NRCME LATEST EXAM TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SURE A+
✔✔Additional tests above and beyond what are necessitated by the examination
process should be performed only when ____________. - ✔✔The examination was
unable to determine if the driver passed one or more requirements.
✔✔The FMCSA directly regulates __________. - ✔✔Interstate commercial operations,
including the driver.
✔✔Driver Examination 2/17/2012, blood pressure 144/102. Driver given three month
certification to 5/17/12. The driver returns on 3/16/12 and is noted with blood pressure
of 124/82. The next step for the medical examiner will be to: - ✔✔Perform a complete
examination and certify the driver for one year if the driver passes the examination.
✔✔What is the sx free waiting period for BPPV? - ✔✔two months
✔✔What are the "Ask about" vision conditions? - ✔✔aphakia, retinopathy, cataracts,
glaucoma, and macular degeneration.
✔✔What type of corrective lenses are prohibited by the FMCSA? - ✔✔lenses that
correct distance vision in one eye and near vision in the other
telescopic lenses
✔✔What is the min vision requirements using snellen chart? - ✔✔20/40
✔✔What is the minimum peripheral vision needed? - ✔✔70 degrees
✔✔is monocular vision disqualifying? - ✔✔yes
✔✔Additional testing should be obtained when the CMV driver has the following visual
symptoms - ✔✔Blurred vision.
Floaters.
Restriction in visual field.
Vision testing results that do not meet standards.
✔✔Can someone with monoocular vision apply for an exemption waiver? - ✔✔yes as
long as they meet all other vision and physical requirements
✔✔Drivers who must wear a hearing aid may be certified for - ✔✔2 years
✔✔What are the minimum hearing requirements? - ✔✔be better ear greater than 40
decibels at 500 Hz, 1,000 Hz, and 2,000 Hz, with or without a hearing aid.
, ✔✔How do you do a hearing eval on someone who uses hearing aides? -
✔✔whispered word or audiologist or otolaryngologist with specialized equipment for
testing.
✔✔What is the minimum symptom free waiting period for drivers with dizziness or
vertigo? - ✔✔2 months
✔✔What otic conditions should you not certify? - ✔✔a) Uncontrolled vertigo.
b) Ménière's disease.
c) Nonfunctioning labyrinth.
d) Nonfunctioning fistula.`
✔✔The medical examiner's role in the exemption process includes _________.
Issuing the exemption.
Issuing the prescription for the driver's contact lenses and/or glasses.
Providing the driver with contact information for the Federal Vision Exemption Program.
Assuring that the driver has peripheral vision of at least 110 degrees in each eye. -
✔✔Providing the driver with contact information for the Federal Vision Exemption
Program.
✔✔What eye conditions must the medical examiner ask the driver about? -
✔✔Retinopathy, cataracts, aphakia, glaucoma, macular degeneration
✔✔A driver who wears contact lenses which correct farsightedness in one eye and
nearsightedness in the other, but has no other visual impairments can be certified under
what additional conditions - ✔✔FMCSA guidance indicates that a driver should not be
certified under these circumstances.
✔✔Which of the following drivers' tests meet hearing certification standards?
Whisper test 4 feet right ear, 3 feet left ear.
Whisper test 5 feet right ear with hearing aid, 3 feet left ear without hearing aid.
Audiogram left 30/500 Hz, 40/1000 Hz, 60/2000 Hz; right 25/500 Hz, 35/1000 Hz,
80/2000 Hz.
Audiogram left 35/500 Hz, 50/1000 Hz, 40/3000 Hz; right 35/500 Hz, 35/1000 Hz,
60/3000 Hz. - ✔✔Whisper test 5 feet right ear with hearing aid, 3 feet left ear without
hearing aid.
✔✔An audiometric test produces the following results: Left ear: 500 Hz, 35dB Loss;
1,000 Hz, 35 dB loss; 2,000 Hz 45 dB loss. Right ear: 500 Hz, 40 dB loss; 1,000 Hz, 45
dB loss; 2,000 40 dB loss. What is the certification? - ✔✔2 years
✔✔A driver has loss of hearing in the better ear of 25 dB loss at 500 Hz, 40 dB loss at
1000 Hz, and 60 dB loss at 2000 Hz. With respect to the hearing requirement for
medical certification, the driver __________. - ✔✔do not certify
SURE A+
✔✔Additional tests above and beyond what are necessitated by the examination
process should be performed only when ____________. - ✔✔The examination was
unable to determine if the driver passed one or more requirements.
✔✔The FMCSA directly regulates __________. - ✔✔Interstate commercial operations,
including the driver.
✔✔Driver Examination 2/17/2012, blood pressure 144/102. Driver given three month
certification to 5/17/12. The driver returns on 3/16/12 and is noted with blood pressure
of 124/82. The next step for the medical examiner will be to: - ✔✔Perform a complete
examination and certify the driver for one year if the driver passes the examination.
✔✔What is the sx free waiting period for BPPV? - ✔✔two months
✔✔What are the "Ask about" vision conditions? - ✔✔aphakia, retinopathy, cataracts,
glaucoma, and macular degeneration.
✔✔What type of corrective lenses are prohibited by the FMCSA? - ✔✔lenses that
correct distance vision in one eye and near vision in the other
telescopic lenses
✔✔What is the min vision requirements using snellen chart? - ✔✔20/40
✔✔What is the minimum peripheral vision needed? - ✔✔70 degrees
✔✔is monocular vision disqualifying? - ✔✔yes
✔✔Additional testing should be obtained when the CMV driver has the following visual
symptoms - ✔✔Blurred vision.
Floaters.
Restriction in visual field.
Vision testing results that do not meet standards.
✔✔Can someone with monoocular vision apply for an exemption waiver? - ✔✔yes as
long as they meet all other vision and physical requirements
✔✔Drivers who must wear a hearing aid may be certified for - ✔✔2 years
✔✔What are the minimum hearing requirements? - ✔✔be better ear greater than 40
decibels at 500 Hz, 1,000 Hz, and 2,000 Hz, with or without a hearing aid.
, ✔✔How do you do a hearing eval on someone who uses hearing aides? -
✔✔whispered word or audiologist or otolaryngologist with specialized equipment for
testing.
✔✔What is the minimum symptom free waiting period for drivers with dizziness or
vertigo? - ✔✔2 months
✔✔What otic conditions should you not certify? - ✔✔a) Uncontrolled vertigo.
b) Ménière's disease.
c) Nonfunctioning labyrinth.
d) Nonfunctioning fistula.`
✔✔The medical examiner's role in the exemption process includes _________.
Issuing the exemption.
Issuing the prescription for the driver's contact lenses and/or glasses.
Providing the driver with contact information for the Federal Vision Exemption Program.
Assuring that the driver has peripheral vision of at least 110 degrees in each eye. -
✔✔Providing the driver with contact information for the Federal Vision Exemption
Program.
✔✔What eye conditions must the medical examiner ask the driver about? -
✔✔Retinopathy, cataracts, aphakia, glaucoma, macular degeneration
✔✔A driver who wears contact lenses which correct farsightedness in one eye and
nearsightedness in the other, but has no other visual impairments can be certified under
what additional conditions - ✔✔FMCSA guidance indicates that a driver should not be
certified under these circumstances.
✔✔Which of the following drivers' tests meet hearing certification standards?
Whisper test 4 feet right ear, 3 feet left ear.
Whisper test 5 feet right ear with hearing aid, 3 feet left ear without hearing aid.
Audiogram left 30/500 Hz, 40/1000 Hz, 60/2000 Hz; right 25/500 Hz, 35/1000 Hz,
80/2000 Hz.
Audiogram left 35/500 Hz, 50/1000 Hz, 40/3000 Hz; right 35/500 Hz, 35/1000 Hz,
60/3000 Hz. - ✔✔Whisper test 5 feet right ear with hearing aid, 3 feet left ear without
hearing aid.
✔✔An audiometric test produces the following results: Left ear: 500 Hz, 35dB Loss;
1,000 Hz, 35 dB loss; 2,000 Hz 45 dB loss. Right ear: 500 Hz, 40 dB loss; 1,000 Hz, 45
dB loss; 2,000 40 dB loss. What is the certification? - ✔✔2 years
✔✔A driver has loss of hearing in the better ear of 25 dB loss at 500 Hz, 40 dB loss at
1000 Hz, and 60 dB loss at 2000 Hz. With respect to the hearing requirement for
medical certification, the driver __________. - ✔✔do not certify
