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rail transport

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transferring passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are located on tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prepared flat surface, rail vehicles (rolling stock) are directionally guided by the tracks on which they run.

a)

true

b)

false

2.

Tracks usually consist of steel rails, installed on sleepers (ties) set in ballast, on which the rolling stock, usually fitted with metal wheels, moves.

a)

true

b)

false

3.

Locomotives always pull trains from the front.

a)

true

b)

fals

4.

Trains are not able to travel at a very high speed.

a)

false

b)

true

5.

Does a locomotive have a payload capacity itself?

a)

yes

b)

no

6.

A locomotive is a vehicle that provides the motive power for a train.

a)

false

b)

true

7.

A railway can be broken down into three major components.

a)

true

b)

false

8.

Derailment occurs when a vehicle such as a train runs off its rails

a)

true

b)

false

9.

An industrial railway is a type of railway (always private) that is not available for public transportation and is used exclusively to serve a particular industrial, logistics or a military site.

a)

false

b)

true

10.
a)

a head-on collission

b)

derailment

c)

a collission with a car

11.

In the photo you can see:

a)

a head-on collission

b)

derailment

c)

a collission with a car

12.

What is it:

a)

a head-on collission

b)

derailment

c)

a collission with a car

13.

a typical railway track consists of:

a)

two parallel rails

b)

railroad ties

c)

barriers

d)

railway stations

14.

Rail transport is a part of a logistic chain.

a)

true

b)

false

15.

a rolling stock include:

a)

locomotives

b)

passenger- carrying vehicles

c)

barriers

d)

goods wagons

e)

sygnalling equipment