Dispatching & Recordkeeping II

FMCSA means:

• Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

• Federal Motor Cargo Safety Advisory

• Federal Motion Picture Security Administration

• Federal Motor Carrier Security Administration

FMCSR means:

• Federal Motor Carrier Security Regulations

• Federal Motor Cargo Security Referendum

• Federal Motor Container Security Regulations

• Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations

The FMCSR apply to all employers, employees, and __________ transporting property or passengers in interstate commerce.

• All motorist that commute on U.S. Highways

• Commercial Motor Vehicles

• Non-commercial motor vehicles

• Military & Agriculture motor vehicles

Some of the 'exceptions' to the FMCSR rules are:

• School bus operations

• Occasional transportation of personal property by individuals not for compensation nor for commercial purposes

• Transportation of human corpses or sick and injured people

• All of these

Motor carriers that transport HM (hazardous Material) in intrastate commerce must comply with:

• Specific sections of FAA regulations.

• Specific sections/parts of the FMCSR's

• Specific sections of the Federal Maritime Commission.

• Specific sections of the United States Constitution per State.

Commercial Motor Vehicle means any self-propelled or towed motor vehicle used on a highway in interstate commerce to transport passengers or property when the vehicle:

• Has a gross vehicle weight rating or gross combination weight rating of: 10,001 pounds or greater.

• Is designed or used to transport more than 8 passengers (including the driver) for compensation

• Is designed or used to transport more than 15 passengers, including the driver, and is not used to transport passengers for compensation;

• Is used in transporting a quantity of hazardous material requiring placarding.

Accident Register/Records must be kept for:

• 5 years.

• 10 years.

• Permanently.

• 3 years.

Every commercial motor vehicle operated by a motor carrier in interstate commerce must be marked, on both sides of vehicle, with the following: The motor carrier’s name or trade name, The motor carrier’s ID preceded by “U.S. DOT”, The size, shape and color markings must be in letters that contrast sharply in color with the background on which the letters are placed, The lettering must be readily legible during daylight hours, from a distance of 50 feet.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The rules for part 391 of the CFR does not apply to custom-harvesting operations, if the commercial motor vehicle is used to: Transport farm machinery, supplies, or both to/from a farm for custom harvesting operations and;

• Transport custom harvested crops to storage or market.

• Transport agricultural harvested crops to a distribution center.

• Transporting custom harvested crops to the port of export.

• All of the above

A driver must meet only the following requirements and responsibilities: a. Be at least 21 years of age; b. Speak and read English well enough to converse with the general public, understand highway traffic signals, respond to official questions, and be able to make legible entries on reports and records; c. Be able to drive the vehicle safely; d. Qualified to drive CMV;

• True

• False