RWP Training EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
Absolute Block - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An absolute block is a section of track
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that shall not be occupied by more than 1 train or track equipment
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Adjacent Track(s) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The track(s) next and parallel with the
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track where you are located
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Advanced Mobile Flagger(AMF) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A watchman/lookout
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whose duty is to verbally warn Rail Vehicle Operators of Roadway Workers on the
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track ahead. AMF's are required to be RWP lvl 2 or 4 qualified.
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Advanced Mobile Flagging - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The use of a Watchman or
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Lookout assigned to a work crew in conjunction with an additional flagger
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positioned at the station in advance of the Mobile Work Crews
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Advanced Watchman/Lookout - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A qualified
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|watchman/lookout who is, in addition to the work zone, watchman/lookout. | | | | | | | | | |
They shall always be within sight and audible warning of the next preceding
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lookout. The sole duty of advanced watchman is to warn the work zone
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watchman of the approach of trains or rail equipment
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Ample Time - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Requires workers to be in a position of
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safety not less than 15 seconds before a train or rail equipment moving at the
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, max speed authorized on that track, can pass the location of the Roadway
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Worker; or sufficient levels of protection that permit workers time to clear the
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tracks without urgent movement
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Ballast - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The coarse gravel laid to form a bed for a
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railroad, for the purpose of holding track in line and surface
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Block - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A length of track with defined limits on which train
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movements are governed by the automatic train protection signaling system or
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by instruction from Rail Operations Control Center (ROCC)
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Chain Marker - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A survey stationing marker located every
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chain along the tracks identifying the distance, in multiples of 100 ft, to the
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middle of the Metro Center platform(or the most inbound end of the rail line, if
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the line does not pass through Metro Center). Track locations are expressed to
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the nearest foot by a letter representing the line, the track number, a hyphen, the
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|nearest chain marker inbound from the location, a plus sign and the number of
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feet from that chain marker
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Clear - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1.A term used in conjunction with a definite action
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so as to release control from one person to another
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2. The state of a controlled signal when the proceed/lunar aspect is displayed
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3. While on mainline, safely outside the dynamic outline of a train or clearance
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envelope for trains or Rail equipment on the active track
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CORRECT ANSWERS
Absolute Block - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An absolute block is a section of track
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that shall not be occupied by more than 1 train or track equipment
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Adjacent Track(s) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The track(s) next and parallel with the
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track where you are located
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Advanced Mobile Flagger(AMF) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A watchman/lookout
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whose duty is to verbally warn Rail Vehicle Operators of Roadway Workers on the
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track ahead. AMF's are required to be RWP lvl 2 or 4 qualified.
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Advanced Mobile Flagging - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The use of a Watchman or
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Lookout assigned to a work crew in conjunction with an additional flagger
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positioned at the station in advance of the Mobile Work Crews
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Advanced Watchman/Lookout - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A qualified
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|watchman/lookout who is, in addition to the work zone, watchman/lookout. | | | | | | | | | |
They shall always be within sight and audible warning of the next preceding
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lookout. The sole duty of advanced watchman is to warn the work zone
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watchman of the approach of trains or rail equipment
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Ample Time - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Requires workers to be in a position of
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safety not less than 15 seconds before a train or rail equipment moving at the
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, max speed authorized on that track, can pass the location of the Roadway
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Worker; or sufficient levels of protection that permit workers time to clear the
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tracks without urgent movement
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Ballast - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The coarse gravel laid to form a bed for a
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railroad, for the purpose of holding track in line and surface
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Block - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A length of track with defined limits on which train
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movements are governed by the automatic train protection signaling system or
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by instruction from Rail Operations Control Center (ROCC)
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Chain Marker - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A survey stationing marker located every
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chain along the tracks identifying the distance, in multiples of 100 ft, to the
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
middle of the Metro Center platform(or the most inbound end of the rail line, if
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the line does not pass through Metro Center). Track locations are expressed to
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the nearest foot by a letter representing the line, the track number, a hyphen, the
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|nearest chain marker inbound from the location, a plus sign and the number of
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feet from that chain marker
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Clear - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1.A term used in conjunction with a definite action
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so as to release control from one person to another
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2. The state of a controlled signal when the proceed/lunar aspect is displayed
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3. While on mainline, safely outside the dynamic outline of a train or clearance
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envelope for trains or Rail equipment on the active track
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