MKT 365 Ch. 12 Questions

Firms that specialize in carrying packages that weigh up to 150 pounds are called ____.

Parcel carriers

The predominant commodity moved by barge transportation is ____.

Petroleum

____ is the most reliable form of transportation.

Pipeline

____ is the actual, physical movement of goods and people between two points.

Transportation

Private transportation is most prevalent in the ____ industry.

Trucking

____ pipelines carry crude oil from gathering-line concentration points to the oil refineries.

Trunk

What is the largest transportation company (by revenues) in the United States?

United Parcel Service

Shippers' associations ____.

function in a manner similar to freight forwarders

A 3,047 meter (10,000 foot) runway is significant because it ____.

is generally viewed as adequate for accommodating the largest existing wide-body aircraft

A transportation broker _____.

looks to match a shipper's freight with a carrier to transport it

Less-than-truckload motor carriers

operate through a series of terminals

In the United States, ____ account for the largest share of ton-miles and ____ account for the majority of freight revenues.

railroads; truck

Consignees are __

receivers of freight

Truckload carriers focus on shipments of greater than ____ pounds.

10,000

What container size is often used to rank water ports and measure containership capacity?

20 foot container

Common carriers of transportation have ____ obligations.

4

Inland waterways in the United States are dredged to a depth of ____ feet, which tends to be the minimum depth required for most barges.

9

The U.S. ____ is the federal government body with primary responsibility for transportation safety regulation.

Department of Transportation

____ is generally the fastest form of transportation for shipments exceeding 600 miles.

Air

Which of the following is not likely to move by air transportation?

All

Which of the following is not a legal classification of carriers?

All are legal (exempt, contract, common, private)

There are ____ modes of transportation.

Five

The primary advantage for motor carriers is ____.

Flexibility

____ transportation occurs when two or more modes work closely together in an attempt to utilize the advantages of each mode while at the same time minimizing their disadvantages.

Intermodal

A ____ raises or lowers barges so that they can meet the river's level as they move upstream or downstream.

Lock

Which mode is not the "best" or "worst" on any of the six attributes (e.g., capability, flexibility, etc.) that were used to compare the modes?

Railroads

____ have a level of market concentration and dominance that is not found in the other modes.

Railroads

The primary advantage to land bridge service is ____.

Reduced transit times

Hours-of- service (HOS) rules and speed limits have long been justified in the motor carrier industry on the basis of ____.

Safety concerns

With respect to U.S. economic regulation, the ____ has primary responsibility for resolving railroad rate and service disputes, reviewing potential rail mergers, and some jurisdiction over motor carriers, domestic water transportation, and pipelines.

Surface Transportation Board

Rail gauge refers to __

The distance between the inner sides of two parallel rail trucks

Each of the following is true, except ____.

c. a truckload shipment involves only one customer

Dimensional Weight __

considers a shipment's density

Freight forwarders ___

consolidate the shipments of several shippers