Amt 2 Study Guide Questions With Answers

AMT 2 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS

Amtrak |Conductors |and |Engineer |are |classified |as |class |______ |employees |- |ANSWERS✔✔ |C.
|[1.103]




Should |employees |in |electrified |territory |be |familiar |with |the |location |and |operation |of
|radios |and |telephones? |- |ANSWERS✔✔ |Yes |[1.204]




When |using |railroad |telephone |lines |or |radios, |and |you |hear |the |word |"EMERGENCY"
|repeated |three |times, |what |must |be |done? |- |ANSWERS✔✔ |All |others |using |the |phone |line


|or |radio |channel |must |yield |immediately. |[1.205]




All |occurrences |or |conditions |which |are |likely |to |affect |electric |Operations |must |be |reported
|immediately |to |whom? |- |ANSWERS✔✔ |The |Power |Director/Train |Dispatcher. |[1.201]




Minimum |Approach |Distance |means? |- |ANSWERS✔✔ |The |distance |that |must |be |maintained
|between |personnel |and |or |equipment |and |all |exposed |energized |lines. |Minimum |Approach


|Distance |is |measured |between |the |person |or |the |end |of |a |tool, |equipment, |or |material |being

|used |and |the |exposed |energized |parts. |[1.301]




All |overhead |wires |must |be |considered |energized |(Live) |at |all |times |except? |- |ANSWERS✔✔
|When |it |is |known |to |be |de-energized, |tested |de-energized |and |grounded. |[1.302]




The |third |rail |must |be |considered |energized |(live) |at |all |times |except? |- |ANSWERS✔✔
|When |it |is |known |to |be |de-energized, |tested |de-energized |and |a |Third |Rail |Warning |Device

|is |applied. |[1.303]




Electric |engines |and |Multiple |Units |(MU) |under |overhead |wires |must |be |considered
|energized |(Live) |except? |- |ANSWERS✔✔ |When |it |is |known |that |all |Pantographs |are |down

, |and |Pantograph |grounding |switches |are |closed, |or |overhead |wires |are |de-energized, |tested
|de-energized |and |properly |grounded. |[1.501]




Can |employees |touch |or |remove |unidentified |dangling |wires, |trees, |or |foreign |objects |in
|contact |with |overhead |wires |or |third |rail? |- |ANSWERS✔✔ |NO |,employees |must |take


|necessary |precautions |to |protect |others |and |equipment |and |maintain |Minimum |Approach

|Distance |. |[1.206]




Conductive |material |such |as |steel |tape |measure, |wire, |wet |or |non-rated |rope, |or |linen |tape-
line |containing |metallic |reinforcement |can |be |used |around |energized |wire, |apparatus,
|equipment, |or |third |rail. |True |or |False? |- |ANSWERS✔✔ |False. |[1.114]




The |Minimum |Approach |Distance |for |AMT-2 |Qualified |Employees |whether |or |not |protected
|by |Class |A |employee |against |Transmission |Wires |energized |or |de-energized |and |not


|grounded |is? |- |ANSWERS✔✔ |8ft. |[Table |1]




What |is |the |Minimum |Approach |Distance |for |AMT-2 |Qualified |Employee |whether |or |not
|protected |by |a |Class |A |employee |against |the |Catenary, |Signal |Line, |and |Utility |Wires |less


|than |35000 |volts, |energized |or |de-energized |and |not |grounded? |- |ANSWERS✔✔ |3ft. |[Table


|1]




What |is |the |Minimum |Approach |Distance |for |AMT-2 |Qualified |Employees |against
|Transmission |Wires |for |equipment |operating |in |the |vicinity |of |wires |energized |or |de-


energized |and |not |grounded? |- |ANSWERS✔✔ |15ft. |[Table |1]


The |Minimum |Approach |Distance |for |AMT-2 |Qualified |Employees |against |Catenary, |Signal
|Line, |Utility |Wires |Less |than |35000 |volts |for |Equipment |operating |in |the |vicinity |of |wires


|energized |or |de-energized |and |not |grounded |is/ |- |ANSWERS✔✔ |3ft. |[Table |1]




Personnel |and |Equipment |being |provided |protection |by |Class |A |Employee, |wires |de-
energized, |tested |de-energized, |and |grounded |will |be |allowed? |- |ANSWERS✔✔ |Full |Contact.
|[Table |1]