Background and Structure

Question 1

What does the FMCSA mission statement say is the organization’s purpose?

Answer 1

The FMCSA mission statement says that this organization’s purpose is to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities involving large buses and trucks.

Question 2

The FMCSA exists to decrease crashes, injuries, and fatalities that involve large trucks and buses. What are the four different tasks it lists in its mission statement to help it achieve this safety goal

Answer 2

1. Develop and enforce data-driven regulations that will balance truck or bus company safety with industry efficiency
2. Make use of safety information systems to focus on high-risk carriers in enforcing safety regulations
3. Give targeted educational messages to motor carriers(meaning truck and bus companies), commercial drivers, and the public.
4. Work or partner with federal, state, and local enforcement agencies, truck and bus companies, safety groups, and organized labor on efforts to reduce bus and truck related crashes

Question 3

What is the mission statement of the office of medical programs?

Answer 3

This office works to promote the safety of America’s roadways. The office does this by implementing medical regulations, guidelines, and policies that ensure that commercial motor vehicle drivers who are engaged in interstate commerce are physically qualified to do so.

Question 4

What entity oversees the national medical certification process for commercial motor vehicle drivers who operate in interstate commerce?

Answer 4

Office of Medical Programs

Question 5

What entity develops and then implements medical regulations, policies, and procedures that affect commercial motor vehicle drivers?

Answer 5

Office of Medical Programs

Question 6

What entity oversees and supports the Medical Review Board because it is directed to do so by the Federal Advisory Committee act?

Answer 6

Office of Medical Programs

Question 7

What entity has developed and implemented the National Registry Program?

Answer 7

Office of Medical Programs

Question 8

What entity conducts and then oversees the agency’s medical exemption and certificate program?

Answer 8

Office of Medical Programs

Question 9

What entity is the lead federal agency for the regulation of commercial motor vehicle driver health and safety, and also leads the process of conducting relevant medical research?

Answer 9

Office of Medical Programs

Question 10

What is the purpose of the National Registry Of Certified Medical Examiners?

Answer 10

Improve highway safety by producing trained, certified medical examiners who will then determine if a commercial motor vehicle drivers health meets Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration standards. In other words, they are responsible for producing DOT certified medical examiners.