NCCER OSHA SCAFFOLD SG REVISION TEST 2025/2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔According to OSHA, a light-duty scaffold is designed and constructed to carry a
working load of how many pounds per square foot? - ✔✔25
✔✔Scaffolds and their components shall be capable of supporting, without failure, how
many pounds per square foot? - ✔✔4
✔✔Where should the bottom runners/ledger of a tube and coupler scaffold be located? -
✔✔As close to the base as possible
✔✔Runners, bearers, ledgers, transoms are all used in what part of a scaffolding
system? - ✔✔Horizontal
✔✔Side brackets on a scaffold should not be used? - ✔✔to store equipment
✔✔Tube and couplers scaffold legs should be set on? - ✔✔Twist lock or open tube
base plates
✔✔What type of clamp is used to put a diagonal brace on a tube and coupler scaffold? -
✔✔Swivel
✔✔When installing a stationary scaffold, when should ties be installed? - ✔✔During the
erection process
✔✔According OSHA, a medium duty scaffold is designed and constructed to carry a
working load of how many pounds per square foot? - ✔✔50
✔✔To prevent damage to the hoisting equipment or to avoid overturning the scaffold,
Always ensure that the weight to be lifted does not exceed the? - ✔✔rated load
✔✔On a tube and clamp scaffold, diagonal are usually installed at a ? - ✔✔45 degree
angle
✔✔The bearers for a working platform on a typical tube and clamp scaffold are
installed? - ✔✔Above the runners
✔✔On a tube and clamp scaffold right angle clamps are used to? - ✔✔Join horizontal
poles to vertical poles
✔✔What should be used to brace mobile scaffolds properly? - ✔✔Both cross bracing
and horizontal bracing
, ✔✔When hanging a scaffold is erected on the side of a tower, good practice Requires
that a safety clamp be placed on the? - ✔✔Top and bottom corners of a diagonal brace
✔✔A putlog is a truss used in scaffolding applications where? - ✔✔Bridging over an
obstruction is required
✔✔One of the builder's first tasks in any type of scaffold assembly should be to -
✔✔gather all necessary scaffold components and inspect them for any damage
✔✔What is the maximum allowable distance between wraps? - ✔✔6 feet 6 inches
✔✔Safety lifeline on suspension scaffolds must be tied off to - ✔✔anchor points other
than those used to support the scaffold
✔✔Swing gates used as a means of access must be installed so that they may swing -
✔✔toward the platform
✔✔When screw jacks are adjusted to level scaffolding, they should - ✔✔Never exceed
a 12 inch extension
✔✔When material are being hoisted to an upper level, a tag line is used to - ✔✔Help
guide the load
✔✔When bearers are coupled directly to the runners, the coupler must be kept - ✔✔As
close to the post as possible
✔✔what should be used to brace tubular welded frame scaffolds? - ✔✔Cross bracing,
diagonal bracing, or both
✔✔Adjustings screw jacks are used to - ✔✔level the scaffold
✔✔Any scaffolding, including accessories such as braces, trusses, and ladders,
damaged or weakened from any cause should be? - ✔✔repaired or replaced
immediately
✔✔Drawing and specifications for all frame scaffolds over how many feet I height above
the base plates must be designed by a registered professional engineer? - ✔✔125
✔✔The component that distributes the scaffold's leg load over a larger area is a -
✔✔Base plate
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔According to OSHA, a light-duty scaffold is designed and constructed to carry a
working load of how many pounds per square foot? - ✔✔25
✔✔Scaffolds and their components shall be capable of supporting, without failure, how
many pounds per square foot? - ✔✔4
✔✔Where should the bottom runners/ledger of a tube and coupler scaffold be located? -
✔✔As close to the base as possible
✔✔Runners, bearers, ledgers, transoms are all used in what part of a scaffolding
system? - ✔✔Horizontal
✔✔Side brackets on a scaffold should not be used? - ✔✔to store equipment
✔✔Tube and couplers scaffold legs should be set on? - ✔✔Twist lock or open tube
base plates
✔✔What type of clamp is used to put a diagonal brace on a tube and coupler scaffold? -
✔✔Swivel
✔✔When installing a stationary scaffold, when should ties be installed? - ✔✔During the
erection process
✔✔According OSHA, a medium duty scaffold is designed and constructed to carry a
working load of how many pounds per square foot? - ✔✔50
✔✔To prevent damage to the hoisting equipment or to avoid overturning the scaffold,
Always ensure that the weight to be lifted does not exceed the? - ✔✔rated load
✔✔On a tube and clamp scaffold, diagonal are usually installed at a ? - ✔✔45 degree
angle
✔✔The bearers for a working platform on a typical tube and clamp scaffold are
installed? - ✔✔Above the runners
✔✔On a tube and clamp scaffold right angle clamps are used to? - ✔✔Join horizontal
poles to vertical poles
✔✔What should be used to brace mobile scaffolds properly? - ✔✔Both cross bracing
and horizontal bracing
, ✔✔When hanging a scaffold is erected on the side of a tower, good practice Requires
that a safety clamp be placed on the? - ✔✔Top and bottom corners of a diagonal brace
✔✔A putlog is a truss used in scaffolding applications where? - ✔✔Bridging over an
obstruction is required
✔✔One of the builder's first tasks in any type of scaffold assembly should be to -
✔✔gather all necessary scaffold components and inspect them for any damage
✔✔What is the maximum allowable distance between wraps? - ✔✔6 feet 6 inches
✔✔Safety lifeline on suspension scaffolds must be tied off to - ✔✔anchor points other
than those used to support the scaffold
✔✔Swing gates used as a means of access must be installed so that they may swing -
✔✔toward the platform
✔✔When screw jacks are adjusted to level scaffolding, they should - ✔✔Never exceed
a 12 inch extension
✔✔When material are being hoisted to an upper level, a tag line is used to - ✔✔Help
guide the load
✔✔When bearers are coupled directly to the runners, the coupler must be kept - ✔✔As
close to the post as possible
✔✔what should be used to brace tubular welded frame scaffolds? - ✔✔Cross bracing,
diagonal bracing, or both
✔✔Adjustings screw jacks are used to - ✔✔level the scaffold
✔✔Any scaffolding, including accessories such as braces, trusses, and ladders,
damaged or weakened from any cause should be? - ✔✔repaired or replaced
immediately
✔✔Drawing and specifications for all frame scaffolds over how many feet I height above
the base plates must be designed by a registered professional engineer? - ✔✔125
✔✔The component that distributes the scaffold's leg load over a larger area is a -
✔✔Base plate
