ISA Utility Specialist Vocab
QUESTIONS & VERIFIED
ANSWERS
discredited term for unplanned, undesirable event that could result in unintentional
injury/property damage attributed to fate/bad luck - correct answer ✔✔Accident
illustration of Herbert Heinrich principles of accident prevention-----bottom has thousands of
unsafe acts/conditions, led to 300 close calls, 29 minor injuries & ultimately one major
fatality/injury at top - correct answer ✔✔Accident Pyramid
accounting methodology that records revenues & costs when they occur - correct answer
✔✔Accrual Accounting
aluminum conductor steel reinforced - correct answer ✔✔ACSR
point at which the level of incompatible plant species, density, height, location, condition
threatens the stated management objectives & requires implementation of control method -
correct answer ✔✔Action Threshold
structured face to face communication technique that improves performance & increases
understanding btwn people
-use persons name
-paraphrase their message - correct answer ✔✔Active Listening
adverse effects resulting from exposure to a single dose or exposure to multiple doses of a
substance over short time frame - correct answer ✔✔Acute Toxicity
,VM application of herbicide using aircraft(helicopters/fixed wing) - correct answer ✔✔Aerial
Application
truck, logging skidder or vehicle mounted w hydraulic boom supported bucket or semi-enclosed
working platform used to elevate workers - correct answer ✔✔Aerial LIft
chemical class of commonly IVM herbicides in which the mode of action inhibits key botanical
enzyme
-acetohdroxycacid synthase(AHAS)----biosynthesis of critical amino acids - correct answer
✔✔AHAS Inhibitors
manually operated switch----deployed where two circuits meet or circuit portion from an
energized feeder
-not designed to auto interrupt electrical load or be used as line protection from overload, short
circuit or fault - correct answer ✔✔Airbrake Switch
ability of some plants including certain grasses, to release chems that suppress other plant
species growing around them - correct answer ✔✔Allelopathy
chemical class of commonly used IVM herbicides in which the mode of action inhibits a key
enzyme
-acetolactate synthase - correct answer ✔✔ALS Inhibitors
electric current that reverses its direction many times per second at regular intervals typically
used in power supplies - correct answer ✔✔Alternating Current(AC)
energize cable constructed from aluminum wire stranded around a steel core
-lightweight, low cost
,-tendency to stretch when heated----high electrical load or high temp
-to minimize stretch/add strength----steel core is added - correct answer ✔✔Aluminum
Conductor Steel-Reinforced Cable(ACSR)
measure of current
- 1 A = charge carried by 6.25 x 10^18 electrons moving past a given point in one second -
correct answer ✔✔Ampere(amp, A)
American National Standard for Tree Care Operations----Tree/Shrub/Wood Plant Maintenance
-IVM---utility ROW - correct answer ✔✔-ANSI A300(Part 7)
ANSI Arboricultural Operations----Safety Reqs
-safety standard of practice for tree care - correct answer ✔✔ANSI Z133
minimum distance that must be kept btwn conductors/energized equipment & qualified line
clearance personnel & non-qualified & bodies/tools
-approach distance vary w qualifications of personnel & voltages - correct answer ✔✔Approach
Distance
circuit breaker equipped w mechanism that auto close the breaker after it has been opened due
to a. fault
-designed to reset quickly to give the cause of a fault opp to clear
-may immediately recharge the circuit several times at adjustable time delay----2/3 operations
within seconds before they open permanently - correct answer ✔✔Automatic Line Recloser
plant growth regulator or substance that promotes/influences the growth & development of
plants
-produced at sites where cells are dividing primarily in the shoot tips
, -auxin like compounds may be produced synthetically - correct answer ✔✔Auxin
class of selective herbicides that disrupt auxin transport
-auxin transport obstruction causes unnatural concentration of auxin in meristematic shoots &
roots, disturbing the auxin tolerances req for normal plant growth - correct answer ✔✔Auxin
Transport Inhibitors
electric flow in an unintended direction thru a process whereby de-energized lines become
energized from an external source----home generator - correct answer ✔✔Back Feed
group of workers rep by a union local - correct answer ✔✔Bargaining Unit
herbicide application made at the bottom 12 in of stem & root collar with an herbicide in an oil
carrier - correct answer ✔✔Basal Application
theory of industrial accident prevention pioneered by Herbert Heinrich that considers the
overwhelming majority of incidents to be caused by unsafe acts - correct answer ✔✔Behavior-
Based
management of vegetation by establishment & control of compatible stable plant communities
using plant competition, allelopathy, animals, insects, pathogens
-cover-type conversion is a type of biological control - correct answer ✔✔Biological Methods
section of a transmission/pipeline ROW that extends from wire/pipe zone to the ROW edge
-managed to promote a low growing plant community of forms, tall shrubs & low growing trees
below a specified height(25 ft) - correct answer ✔✔Border Zone
QUESTIONS & VERIFIED
ANSWERS
discredited term for unplanned, undesirable event that could result in unintentional
injury/property damage attributed to fate/bad luck - correct answer ✔✔Accident
illustration of Herbert Heinrich principles of accident prevention-----bottom has thousands of
unsafe acts/conditions, led to 300 close calls, 29 minor injuries & ultimately one major
fatality/injury at top - correct answer ✔✔Accident Pyramid
accounting methodology that records revenues & costs when they occur - correct answer
✔✔Accrual Accounting
aluminum conductor steel reinforced - correct answer ✔✔ACSR
point at which the level of incompatible plant species, density, height, location, condition
threatens the stated management objectives & requires implementation of control method -
correct answer ✔✔Action Threshold
structured face to face communication technique that improves performance & increases
understanding btwn people
-use persons name
-paraphrase their message - correct answer ✔✔Active Listening
adverse effects resulting from exposure to a single dose or exposure to multiple doses of a
substance over short time frame - correct answer ✔✔Acute Toxicity
,VM application of herbicide using aircraft(helicopters/fixed wing) - correct answer ✔✔Aerial
Application
truck, logging skidder or vehicle mounted w hydraulic boom supported bucket or semi-enclosed
working platform used to elevate workers - correct answer ✔✔Aerial LIft
chemical class of commonly IVM herbicides in which the mode of action inhibits key botanical
enzyme
-acetohdroxycacid synthase(AHAS)----biosynthesis of critical amino acids - correct answer
✔✔AHAS Inhibitors
manually operated switch----deployed where two circuits meet or circuit portion from an
energized feeder
-not designed to auto interrupt electrical load or be used as line protection from overload, short
circuit or fault - correct answer ✔✔Airbrake Switch
ability of some plants including certain grasses, to release chems that suppress other plant
species growing around them - correct answer ✔✔Allelopathy
chemical class of commonly used IVM herbicides in which the mode of action inhibits a key
enzyme
-acetolactate synthase - correct answer ✔✔ALS Inhibitors
electric current that reverses its direction many times per second at regular intervals typically
used in power supplies - correct answer ✔✔Alternating Current(AC)
energize cable constructed from aluminum wire stranded around a steel core
-lightweight, low cost
,-tendency to stretch when heated----high electrical load or high temp
-to minimize stretch/add strength----steel core is added - correct answer ✔✔Aluminum
Conductor Steel-Reinforced Cable(ACSR)
measure of current
- 1 A = charge carried by 6.25 x 10^18 electrons moving past a given point in one second -
correct answer ✔✔Ampere(amp, A)
American National Standard for Tree Care Operations----Tree/Shrub/Wood Plant Maintenance
-IVM---utility ROW - correct answer ✔✔-ANSI A300(Part 7)
ANSI Arboricultural Operations----Safety Reqs
-safety standard of practice for tree care - correct answer ✔✔ANSI Z133
minimum distance that must be kept btwn conductors/energized equipment & qualified line
clearance personnel & non-qualified & bodies/tools
-approach distance vary w qualifications of personnel & voltages - correct answer ✔✔Approach
Distance
circuit breaker equipped w mechanism that auto close the breaker after it has been opened due
to a. fault
-designed to reset quickly to give the cause of a fault opp to clear
-may immediately recharge the circuit several times at adjustable time delay----2/3 operations
within seconds before they open permanently - correct answer ✔✔Automatic Line Recloser
plant growth regulator or substance that promotes/influences the growth & development of
plants
-produced at sites where cells are dividing primarily in the shoot tips
, -auxin like compounds may be produced synthetically - correct answer ✔✔Auxin
class of selective herbicides that disrupt auxin transport
-auxin transport obstruction causes unnatural concentration of auxin in meristematic shoots &
roots, disturbing the auxin tolerances req for normal plant growth - correct answer ✔✔Auxin
Transport Inhibitors
electric flow in an unintended direction thru a process whereby de-energized lines become
energized from an external source----home generator - correct answer ✔✔Back Feed
group of workers rep by a union local - correct answer ✔✔Bargaining Unit
herbicide application made at the bottom 12 in of stem & root collar with an herbicide in an oil
carrier - correct answer ✔✔Basal Application
theory of industrial accident prevention pioneered by Herbert Heinrich that considers the
overwhelming majority of incidents to be caused by unsafe acts - correct answer ✔✔Behavior-
Based
management of vegetation by establishment & control of compatible stable plant communities
using plant competition, allelopathy, animals, insects, pathogens
-cover-type conversion is a type of biological control - correct answer ✔✔Biological Methods
section of a transmission/pipeline ROW that extends from wire/pipe zone to the ROW edge
-managed to promote a low growing plant community of forms, tall shrubs & low growing trees
below a specified height(25 ft) - correct answer ✔✔Border Zone
