Included in the department of homeland security

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1. Transportation infrastructure is movable and it is representative of less-significant and shorter-term capital investment.

True

False

2. Statutory Law is the body of law made by state and federal courts.

True

False

3. Which of the following is included in the Department of Homeland Security?

Civil Aeronautics Board

Transportation Security Administration

Federal Maritime Commission

Interstate Commerce Commission

4. The Act to Regulate Commerce was a result of financial manipulation by the railway owners, discriminatory pricing by their operators, and disaffection by the users who were primarily manufacturing owners who were transporting their goods to retail markets.

True

False

5. Reasonable notice of limited liability and a fair opportunity to purchase a higher level of liability, must be provided by the air carrier to the shipper to meet the requirements of "released value doctrine."

True

False

6. _____ governs the relationship between importers and customs in the United States.

Customs and Border Patrol

Customs Examination of Entry Goods

Customs Modernization Act

North American Free Trade Agreement

7. A Foreign Trade Zone is a secure area defined by US law as being inside the Customs Territory of the United States; state and federal taxes may not be eliminated on foreign goods or material brought into the Zone.

True

False

8. ____ has become the most effective way of bringing goods to varied markets throughout the world.

Bimodal transportation

Intramodal transportation

Intermodal transportation

Multimodal transportation

9. _____ is the transportation of goods under a single contract, but performed with at least two different modes of transport; the carrier is liable for the entire carriage, even though it is performed by several different modes of transport.

Bimodal transportation

Multimodal transportation

Intramodal transportation

Intermodal transportation

10. _____ refers to the extent that the movements of passengers or freight are performed within the same mode of transport.

Intermodal transportation

Intramodal transportation

Multimodal transportation

Bimodal transportation

11. Which of the following is not one of the advantages for the containers use?

Flexibility of usage

Speed transshipment

Empty travel

Standard transport

12. Which of the following is usually used for long distances transportation if low transportation costs are expected?

Maritime

Rail

Road

Air

13. Transshipment is the shipment of goods or containers to an intermediate destination, then to another destination. One possible reason for transshipment is to change the means of transport during the journey.

True

False

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