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Load Board Mastery Quiz

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1.When should you primarily use DAT over FreightWaves to source loads?

When you need real-time news and market analytics

When you want access to the largest live load board with the most spot-market postings

When you need futures-rate forecasting

When you are booking contract freight directly with shippers

2.On a lane rate heat map, a dark-red shading on a given lane means:

Spot rates are significantly below contract averages

Spot rates are at or above the historical peak for that lane

There are no available loads in that corridor

Fuel surcharges are unusually high

3.Which of the following is the strongest red flag for a FRAUDULENT load posting?

The broker lists a pickup two days from today

The rate is 40% above the lane average and the broker has no verifiable MC number

The load requires a van and you have a reefer

The destination is listed as a state border crossing

4.A shipper needs to move a pallet of fresh produce from California to New York. What equipment filter should you apply?

Flatbed

Dry Van

Reefer (refrigerated van)

Step Deck

5.A load pays $2.80 per mile "all-in" at 800 miles. A second load pays $2.50/mile "linehaul only" with a $0.45/mile fuel surcharge for the same 800 miles. Which load pays more?

The first load ($2.80 all-in)

The second load ($2.50 + $0.45 FSC = $2.95/mile effective)

They are equal

You cannot compare without knowing the deadhead miles

6.Your truck is 90 empty miles from the pickup. The load pays $1,500 for 300 loaded miles. Your cost-per-mile (loaded AND empty) is $1.80. What is your true profit on this move?

$960

$1,500

$798

$1,338

7.Before signing a rate confirmation with a new broker, the single most important verification step is:

Check whether the broker has a Facebook page

Call the broker's personal cell phone to confirm the rate

Look up the broker's MC/DOT authority status and payment score on FMCSA or Carrier411

Ensure the rate confirmation is sent as a PDF, not a Word document

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