Weight Verification CDFA Practice
A weightmaster is any person, who for hire or otherwise:
A. Weighs, measures, or counts any commodity
B. Issues a statement of the weight, measure, or count which is used as the basis of
purchase or sale of a commodity
C. Issues a weighmaster's certificate of weight and measure
D. Operates a public scale. - correct answer-Weighs, measures, or counts any commodity
Issues a statement of the weight, measure, or count which is used as the basis of purchase
or sale of a commodity
A weighmaster engaged in the business of weighing for hire:
A. Cannot legally weigh a privately owned vehicle
B. Is required to weigh for anyone that desires a weighmaster certificate
C. Is required to weigh trucks used on public highways only
D. May weigh for the public and charge for this service if desired - correct answer-May weigh
for the public and charge for this service if desired
Which of the following are not weighmasters:
A. Common carriers issuing waybills or bills of lading on which are recorded, for the purpose
of computing transportation charges, the weights of commodities offered for transportation
B. Sand, rock, and gravel companies selling to a contractor by weight only
C. Dealers of scrap metal when purchasing scrap metal on the basis of weight on his own
scale
D. Hay dealers when selling baled hay to large feed lots by the ton - correct
answer-Common carriers issuing waybills or bills of lading on which are recorded, for the
purpose of computing transportation charges, the weights of commodities offered for
transportation
"Weighmaster", when used without qualification:
A. means only the principal weighmaster
B. Includes deputy weighmaster
C. Means only the deputy weighmasters
D. All of the above - correct answer-Includes deputy weighmaster
No person shall weigh for hire or perform the acts of a weighmaster unless he/she has:
A. Posted a bond with the Department of Food and Agriculture
B. Passed an examination
C. Been fingerprinted and passed a background check
D. Obtained a weighmaster license - correct answer-Obtained a weighmaster license
,The principal fixed location fee for a weighmaster is:
A. $20
B. $50
C. $75
D. $200 - correct answer-$75
The annual license fee for each additional fixed location for a weighmaster is:
A. $5
B. $20
C. $30
D. $50 - correct answer-$30
Any change in the legal entity of a licensed weighmaster requires:
A. The new legal entity to notify the Division of Measurement Standards by telephone within
48 hours
B. The new legal entity to cross out the old name on the license and write in the new name
C. The new legal entity to obtain a weighmaster license before operating as a weighmaster
D. The new legal entity to obtain new weighmaster certificates - correct answer-The new
legal entity to obtain a weighmaster license before operating as a weighmaster
The penalty fee for delinquent renewal of a principal weighmaster license shall be:
A. An amount equal to twice the regular fee
B. An amount equal to the regular fee plus one-half the regular fee
C. An amount equal to the regular fee plus 10% of the regular fee
D. There is no delinquent renewal fee - correct answer-An amount equal to twice the regular
fee
The Department of Food and Agriculture may refuse to issue, renew or may revoke a
weighmaster license after:
A. Improper performance of his/her duties as a weighmaster
B. A conviction of any violation of the Business and Professions Code
C. A hearing
D. Moral turpitude - correct answer-A hearing
All license fees collected shall be paid into the State Treasury and credited to the
Department of Food and Agriculture to be spent for:
A. Division of Measurement Standards expenses
B. Department of Food and Agriculture investigation fund
C. Salaries of Division of Measurement Standards personnel
D. Administration and enforcement of Chapter 7 - correct answer-Administration and
enforcement of Chapter 7
,A weighmaster may employ or designate any person to act for the weighmaster as a deputy
weighmaster and:
A. Shall be responsible for all acts performed by that person
B. Shall forward to the Department the name of the deputy and the fees
C. May replace deputies without payment if they forward to the Department names of
replacement and deleted deputies
D. All of the above - correct answer-All of the above
A weighmaster shall issue a weighmaster certificate:
A. Whenever it is required
B. Whenever payment for the commodity or service represented is dependent on a written or
printed, measure or count
C. Whenever payment is offered
D. Whenever he/she weighs a vehicle for any reason - correct answer-Whenever payment
for the commodity or service represented is dependent on a written or printed, measure or
count
A weighmaster certificate may be signed and issued by a weighmaster other than the
weighmaster who actually determined the weight if:
A. The weighmaster issuing the certificate does so based on information received from the
weighmaster who actually determined the weight
B. The weighmaster knows the weight to be accurate
C. Both weighmasters are on the same principal license
D. The records and worksheets, signed by the weighmaster who actually weighed the
commodity are maintained as part of the records - correct answer-The weighmaster issuing
the certificate does so based on information received from the weighmaster who actually
determined the weight
Both weighmasters are on the same principal license
The records and worksheets, signed by the weighmaster who actually weighed the
commodity are maintained as part of the records
A weighmaster is responsible for ensuring that:
A. His deputy weighmasters are trained
B. Weighmaster certificates issued by him or his deputies are complete and contain all the
required information
C. His scale is kept clean
D. All of the above - correct answer-Weighmaster certificates issued by him or his deputies
are complete and contain all the required information
The issuance of a receipt showing the weigh of fish, pursuant to the Fish and Game Code,
constitutes the issuance of a weighmaster's certificate when:
, A. Issued by persons who are licensed as a weighmaster
B. Fish are sold in and out of a state port
C. Fish are sold before being cleaned
D. None of the aboe - correct answer-Issued by persons who are licensed as a weighmaster
In addition to the proper legend, the following must appear on each weighmaster certificate:
A. The name of the company who printed the certificate
B. The date the certificate was approved for use
C. The words "customer copy", "file copy", "buyers copy"
D. The printed name of the principal weighmaster as it appears on the license. - correct
answer-The printed name of the principal weighmaster as it appears on the license
Any certificate issued by a weighmaster shall state thereon:
A. Consecutive number
B. Date of issue and signature of the weighmaster
C. Unit of measure
D. All of the above - correct answer-All of the above
Which of the following is not required to be stated on a weighmaster certificate:
A. Kind of product or article
B. Owner, or agent and consignee
C. Make of vehicle or trailer
D. Street address of the location where the weighing, measuring, or counting occurred -
correct answer-Make of vehicle or trailer
A weighmaster shall record both the gross and the tare weights of a vehicle when they are
used:
A. By the seller
B. By the buyer
C. In determining the net weight
D. None of the above - correct answer-In determining the net weight
A weighmaster shall keep and preserve as records true copies of all certificates issued for a
period of:
A. 2 years
B. 3 years
C. 4 years
D. 5 years - correct answer-4 years
If an error is discovered on a certificate after issuance, the weighmaster shall:
A. Issue a corrected certificate to all parties who were issued the original certificate
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