer generated form
issued by the ________ ____________. It contains current operating instructions for the
_______ addressed, as well as System and General Bulletins issued. It must be issued
within ___ hours of the crew going on duty.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔All - ✔✔When one speed is shown on a Permanent Reduce Speed sign, it indicates
the speed permitted for ________ trains.
✔✔Controlled, 20, switch is lined - ✔✔Rule 193-A Exception on Non-Signaled track
states ____________ speed not exceeding ___ MPH approaching all switches
prepared to stop until it is determined __________ ___ __________ for the intended
route.
✔✔Dispatcher Message - ✔✔On controlled tracks, the loaction of work force limits are
designated on the ___________ ___________.
✔✔End restriction - ✔✔A permanent end restriction sign will be located at the: ______
of the __________
✔✔F, 95, rocking - ✔✔Rule EHR 4453 states that: When handling ___ Plate box cars,
high side gondolas, open top hoppers, or covered hoppers witha cubic foot capacity of
at least 4000 that are loaded with more than ____ tons and indentified by tonnage
graph, observe cars for excessive _________.
✔✔Intermodal, 60 - ✔✔A train consisting of all loaded box cars will be considered a
__________ train and may not exceed __ MPH.
✔✔Maximum authorized speed - ✔✔Normal speed is _________ ___________
________.
✔✔Passenger, 5, 10 - ✔✔Revenue ________ trains, or freight trains with ____ or more
placarded cars may not operate on excepted track, and will not exceed ___ MPH.
✔✔Permanent Reduce Speed - ✔✔Permanent speed restrictions are indicated at the
beginning of the restriction by a: __________ ___________ ___________ sign.
✔✔Restricted Speed, 15 - ✔✔_________ is a speed that will permit stopping within
one-half the range of vision. It will also permit stopping short of a train, a car, an
obstruction, a stop signal, a derail, or an improperly aligned switch. It will not exceed
____ MPH.
✔✔signal indication, dispatcher - ✔✔Rule 193 states that trains are authorized to enter
and move within main track yard limits by _________ ___________ , or authority of the
_________ ___________.
, ✔✔Signal Indication, Train Dispatcher - ✔✔What is the authorization for trains to enter
and move within main track yard limits? ____________ __________ or by the
________ __________.
✔✔Timetable - ✔✔The locations of permanent speed restrictions are identified in
special instructions in the: ____________.
✔✔train, car, obstruction, derail, improperly, stop - ✔✔Per rule 46, trains using other
than main or signaled tracks must move at a speed that will permit stopping within one-
half the range of vision short of a _______, ____, __________, ________, __________
aligned switch, on track equipment, or a _____ signal.
✔✔1, 6 - ✔✔The minimum number of flags and fusees required at the beginning of a
trip or tour of duty in the controlling locomotive is __ red flag, and __ fusees.
✔✔1, 12 - ✔✔The minimum number of flags and fusees required at the beginning of a
trip or tour of duty in an occupied caboose or shoving platform is __ red flag, and __
fusees.
✔✔Restricted, 15 - ✔✔A train that encounters an unattended fusee burning on or near
it's track must immediatley reduce to and not exceed _____________ speed for ___
minutes.
✔✔Adjacent, distance, stop - ✔✔Rule 70 (Train Protection) states that when providing
warning against approaching trains on adjacent track, place a lighted fusee immediatley
on any adjacdnt track at the ________ of the train. Go at least the __________ distance
prescribed by the table, and give a ________ signal if you see or hear an approaching
train.
✔✔Fouls, both - ✔✔Rule 70 states that when a train inadvertently ______ a main track,
protection must be provided in _______ directions, at least the dstance prescribed in
the table.
✔✔Dispatcher, warning - ✔✔Rule 161-A states that if overunning an Authority, notify
the train ____________ immedialtley and provide __________ as prescribed in the
table.
✔✔Number, messages, initials, date - ✔✔The release line of a dispatcher bulletin is the
last line and will contain the dispatcher bulletin _________, total number of
___________, the dispatcher's ___________, and the ________ ad time released.
✔✔Train dispatcher, train, 4 - ✔✔The dispatcher bulletin is a computer generated form
issued by the ________ ____________. It contains current operating instructions for the
_______ addressed, as well as System and General Bulletins issued. It must be issued
within ___ hours of the crew going on duty.
