Lineman Final Study Guide questions n
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The primary means of generating electricity in today's modern utility systems are:
A. Steam and hydroelectric
B. Hydro-electric and gas turbines
C. gas turbines and diesel engines - correct answer ✔✔A
A special type of hydroelectric plant that utilizes 2 reservoirs and involves returning water from
the lower reservoir to be ran through the turbines again is known as a:
A. hydro storage
B. pumped fission
C. pumped storage - correct answer ✔✔C
The electricity produced at the generating plants is fed into the giant transformers at the plan
substations that change the voltage to levels ranging from:
A. 120 to 240 volts
B. 4,000 to 34,500 volts
C. 138,000 to 765,000 volts - correct answer ✔✔C
Electric utilities generate and furnish:
A. direct current
B. alternating current
C. transformed current - correct answer ✔✔B
,Which of the following is a true statement?
A. More people are injured at home with 120 volts than are injured within the utility industry.
B. As most people are aware, more people are injured in the utility industry than at home since
utility workers deal with higher voltages.
C. The reason few electrical injuries occur at home is because the lower voltages that a
homeowner is exposed to is not sufficient to cause serious injury. - correct answer ✔✔A.
The minimum listing of rules and requirement necessary for performing work safely is found in a
publication known as the:
A. Safety Manual
B. Material Safety Data Sheet
C. Work Area Protection Manual - correct answer ✔✔A
Which of the following states the basic safety policy of our school?
A. No operating condition or urgency of service can ever justify endangering the life of anyone
B. You are responsible and will be held accountable to justify, by operating condition or urgency
of service, endangering the life of anyone
C. You are required and will be held accountable to act so as to provide safety for yourself,
safety to your fellow employees, protection to the public, and protection to company property. -
correct answer ✔✔A
The purpose of the company's Safety Manual is to:
A. Provide a guide for the conduct of periodic safety meetings
B. Prevent accidents and to comply with applicable laws and regulations.
C. Outline new training as new equipment and procedures become available. - correct answer
✔✔B
Which of the following statements is true?
, A. Additional precautions cannot be required by the person in charge if he/she feels that such
extra effort is prudent.
B. Additional precautions may be required by the person in charge if he/she feels that such
extra effort is prudent. However, he/she cannot impose them if they cannot be found in any
safety publication.
C. Additional precautions may be required by the person in charge if he/she feels that such
extra effort is prudent. Determining factors might be (but not limited to) such things as the
experience level of the people under his direction, changing weather conditions, etc. - correct
answer ✔✔C
Which of the following statements is false?
A. You are required to attend periodic safety meetings.
B. You are required to keep yourself fully informed of the contents of the Safety Manual and
apply these rules to your work.
C. You are not required to keep yourself fully informed of the contents of the Work Area
Protection Manual and any other procedures that apply these rules to your work. - correct
answer ✔✔C
During the first six months in this classification, the students must demonstrate the ability to
operate company equipment, climb poles and structures, and work on de-energizing conductors
and equipment. Also,
A. Under direct supervision of a higher classification, may work secondary voltage up to 260
volts
B. Under general supervision of a higher classification, may work secondary voltage up to 260
volts.
C. Under immediate supervision of a higher classification, may work secondary voltage up to
260 volts. - correct answer ✔✔A
Which of the is not a routine duty of "D" mechanics?
A. Assemble, install, maintain, remove and inspect conductors, fixtures and other associated
equipment on energized overhead and underground facilities over 260 volts.
answers
The primary means of generating electricity in today's modern utility systems are:
A. Steam and hydroelectric
B. Hydro-electric and gas turbines
C. gas turbines and diesel engines - correct answer ✔✔A
A special type of hydroelectric plant that utilizes 2 reservoirs and involves returning water from
the lower reservoir to be ran through the turbines again is known as a:
A. hydro storage
B. pumped fission
C. pumped storage - correct answer ✔✔C
The electricity produced at the generating plants is fed into the giant transformers at the plan
substations that change the voltage to levels ranging from:
A. 120 to 240 volts
B. 4,000 to 34,500 volts
C. 138,000 to 765,000 volts - correct answer ✔✔C
Electric utilities generate and furnish:
A. direct current
B. alternating current
C. transformed current - correct answer ✔✔B
,Which of the following is a true statement?
A. More people are injured at home with 120 volts than are injured within the utility industry.
B. As most people are aware, more people are injured in the utility industry than at home since
utility workers deal with higher voltages.
C. The reason few electrical injuries occur at home is because the lower voltages that a
homeowner is exposed to is not sufficient to cause serious injury. - correct answer ✔✔A.
The minimum listing of rules and requirement necessary for performing work safely is found in a
publication known as the:
A. Safety Manual
B. Material Safety Data Sheet
C. Work Area Protection Manual - correct answer ✔✔A
Which of the following states the basic safety policy of our school?
A. No operating condition or urgency of service can ever justify endangering the life of anyone
B. You are responsible and will be held accountable to justify, by operating condition or urgency
of service, endangering the life of anyone
C. You are required and will be held accountable to act so as to provide safety for yourself,
safety to your fellow employees, protection to the public, and protection to company property. -
correct answer ✔✔A
The purpose of the company's Safety Manual is to:
A. Provide a guide for the conduct of periodic safety meetings
B. Prevent accidents and to comply with applicable laws and regulations.
C. Outline new training as new equipment and procedures become available. - correct answer
✔✔B
Which of the following statements is true?
, A. Additional precautions cannot be required by the person in charge if he/she feels that such
extra effort is prudent.
B. Additional precautions may be required by the person in charge if he/she feels that such
extra effort is prudent. However, he/she cannot impose them if they cannot be found in any
safety publication.
C. Additional precautions may be required by the person in charge if he/she feels that such
extra effort is prudent. Determining factors might be (but not limited to) such things as the
experience level of the people under his direction, changing weather conditions, etc. - correct
answer ✔✔C
Which of the following statements is false?
A. You are required to attend periodic safety meetings.
B. You are required to keep yourself fully informed of the contents of the Safety Manual and
apply these rules to your work.
C. You are not required to keep yourself fully informed of the contents of the Work Area
Protection Manual and any other procedures that apply these rules to your work. - correct
answer ✔✔C
During the first six months in this classification, the students must demonstrate the ability to
operate company equipment, climb poles and structures, and work on de-energizing conductors
and equipment. Also,
A. Under direct supervision of a higher classification, may work secondary voltage up to 260
volts
B. Under general supervision of a higher classification, may work secondary voltage up to 260
volts.
C. Under immediate supervision of a higher classification, may work secondary voltage up to
260 volts. - correct answer ✔✔A
Which of the is not a routine duty of "D" mechanics?
A. Assemble, install, maintain, remove and inspect conductors, fixtures and other associated
equipment on energized overhead and underground facilities over 260 volts.
