Quiz 5

Question 1

Bicycle

Answer 1

Bicycle means a device propelled by human power upon which a person may ride, having two tandem wheels either of which is 14 inches in diameter, or every such device generally recognized as a bicycle though equipped with two front or rear wheels except a moped.

Question 2

Acceleration Scuff

Answer 2

A mark made when sufficient power is applied to the driving wheels to make at least one of them spin on the roadway surface.

Question 3

Impending skid mark

Answer 3

A very faint skid mark which indicates the transition from maximum effective braking to the beginning of a locked wheel skid

Question 4

Locked wheel skid marks

Answer 4

A mark on the roadway made by a non rotating tire along either a strait or curved path in the direction that the vehicle was traveling

Question 5

Middle ordinate

Answer 5

A strait line from the midpoint of a chord to a point on the arc. The middle ordinate is perpendicular to the chord

Question 6

Pedestrian

Answer 6

A person a foot, or any person in a manual or motorized wheelchair, or a person in an electric personal assistive mobility device defined in NRS 482.029

Question 7

Right of way

Answer 7

Dirt area off of the roadway

Question 8

Roadway defect

Answer 8

A portion of a roadway which requires repair in order to restore it to its original condition. The defect may be a result of damage, wear or construction

Question 9

Sideslip

Answer 9

A scuff mark made while a vehicle is slipping sideways; the mark made on the road by a rotating tire which is slipping in a direction approximately parallel to the axle of the wheel

Question 10

Spatter

Answer 10

The collection of marks on a roadway surface made by liquid from a vehicle; or its cargo, by the force of a collision rapidly forcing the fluid out