2ND STAGE APPRENTICE LINEMAN
STUDY GUIDE WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
When are rubber blankets due for retesting? - Correct Answers -Annually
What are the three glove tests that must be performed? - Correct Answers -Physical,
mechanical and visual
Class 2 (yellow) rubber gloves are tested at _____v and rated use is ____v - Correct
Answers -20,000VAC and 17,000 rated volts
Rubber gloves are due for testing ____ days after the test date - Correct Answers -90
days
When are you able to leave the the radio after calling for help? - Correct Answers -After
the dispatcher verifies your information
Name the steps of pole top rescue - Correct Answers -1. Evaluate the situation
2. call for help
3. provide for your protection
4. Climb to rescue position
5. Determine injureds condition (conscious or unconscious and are they breathing/ heart
beating)
6. give first aid if needed
7. lower man (position handline)
8. give follow up care
When installing cover over secondaries, which conductor shall be covered first? -
Correct Answers -Conductor nearest to employee
What are two major types of fuse switches? - Correct Answers -Enclosed and open
What type of switch has a fused clip and holder mounted completely within a porcelain
box or casting? Where are these typically found? - Correct Answers -Enclosed
switches, 4kv areas
600 amp disconnect switches make it possible to? - Correct Answers -1. Isolate
sections of a line to locate trouble
2. de-Energize a section while maintaining normal service on the remainder
, 3. provide emergency feeds from adjacent lines
4. disconnect equipment from a line
Pole grounds are potential hazards and should always be avoided or ____? - Correct
Answers -Covered
What are three groups of factors that contribute to reducing the risk of falls? - Correct
Answers -Personal, environmental and engineering controls
When should you wear your personal fall protection equipment? - Correct Answers -
When exposed to a fall greater than 4 feet
Free fall must be limited to how many feet? - Correct Answers -6 feet or less
A tie off using a knot in the lanyard or lifeline can reduce the strength of the line by? -
Correct Answers -80% or more
To operate the controls it a bucket truck you must first depress the ____? - Correct
Answers -Safety interlock trigger
The safety interlock trigger can only be depressed and released if the control lever is in
what position? - Correct Answers -Neutral position
Which boom should be raised first? - Correct Answers -Upper boom
Which boom should be lowered into its travel cradle first? - Correct Answers -Lower
boom
What is the most common roller used at ameren? - Correct Answers -Sherman and
Reilly Model XS-100
A stringing roller mounted on a cross arm may be positioned at how many different
angles? - Correct Answers -Five
When a roller is suspended from a horizontal line post insulator you must first install a
___? - Correct Answers -Ball Clevis
What type of grip has been developed to provide a safe and convenient means of
joining the pulling rope and conductor for stringing operations? - Correct Answers -
Kellems grip
Which type of kellems grip are used on rope? - Correct Answers -Single braid
Which type of kellems grip is used for conductors and is triple braided for 1/3 if their
length, double braided for the middle 1/3 and single braided for the final 1/3 of it's length
at its open end? - Correct Answers -Conductor grip
STUDY GUIDE WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
When are rubber blankets due for retesting? - Correct Answers -Annually
What are the three glove tests that must be performed? - Correct Answers -Physical,
mechanical and visual
Class 2 (yellow) rubber gloves are tested at _____v and rated use is ____v - Correct
Answers -20,000VAC and 17,000 rated volts
Rubber gloves are due for testing ____ days after the test date - Correct Answers -90
days
When are you able to leave the the radio after calling for help? - Correct Answers -After
the dispatcher verifies your information
Name the steps of pole top rescue - Correct Answers -1. Evaluate the situation
2. call for help
3. provide for your protection
4. Climb to rescue position
5. Determine injureds condition (conscious or unconscious and are they breathing/ heart
beating)
6. give first aid if needed
7. lower man (position handline)
8. give follow up care
When installing cover over secondaries, which conductor shall be covered first? -
Correct Answers -Conductor nearest to employee
What are two major types of fuse switches? - Correct Answers -Enclosed and open
What type of switch has a fused clip and holder mounted completely within a porcelain
box or casting? Where are these typically found? - Correct Answers -Enclosed
switches, 4kv areas
600 amp disconnect switches make it possible to? - Correct Answers -1. Isolate
sections of a line to locate trouble
2. de-Energize a section while maintaining normal service on the remainder
, 3. provide emergency feeds from adjacent lines
4. disconnect equipment from a line
Pole grounds are potential hazards and should always be avoided or ____? - Correct
Answers -Covered
What are three groups of factors that contribute to reducing the risk of falls? - Correct
Answers -Personal, environmental and engineering controls
When should you wear your personal fall protection equipment? - Correct Answers -
When exposed to a fall greater than 4 feet
Free fall must be limited to how many feet? - Correct Answers -6 feet or less
A tie off using a knot in the lanyard or lifeline can reduce the strength of the line by? -
Correct Answers -80% or more
To operate the controls it a bucket truck you must first depress the ____? - Correct
Answers -Safety interlock trigger
The safety interlock trigger can only be depressed and released if the control lever is in
what position? - Correct Answers -Neutral position
Which boom should be raised first? - Correct Answers -Upper boom
Which boom should be lowered into its travel cradle first? - Correct Answers -Lower
boom
What is the most common roller used at ameren? - Correct Answers -Sherman and
Reilly Model XS-100
A stringing roller mounted on a cross arm may be positioned at how many different
angles? - Correct Answers -Five
When a roller is suspended from a horizontal line post insulator you must first install a
___? - Correct Answers -Ball Clevis
What type of grip has been developed to provide a safe and convenient means of
joining the pulling rope and conductor for stringing operations? - Correct Answers -
Kellems grip
Which type of kellems grip are used on rope? - Correct Answers -Single braid
Which type of kellems grip is used for conductors and is triple braided for 1/3 if their
length, double braided for the middle 1/3 and single braided for the final 1/3 of it's length
at its open end? - Correct Answers -Conductor grip
