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This document contains a 20 question quiz on fall protection requirements. It covers topics like when fall protection is required according to OSHA regulations, the components of guardrail systems, covers for holes, equipment that must be removed after a fall, fall anchorage strength, controlled access zones, safety training, and international standards from Dubai. The quiz taker is asked to select the best answer from multiple choice options for each question.

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Fall Protection Quiz Answers

This document contains a 20 question quiz on fall protection requirements. It covers topics like when fall protection is required according to OSHA regulations, the components of guardrail systems, covers for holes, equipment that must be removed after a fall, fall anchorage strength, controlled access zones, safety training, and international standards from Dubai. The quiz taker is asked to select the best answer from multiple choice options for each question.

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Name (Print):__________________________ Date: ________________

Fall Protection Quiz

Circle the letter to the best answer.

1. Per OSHA, at what level is fall protection required?


a. 4ft
b. 6ft
c. 15ft
d. 30ft

2. Each employee constructing a leading edge 6’ or more above lower levels must be
protected from falls by:
a. Guardrails, safety nets, or personal fall arrest systems
b. Guardrails
c. Guardrails or personal fall arrest systems

3. Guardrail systems must be constructed using the following parameters:


a. Top-rail @ 39” +/- 3” must meet 200 lb force; mid-rail @ 20” +/- 3” must meet 150
lb force, and 4” toe-board.
b. Top-rail @ 39” +/- 3” must meet 200 lb force; mid-rail @ 21” +/- 3” must meet
150 lb force, and 4” toe-board.
c. Top-rail @ 42” +/- 3” must meet 200 lb force; mid-rail @ 21” +/- 3” must
meet 150 lb force, and 4” toe-board.

4. Covers for holes must be:


a. Marked “COVER” or “HOLE” or color coded and be secured to prevent
displacement.
b. Must support 4X the maximum intended load (equipment, employees, and/or
materials).
c. Must support 2X the maximum intended load (equipment, employees, and/or
materials).
d. Both “a” and “c”
e. Both “a” and “b”

5. Equipment worn in a fall event must be removed from service.


a. True
b. False

6. How many pounds of force must a fall anchorage support?


a. 3000 lbs per employee
b. 5000 lbs per employee
c. 7000 lbs per employee

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d. 10000 lbs per employee
7. Controlled Access Zones (CAZ) can be used in the following operations:
a. Leading edge work – employer must prove conventional protection infeasible
b. Overhand bricklaying
c. Pre-cast concrete erection
d. All of the above.

8. CAZ’s must
a. Must extend along entire length of, and be parallel to the work area. Line to be
attached at each end to wall or guardrail system.
b. Line to be rope, wire, or chain flagged every 6 feet. 39” minimum & 45”
maximum from deck with 200 lb breaking strength.
c. Line to be rope, wire, or chain flagged every 4 feet. 35” minimum & 50”
maximum from deck with 200 lb breaking strength.
d. Both “a” and “b”
e. Both “a” and “c”

9. If material extends over toe-boards, protection must be extended to height of


materials.
a. True
b. False

10. Employers must train each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards. This
training must enable the employee to recognize hazards of falling and how to
minimize these hazards.
a. True
b. False

11. Employees must be trained in procedures for rescuing an employee who has fallen.
a. True
b. False

12. Fall protection competent persons must be trained in the nature of fall hazards;
procedures for erecting, maintaining disassembling, inspecting fall systems; role of
all employees in safety monitor program; use & operation of guardrail systems;
limitations on use of equipment in low slope roof; correct procedures for handling &
storage of equipment & materials and the erection of overhead protection; the role of
employees in fall plans; and Subpart M requirements.
a. True
b. False

13. Safety net systems must:


a. As close as practicable, no more than 30’ below; fall area to net
unobstructed; and sufficient clearance to objects below
b. As close as practicable; fall area to net unobstructed

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From 2008 Dubai Municipality Code of Construction Safety Practice

14. Scaffold erection requires workers erecting scaffold to be in personal fall arrest
system
a. True
b. False

15. Steel erector fall protection is required when the distance to the ground or between
floors is greater than:
a. 6ft
b. 10ft
c. 15ft
d. 30ft

16. Steel erection activities must be discontinued when wind speed is _____ or more:
a. 25km/hr
b. 38km/hr
c. 48km/hr

17. In the regulations for Personnel Platforms (man baskets suspended from a crane), is
the worker PFAS attachment the basket or above the crane hook?

a. Attachment is tie off to the basket


b. Attachment is an anchorage point above the hook
c. Attachment is to the point as specified by the qualified engineer that
designed the personnel platform

18. If a contractor’s safety plan states workers shall be in fall protection in all
circumstances greater than 4ft and the regulation says 6ft, which does the
Consultant/Engineer hold the contractor to?

a. 4ft
b. 6ft

19. Is a shock absorbing lanyard required or is a rope capable of withstanding 5000


pounds sufficient for fall protection?
a. Shock absorbing lanyard required
b. 5000 pound lanyard sufficient

20. A recovery system is required whenever a worker is in a PFAS


a. True
b. False

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Score: ___/20 Pass (≥70%) Fail (≤69%)

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