Monthly Plumbing Quiz: Fleet Management

Work trucks and vans; they’re about more than just getting to the job, they’re a billboard, a rolling supply house, and probably one of your largest expenses. So how much do you know about fleet management? Take our quiz and find out! You could win a $25 gift card.

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1. When negotiating a competitive allowance program (CAP) with a manufacturer, the typical assumption is that a fleet will, within a model year, replace how many of its vehicles?

About one-quarter

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About one-half

About three-fourths

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2. Geofencing – drawing virtual borders on map areas – can be used by fleet managers to:

Group customers by geographic area.

Set boundaries that will trigger automatic alerts to drivers.

Monitor when vehicles leave from and return to a central depot.

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3. What is the Monroney label?

A discounted price negotiated between a fleet manager and a vehicle manufacturer

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A comprehensive “ups and options” price that may include, for example, a maintenance program

What it actually costs a manufacturer to produce a given vehicle

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4. Video telematics can now capture unsafe driver behaviors for use in coaching and training. According to a recent Lytx survey, what was the most common risky driver behavior in 2020?

Following at a distance of under two seconds

Posted speed violation

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Incomplete stop

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5. Fleet telematics can provide information about a vehicle:

Location

Speed

Idling status

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