Weight Verification licensing exam 2023 graded A
A weigh master is any person who weighs, measures or counts commodities and
issues a statement of the weight, measure or count:
A. for himself only
B. for others only
C. for hire or otherwise
D. for commodities over 1,000 lb
C. for hire or otherwise
A weigh master is any person who issues a statement or memorandum of the
weight, measure, or count which is used as a basis:
A. for the purchase of a commodity
B. for the sale of a commodity
C. for the purchase or sale of a commodity or a charge for service
D. for a charge for service
C. for the purchase or sale of a commodity or a charge for service
A weigh master:
A. must provide public weighing services
B. is not required to provide public weighing services
C. must provide public weighing services when requested
D. must specify on what days public weighing will be done
B. is not required to provide public weighing services
Which of the following must be a weigh master?
A. Common carriers issuing bills of lading containing the weights of
commodities, for the purpose of commuting transportation charges
B. Garbage and refuse disposal districts operating pursuant to the Health and
Safety Code or county sanitation districts and gov't solid waste facilities
C. Retailers weighing, measuring or counting salvage materials or returnable
materials for redemption by them in retail stores directly from and in the presence
of the seller
D. Processing or conditioning establishments receiving farm products by weight
for processing, conditioning or sale
E. Persons who purchase scrap metals or salvage materials pursuant to a non-
profit recycling program
D. Processing or conditioning establishments receiving farm products by weight for
processing, conditioning or sale
Producers of ag commodities or livestock when weighing commodities produced
or purchased by them or by their producer neighbors need not be a weigh master
unless:
A. There is a charge for the weighing
B. There is a signed or initialed statement of weight
C. The weight statement is used in the purchase or sale of the commodity
D. all of the above
D. all of the above
For the purpose of deciding whether an entity must be a weigh master "retailer"
means an entity which deserves what percentage of its income from the sale of
,small quantities of food or nonfood items, or both directly to consumers:
A. 90%
B. 85%
C. 75%
D. at least 50%
A. 90%
Which of the following is also considered a weigh master certificate?
A. a check weigh ticket showing axle weights
B. a Fish and Game receipt showing the weight of fish, mollusks, or crustaceans
C. a receipt for the purchase of salvage materials where the seller was unable to
view the scale
D. None of the above
B. a Fish and Game receipt showing the weight of the fish, mollusks or crustaceans
Which of the following commodities weight can be determined by computation
based upon a volumetric measurement of its container?
A. kiwi fruit
B. squid, anchovy, or Pacific whiting
C. tuna, calamari, and clams
D. dried beans (kidney and garbanzo)
B. squid, anchovy, and Pacific whiting
A weigh master's license year means the period of time beginning with:
A. the 1st day of the month that the weigh master is required to be licensed
B. the day that the weigh master's license application arrives in Sac
C. the 1st day of the month the weigh master requests his license to start
D. July 1st of the each year
A. the 1st day of the month that the weigh master is required to be licensed
If a license renewal fee is not paid on time:
A. the license is revoked
B. a penalty equal to the amount of the license fee shall be added
C. a $25.00 penalty is assessed
D. no penalty is assessed
B. a penalty equal to the amount of the license fee shall be added
A weigh master must apply for a new license whenever:
A . he adds a new person to do weighing
B. he adds a new weighing location
C. there is a change in the type or brand of weighing device being used
D. there is a change in the legal entity of the weigh master
D. there is a change in the legal entity of the weigh master
Weigh master certificates in use as of Dec 31, 1984 may be used until:
A. the next printing
B. Jan 1, 1986
C. Jan 1, 1988
D. Dec 31, 1985
E. Both A and C above
C. Jan 1, 1988
, Weigh master records must be kept and preserved for at least:
A. 1 year
B. 2 years
C. 4 years
D. 7 years
c. 4 years
If an error is made in the weights, measure or count on a weigh master
certification it must be corrected by:
A. crossing out the error and writing the correct figure above it
B. whiting out the incorrect error and replacing it with the correct figure
C. Issuing a correction certificate to all parties who wee issued the original
certificate
D. Sending a letter to all parties receiving the original certificate, letting them
know of the error
C. Issuing a correction certificate to all parties who wee issued the original certificate
If a certificate cannot be completed because a truck has not returned for a second
weight, a weigh master should:
A. void the certificate
B. leave it open for at least a year
C. make it a gross only or tare only ticket and file it
D. tear up the ticket
C. make it a gross only or tare only ticket and file it
A weigh master may employ or designate any person to act for the weigh master
as a deputy weigh master and:
A. shall be responsible for all acts performed by that person
B. shall forward to the Dept the name of the deputy and the fees
C. may replace deputies without payment if they forward to the Dept names of
replacement and deleted deputies
D. all of the above
A. shall be responsible for all acts performed by that person
A weigh master shall issue a weigh master certificate:
A. whenever it is requested
B. whenever payment for the commodity or service represented is dependent on
a written or printed, measure or count
C. whenever payment is offered
D. whenever he/she weighs a vehicle for any reason
B. whenever payment for the commodity or service represented is dependent on a
written or printed, measure or count
A weigh master certificate may be signed and issued by a weigh master other
than the weigh master who actually determined the weight, if:
A. the weigh master issuing the certificate does so based on info received from
the weigh master who actually determined the weight
B. the weigh master knows the weight to be accurate
C. both weigh masters are on the same principal license
D. the records and worksheets, signed by the weigh master who actually weighed
the commodity are maintained as part of the records
A weigh master is any person who weighs, measures or counts commodities and
issues a statement of the weight, measure or count:
A. for himself only
B. for others only
C. for hire or otherwise
D. for commodities over 1,000 lb
C. for hire or otherwise
A weigh master is any person who issues a statement or memorandum of the
weight, measure, or count which is used as a basis:
A. for the purchase of a commodity
B. for the sale of a commodity
C. for the purchase or sale of a commodity or a charge for service
D. for a charge for service
C. for the purchase or sale of a commodity or a charge for service
A weigh master:
A. must provide public weighing services
B. is not required to provide public weighing services
C. must provide public weighing services when requested
D. must specify on what days public weighing will be done
B. is not required to provide public weighing services
Which of the following must be a weigh master?
A. Common carriers issuing bills of lading containing the weights of
commodities, for the purpose of commuting transportation charges
B. Garbage and refuse disposal districts operating pursuant to the Health and
Safety Code or county sanitation districts and gov't solid waste facilities
C. Retailers weighing, measuring or counting salvage materials or returnable
materials for redemption by them in retail stores directly from and in the presence
of the seller
D. Processing or conditioning establishments receiving farm products by weight
for processing, conditioning or sale
E. Persons who purchase scrap metals or salvage materials pursuant to a non-
profit recycling program
D. Processing or conditioning establishments receiving farm products by weight for
processing, conditioning or sale
Producers of ag commodities or livestock when weighing commodities produced
or purchased by them or by their producer neighbors need not be a weigh master
unless:
A. There is a charge for the weighing
B. There is a signed or initialed statement of weight
C. The weight statement is used in the purchase or sale of the commodity
D. all of the above
D. all of the above
For the purpose of deciding whether an entity must be a weigh master "retailer"
means an entity which deserves what percentage of its income from the sale of
,small quantities of food or nonfood items, or both directly to consumers:
A. 90%
B. 85%
C. 75%
D. at least 50%
A. 90%
Which of the following is also considered a weigh master certificate?
A. a check weigh ticket showing axle weights
B. a Fish and Game receipt showing the weight of fish, mollusks, or crustaceans
C. a receipt for the purchase of salvage materials where the seller was unable to
view the scale
D. None of the above
B. a Fish and Game receipt showing the weight of the fish, mollusks or crustaceans
Which of the following commodities weight can be determined by computation
based upon a volumetric measurement of its container?
A. kiwi fruit
B. squid, anchovy, or Pacific whiting
C. tuna, calamari, and clams
D. dried beans (kidney and garbanzo)
B. squid, anchovy, and Pacific whiting
A weigh master's license year means the period of time beginning with:
A. the 1st day of the month that the weigh master is required to be licensed
B. the day that the weigh master's license application arrives in Sac
C. the 1st day of the month the weigh master requests his license to start
D. July 1st of the each year
A. the 1st day of the month that the weigh master is required to be licensed
If a license renewal fee is not paid on time:
A. the license is revoked
B. a penalty equal to the amount of the license fee shall be added
C. a $25.00 penalty is assessed
D. no penalty is assessed
B. a penalty equal to the amount of the license fee shall be added
A weigh master must apply for a new license whenever:
A . he adds a new person to do weighing
B. he adds a new weighing location
C. there is a change in the type or brand of weighing device being used
D. there is a change in the legal entity of the weigh master
D. there is a change in the legal entity of the weigh master
Weigh master certificates in use as of Dec 31, 1984 may be used until:
A. the next printing
B. Jan 1, 1986
C. Jan 1, 1988
D. Dec 31, 1985
E. Both A and C above
C. Jan 1, 1988
, Weigh master records must be kept and preserved for at least:
A. 1 year
B. 2 years
C. 4 years
D. 7 years
c. 4 years
If an error is made in the weights, measure or count on a weigh master
certification it must be corrected by:
A. crossing out the error and writing the correct figure above it
B. whiting out the incorrect error and replacing it with the correct figure
C. Issuing a correction certificate to all parties who wee issued the original
certificate
D. Sending a letter to all parties receiving the original certificate, letting them
know of the error
C. Issuing a correction certificate to all parties who wee issued the original certificate
If a certificate cannot be completed because a truck has not returned for a second
weight, a weigh master should:
A. void the certificate
B. leave it open for at least a year
C. make it a gross only or tare only ticket and file it
D. tear up the ticket
C. make it a gross only or tare only ticket and file it
A weigh master may employ or designate any person to act for the weigh master
as a deputy weigh master and:
A. shall be responsible for all acts performed by that person
B. shall forward to the Dept the name of the deputy and the fees
C. may replace deputies without payment if they forward to the Dept names of
replacement and deleted deputies
D. all of the above
A. shall be responsible for all acts performed by that person
A weigh master shall issue a weigh master certificate:
A. whenever it is requested
B. whenever payment for the commodity or service represented is dependent on
a written or printed, measure or count
C. whenever payment is offered
D. whenever he/she weighs a vehicle for any reason
B. whenever payment for the commodity or service represented is dependent on a
written or printed, measure or count
A weigh master certificate may be signed and issued by a weigh master other
than the weigh master who actually determined the weight, if:
A. the weigh master issuing the certificate does so based on info received from
the weigh master who actually determined the weight
B. the weigh master knows the weight to be accurate
C. both weigh masters are on the same principal license
D. the records and worksheets, signed by the weigh master who actually weighed
the commodity are maintained as part of the records
