Transportation Operations - Learning Block 1 Practice Questions

Question 1

Transportation operations is mainly concerned with:

Answer 1

Ensuring the flow of materials

Question 2

What are the two major types of utilities created by transportation?

Answer 2

Time and place

Question 3

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2014), the job growth rate in the transportation sector is expected to:

Answer 3

Increase

Question 4

Transportation provides the link between various:

Answer 4

Entities in a supply chain

Question 5

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2014), transportation growth will be driven by:

Answer 5

Importance of logistics

Question 6

What are the various broad components of the transportation sector?

Answer 6

Inbound, outbound, reverse

Question 7

Transportation is what kind of demand?

Answer 7

Derived

Question 8

The job availability in the transportation sector between 2014 and 2022 is expected to:

Answer 8

Grow by over 20%

Question 9

The government process of relaxing and removing fare, rate, and route controls is known as:

Answer 9

Deregulation

Question 10

A majority of U.S. exports (by tonnage) are carried by:

Answer 10

Ocean freight