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Principles of Transportation - LOGT
3231
The following information and
questions are intended to help you focus your studying for the
first exam. Please be aware of the following:
 | This list is not inclusive of
all possible test questions |
| These are not actual test
questions |
| You should emphasize both the
book and the class notes |
Remember, do not over complicate the question or
concept. Many test questions may seem
"obvious." They probably are. I never
INTENTIONALLY try to trick you.
Chapter Outlines:
LOGT 3231 Exam I Review
Material
CHAPTER 1-2 - Overview
- What is transportation? How would you define
it? What are
the services and components involved? What value does it
provide to its customers?
- How has transportation played a
significant role in history, economics, environment and
safety? What
are the financial and safety impacts on us?
- What effect does transportation
have on the overall price of different types of
product? What
types of product do transportation costs have a significant
impact? What types of products are transportation
customer service level critical?
- Who are the stakeholders of the
transportation system.
How are they involved and what affects them?
- What are the
current national trends in transportation for gov't
regulation? gov't spending? employment? technology? service
offerings? safety?
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What type of units do we measure
transportation demand?
What problems are associated with the freight
measure?
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Has freight growth grown during
the last forty years?
In dollar and ton-miles, which modes ship the most?
least?
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What are landed costs and derived
demand? Can
these items affect companies location or shipping
strategy?
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What are the service components of
freight demand?
Which is the most important?
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What are the types of passenger
travel? What
are the primary differences? concerns? Which modes provide
the most passenger-miles private and for-hire?
CHAPTER 3 - Policy
and Regulation
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Why does the gov't concern itself
with transportation?
How do they involve themselves in
transportation?
Who sets policy?
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What types of regulation are
there? Which
are increasing? decreasing? What are the primary
eras of regulation?
What were the goals of each period?
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What is the difference between
interstate and intrastate? What effect is there
on the transportation industry in terms of laws? funding?
enforcement?
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What are the primary anti-trust
regulations? Do
they apply to transportation companies? If so how?
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When did the current wave of
deregulation begin?
What are the primary acts in motor and rail? What was the effect
of these laws?
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Which gov't agency(ies) is
responsible for transportation? What are its general
responsibilities?
What modes does it represent and regulate?
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What are the four types of
carriers? What
are the differences between them? How has deregulation
changed them?
Which has the most vehicles?
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What effect can supply and/or
demand have at the aggregate national level on price? local level? What is the time
period for change at each level?
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Do we have a national
transportation policy?
What is it or is it not?
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Why does the government what to
make policy?
Who are the people that provide input into the
policy?
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How are the individual modes
supported by policy?
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What has been the trend for
promotion over the last 20 years?
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