Chapter 05

Transportation

Test your knowledge

Chapter 5: Transportation Quiz

Test your knowledge of the transportation chapter material!

1 / 10

What is an airplane with one aisle between the seats called?

2 / 10

True or false: Travel as a business sector is largely independent to the overall health of the economy.

3 / 10

True or false: Both privately held and publicly traded commercial transportation companies have to disclose details of their operations to various federal, and sometimes state or local, government agencies.

4 / 10

True or false: Yield management is, at its core, the science of extracting the most money out of customers based on their willingness (or need) to fly.

5 / 10

True or false: U.S. airlines are government-regulated, meaning there is federal control over things as fares, routes, and market entry of new airlines.

6 / 10

On which organization’s website can you find the Air Traffic Activity Data System, an extensive guide on how to look up take-offs and landings at any airport?

7 / 10

_______ is a practice in the airline industry where an airline clusters their flights at their hub to arrive and depart within short periods of time to reduce connection times for passengers.

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True or false: The railroad industry, trucking and bus operators, and shipping lines all have separate regulators.

9 / 10

Which of the following resources from The Airport Improvement Program (AIP) can give you a starting place for a local story?

10 / 10

All truck lines with more than _____ in annual operating revenue must file annual reports with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

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