FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT OSHA LADDERS EXAM

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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT OSHA LADDERS EXAM

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Question 1: How are self-supporting portable ladder loads tested?

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The ability of a ladder to sustain the loads indicated in this paragraph shall be determined by applying or transmitting the requisite load to the ladder in a downward vertical direction.Question 2: Rungs, cleats, and steps of portable ladders (except as provided below) and fixed ladders (including individual-rung/step ladders) shall be spaced?

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not less than 10 inches (25 cm) apart, nor more than 14 inches (36 cm) apart, as measured between center lines of the rungs, cleats and steps.Question 3: Portable ladders with structural defects, such as, but not limited to, broken or missing rungs, cleats, or steps, broken or split rails, corroded components, or other faulty or defective components, shall either be what?

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immediately marked in a manner that readily identifies them as defective, or be tagged with "Do Not Use" or similar language, and shall be withdrawn from service until repaired.

Question 4: The top of a non-self-supporting ladder shall be placed with the two rails supported how?

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equally unless it is equipped with a single support attachment.Question 5: Wood job-made ladders with spliced side rails shall be used at an angle such that?

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the horizontal distance is one-eighth the working length of the ladder.Question 6: The side rails of through or side-step fixed ladders shall extend:

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42" above top of the access level or landing platform served by the ladder. For a parapet ladder, the access level shall be the roof if parapet is cut to permit passage thru parapet; if parapet is continuous, the access level shall be the top of parapet.Question 7: For side-step fixed ladders, the side rails and the steps or rungs shall be:

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continuous in the extension.

Question 8: What holds a stepladder open?

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A metal spreader or locking device shall be provided on each stepladder Question 9: Ladders shall have nonconductive siderails if they are used where the employee or the ladder could what?

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contact exposed energized electrical equipment, except as provided in 1926.951(c)(1) of this part.

Question 10: Ladders shall not be moved, shifted, or extended when?

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while occupied.Question 11: The design and installation of mountings and cable guides shall not:

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reduce the design strength of the ladder.

Question 12: The minimum clear distance between side rails for all portable ladders shall be?

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11 1/2 inches (29 cm).Question 13: Ladders placed in any location where they can be displaced by workplace activities or traffic, such as in passageways, doorways, or driveways, shall be?

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secured to prevent accidental displacement, or a barricade shall be used to keep the activities or traffic away from the ladder.Question 14: When portable ladders are used for access to an upper landing surface, the ladder

side rails shall extend:

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at least 3' above upper landing surface; or, when such an extension is not possible because of the ladder's length, then the ladder shall be secured at its top to a rigid support, and a grabrail shall be provided to assist in mounting/dismounting.Question 15: For fixed ladders, Cages shall extend:

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not less than 27 inches (66 cm), or more than 30 inches (76 cm) from the centerline of the step or rung (excluding the flare at the bottom of the cage), and shall not be less than 27 inches (68 cm) in width Question 16: Ladder safety devices, and related support systems, for fixed ladders shall

conform to all of the following (part one):

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3.activated within 2' after a fall occurs, and limit descending velocity to 7 ft/sec.

• connection between carrier/lifeline and body belt or harness shall not exceed 9".

Question 17: How are portable ladder loads that are not self supporting tested?

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by applying or transmitting the requisite load to the ladder in a downward vertical direction when the ladder is placed at an angle of 75 1/2 degrees from the horizontal.Question 18: T or F? Single-rail ladders are safe to use if used in it's intended purpose?

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False! single rail ladders shall not be used. ever.

Question 19: When two or more separate ladders are used to reach an elevated work area, the ladders shall be?

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offset with a platform or landing between the ladders.Question 20: T or F: Ladders can be used on unstable or unlevel surfaces if they are secured?

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True! Ladders shall be used only on stable and level surfaces unless secured to prevent accidental displacement.Question 21: Each Fixed ladder:

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At least two loads of 250 pounds each, concentrated between any two consecutive attachments plus anticipated loads caused by ice buildup, winds, rigging, and impact loads resulting from the use of ladder safety devices.Question 22: Each portable ladder that is not self-supporting:

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At least four times the maximum intended load, except that each extra-heavy-duty type 1A metal or plastic ladders shall sustain at least 3.3 times the maximum intended load.Question 23: Ladders shall be maintained free of:

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oil, grease, and other slipping hazards.Question 24: For fixed ladders, the bottom of the cage shall be:

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at a level not less than 7' nor more than 8' above the point of access to the bottom of the ladder. The bottom of the cage shall be flared not less than 4" all around within the distance between the bottom horizontal band and the next higher band Question 25: The minimum clear distance between the sides of individual-rung/step ladders and the minimum clear distance between the side rails of other fixed ladders shall be ?

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16 inches (41 cm).