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An unrestricted CMV Driver Medical Certificate must be renewed:
A) Annually
B) Every 2 eyars
C) Every 4 years
D) When the state issued driver's license is renewed - CORRECT ANSWER-B) Every 2
years
FMCSA regulate interstate commercial operations including the:
A) Driver
B) Vehicle
C) Motor Carrier
D) All of the above - CORRECT ANSWER-D) All of the above
The primary mission of FMCSA is to:
A) improve the quality of the highways
B) promote the safety of the roads
C) regulate the performance of medical exams
D) ensure state regulations coincide with federal regulations - CORRECT ANSWER-B)
promote the safety of the roads
Drivers of which of the following vehicles DO NOT require a CMV certificate?
A) vehicles weighing over 26,000 lb
B) vehicles weighing under 26,000 lbs and transporting hazardous material with
placarding
C) Vehicles weighing under 10,000 lb and designed to transport up to 12 persons
(including driver) without compensation
D) drivers of all the above require CMV certification - CORRECT ANSWER-C) Vehicles
weighing under 10,000 lb and designed to transport up to 12 persons (including driver)
without compensation
What differentiates whether certification is required for interstate versus intrastate?
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A) The carrier's job description for the driver
B) The driver's medical history
C) the state in which the driver's CDL is issued
D) The origination and/or destination of the commerce or goods - CORRECT ANSWER-
D) The origination and/or destination of the commerce or goods
You wish to review records on a driver who is otherwise qualified and designate him as
"determination pending" for the 30 days remaining on his current certification. Upon
review of the records, you amend him to qualified for one year. What date do you
designate on your certificate?
A) One year from the date you qualify the driver and amend the pending status
B) One year from the date the exam was conducted - CORRECT ANSWER-A) One
year from the date you qualify the driver and amend the pending status
According to regulation, which of the following must be evaluated as part of the eye
exam?
A) pupil reaction
B) iris symmetry
C) conjunctival injection
D) tonometry pressures - CORRECT ANSWER-A) pupil reaction
Vision testing may be performed and certified by which of the following?
A) licensed ophthalmologist
B) licensed optometrist
C) certified medical examiner
D) all of the above - CORRECT ANSWER-D) All of the above
The driver's corrected visual acuity is: right eye 20/40, left eye 20/80, both eyes 20/40.
The examiner should
A) Refer the driver to optometrist for second opinion
B) Disqualify driver and inform of the visual exemption program
C) End the examination at this point as it will not qualify
D) Continue the exam and explain to driver the process for approval of monocular vision
- CORRECT ANSWER-D) Continue the exam and explain to driver the process for
approval of monocular vision
Which of the following is not a required eye exam procedure or assessment?
A) Fundoscopic exam
B) Confrontation
C) Pupillary reaction
D) Extraocular movement - CORRECT ANSWER-A) Fundoscopic exam
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NRCME Examination Practice
Questions with complete solutions
latest version
An unrestricted CMV Driver Medical Certificate must be renewed:
A) Annually
B) Every 2 eyars
C) Every 4 years
D) When the state issued driver's license is renewed - CORRECT ANSWER-B) Every 2
years
FMCSA regulate interstate commercial operations including the:
A) Driver
B) Vehicle
C) Motor Carrier
D) All of the above - CORRECT ANSWER-D) All of the above
The primary mission of FMCSA is to:
A) improve the quality of the highways
B) promote the safety of the roads
C) regulate the performance of medical exams
D) ensure state regulations coincide with federal regulations - CORRECT ANSWER-B)
promote the safety of the roads
Drivers of which of the following vehicles DO NOT require a CMV certificate?
A) vehicles weighing over 26,000 lb
B) vehicles weighing under 26,000 lbs and transporting hazardous material with
placarding
C) Vehicles weighing under 10,000 lb and designed to transport up to 12 persons
(including driver) without compensation
D) drivers of all the above require CMV certification - CORRECT ANSWER-C) Vehicles
weighing under 10,000 lb and designed to transport up to 12 persons (including driver)
without compensation
What differentiates whether certification is required for interstate versus intrastate?
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A) The carrier's job description for the driver
B) The driver's medical history
C) the state in which the driver's CDL is issued
D) The origination and/or destination of the commerce or goods - CORRECT ANSWER-
D) The origination and/or destination of the commerce or goods
You wish to review records on a driver who is otherwise qualified and designate him as
"determination pending" for the 30 days remaining on his current certification. Upon
review of the records, you amend him to qualified for one year. What date do you
designate on your certificate?
A) One year from the date you qualify the driver and amend the pending status
B) One year from the date the exam was conducted - CORRECT ANSWER-A) One
year from the date you qualify the driver and amend the pending status
According to regulation, which of the following must be evaluated as part of the eye
exam?
A) pupil reaction
B) iris symmetry
C) conjunctival injection
D) tonometry pressures - CORRECT ANSWER-A) pupil reaction
Vision testing may be performed and certified by which of the following?
A) licensed ophthalmologist
B) licensed optometrist
C) certified medical examiner
D) all of the above - CORRECT ANSWER-D) All of the above
The driver's corrected visual acuity is: right eye 20/40, left eye 20/80, both eyes 20/40.
The examiner should
A) Refer the driver to optometrist for second opinion
B) Disqualify driver and inform of the visual exemption program
C) End the examination at this point as it will not qualify
D) Continue the exam and explain to driver the process for approval of monocular vision
- CORRECT ANSWER-D) Continue the exam and explain to driver the process for
approval of monocular vision
Which of the following is not a required eye exam procedure or assessment?
A) Fundoscopic exam
B) Confrontation
C) Pupillary reaction
D) Extraocular movement - CORRECT ANSWER-A) Fundoscopic exam
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