Lineman Apprentice Rodeo Question and
Answer [2026] | UPDATED ACTUAL Exam | A+
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• Straight Rope Strength -✓✓ 100
• Eye Splice Strength -✓✓ 90
• Short Splice Strength -✓✓ 80
• Timber Hitch or Half Hitch strength -✓✓ 65
• Bowline or Clove Hitch Strength -✓✓ 60
• Square Knot or Sheet Bend Strength -✓✓ 50
• Overhand Knot Strength -✓✓ 45
• Standing Part of rope -✓✓ The longest part of the rope
• The Bight of the rope -✓✓ A loop formed with the rope so that two parts lie
alongside each other
• Running End of the rope -✓✓ The free end that is used in forming the knot
, • Running Line -✓✓ The Running line is used for pulling in several span lengths of
wire at one time
• Safety Line -✓✓ The safety line is used only for lowering a man to the ground
• Slings -✓✓ Slings are used for lashing tools or material in place, for attaching
blocks and snatch blocks to a pole, for lashing an old pole to a new pole
temporarily, and for tying line wires up temporarily
• Bull Rope -✓✓ Bull ropes are used for raising and lowering heavy pieces of
equipment for fastening temporary guys for setting poles, for holding out heavy
transformers, and for lowering large limbs and trunks of trees
• Hand Lines -✓✓ Hand lines are used for raising and lowering light material and
tools or for holding small transformers away from a pole while the latter is being
raised
• Throw Line -✓✓ A small-diameter rope is used to throw a line over a cross arm,
tree limb, or other support object. The throw line is normally used to pull a larger
rope into place for performing a task
• What are the 5 Types of current -✓✓ Load
Fault
Charging
Magnetizing
Circulating
Answer [2026] | UPDATED ACTUAL Exam | A+
Verified
• Straight Rope Strength -✓✓ 100
• Eye Splice Strength -✓✓ 90
• Short Splice Strength -✓✓ 80
• Timber Hitch or Half Hitch strength -✓✓ 65
• Bowline or Clove Hitch Strength -✓✓ 60
• Square Knot or Sheet Bend Strength -✓✓ 50
• Overhand Knot Strength -✓✓ 45
• Standing Part of rope -✓✓ The longest part of the rope
• The Bight of the rope -✓✓ A loop formed with the rope so that two parts lie
alongside each other
• Running End of the rope -✓✓ The free end that is used in forming the knot
, • Running Line -✓✓ The Running line is used for pulling in several span lengths of
wire at one time
• Safety Line -✓✓ The safety line is used only for lowering a man to the ground
• Slings -✓✓ Slings are used for lashing tools or material in place, for attaching
blocks and snatch blocks to a pole, for lashing an old pole to a new pole
temporarily, and for tying line wires up temporarily
• Bull Rope -✓✓ Bull ropes are used for raising and lowering heavy pieces of
equipment for fastening temporary guys for setting poles, for holding out heavy
transformers, and for lowering large limbs and trunks of trees
• Hand Lines -✓✓ Hand lines are used for raising and lowering light material and
tools or for holding small transformers away from a pole while the latter is being
raised
• Throw Line -✓✓ A small-diameter rope is used to throw a line over a cross arm,
tree limb, or other support object. The throw line is normally used to pull a larger
rope into place for performing a task
• What are the 5 Types of current -✓✓ Load
Fault
Charging
Magnetizing
Circulating
