CSA BASIC Driver Quiz

Question #1: Which BASIC scores are NOT publicly accessible?

Hours of Service
Crash Indicator
Driver Fitness
Controlled Substances / Alcohol
Vehicle Maintenance
Unsafe Driving

Question #2: A trucking company can remove a bad drivers inspection and crash data from its Safety Measurement System (SMS) scores by terminating the driver.

True
False

Question #3: When a trucking company hires a new driver, the company inherits that drivers past violations.

True
False

Question #4: Which of the following does the FMCSA take into account in order to compare among carriers with different levels of exposure in various BASICs?

Number of power untis
Vehicle miles travelled
Number of inspections
All of the above

Question #5: Who has access to official driver CSA scores?

All trucking companies
The company that currently employs the driver
The driver him/herself
FMCSA enforcement staff during motor carrier investigations
Insurance companies
Third party logistics companies
Third party vendors who market driver scorecards

Question #6: CSA takes into consideration tickets and warnings drivers receive when operating their personal vehicles.

True
False

Question #7: Clean roadside inspections can actually improve a driver or carrier's CSA scores.

True
False

Question #8: Under CSA, only out-of-service violations are counted in the measurement system.

True
False

Question #9: The content of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations has changed as a result of CSA.

True
False

Question #10: As part of CSA, FMCSA evaluates the physical fitness of drivers and penalizes drivers with body mass indices (BMIs).

True
False

Question #11: CSA Gives FMCSA the authority to revoke a driver's CDL.

True
False

Question #12: State issued convictions are part of the SMS formula for calculating CSA scores.

True
False

Question #13: CSA Scores are weighted by:

TIME: (older events are weighted less than recent ones)
SEVERITY: (events closely linked with crash risk or crash severity are weighed more)
NOTHING
Time and Severity

Question #14: Federal law requires you to wear a seat belt.

True
False

Question #15: What is item NOT looked at during a roadside inspection:

Over heated Brakes
Hub seals
anti-siphon valve

Question #16: During a level 1 roadside inspection, the items that may be requested do NOT include:

Log Book
Licensce and Registration
Charter Order, Bill of Lading or other employer specific documentation
Health Card and Drivers License
The Insurance Card
The manufacturers statement of origin

Question #17: Roadside inspections are NOT based on which criteria?

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations
North American Standard Out of Service Criteria
National Highway Safety Association

Question #18: Any time a driver has an interaction with a trained officer that results in a roadside inspection report being produced, the information is gathered and entered into the SMS system.

True
False

Question #19: Carrier interventions can be triggered by:

A high driver BASIC score
A driver receiving a ticket
A random drawing
When a carrier reaches a score that exceeds a certain threshold in one or more BASICS

Question #20: A driver's BASICS score does not affect the driver's CDL.

True
False

Question #21: All warnings, citations or tickets received by a driver will be entered into the SMS.

True
False

Question #22: Operating an Out of Service CMV is an example of a violation of which BASIC?

Crash Indicator BASIC
Driver Fitness BASIC
Unsafe Driving BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance BASIC

Question #23: Data collection, safety measurement, safety evaluation and intervention are:

The four BASICS of the CSA system
The four statistical tools used to monitor drivers
The four components of the CSA system
The four types of citation a carrier can be given

Question #24: The best way to reduce BASIC scores is to:

Comply with regulations and laws
Participate in any any training and compliance checks offered by your company
Strive for roadside inspections with no violations
All of the above answers are correct

Question #25: Severity weighting is:

The process of determining how much a violation hurts your driving record
The process of determining how out of compliance a driver is in the SMS
The process of assigning a numerical value to a violation in the SMS
The process to assigning a penalty to a particular violation
All of the above are correct

Question #26: Time weighting is:

The process of entering a violation into the SMS
The process of tracking how many times a driver has received a particular violation
The process of putting more emphasis on more serious violations
The process of putting more emphasis in recent violations than past violations

Question #27: I have now completed the CSA BASICS you need to know, and I:

Understand the material provided
Agree to adhere to the information provided
Now acknowledge I have been provided the infomation
Understand that the information is always available to me and available online here ad elswhere
All of the above are accurate statements that I agree to

CSA BASICS you need to know QUIZ

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