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Ch. 21-22 Transportation Engineering

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of transportation includes Elevators, Escalators, Conveyors, Pipelines?

a)

Water

b)

Air

c)

Space

d)

On-Site

2.
People wanted _______ to improve to make it easier to travel.
a)
communication
b)
education
c)
government
d)
transportation
3.

Transportation is the movement of ___________.

a)

people only

b)

goods only

c)

people and goods

d)

tides in the ocean

4.

Which vehicles can transport goods through the air?

a)

bicycles

b)

trains

c)

airplanes

d)

ships

5.

Which vehicles can travel long distances over water?

a)

ships

b)

motorcycles

c)

helicopters

d)

fire engines

6.

You might use a ________ to move heavy goods over land.

a)

motorcycle

b)

helicopter

c)

canoe

d)

truck

7.

To choose a mode of transportation, you must _______.

a)

know the route you will be taking

b)

measure the distance you will travel with a meter stick

8.

Subways and buses

a)

are expensive ways to travel

b)

travel their routes many times a day

9.

The definition of Transportation is?

a)

The process of transmitting information from a source to a destination

b)

The making of articles on a large scale using machinery

c)

Moving large groups of people along the water

d)

Moving people and material from one location to another

10.
What does GPS stand for?
a)
Global Positioning System
b)
Global Positioning Satellites
c)
Global Positioning Software
d)
Global Phone System
11.

A situation in which no vehicle can move in any direction.

a)

gridlock

b)

congestion

c)

jam

d)

clearance

12.

What are the four possible zones of transportation?

a)

Land, Sea, Air, Space

b)

Roads, Paths, Channels, Airways

c)

East, South, West, North

d)

Zone 1, Zone 2, Zone 3, Zone 4

13.
Which form of transportation is the "future" of transportation? 
a)
cargo ships
b)
18 wheeler semi-trucks
c)
space
d)
jet airplanes
14.

What does NASA stand for?

a)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

b)

New Aeroplane Science Administration

c)

National Aeronautics and Science Administration

d)

Native American Space Administration

15.

The cost of moving one ton a distance of one mile is called______________.

a)

ton wild

b)

ton mile

c)

mile run

d)

water ton

16.

_______ are specific areas set aside for use by transportation systems

a)

Routes

b)

Waves

c)

Ways

d)

Railroads

17.

__________ are ways, paths, or roads a vehicle travels to get from one place to another

a)

GPS

b)

Ways

c)

Landing strips

d)

Routes

18.

loose cargo

a)

bulk cargo

b)

break bulk cargo

19.

Consists of single units or containers of freight

a)

bulk cargo

b)

break bulk cargo

20.

A change in value caused by transportation is called

a)

time and tru

b)

time and place utility

c)

place value

d)

transportation technology

21.

What does NASA stand for?

a)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

b)

New Aeroplane Science Administration

c)

National Aeronautics and Science Administration

d)

Native American Space Administration

22.

__________ are shipping routes across the oceans.

a)

Baselines

b)

Sea lions

c)

Sea-lines

d)

deep paths

23.

A passenger train company.

a)

ride

b)

Broussard Middle

c)

Amtrak

24.

It is the GENERIC TERM used in the railway industry for wheeled vehicles that runs on rails.

a)

ROLLING STOCK

b)

ELECTRIC MULTIPLE UNIT

c)

DIESEL MULTIPLE UNIT

d)

LOCOMOTIVE

25.

The process of combining transportation modes is called ___________.

a)

intermodel transportation

b)

intramodel transportation