Imsa traffic tech 1 QUESTIONS & SOLUTIONS(RATED A)
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What should you do first before preforming duties in the proximity of overhead power lines ? - ANSWER They must communicate with the power company prior to starting the work and coordinate the activities that a representative of the power company can be in attendance to assist while the work is bei...
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Imsa traffic tech 1 QUESTIONS &
SOLUTIONS(RATED A)
What should you do first before preforming duties in the proximity of overhead power lines ? - ANSWER
They must communicate with the power company prior to starting the work and coordinate the activities
that a representative of the power company can be in attendance to assist while the work is being
performed
Electrical lines buried underground present the same potential for danger as overhead lines - ANSWER
True
Typical equipment you use for a overhead traffic signal installationand maintenance? - ANSWER Typical
equipment for above ground includes bucket trucks plat form lift trucks boom trucks and cranes
When should a full body Harness be worn - ANSWER Whenever a technician is on any type of aerial lift
equipment
Where does the Full body harness straps around ? - ANSWER It straps around the legs and shoulder of
the technician and is tethered to the lift arm of the aerial equipment
Workers must be aware of what? - ANSWER The location of utilities that cannot be readily seen including
what type they are and the potential for danger that they possess.
The contractors should notify who before beginning excavation? - ANSWER Notify all known utility
owners prior to beginning excavation
What is the most common underground utilities that might be encountered doing construction for traffic
signals? - ANSWER Gas and pressurized water and sewer lines.
Workers are responsible not only for ensuring their own safety in the work environment but also? -
ANSWER Need to ensure that the traveling public is safe
,What is most commonly use besides traffic control plan ? - ANSWER Commonly known as maintenance
of traffic plan
What's is MOT plan ? - ANSWER Maintenance of traffic plan
What is guidance ? - ANSWER should ) Recommend but not mandatory
What is option? - ANSWER May ) Is a permissive condition
What is support ? - ANSWER An informational statement
What is a negligence ? - ANSWER as the failure to do something that a reasonable person would
ordinarily do. Or do something that a reasonably prudent person would not do.
What is a tort in legal terminology? - ANSWER Is a civil wrong
What is duty in tort law? - ANSWER An obligation requiring persons to conform to a certain standard of
conduct for the protection of others against unreasonable risks.
What is a comparative negligence ? - ANSWER Of both parties is compared and monetary recovery is
permitted despite the contributory negligence of the plaintiff
Contributory negligence is ? - ANSWER To conduct which falls below the standard of care that a person is
legally required to exercise for his own safety and this failure is contributing cause to injury or damage
that he suffered
What does NEC stand for ? - ANSWER National Electrical Code
What does NESC stand for? - ANSWER National Electric Safety Code
What did CEC stand for ? - ANSWER Canadian Electric Code
, What are the color intervals during HAWK when a pedestrian crosses ? - ANSWER (Flashing)CIRCULAR
yellow signal,(Steady) CIRCULAR yellow signal, followed by (Both Steady) CIRCULAR RED during the
pedestrian walk interval. Followed by alternating (flashing ) CIRCULAR RED
The voltage that the signals operate on are ? - ANSWER (120 VAC )
120 VAC (Volts Alternating Current) is capable of what ? - ANSWER Serious or fatal injury
Many agencies prohibit technicians from working above what ? - ANSWER Above an open lane of traffic
What is the primary difference between short term work zone and one that will be of a longer duration ?
- ANSWER Is there the traffic control devices place to establish the work zone require a degree of
maintenance that is not necessary in the short term work zone
Traffic signal engineer in design construction installation and maintenance procedures are governed by
what? - ANSWER Specific standards and specifications
MUTCD establishes what ? - ANSWER The purposes of traffic control devices and the requirements for
uniformity of traffic control devices throughout the United States
What is MUTCDC? - ANSWER Manual on uniform traffic control devices Canada
Who is responsible for developing and publishing the MUTCD in the United States - ANSWER The federal
highway administration (FHWA)
MUTCD contains four type of sentences? What are they ? - ANSWER Standards, guidance,
options,support
Traffic control signals are usually installed why ? - ANSWER Because a large volume of conflict in traffic
makes it necessary to alternate the traffic movements that are directed to stop and allowed to proceed
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