AT6013 Transport Management – Question bank

Part A

Unit 1

1. What is MBO?
2. What do you mean by job description?
3. Mention the steps to be followed in designing the organization structure
4. What is personnel management?
5. What are the objectives of personnel management?
6. List out the objectives of training
7. What are the demerits of flat fare system?
8. Name the different types of tests administered during recruitment along with
their importance.
9. Give some examples for personality problems in individuals.
10. State the need for psychological tests on persons managing transport fleet.
11. List of few psychological tests
12. Distinguish between authority and responsibility

Unit 2

1. Mention the advantages of road transport over the other-transport systems.

2. State four functions of an automobile engineer in running transport
organization
3. Summarize the disadvantages of state owned transport corporations.
4. Define the term Transport system.
5. Enumerate the requirements of a good transport system
6. What is the private limited transport company?
7. Write down the advantages of nationalized road transport.

Unit 3

1. Define vehicle operation cost.

2. What are fixed and variable costs?
3. Differentiate CPKM and EPKM?
4. What are the different types of costs in a transport company?
5. Define Telescopic fare.
6. What is dead kilometer?
7. Enumerate the various components of operating cost of a transport vehicle.
8. List out the basis of fares/fare collection system.
9. Differentiate between operating cost and maintenance cost
10. List the benefits of scheduling.
 Unit 4

1. How are traffic signs classified?

2. Show any two traffic signs their significance.
3. Give the registration requirements of a private transport vehicle playing
4. between two different states.
5. State the necessity of insuring the vehicles.
6. Why is the knowledge of transport laws and regulations essential for a
7. manager?
8. Bring out the importance of insuring a transport vehicle.
9. Draw any three traffic signs.
10. According to the motor vehicle act, how passenger transport vehicles are
classified?
11. Mention the various types of vehicle insurance
12. What is split duty?
13. What are the requirements of registration?

Unit 5

1. Distinguish between preventive maintenance and break-down maintenance.

2. State the causes of uneven tyre wear in buses.
3. What are the benefits of preventive maintenance?
4. List of factors affecting fuel economy
5. What is uneven tyre wear?
6. Briefly write about tyre retreading
7. What is the preventive maintenance system in transport industry?
8. Why the tyre maintenance is necessary?
9. State the points to be considered during the measurement of tyre pressure.
10. List the parameter to be considered in selection of a site for a garage

Part B

Unit 1

1. Define and differentiate between job analysis, job description and job
evaluation.
2. Select an appropriate job description method and create a plan for evaluating
jobs in different grades in the transport management.
3. What are the objectives of personnel management? Discuss its relevance to a
Road Transport Corporation
4. Elaborate responsibilities and essential managerial functions in personnel
management.
5. Discuss the importance of manpower planning. Explain how the age structure
of an organization may be analysed.
6. Define and discuss the objectives of training at organizational level. How does
it help in determining and evaluating future organizational capabilities, needs
and anticipated problems? Explain with suitable examples for transport
Management.

Unit 2

1. Write the advantages of motor transport

2. What are the advantages of road transport system over other types?
3. Critically compare the different systems of transport from the point of view
energy consumption and passenger capacity
4. Explain the various principles of transport systems
5. Name the traffic control devices and discuss their importance.
6. Draw the organization chart of a typical Transport Corporation. Explain the
flow Control.
7. Explain the salient features of public limited transport company.
8. Differentiate between state transport and private bus services.
9. State the advantages and disadvantages of the public limited transport
undertaking.
10. Describe the different forms of ownership for passenger bus transport with
their salient features.
11. Explain the role of road transport in the development of modern community
requirements.
12. Discuss the relative merits and demerits of nationalized transport system and
private transport organization

Unit 3

1. Explain the concept of running time. How it is determined?

2. Explain the features of operating cost for transport vehicles with examples of
estimating the costs.
3. Explain the procedure for planning a route for a newly developing mofussil
town
4. What are the items that control the operating costs of a vehicle? Discuss
5. What are the various services in a bus fleet system? Explain them in brief
6. What are the different kinds of fare Structure? Explain each one in detail with
their merits and demerits.
7. What are the basic factors to be considered while preparing bus scheduling?
8. Discuss the factors to be considered to avoid problems in bus scheduling
9. Explain the types of fare collecting methods.
10. Explain bell graph system of fare collecting system.
11. Describe the different types of fare collection systems. Which system is used
in India and why?
12. Distinguish between route scheduling and crew scheduling. Explain how a
duty roster may be drawn up.

Unit 4

1. What do you understand by the following terms, i) certificate of registration,

ii). Articulated vehicle, iii) Educational bus and iv) Invalid carriage?
2. Enumerate the provision of the motor Vehicle Act for issue of fitness.
certificate to different types of vehicles.
3. What are the requirements of registration? Why registration of transport
vehicle can be registered and also indicate authorities competent to register
transport vehicles in Tamilnadu?
4. Discuss the significance of permit system for a passenger car and goods
vehicle.
5. Write short notes on running time, subsidiary work and spread over.
6. Mention the duties and responsibilities of the owner, driver and conductor of a
bus. What are the qualifications prescribed for each of the above as per motor
vehicle act?
7. Explain briefly constitution role and function of regional transport authority
and state transport authority under motor vehicle act 1961.
8. With general specifications, illustrate the vehicles classified under light duty
and heavy duty goods vehicles.
9. What are the factors being considered fuel consumption in buses? Explain how
they can be maintained.

Unit 5

1. Discuss the different areas that can be considered for good maintainability of a
transport industry.
2. Explain schedule maintenance and unscheduled maintenance.
3. Write the risk assessment table for transport vehicle maintenance.
4. Explain tyre maintenance procedure.
5. Discuss about tyre rotation and tyre inspection.
6. Write the maintenance procedure for better fuel economy.
7. Describe the standard procedure for servicing an automobile vehicle.
8. Briefly describe the design of bus depot layout. Draw an organization structure
of depot level transportation and explain the functions of depot manager.
9. Draw the layout of atypical 100 vehicle depot. Enumerate the facilities that are
required in a bus depot.