TRUCKING RODEO EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
VERIFIED.
A driver's reputation relies on? PG 1
a. Driving record
b. professionalism
c. self-discipline
d. all of the above - ANS d. all of the above
The Truck Driving Championships influence how many drivers annually? PG 2
a. hundreds
b. thousands
c. tens of thousands
d. over 100,000 - ANS c. Tens of thousands
The TDC was established by the ATA in? PG 2
a. 1933
b. 1937
c. 1935
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,d. 1924 - ANS b. 1937
Which is not an objective of the TDC? PG 2
a. to drive accident free
b. to perfect their crafts
c. to improve the media's and the general public's image of truck drivers and the motor carrier
industry
d. none of the above - ANS d. none of the above
In order for drivers to perform at their peak, they rely on? PG 6
a. knowledge
b. experience
c. skills
d. all of the above - ANS d. all of the above
Which boosted the growth of trucking? PG 7
a. WWII
b. industrial revolution
c. WWI
d. regulation - ANS c. WWI
At the end of WWI there were over 1 million trucks, how many were there at the start of WWI?
PG 7
a. 300,000
b. 900,000
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,c. 750,000
d. over 1.5 million - ANS a. 300,000
The pneumatic tire was introduced to trucking in? PG 7
a. 1919
b. 1924
c. 1933
d. none of the above - ANS a. 1919
The Diesel engine was introduced to trucking in? PG 7
a. 1924
b. 1919
c. 1933
d. 1954 - ANS a. 1924
The regulation of trucking came under Motor Carrier Act of? PG 7
a. 1935
b. 1933
c. 1937
d 1934 - ANS a. 1935
The onset of WWII firmly established trucking as a vital mode of freight delivery. PG 8
a. True
b. False - ANS a. True
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, The Motor Carrier Act that regulated trucking was modeled after the interstate Commerce Act
of? PG 7
a. 1980
b. 1887
c. 1919
d. 1876 - ANS b. 1887
Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Federal Highway Aid Act establishing the interstate highway
system in? PG 8
a. 1954
b. 1960
c. 1962
d. 1956 - ANS d. 1956
The interstate highway system, which took over 60 plus years to build, consists of how many
miles? PG 8
a. 42,345
b. 47,432
c. 45,705
d. over 50,000 - ANS b. 47,432
The addition of new roads transformed trucking into a nationwide carriage service. PG 8
a. True
b. False - ANS a. True
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
VERIFIED.
A driver's reputation relies on? PG 1
a. Driving record
b. professionalism
c. self-discipline
d. all of the above - ANS d. all of the above
The Truck Driving Championships influence how many drivers annually? PG 2
a. hundreds
b. thousands
c. tens of thousands
d. over 100,000 - ANS c. Tens of thousands
The TDC was established by the ATA in? PG 2
a. 1933
b. 1937
c. 1935
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,d. 1924 - ANS b. 1937
Which is not an objective of the TDC? PG 2
a. to drive accident free
b. to perfect their crafts
c. to improve the media's and the general public's image of truck drivers and the motor carrier
industry
d. none of the above - ANS d. none of the above
In order for drivers to perform at their peak, they rely on? PG 6
a. knowledge
b. experience
c. skills
d. all of the above - ANS d. all of the above
Which boosted the growth of trucking? PG 7
a. WWII
b. industrial revolution
c. WWI
d. regulation - ANS c. WWI
At the end of WWI there were over 1 million trucks, how many were there at the start of WWI?
PG 7
a. 300,000
b. 900,000
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,c. 750,000
d. over 1.5 million - ANS a. 300,000
The pneumatic tire was introduced to trucking in? PG 7
a. 1919
b. 1924
c. 1933
d. none of the above - ANS a. 1919
The Diesel engine was introduced to trucking in? PG 7
a. 1924
b. 1919
c. 1933
d. 1954 - ANS a. 1924
The regulation of trucking came under Motor Carrier Act of? PG 7
a. 1935
b. 1933
c. 1937
d 1934 - ANS a. 1935
The onset of WWII firmly established trucking as a vital mode of freight delivery. PG 8
a. True
b. False - ANS a. True
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, The Motor Carrier Act that regulated trucking was modeled after the interstate Commerce Act
of? PG 7
a. 1980
b. 1887
c. 1919
d. 1876 - ANS b. 1887
Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Federal Highway Aid Act establishing the interstate highway
system in? PG 8
a. 1954
b. 1960
c. 1962
d. 1956 - ANS d. 1956
The interstate highway system, which took over 60 plus years to build, consists of how many
miles? PG 8
a. 42,345
b. 47,432
c. 45,705
d. over 50,000 - ANS b. 47,432
The addition of new roads transformed trucking into a nationwide carriage service. PG 8
a. True
b. False - ANS a. True
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