Amtrak RWP EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Adjacent Tracks - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Two or more tracks with track centers
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spaced less than 25 feet.
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Control Operator - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Railroad employee in charge of a
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remotely control switch or derail, an interlocking, a controlled point, or a segment
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of controlled track. This includes job titles such as Train Dispatcher, Train Director,
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Block Operator, etc.
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Controlled track - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a track upon which the railroads
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operating rules require that all movements of trains must be authorized by a
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control operator. |
Effective Securing Device - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A vandal and tamper resistant
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lock, keypad for application and removal only by the roadway workers for whom
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the protection is provided.
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Employee in Charge (EIC) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An employee responsible for a
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work group under the overarching authority of the Roadway Worker In Charge.
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Exclusive Track Occupancy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A method of establishing
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working limits on controlled track in which movement authority of trains and
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other equipment is withheld by the control operator, or restricted by flagman.
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, Flagman - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-When used in relation to roadway worker
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safety, an employee assigned designated by the railroad to direct or restrict the
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movement of trains past a point on a track to provide on-track safety for roadway
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workers, while engaged solely in performing that function.
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Foul time - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A method of establishing working limits on a
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controlled track in which a roadway worker is notified by the control operator
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that no trains will operate within a specific segment of controlled track until the
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roadway worker reports clear of the track.
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Fouling a Track - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The placement of an individual or an
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item of equipment in proximity to a track that the individual or equipment could
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be struck by a moving train or on-track equipment, or in any case is within four
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feet of the field side of the near running rail. Locations specifically engineered to
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provide protection from moving trains or on-track equipment may enroach into
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the four foot envelope and still not be considered fouling. These locations are
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designated as clearing bays. | | |
Gang Watchman / Advance Watchmen - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An employee
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who is qualified to provide warning to roadway workers of approaching trains or
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on-track equipment. |
Individual Train Detection - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A procedure by which a lone
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worker acquires on track safety by seeing approaching trains and leaving the track
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|before they arrive and which may be used only under circumstances strictly
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defined in this manual. | | |
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Adjacent Tracks - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Two or more tracks with track centers
| | | | | | | | | | |
spaced less than 25 feet.
| | | |
Control Operator - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Railroad employee in charge of a
| | | | | | | | | |
remotely control switch or derail, an interlocking, a controlled point, or a segment
| | | | | | | | | | | |
of controlled track. This includes job titles such as Train Dispatcher, Train Director,
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Block Operator, etc.
| | |
Controlled track - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a track upon which the railroads
| | | | | | | | | |
operating rules require that all movements of trains must be authorized by a
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
control operator. |
Effective Securing Device - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A vandal and tamper resistant
| | | | | | | | | |
lock, keypad for application and removal only by the roadway workers for whom
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
the protection is provided.
| | |
Employee in Charge (EIC) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An employee responsible for a
| | | | | | | | | | |
work group under the overarching authority of the Roadway Worker In Charge.
| | | | | | | | | | |
Exclusive Track Occupancy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A method of establishing
| | | | | | | | |
working limits on controlled track in which movement authority of trains and
| | | | | | | | | | | |
other equipment is withheld by the control operator, or restricted by flagman.
| | | | | | | | | | |
, Flagman - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-When used in relation to roadway worker
| | | | | | | | | |
safety, an employee assigned designated by the railroad to direct or restrict the
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
movement of trains past a point on a track to provide on-track safety for roadway
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
workers, while engaged solely in performing that function.
| | | | | | | |
Foul time - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A method of establishing working limits on a
| | | | | | | | | | | |
controlled track in which a roadway worker is notified by the control operator
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
that no trains will operate within a specific segment of controlled track until the
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
roadway worker reports clear of the track.
| | | | | |
Fouling a Track - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The placement of an individual or an
| | | | | | | | | | | |
item of equipment in proximity to a track that the individual or equipment could
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
be struck by a moving train or on-track equipment, or in any case is within four
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
feet of the field side of the near running rail. Locations specifically engineered to
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
provide protection from moving trains or on-track equipment may enroach into
| | | | | | | | | | |
the four foot envelope and still not be considered fouling. These locations are
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
designated as clearing bays. | | |
Gang Watchman / Advance Watchmen - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An employee
| | | | | | | | |
who is qualified to provide warning to roadway workers of approaching trains or
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
on-track equipment. |
Individual Train Detection - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A procedure by which a lone
| | | | | | | | | | |
worker acquires on track safety by seeing approaching trains and leaving the track
| | | | | | | | | | | |
|before they arrive and which may be used only under circumstances strictly
| | | | | | | | | | | |
defined in this manual. | | |
