Traffic Management and

Accident Investigation
1.It is a vehicular route carrying large volume
of traffic and serves as a main artery in the
road network:

a.major highway c. thoroughfare

b.highway d. speedway
2.What is the primary purpose of traffic law
enforcement?
a.Change the violators’ driving habits,
attitudes and behavior
b.Punish the violators
c.Apprehend violators
d.Prevent accident
3.Obstruction is limited only to vehicles on the
road that hinder or prevent the smooth flow of
traffic.

a.True b. False
4.It is the keeping of order on streets and
highways within existing regulations to make
their use safe and expeditions.
a. Supervision
b. control
c. maintenance
d. management
5.The actual legal owner of motor vehicle in
whose name such vehicle is duly registered
with LTO is known as?

a.Operator c. Owner
b.Proprietor d. None of these
6.Traffic patrol or observation in an area or
beat, which includes a number of streets,
roads or sections of highway?

a.Line patrol
b. Area patrol
c. Beat
d. Route
7.It is painted on the pavement and placed at
intersections and other places to provide
pedestrians with safety zone when crossing:
a.center
b. lane
c. cross walk
d. stop lines
7.It is painted on the pavement and placed at
intersections and other places to provide
pedestrians with safety zone when crossing:
a.center
b. lane
c. cross walk
d. stop lines
8.Known stirrups have been found in:

a.South Russia
b. America
c. Babylon
d. China
9.These include pedestrians, pedal cyclists,
drivers and passengers:

a.Road obstructions c. Traffic units

b.Road users d. Road ways
10.This refers to the authorized or
unauthorized use of the opposite lane of a
two way or separated road:

a.counter flow c. passing through

overtaking d. swervin
11.A safety device installed at the roadside to
protect vehicles, which run out of control from
falling on steep slopes or hitting fixed objects:
a.signal cycle
b. cycle split
c. guard rail
d. drainage
12.Traffic education includes the following,
EXCEPT:
a.Elimination of obstruction
b.Installation of traffic signs
c.Channelizations of lane when needed
d.Proper timing of signals for traffic flow
e.Construction of road pavements and traffic
signs
13.These are activities that are normally
resorted to by the courts on traffic violations:
a.Preventive c. punitive
b.persuasive d. enforcement
14.What science deals about measuring
traffic and travel?
a.Engineering b. Criminology c.
Physics d. enforcement
15.This is an act of examining the behavior of
motorists and the conditions of traffic:
a.inspection b. observation c.
assessment d. evaluation
16.It is an object or vehicle on the road that
hinders or prevent the smooth flow of traffic:
a.Obstruction b. Hindrance c. Hazard
d. Debris
17.Which of the following do not aggravate
traffic jam:
a.Squatters b. Vendors c. Trash and
garbage d. Traffic
18.These are motives which cause people to
avoid actions they know or believe can
produce unpleasant consequences:

a.Negative motives c. Secondary

motives
b.Positive motives d. Primary motives
19.It is a part of the roadway having a
constructed surface for the facilitation of
vehicular accident:
a. Embankment b. Pavement c.
Headway d. Highway
20.In traffic enforcement, what do you call on
the act of bringing a motor vehicle as a
consequence of traffic law violation?
a.Impounding c. Encumbrance
b.Seizure d. Confiscation
21.Among the following, what complex
activity deals directly with human behavior?
a.Enforcement
b. Learning
c. Planning
d. Processing
22.Vessels that had rounded stems:
a.North Sea Ships c. Phoenicia Ships
b.Mediterranean Rivers d. Chinese junks
23.It was in this river were the great blocks of
stones that went to make the pyramids of
Egypt were floated in barges:
a.Nile River c. Pacific Ocean
b.Mississippi River d. Indian Ocean
24.What is that traffic mechanism having a
complete electrical timing that is mounted on
a cabinet and with control operation:
a.Parking regulation c. signs control
b.Pedestrian control d. law enforcement
25.What is that point of time in which a
forthcoming accident cannot be prevented by
a particular traffic unit:
no escape b. tangency c. in avoidance
d. no return
26.First steamboat appeared in Ohio River
on:
a.1811 b. 1813 c. 1812 d. 1813
27.The occurrence in a sequence of events,
which usually produces unintended injury,
death or property damage as the result of
vehicle in motion.
a.accident b. tragedy c. injury d.
interruption
28.He pushed through the final stages of the
fully developed railway locomotive:
a.George Stephenson c. George Looked
b.George Stevens d. George Rommel
29.Canada’s first railroad:
a.Champlain c. Connecticut
b.St. Laurence d. Both A and B
30.What shall be the basis in the enforcement
of traffic rules:
a.laws b. actions c. rulings d. decisions
31.An accident involving traffic transportation
on a traffic way:
a.Traffic accident
b.Motor vehicle accident
c.Non-motor vehicle accident
d.Motor vehicle non-traffic accident
32.It is a deep depression at the end of a
furrow where a tire or other part of a vehicle
stop sliding:
a.Furrow-in b. Gas skid c. Groove
d. Grade
33.He perfected the Macadamized road
system in England:
a.John road c. John Palmer
b.John Mc Adam d. John Negroponte
34.It is a traffic violation relative to equipment,
parts accessories devices and markings on
motor vehicles:
a.Unauthorized improvised number plates
b.Fake and counterfeit drivers license
c.Overloading
d.Trip cutting
35.What ship device has been first known
among Chinese sailors:
a.Compass b. Valley c. Radar
d. Plank
36.On the early shipping history, ships on this
place had only one steering ear:
a.South China c. South Sea
b.North Sea d. Phoenicia straight
37.It is a raised portion of the earth, stone, or
a concrete construction intended to confine
rivers, canals, streets or railroads:
a.Embankment
b. pavement
c. headway
d. highway
38.Who was the inventor of the pneumatic
bicycle tire?
a.John Boyd Dunlop c. John Daimler
b.John McAdam d. John Adam
39.It is the entire width between the boundary
lines of every way that is publicly maintained
and is open to the use of the public for
purposes of vehicular travel:
a.Pavement b. Headway c. Highway
d. Embankment
40.What enforcement action will not result to
legal consequence(s)?
a.Warning c. Impounding
b.Apprehension d. Issuance of
citation ticket
41.The first successful steamboat journey in
the U.S.A. was made by:
a.Robert Fulton’s Clermont c. Robert
Moore
b.Robert Hooke d. All of the above
42.The earliest known stirrup have been
found in South Russia, dating from:

a.100 BC and 400 AD c. 100 BC and 600

AD
b.100 BC and 500 AD d. 100 BC and 700
AD
43.Who constructed a canal for his coalmines
from New Castle to Manchester?
a.Duke of Manchester c. Duke of Phoenicia
b.Duke Bridge water d. Duke of
Cadbury
44.Ships that had 2 steering ears, one on
each side of the stern:

a.Mediterranean Ships c. Phoenicia

Ships
b.North Sea Ships d. Chinese junks
45.The three pillars of traffic management:
a.Engineering, education, enforcement
b.Engineering, education, economics
c.Engineering, education, environment
d.Engineering, economics, environment
46.This is an observation by a traffic enforcer
in which the observer is not visible to persons
using ordinary powers of observation from the
roadway being observed:
a.Conspicuous b. Visible c. concealed
d. overt
47.These are those people to who use
roadways for the purpose of travel:
a.road users b. pedestrians c. drivers
d. passengers
48.In which place the first American railroad
was built in 1826?
a.Baltimore b. Manchester c. Winchester
d. Cadburry
49.It indicates that the lane is only for traffic
moving straight ahead and that the vehicle in
the lane will turn either to the right or to left:
a.Straight arrow on the pavement
b.Arrow pointing to left
c.Arrow pointing to right
d.Two headed arrow
50.It is the time or space interval between
consecutive vehicles moving in the lane.
a.Headway b. Pavement c. Highway d.
Embankment
51.This is used as a pack animal:
a.Yak b. Horse c. Camel d.
Elephant
52.This marking on the roadway indicates
that the lane is for right turn only:
a.Two headed arrow
b.Arrow pointing to the left
c.Straight arrow on the pavement
d.The arrow is pointing to the right
53.On what year the first American Canal was
opened?
1825 b. 1830 c. 1835 d. 1840
 54.What is the most common enforcement
action by the police?
a.education b. arrest c. citation d.
warning
55.This action of traffic enforcers is carried
out by taking into custody a traffic violator
especially on serious offenses:
a.enforcement c. seizure
b.apprehension d. detention
56.A short, usually broad, skid mark or yaw
mark, made during engagement of vehicles in
a collision:
a.collision c. collision curb
b.collision course d. Contact damage
57.This can be carried out by imparting
knowledge concerning traffic safety, training
and practice in the actual application of traffic
and developing traffic safety morality:
a.action b. education c. engineering d.
law Enforcement
58.English mail coach system was in full
swing on what year:
a.1800 b. 1900 c. 2000 d. 2003
59.This refers to the number of vehicles
occupying a specific length of a roadway at a
given instant:
a.density b. volume c. gravity d.
number of units
60.What warning is usually used when you
have observed a minor violation, where the
violator cannot be held accountable, either
the enforcer is occupied on something else or
is unable to enforce law the violated due to
other hindrances?
a.Verbal b. Visual c. Written d.
Citation
61.This transport equipment was invented in
Western Asia:
a.Stirrup b. Bit and bridle c. Sled
d. Blinder
62.How do you call a person, with a valid
driver’s license, on board a motor vehicle?
Driver b. Passenger c. Motorist d.
Pedestrian
63.A device mounted on a portable support
where a message is conveyed by means of
words or symbols, officially erected or
installed for the purpose of regulating warning
or guiding traffic:
a.Center line c. Refuge Island
b.Stop line d. Traffic Signs
64.The traffic action taken by the traffic police
such as arresting, issuing traffic citation ticket
and giving warning to erring drivers for the
purpose of deterring and discouraging and or
preventing such violations:
a.Education c. Citation
b.Enforcement d. Warning
65.It is any motor vehicle accident occurring
entirely at a place other than on a highway:
a.Motor vehicle non-traffic accident
b.Motor vehicle traffic accident
c.Motor vehicle accident
d.Non-motor vehicle traffic accident
66.This traffic activity is carried out by
controlling and allocating an appropriate
amount of time to allow motor vehicles a
smooth passage and to maintain free flow of
traffic:
a.direction and control
b.assessment and construction
c.enforcement and evaluation
d.allotment and control
67.This refers to any person or using a
roadway for the purpose of safe travel:
a.pedestrian b. traffic unit c.
passenger d. driver
68.What do you call a person, possessing a
driver’s license, who is on board a motor
vehicle
a.driver b. pedestrian c. passenger
d. Traffic unit
69.An elevated structure built for the safety of
the pedestrians in crossing busy highways:
a.flyover b. underpass c. skyway
d. overpass
70.When you see the triangle red and black
signs it is precautions of the dangerous
conditions ahead such as the following,
EXCEPT:
a.Men working d. Approaching signals lights
ahead
b.Slippery roads e. Distance of places or
landmarks ahead
c.Curves, hills ahead
71.Necessary to provide access control and
to prevent hazardous intrusion of animals,
people, vehicles, etc. into the highway:
a.light b. barrier c. pavement d. fence
72.A line which is placed parallel to a center
or lane line, indicates that all traffic must not
cross for purposes of overtaking or passing:
a.attribute b. bank c. barrier d.
berm
72.A line which is placed parallel to a center
or lane line, indicates that all traffic must not
cross for purposes of overtaking or passing:
a.attribute b. bank c. barrier d.
berm
73.A principle in traffic which allows a vehicle
or pedestrian to go ahead against another
vehicle or pedestrian:
a.Safety rule c. Right of way
b.Keep right rule d. Road courtesy
74.This is operated manually or electrically by
which traffic is alternatively commanded to
stop and to proceed:
a.Traffic Flow c. Traffic Light Signals
b.Traffic Signs d. Turning Regulations
75.It was them who brought road building to
its highest point of perfection in ancient times:
a.Romans b. Arabs c. Chinese d.
Greeks
76.Is any motor vehicle accident that occurs
on a traffic way, which occurs after the motor
vehicle turns off the roadway but before the
events are stabilized:
a.Motor vehicle traffic accident
b.Motor vehicle non-traffic accident
c.Motor vehicle traffic accident
d.Non-motor vehicle traffic accident
77.A motor vehicle accident that occurs on a
traffic way or that occurs before the motor
vehicle runs off the roadway:
a.Motor vehicle accident
b.Non-motor vehicle accident
c.Motor vehicle non-traffic accident
d.Motor vehicle traffic accident
78.These signs are intended to inform road
users of special obligations, instructions or
prohibitions which motorists must comply:
a.Regulatory c. Place identification
b.Danger warning d. Bus and Jeepney
stop
79.This refers to a group of stopped vehicle
units due to an interruption:
a.Queuing c. Simultaneous stopping
b.Traffic jam d. Chain-reaction stopping
80.What lane indicates your driving lane,
which prohibits you from crossing on it:
a.center b. solid yellow c. line d.
cross walk
81.This is the determination of the factor on
how accidents occur and how to prevent and
mitigate the effects of accidents through
clinical and statistical methods:
a.evaluation c. reconstruction
b.analysis d. construction
82.What is a privilege granted by the state to
operate a motor vehicle?
a.Driver’s license c. Registration
b.Operator’s permit d. Franchise
83.How do you call a person who just un-
boarded a public utility vehicle?
a.Passenger b. Driver c. Motorist d.
Pedestrian
84.This is defined as the effort to determine,
from whatever information is available, how
the accident happened:
a.assessment c. reconstruction
b.analysis d. investigation
85.This warning is really a form of traffic
safety education:
a.Verbal b. Visual c. Written d.
Citation
86.First invented in the Tigris-Euphrates
valley sometime before 3000 B.C.:
a.Sled b. Wheel c. Caravan d. Horse
shoe
87.The ships in this place were made of
overlapping planked or clinker built:
a.South Sea b. North Sea c. Middle East
d. Far-East
88.It is the objective of traffic signal time
apportionment to secure movement with
safety through an intersection with a
minimum of delay:
Offset b. Timing c. passage d. speed
89.An accident involving a motor vehicle in
transport but not involving an aircraft or
watercraft:
a.Motor vehicle accident
b.Motor vehicle non-traffic accident
c.Motor vehicle traffic accident
d.Non-motor vehicle traffic accident
90.A marked stretch of road or street,
designated solely for the purpose of passing
or overtaking:
a.Passing lane b. Shoulder c.
Pavement d. Curb
91.A motor vehicular accident resulting to the
death of an animal:
a.Fatal accident c. Property damage
b.Non-fatal accident d. Vehicular accident
92.A Traffic Violator’s Receipt is provided for
under what law?
a.RA 7924 b. RA 4136 c. RA 6425
d. RA 6975
93.It is a frontal collision usually of the
vehicles:
a.Full impact collision c. Frontal collision
b.Head on collision d. Collision
94.It is a term used to describe the
clandestine surveillance of traffic by an officer
for the purpose of detecting and arresting
speed law violators:
a.Speed trap c. stake out
b.Covert observation d. overt observation
95.What do you call a mark produced by a
vehicle traveling in an arc or curved
direction?
a.Centrifugal skid c. Scuff mark
b.Centrifugal force d. Skid mark
96.A friction mark on a pavement made by a
tire, which is both rotating and slipping:
a.Centrifugal skid c. Scuff mark
b.Centrifugal force d. Skid mark
97.Invented somewhere in the Western Asia:
a.Ox b. Horse c. Wheel d. Stirrup
98.A traffic enforcement action that makes a
violator to appear in court without physical
arrest:
a.Arrest b. citation c. warning d.
observation
99.In this manner, a traffic enforcer while
observing the flow of traffic tries to attract
attention of the motorists by keeping in full
view of traffic:
a.Stationary c. Visible
b.Conspicuous d. Inconspicuous
100.The sense or understanding that the
unusual or unexpected movement of the
vehicle would lead in an accident:
a.Perception of hazard c. Initial contact
b.Start of evasive action d. Traffic
observation