Acrisure Truck Group DOT Compliance Quiz: Hours of Service

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* 1. Name:

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* 2. Company:

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* 3. Email address:

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* 4. Motor Carriers operating CMV’s over 10,001lbs or greater in interstate commerce must maintain some form of hours-of-service records?

a) True

b) False

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* 5. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSR’s) require the use of an Electronic Logging Device (ELD) in all CMV’s no exceptions exist.

a) True

b) False

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* 6. Under the short haul provision, a CDL driver must meet which of the below requirements to use it.

a) Must operate within 150amr of the normal work reporting location.

b) Must return to the normal work reporting location and be released from work within 14hrs.

c) Must have 10 consecutive hours off between the 14hr work periods.

d) Must maintain time records/cards showing the start time, total hours on duty, and time released.

e) All the above.

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* 7. Motor carrier operations utilizing the short haul provision in non-cdl vehicles, have options to extend the 14hr days if needed and may still utilize the timecard allowance.

a) True

b) False

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* 8. If a driver works on their CMV while at home, it’s considered “off-duty” time.

a) True

b) False

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* 9. A driver who has a second job outside of the motor carrier operations, they are exempt from notifying the motor carrier employer, as those compensated hours worked is not related to “trucking operations”.

a) True

b) False

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* 10. Drivers are subject to various hours of service limitations to reduce fatigue and ensure safe operations. One of these rules is the rest break requirement after driving for 8 hours. That minimum time:

a) A rest period of 15 mins

b) A rest period of 30 mins which can be split in two separate periods

c) A rest period of 30 mins which must be consecutive with no split time.

d) None of the above

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* 11. Drivers are subject to various hours of service limitations to reduce fatigue and ensure safe operations. The hours for property carriers prohibit driving after which of the below hours of service limitations have been met.

a) 10 hours of driving or 16 hours of on-duty time. (10hr/16hr)

b) 11 hours of driving or 14 hours of on-duty time (11hr/14hr)

c) 8 hours of driving or 12 hours of on-duty time (8hr/12hr)

d) None of the above

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* 12. A driver may never claim an hours-of-service allowance for adverse driving conditions that they may encounter.

a) True

b) False

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* 13. A driver may claim “off-duty” or “personal conveyance” if they drive to a nearby, reasonable, safe location to obtain required rest after loading or unloading. The time driving under personal conveyance must allow the driver adequate time to obtain the required rest in accordance with minimum off-duty periods before returning to on-duty driving, and the resting location must be the first such location reasonably available.

a) True

b) False