QUESTIONAIRE FOR SCAFFOLDERS:

1. Who fills in the scaffold field inspection checklist for a scaffold over 6 meters?

a. Scaffold Supervisor & inspector fills in Separate

b. Scaffold inspector
c. Scaffold supervisor
d. Scaffold Supervisor& Proponent fills in separate

2. Which tag is used on a scaffold while erection, alteration and dismantle?

a. White Scaffold tag

b. Green Scaffold tag
c. Yellow Scaffold tag
d. Red Scaffold tag

3. Who Should verify and sign the scaffold plan prior to submitting to the proponent?

a. Scaffold Erector
b. Scaffold inspector
c. Structural Engineer
d. Scaffold Supervisor

4. Which check list used for performing pre – use safety inspection?

a. Scaffold user safety checklist

b. Scaffold plan complete checklist
c. Scaffold plan user checklist
d. Scaffold user completeness checklist

5. Who reviews every scaffold plan for conformance to SSH requirements?

a. Structural Engineer
b. ALPD
c. Proponent
d. CSD

6. Which of the following is not a special Scaffold?

a. Scaffold cantilevered up to 3 meters

b. Scaffold load rating more than 240kg

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c. Scaffold over 38 meters
d. Scaffold supported by or hung from outrigger beams

7. All scaffold shall built in accordance with the work process/decision flowchart of which
publication?

a. SSH
b. CSM
c. GI 8.001
d. GI SSH ,CSM

8. Who shall ensure that the scaffold plan is complete?

a. Proponent
b. LPD
c. Scaffold Supervisor
d. Scaffold Inspector

9. Which Checklist is used for verifying completeness of a scaffold plan?

a. Scaffold plan completeness checklist

b. Scaffold plan safety checklist
c. Scaffold plan verifying checklist
d. Scaffold field inspection checklist

10. Who shall confirm the adequacy of the existing structure to support the scaffold load
and ensure that all necessary precautions are taken?

a. Scaffold Erector
b. CSD
c. ALPD
d. Proponent

11. What does the yellow Scaffold tag Signifies on the scaffold?

a. Full body harness should be worn at all times

b. Guard rail missing
c. Safety belt should be worn at all times
d. Scaffold is not safe to use

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12. Prior to how many days, shall a scaffold plan of Special Scaffold be submitted to the
ALPD?

a. 2 weeks
b. 4 weeks
c. 3 weeks
d. 1 weeks

13. Who shall survey the job site prior to scaffold erection?

a. Scaffold Supervisor & Proponent

b. Scaffold Supervisor & Inspector
c. Scaffold inspector & Proponent
d. Scaffold Erector & Scaffold Supervisor

14. When shall the scaffold components be inspected?

a. Before, after &during each use

b. Every two weeks
c. whenever scaffold supervisor thinks it is necessary
d. whenever proponent asks for it

15. Who shall verify the scaffold plan for job functionality and access?

a. Representative of scaffold Erector

b. Representative of proponent
c. CSD
d. LPD

16. Who shall review if deviation from an accepted scaffold plan is required?

a. ALPD
b. Proponent
c. CSD
d. Supervisor

17. Under whom supervisor and direction shall scaffold be altered and dismantle?

a. Supervisor
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b. ALPD
c. CSD
d. Inspector

18. Scaffold craftsman shall wear PPE, including personal fall arrest system during erection,
alteration & dismantling in accordance to which publication?

a. SSH &CSM
b. GI
c. Manufactures Guideline
d. GI, CSM &SSH

19. Who fills in the scaffold plan completeness checklist?

a. LPD
b. Representative of Scaffold Erector
c. Representative of proponent
d. CSD

20. When shall the lanyard be anchored to a scaffold?

a. When craftsman feels it is safe

b. When stronger anchorage is not available
c. At all times
d. Above 1.8 meters

21. Who can remove a red scaffold tag?

a. anyone
b. Scaffold Supervisor & inspector
c. Proponent
d. Health & safety department

22. Which of these is the responsibility of consulting service department?

a. Conducting Structural engineering of scaffold plan

b. Review of scaffold plan for conformance to SSH
c. Perform be –weekly inspection
d. Conducting random inspection for special scaffold
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23. Which of these are not proponent duties?

a. Conducting Random inspection of scaffold

b. Notifying the scaffold erector when is ready to be dismantle
c. Storing and issuing scaffold tag, inserts and pens to scaffold erectors
d. Ensuring that the scaffold erector has all required layout and design information

24. How should a rad Scaffold tag be secured to the scaffold?

a. By placing a Scaffold tube through the hole in the holder

b. Tied with wire rope
c. Secured by Clamps
d. All of above

25. What is done with the final accepted plan?

a. The Proponent files it for use as a model for similar jobs in the future
b. The scaffold erector files it for use as a model for similar jobs in the future
c. Returned to the scaffold erector
d. Returned to the scaffold Supervisor

26. Who are allowed on a scaffold with red tag?

a. Health & Safety department

b. proponent
c. Scaffold Crafts man
d. Scaffold manager

27. Who fills in the scaffold field inspection checklist for a scaffold up to 6 meters?

a. Proponent
b. Scaffold inspector
c. Scaffold Supervisor
d. Scaffold Erector

28. To whom shall the filled checklist be submitted?

a. Proponent

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b. Scaffold Erector
c. LPD
d. CSD

29. Who shall sing a green or yellow tag for scaffold up to 6 meters?

a. Scaffold supervisor & inspector

b. Scaffold erector
c. Scaffold Supervisor
d. Scaffold inspector

30. Who shall sign a green or yellow tag for a scaffold over 6 meters?

a. Scaffold supervisor & inspector

b. Scaffold inspector
c. Scaffold Supervisor
d. Scaffold erector

31. Who shall enter the date of next inspection on green or yellow Scaffold tag over 6
meters?

a. Scaffold erector
b. Scaffold supervisor
c. Scaffold inspector
d. Scaffold Supervisor & inspector

32. Who shall securely affix a green or yellow tag on scaffold tag over 6 meters?

a. Scaffold Inspector
b. Scaffold erector
c. Scaffold supervisor
d. Scaffold Supervisor and inspector

33. Who can alter or repair an existing Scaffold?

a. Scaffold craftsmen under the supervisor of the supervisor of the scaffold erector
b. Scaffold craftsman under the supervisor of the proponent
c. Scaffold Craftsman under the supervisor of any supervisor
d. Scaffold craftsman under the supervisor of LPD
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34. Who shall notify the scaffold erector that the scaffold is ready for dismantle?

a. Proponent
b. LPD
c. Supervisor
d. inspector

35. Which of these is not responsibility of LPD?

a. Conducting Structural engineering review

b. Conducting review of scaffold plan
c. Conformance to SSH
d. Conduct random inspection of scaffold

36. Who shall ensure that the scaffold craftsman is wearing PPE?

a. Safety officer
b. Supervisor
c. Proponent
d. Inspector

37. Which of these would be a major hazard affecting the operation of scaffold?

a. work on roof
b. Overhead power line
c. Excavation
d. work over water

38. Which publication should comply for inspection of scaffold materials?

a. Scaffold safety handbook

b. GI 8.001
c. General instruction manual
d. BS 1139

39. When should a red (DO NOT USE) tag be clearly visible on a scaffold structure?

a. During erection, dismantle and alteration

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b. Until inspection not done and appropriate tagged
c. when scaffold is unsafe
d. All of above

40. When a scaffold structure of 8 meters in height has been altered, which authorities must
insect and re – tag it?

a. Scaffold supervisor and inspector

b. Scaffold supervisor
c. Scaffold inspector
d. Representative of LPD

41. Scaffold supervisor can sign (tags) on their own on scaffold up to height of?

a. Any height
b. Up to 6 meters
c. Above 6 meters
d. All of above

42. Scaffold inspector must can sign (tags) on the following types of scaffold?

a. or b,c,d
b. Scaffold up to 6 meters special scaffolds requiring a plan
c. Scaffold over 6 meters special scaffold requiring a plan
d. Scaffold over 38 meters special scaffold requiring plan

43. The specialized scaffold erector should ensure that their scaffold plan is complete in
accordance with which publication?

a. The scaffold safety hand book

b. The construction safety manual
c. The scaffold user’s safety checklist
d. The scaffold plan completeness

44. Who reviews every scaffold plan for completeness, functionality, access and any
clearance requirements prior to submitting it to the loss prevention department?

a. Proponent (permit issuer)

b. Structural engineer

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c. CSD
d. Safety Supervisor

45. The height of the scaffold is measured:

a. from the top of the base plate to the top rail

b. from the top of the base plate to the topmost platform
c. from the ground to the top – edge of the standard

46. A medium-duty scaffold with two working levels can have a maximum height of:

a. 78 feet or 24 meters
b. 91 feet or 28 meters
c. 125 feet or 38 meters
d. None is given

47. Safe landings shall be provided at the top of all ladders and at least _______________ of
ladder height.

a. 3 meters (10 feet)

b. 9 meters (30 feet)
c. 6 meters (20 feet)
d. 12 meters (40 feet)

48. For insulated power lines, what is the minimum safe clearance between power lines and
scaffold for 300 volts to 50 kV?

a. 3 meters (10 feet)

b. 9 meters (30 feet)
c. 6 meters (20 feet)
d. 12 meters (40 feet)

49. For insulated power lines, what is the minimum safe clearance between power lines and
scaffold for less than 60 kV?

a. 6 meters (20 feet)

b. 9 meters (30 feet)
c. 3 meters (10 feet)
d. 4 meters (13 feet)

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50. What is the minimum distance the gin wheel shall be mounted on a cantilever tube
projecting outward from the scaffold?

a. 550 mm
b. 850 mm
c. 450 mm
d. 750 mm

51. Lift height shall not exceed to _______________

a. 4 meters (13 feet)

b. 2 meters (6.5 feet)
c. 1.8 meters (6 feet)
d. None is given

52. What bracing is important to prevent excessive sway and necessary in both transverse
and longitudinal directions of all system and tube and coupler scaffolds?

a. interior longitudinal bracing

b. façade bracing
c. vertical bracing
d. None is given

53. Bracing for system scaffolds is specially designed to _______________

a. grid size of the scaffold

b. big size of the scaffold
c. small size of the scaffold
d. either b or c

54. System scaffold components shall not be used to construct what type of scaffolds?

a. tube and coupler

b. mobile scaffold
c. under-hung
d. a and b

55. Bearer (transoms), including board bearers (intermediate transoms) shall extend at least
_______________ beyond the runner centerline.

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a. 550 mm
b. 100 mm
c. 450 mm
d. 200 mm

56. What scaffold tool is required to tighten scaffold couplers to the torque between 40 kg-m
to 80 kg-m?

a. spanner
b. cheater bars
c. long handled wrenches
d. none of the above

57. What is the maximum scaffold height required for light-duty tube and coupler scaffold
with maximum 3 working levels?

a. 38 meters (125 feet)

b. 28 meters (91 feet)
c. 24 meters (78 feet)
d. None is given

58. What is the maximum scaffold height required for medium-duty tube and coupler
scaffold with maximum 1 working level?

a. 38 meters (125 feet)

b. 28 meters (91 feet)
c. 24 meters (78 feet)
d. None is given

59. Mobile and tower scaffold shall be horizontally and vertically braced in what directions?

a. both directions
b. one direction only
c. no direction required
d. upward direction

60. What is the maximum post spacing required in both directions for light-duty tube and
coupler, mobile and tower scaffolds that are 1 bay long and 1 bay wide and constructed
with steel tubing that is NOT manufactured and embossed.

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a. 6 meters (20 feet)
b. 9 meters (30 feet)
c. 3 meters (10 feet)
d. 1.7 meters (5.5 feet)

61. What is the maximum post spacing required in both directions for light-duty tube and
coupler, mobile and tower scaffolds that 1 bay long and 1 bay wide and constructed with
steel tubing that is manufactured and embossed?

a. 6 meters (20 feet)

b. 2 meters (6.5 feet)
c. 3 meters (10 feet)
d. 1.7 meters (5.5 feet)

62. What shall be used in leveling a mobile or tower scaffolds?

a. base plate
b. screw jacks
c. sill (sole board or sole plate)
d. none is given

63. What is the required diameter of steel casters for mobile scaffold rated for light-duty?

a. 120 mm
b. 100 mm
c. 170 mm
d. 200 mm

64. What is the required diameter of steel casters for mobile scaffold rated for medium-
duty?

a. 120 mm
b. 100 mm
c. 170 mm
d. 200 mm

65. What shall be used to fit all casters to prevent movement while the mobile scaffold is
being used?

a. screw jacks
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b. positive wheel lock
c. negative wheel lock
d. none is given

66. Which of the following is not permitted for mobile or tower scaffold?

a. cantilevered working areas

b. casters
c. screw jacks with locking pins
d. b only

67. What is the required height of the uppermost work platform?

a. 4 times the minimum base dimension of any mobile or tower scaffold

b. 5 times the minimum base dimension of any mobile or tower scaffold
c. 6 times the minimum base dimension of any mobile or tower scaffold
d. 7 times the minimum base dimension of any mobile or tower scaffold

68. What should be provided to every platform?

a. complete guardrail system

b. top rails only
c. mid-rails only
d. b&c

69. What is the required load in order fabricated tubular frame scaffold can be used?

a. 120 kg/m2 or less

b. greater than 120 kg/m2
c. greater than 240 kg/m2
d. none is given

70. What is the required nominal outside diameter of scaffold tubing?

a. 96.6 mm (3.8 inches)

b. 48.3 mm (1.9 inches)
c. 144.9 mm (5.7 inches)
d. 193.2 mm (7.6 inches)

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71. What is the maximum height of fabricated tubular frame scaffold?

a. 6 meters (20 feet)

b. 28 meters (91 feet)
c. 3 meters (10 feet)
d. 12 meters (40 feet)

72. Bracket scaffold shall only be used to support a load of _______________.

a. medium-duty
b. light-duty
c. special-duty
d. heavy-duty

73. Bracket, bracket straps and other associated structural members shall be free from
_______________.

a. detrimental corrosion
b. damage
c. defects
d. a, b, c

74. Bracket shall be installed _______________.

a. diagonally
b. vertically
c. horizontally
d. none is given

75. A guardrail system shall be provided on the inside platform edge when the gap between
the platform and tank is _______________.

a. 360 mm (14 inches)

b. 180 mm (7 inches)
c. 90 mm (3.5 inches)
d. 720 mm (28 inches)

76. What is to be used in constructing guardrails for bracket scaffold?

a. wire rope only

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b. steel tubing only
c. wire rope or steel tubing
d. none is given

77. When should the guardrail support uprights be constructed above the walking surface?

a. the top rail is 0.95 m (38 inches), not more than 1.15 m (45 inches)
b. the top rail is 1.90 m (76 inches), not more than 2.30 m (90 inches)
c. the top rail is 2.85 m (114 inches), not more than 3.45 m (135 inches)
d. none of the above

78. What is the vertical distance from the top edge of toeboard to the level of the
walking/working surface?

a. 100 mm (4 inches)
b. 200 mm (8 inches)
c. 300 mm (12 inches)
d. 400 mm (16 inches)

79. What is the required thickness of wood toeboards?

a. 50 mm (2 inches)
b. 25 mm (1 inch)
c. 75 mm (3 inches)
d. 100 mm (4 inches)

80. How many kilograms a solid toeboards can be capable of withstanding a load in any
downward or horizontal direction?

a. 23 kgs. (50 lbs.)

b. 25 kgs. (55 lbs.)
c. 30 kgs. (66 lbs.)
d. 50 kgs. (110 lbs.)

81. What is the maximum length of lanyards?

a. 3.6 meters (12 feet)

b. 1.8 meters (6 feet)
c. 2 meters (6.5 feet)

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d. 3 meters (10 feet)

82. What is the minimum diameter of wire rope that horizontal and vertical lifelines be
made of?

a. 50 mm (2 inches)
b. 25 mm (1 inch)
c. 75 mm (3 inches)
d. 10 mm (3/8 inch)

83. What degrees that temporary stairways be installed above the horizontal?

a. 30o and 50o

b. 40o and 50o
c. 20o and 50o
d. 30o and 60o

84. What is the minimum clearance shall be provided between the handrail and wall or
other object?

a. 50 mm (2 inches)
b. 25 mm (1 inch)
c. 80 mm (3 inches)
d. 10 mm (3/8 inch)

85. What is the required slope that straight ladders and extension ladders shall be placed?

a. 3:1
b. 4:1
c. 2:3
d. 1:5

86. What is the minimum clear perpendicular distance of ladders from the rungs to the
nearest projecting object on the climbing side?

a. 360 mm (14 inches)

b. 180 mm (7 inches)
c. 760 mm (30 inches)
d. 720 mm (28 inches)

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87. How many person/s shall be required on a single-run ladder at a time?

a. two persons
b. only one person
c. three persons
d. four persons

88. If the length of the rung is 500 mm (20 inches) or less, what is the required thickness?

a. 50 mm (2 inches)
b. 20 mm (0.78 inch)
c. 80 mm (3 inches)
d. 10 mm (3/8 inch)

89. Why scaffold components made of dissimilar metals shall not be used together?

a. because of the potential for galvanic corrosion

b. because of detrimental corrosion
c. in order not to intermix them
d. none of the above

90. Guardrail systems shall be able to withstand, without failure, a force of at least
_______________.

a. 90 kgs. (200 lbs.)

b. 25 kgs. (55 lbs.)
c. 30 kgs. (66 lbs.)
d. 50 kgs. (110 lbs.)

91. How long a guardrail system at hoisting areas shall be erected on each side of the access
point through which material is hoisted?

a. 1.2 meters (4 feet)

b. 1.8 meters (6 feet)
c. 2 meters (6.5 feet)
d. 3 meters (10 feet)

92. At what height that a person could fall shall be protected from falling by a fall protection
system?

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a. 3.6 meters (12 feet)
b. 1.8 meters (6 feet)
c. 2 meters (6.5 feet)
d. 3 meters (10 feet)

93. A means of exit shall be provided at least _______________.

a. 38 meters (125 feet)

b. 28 meters (91 feet)
c. 24 meters (78 feet)
d. 30 meters (100 feet)

94. What is the preferable rung spacing?

a. 100 mm (4 inches)
b. 200 mm (8 inches)
c. 300 mm (12 inches)
d. 400 mm (16 inches)

95. How can you prove that a ladder is damaged or weakened?

a. missing or damaged rungs

b. bent or missing hinges
c. split or broken side rails
d. all of the above

96. Ladders shall have a uniform spaced rungs _______________ on center.

a. between 250 mm (10 inches) and 360 mm (14 inches)

b. between 100 mm (4 inches) and 250 mm (10 inches)
c. between 200 mm (8 inches) and 300 mm (12 inches)
d. between 300 mm (12 inches) and 360 mm (14 inches)

97. For scaffolds over 38 meters (125 feet), what type of scaffold is preferred to erect?

a. tube and coupler scaffold

b. proper designed system scaffold
c. mobile scaffold

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d. none of the above

98. What is the minimum number of clips to be installed at the load end and at the
attachment end of each wire rope?

a. 4
b. 5
c. 3
d. 6

99. What is the minimum spacing for clips?

a. 10 rope diameters
b. 7 rope diameters
c. 8 rope diameters
d. 6 rope diameters

100. Working levels platform shall be at least _______________.

a. 2 planks but not more than 3 planks wide.

b. 3 planks but not more than 4 planks wide.
c. 4 planks but not more than 5 planks wide.
d. 5 planks but not more than 6 planks wide.

ANSWERS

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2 22 42 62 82

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4 24 44 64 84

5 25 45 65 85

6 26 46 66 86

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11 31 51 71 91

12 32 52 72 92

13 33 53 73 93

14 34 54 74 94

15 35 55 75 95

16 36 56 76 96

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20 40 60 80 100

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