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