TPT 250 TEST OBJECTIVE QUESTION

What is derived demand?

• backbone of any country

• movement of passengers and goods

• wanting to get education outside of the state, working in another state, doing

  business, buying materials or for health reasons.

• people demand for transport for other purposes.

function of transport?

• Military

• working

• buying materials

• education

the roles of transport to the development of a country?

• backbone of any country

• Generating income

• movement of passengers and goods from the point of origin to the pointj

• infrastructure development

meaning of ‘transport bridges the producer-consumer gap’.

• The added value that transport brings to a product, such as geographical specialization, a large scale production, increased competition and increased value of the land in certain areas.

• The concept where the goods at point B (where goods are demanded) have a higher value than at point A (where goods are produced).

• A gap refers to the needs and wants of the user of certain products located in different origins to the consumer.

• Transport is a movement of passengers and goods from the point of origin to the point of

  destination.

types of utility in transport?

• destination utility

• human utility

• time utility

• transport utility

Define terminal?

• Specific terminals have specific locational limitations, such as port and airport sites.

• a terminal is to handle and transport freight or passengers.

• as ‘any location where freight and passengers either originate, terminate, or are handled in the transportation process.

• Facilitate consolidation of traffic

Characteristics of terminal?

• Scarcity

• Unstable fuel prices

• consolidation of traffic

• specific locational

all of the following are the function of terminal except?

• Allow access to vehicles operating on a specialized way

• Permit easy interchange between same or different modes

• ‘any location where freight and passengers either originate, terminate, or are handled in the transportation process.

• Speed up movement for both passengers and goods

What are the major issues facing motive power in Malaysia’s transport industry in the 21st century?

• Infrastructure

• Accessibility

• Location

• Scarcity

what is the meaning by hybrid transport?

• of storage systems capable of providing driving ranges and speed comparable to those of conventional vehicles

• need to convert energy into electricity since the electricity stored in the battery can power the electric motor.

• propulsion system which uses the internal combustion engine

  supplemented by an electric motor and batteries.

• considered as a more efficient alternative to a hydrogen-

  powered vehicle.