VERIFIED SOLUTIONS (GRADED A)
“Electrical Shock - CORRECT ANSWER Sensation and muscular spasm cause when
electric current passes through the body"
"Burns - CORRECT ANSWER Electrical burns, arc burns, thermal contact burns"
"Electrical burns - CORRECT ANSWER Electrical current flowing through tissue or
bones"
"Arc burns - CORRECT ANSWER High temperatures near the body produced by electric
arc or explosion"
"Thermal contact burns - CORRECT ANSWER When skin comes in contact with hot
surfaces of overheated electrical conductors"
"Electrical Arcs - CORRECT ANSWER Where short circuit occurs; may cause fires"
"Ground-fault circuit interrupters - CORRECT ANSWER "
Electrical Shock - CORRECT ANSWER Sensation and muscular spasm cause when
electric current passes through the body"
"Voltage - CORRECT ANSWER Potential of electric energy; pressure of electrons
pushing away from each other"
"Current - CORRECT ANSWER Flow of electrons"
"Most dangerous paths - CORRECT ANSWER Hand to hand & left hand to either foot"
"Factors affecting shock - CORRECT ANSWER Amount of current, path of current,
amount of body resistance, length of time current flows in body"
"3 ways to prevent shock - CORRECT ANSWER Isolate, insulate & ground"
"Grounding conductor - CORRECT ANSWER Used to form a low resistance path from
the ground to the metallic tool case"
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, "12MA - CORRECT ANSWER Minimum AC current required to cause severe muscle
contractions"
"The body - CORRECT ANSWER Acts like a conductor when it becomes part of a
circuit"
"5xs - CORRECT ANSWER How much more DC is required to freeze the body rather
than AC"
"Burns - CORRECT ANSWER Electrical burns, arc burns, thermal contact burns"
"Electrical burns - CORRECT ANSWER Electrical current flowing through tissue or
bones"
"Arc burns - CORRECT ANSWER High temperatures near the body produced by electric
arc or explosion"
"Ground-fault circuit interrupters - CORRECT ANSWER "
Most common electrical injury - CORRECT ANSWER Burns"
"Primary factors for shock severity? - CORRECT ANSWER 1) amount of current
2)path it takes through the body
3)length of time in circuit"
"3 ways to protect against electrical hazards - CORRECT ANSWER 1)insulation
2)guarding
3)grounding"
"Definition of class C fire - CORRECT ANSWER Electrical fire"
"PASS definition (fire extinguisher) - CORRECT ANSWER P-pull pin
A-aim
S-squeeze
S-sweep"
"Powers of ten addition/subtraction rule - CORRECT ANSWER Exponents must be the
same"
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