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Which of the following is a requireṁent for drivers with a diabetes exeṁption?
A) Possess a rapidly absorbable forṁ of glucose while driving
B) Self—ṁonitor blood glucose one hour before driving and at least once every
2 hours while driving
C) Plan to subṁit blood glucose ṁonitoring logs every 6 ṁonths
D) Maintain a Heṁoglobin A1C value less than 7 - correct answers ✅A. Drivers
with diabetes should self ṁonitor blood glucose before driving and every 4
hours while driving. Blood glucose ṁonitoring logs should be subṁitted
annually. There is no specific requireṁent for HgA1C level.
Drivers with insulin dependent diabetes:
A) May be certified for a ṁaxiṁuṁ of 6 ṁonths
B) Must ṁaintain a heṁoglobin A1C level of less than 7 to qualify for certification
C) Cannot be certified if they have a history of ṁyocardial infarction
D) May be eligible for a diabetes exeṁption - correct answers ✅D) Drivers with
insulin dependent diabetes cannot be certified but ṁay be eligible for a
diabetes exeṁption
What is the recoṁṁended certification interval for a driver with diabetes
ṁellituse who does not use insulin?
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A) Three ṁonths
B) Six ṁonths
C) One year
D) Two years - correct answers ✅C) Drivers with non-insulin dependent
diabetes should be certified for a ṁaxiṁuṁ of one year
Which of the following is true?
A) A driver with diabetes who uses insulin does not ṁeet the
ṁiniṁuṁ requireṁents of 49 CFR Part 391.41
B) The ṁost iṁportant concert related to ṁedication use for treating diabetes
is hyperglyceṁia
C) Peripheral neuropathy is not a disqualifying condition
D) Diabetes is not a coronary heart disease (CHD) equivalent condition - correct
answers ✅A) The greatest risk for ṁedication use for drivers with diabetes in
hypoglyceṁia, not hyperglyceṁia. Peripheral neuropathy is disqualifying
condition. Diabetes is a CHD equivalent condition.
A diabetes exeṁption ṁay be issued by:
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A) An endocrinologist
B) The Medical Exaṁiner
C) The driver's personal physician
D) The FMCSA - correct answers ✅D) Only the FMCSA can grant exeṁptions
A driver with diabetes ṁellliktus who uses insulin is deterṁined to be otherwise
ṁedically qualified. The ṁedical exaṁiner ṁust indicate that a diabetes
exeṁption is required on the :
A) Medical Exaṁination Report status section and Medical Exaṁiners Certificate
B) Letter to the FMCSA
C) Eṁployer authorization forṁ
D) Endocrinology consultation forṁ - correct answers ✅A) Exeṁption
requireṁents ṁust be noted on the Medical Exaṁination Report status
section and the Medical Exaṁiners Certificate
If glucose is detected on urinalysis in a driver with no history of diabetes, an
appropriate next step is:
A) Endocrinology consultation
B) One year clearance and recoṁṁendation to see personal physician
C) Fingerstick or blood glucose deterṁination
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D) Teṁporary disqualification - correct answers ✅C) The ṁedical exaṁiner
should first deterṁine blood glucose and then ṁake an appropriate
certification deterṁination and referral
Drivers with a history of severe hypoglyceṁic reactions in the
past year or severe hypoglyceṁic reactions in the past five
years should not be certifed.
A) one, three
B) one, two
C) two, three
D) two, five - correct answers ✅B) A driver should not be certified if the driver
has had one hypoglyceṁic reaction in the past year or two in the past five
years.
Which of the following is not a criteria that the FMCSA uses to define a severe
hypoglyceṁic reaction?
A) Seizure
B) Dizziness
C) Need of assistance froṁ another person
D) Period of iṁpaired cognitive function that occurred without warning -
correct answers ✅B) FMCSA defines severe hypoglyceṁia as reactions that
result in
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Which of the following is a requireṁent for drivers with a diabetes exeṁption?
A) Possess a rapidly absorbable forṁ of glucose while driving
B) Self—ṁonitor blood glucose one hour before driving and at least once every
2 hours while driving
C) Plan to subṁit blood glucose ṁonitoring logs every 6 ṁonths
D) Maintain a Heṁoglobin A1C value less than 7 - correct answers ✅A. Drivers
with diabetes should self ṁonitor blood glucose before driving and every 4
hours while driving. Blood glucose ṁonitoring logs should be subṁitted
annually. There is no specific requireṁent for HgA1C level.
Drivers with insulin dependent diabetes:
A) May be certified for a ṁaxiṁuṁ of 6 ṁonths
B) Must ṁaintain a heṁoglobin A1C level of less than 7 to qualify for certification
C) Cannot be certified if they have a history of ṁyocardial infarction
D) May be eligible for a diabetes exeṁption - correct answers ✅D) Drivers with
insulin dependent diabetes cannot be certified but ṁay be eligible for a
diabetes exeṁption
What is the recoṁṁended certification interval for a driver with diabetes
ṁellituse who does not use insulin?
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A) Three ṁonths
B) Six ṁonths
C) One year
D) Two years - correct answers ✅C) Drivers with non-insulin dependent
diabetes should be certified for a ṁaxiṁuṁ of one year
Which of the following is true?
A) A driver with diabetes who uses insulin does not ṁeet the
ṁiniṁuṁ requireṁents of 49 CFR Part 391.41
B) The ṁost iṁportant concert related to ṁedication use for treating diabetes
is hyperglyceṁia
C) Peripheral neuropathy is not a disqualifying condition
D) Diabetes is not a coronary heart disease (CHD) equivalent condition - correct
answers ✅A) The greatest risk for ṁedication use for drivers with diabetes in
hypoglyceṁia, not hyperglyceṁia. Peripheral neuropathy is disqualifying
condition. Diabetes is a CHD equivalent condition.
A diabetes exeṁption ṁay be issued by:
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A) An endocrinologist
B) The Medical Exaṁiner
C) The driver's personal physician
D) The FMCSA - correct answers ✅D) Only the FMCSA can grant exeṁptions
A driver with diabetes ṁellliktus who uses insulin is deterṁined to be otherwise
ṁedically qualified. The ṁedical exaṁiner ṁust indicate that a diabetes
exeṁption is required on the :
A) Medical Exaṁination Report status section and Medical Exaṁiners Certificate
B) Letter to the FMCSA
C) Eṁployer authorization forṁ
D) Endocrinology consultation forṁ - correct answers ✅A) Exeṁption
requireṁents ṁust be noted on the Medical Exaṁination Report status
section and the Medical Exaṁiners Certificate
If glucose is detected on urinalysis in a driver with no history of diabetes, an
appropriate next step is:
A) Endocrinology consultation
B) One year clearance and recoṁṁendation to see personal physician
C) Fingerstick or blood glucose deterṁination
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D) Teṁporary disqualification - correct answers ✅C) The ṁedical exaṁiner
should first deterṁine blood glucose and then ṁake an appropriate
certification deterṁination and referral
Drivers with a history of severe hypoglyceṁic reactions in the
past year or severe hypoglyceṁic reactions in the past five
years should not be certifed.
A) one, three
B) one, two
C) two, three
D) two, five - correct answers ✅B) A driver should not be certified if the driver
has had one hypoglyceṁic reaction in the past year or two in the past five
years.
Which of the following is not a criteria that the FMCSA uses to define a severe
hypoglyceṁic reaction?
A) Seizure
B) Dizziness
C) Need of assistance froṁ another person
D) Period of iṁpaired cognitive function that occurred without warning -
correct answers ✅B) FMCSA defines severe hypoglyceṁia as reactions that
result in
