MTA DISPATCHER EXAM 1-30
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. Bus operators must notify depot supervision if they are convicted of a traffic violation
(other than a felony or misdemeanor)within?
A. 1 working day
B. 3 working days
C. 5 working days
D. Working day - Correct Answers -C. 5 working days
A. Half an hour after sunset
B. When the sky is overcast
C. When the windshield wiper are on
D. At all times while bus is operating - Correct Answers -D. At all times while bus is
operating
A dispatcher is scheduling bus operators for their 19a medicals. Notice to each bus
operator of his/her scheduled time must be provided at least
A. 1 hour in advance
B. 24 hours in advance
C. 48 hours in advance
D. 72 hours in advance - Correct Answers -C. 48 hours in advance
Bus operator Bell reports for duty at 17:30 and tells the crew dispatcher that he has
misplaced his driver's license. The crew dispatcher should
A. Instruct him to complete his tour and then fill out an incident report
B. Instruct him to complete his tour and then go to the motor vehicles for a duplicate
license the next day
C. Tell him he must get written permission from the depot manager before
taking a run out without his license
D. Hold him out of service, and instruct him to go to the department of motor vehicles for
a duplicate license. - Correct Answers -D. Hold him out of service, and instruct him to go
to the department of motor vehicles for a duplicate license.
3. Bus operator Sal stops at a bus stop to pick up passengers. The bus becomes full
and operator Sal sees his depot superintendent waiting to get onto his bus. The depot
, superintendent is off duty and is in a rush to get home. Operator Sal opens the back
door in order to allow the superintendent to get onto the bus. This action is
A. Permissible, because the superintendent is a NYCT employee:
B. Permissible, because the bus is crowded
C. Prohibited, because the superintendent is off duty
D. Prohibited, because no one is allowed to enter the bus from the rear door - Correct
Answers -D. Prohibited, because no one is allowed to enter the bus from the rear door
A bus operator must permit the use of the wheelchair lift on his bus by a customer
A. Only if the customer is in a wheelchair
B. Only if the customer has an obvious physical disability
C. Only if the customer is in a wheelchair, or crutches ches or cane to walk
D. If the customer has difficulty using the front door steps. - Correct Answers -D. If the
customer has difficulty using the front door steps.
Bus operator Rosa mercado approaches a school bus that Is standing with its red lights
flashing. She does not see any children getting on or off the school bus. Rosa should
A. Pass the school bus at a speed under 10 mph while tapping horn twice
B. Proceed at normal speed past the school bus, tapping horn twice
C. Come to a stop. Tap her horn twice, and then slowly pass the school bus
D. Come to a stop until the red lights stop flashing or bus driver waves you on - Correct
Answers -D. Come to a stop until the red lights stop flashing or bus driver waves you on
When operating on a street used by only one bus route, bus opperators must maintain a
minimum distance of how many feet between moving buses?
A. 100 feet
B. 75 feet
C. 50 Feet
C. 50 Feet
D. 10 feet - Correct Answers -A. 100 feet
Bus operators must notify department of buses management of driver's license.
A. The next business day
B. Two working days
C. Three working days
D. Five working days - Correct Answers -A. The next business day
You are the road dispatcher on the scene where a car has collided with the rear end of
the bus at a stop light. A customer on the bus fell into a pole and is bleeding from his
head. You offer to transport the customer to a local hospital in your NYCT vehicle and
the customer accepts. This action is
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. Bus operators must notify depot supervision if they are convicted of a traffic violation
(other than a felony or misdemeanor)within?
A. 1 working day
B. 3 working days
C. 5 working days
D. Working day - Correct Answers -C. 5 working days
A. Half an hour after sunset
B. When the sky is overcast
C. When the windshield wiper are on
D. At all times while bus is operating - Correct Answers -D. At all times while bus is
operating
A dispatcher is scheduling bus operators for their 19a medicals. Notice to each bus
operator of his/her scheduled time must be provided at least
A. 1 hour in advance
B. 24 hours in advance
C. 48 hours in advance
D. 72 hours in advance - Correct Answers -C. 48 hours in advance
Bus operator Bell reports for duty at 17:30 and tells the crew dispatcher that he has
misplaced his driver's license. The crew dispatcher should
A. Instruct him to complete his tour and then fill out an incident report
B. Instruct him to complete his tour and then go to the motor vehicles for a duplicate
license the next day
C. Tell him he must get written permission from the depot manager before
taking a run out without his license
D. Hold him out of service, and instruct him to go to the department of motor vehicles for
a duplicate license. - Correct Answers -D. Hold him out of service, and instruct him to go
to the department of motor vehicles for a duplicate license.
3. Bus operator Sal stops at a bus stop to pick up passengers. The bus becomes full
and operator Sal sees his depot superintendent waiting to get onto his bus. The depot
, superintendent is off duty and is in a rush to get home. Operator Sal opens the back
door in order to allow the superintendent to get onto the bus. This action is
A. Permissible, because the superintendent is a NYCT employee:
B. Permissible, because the bus is crowded
C. Prohibited, because the superintendent is off duty
D. Prohibited, because no one is allowed to enter the bus from the rear door - Correct
Answers -D. Prohibited, because no one is allowed to enter the bus from the rear door
A bus operator must permit the use of the wheelchair lift on his bus by a customer
A. Only if the customer is in a wheelchair
B. Only if the customer has an obvious physical disability
C. Only if the customer is in a wheelchair, or crutches ches or cane to walk
D. If the customer has difficulty using the front door steps. - Correct Answers -D. If the
customer has difficulty using the front door steps.
Bus operator Rosa mercado approaches a school bus that Is standing with its red lights
flashing. She does not see any children getting on or off the school bus. Rosa should
A. Pass the school bus at a speed under 10 mph while tapping horn twice
B. Proceed at normal speed past the school bus, tapping horn twice
C. Come to a stop. Tap her horn twice, and then slowly pass the school bus
D. Come to a stop until the red lights stop flashing or bus driver waves you on - Correct
Answers -D. Come to a stop until the red lights stop flashing or bus driver waves you on
When operating on a street used by only one bus route, bus opperators must maintain a
minimum distance of how many feet between moving buses?
A. 100 feet
B. 75 feet
C. 50 Feet
C. 50 Feet
D. 10 feet - Correct Answers -A. 100 feet
Bus operators must notify department of buses management of driver's license.
A. The next business day
B. Two working days
C. Three working days
D. Five working days - Correct Answers -A. The next business day
You are the road dispatcher on the scene where a car has collided with the rear end of
the bus at a stop light. A customer on the bus fell into a pole and is bleeding from his
head. You offer to transport the customer to a local hospital in your NYCT vehicle and
the customer accepts. This action is
