CSLB Class A — General Engineering (Trade Exam) — All Questions
9 questions
Which work is most clearly within the Class A definition?
- a.A single-family house framing job
- b.Interior office painting
- c.A sewage treatment plant pipeline✓
- d.Kitchen cabinet installation
General engineering covers fixed works such as sewers and sewage disposal plants and pipelines.B&P Code 7056
What must be submitted before pumping equipment is installed on Caltrans work?
- a.Nothing until testing
- b.Shop drawings with anchorage details✓
- c.A photograph of the pump
- d.Only the final invoice
Shop drawings cover system layout, piping connections, appurtenances and mounting and anchorage details.Caltrans Standard Specifications (2025) 74-1
A conveyor at a treatment plant is being cleaned. Besides stopping it, what does the lockout rule require on its controls?
- a.Nothing more
- b.A second operator on the controls
- c.A written permit from Cal/OSHA
- d.Accident prevention signs or tags✓
Machinery is stopped and de-energized or blocked, and accident prevention signs or tags are placed on the controls.Cal. Code Regs. tit. 8, 3314
In demolition, what is prohibited for workers moving around the structure?
- a.Using planked walkways
- b.Using ladders
- c.Walking on exposed joists✓
- d.Using designated stairways
Walking across exposed floor joists, steel beams or girders is prohibited.Cal. Code Regs. tit. 8, 1735
A wall of a building being demolished will be used to hold back piled debris. What is required first?
- a.Removing its windows
- b.Nothing, since it is a wall
- c.Confirming its capacity✓
- d.Painting it for visibility
Walls used as retaining walls for debris may be used only if determined capable of safely supporting the imposed load.Cal. Code Regs. tit. 8, 1735
What is done with material displaced during demolition that is not needed for reconstruction?
- a.Stacked against exterior walls
- b.Transported immediately to the ground✓
- c.Stored on upper floors
- d.Left in place until the end
Displaced material is transported immediately to the ground, and material stored on the structure may not exceed its safe capacity.Cal. Code Regs. tit. 8, 1735
What must the owner or operator do before a demolition begins, under the asbestos NESHAP?
- a.Nothing if the building is small
- b.Notify the local newspaper
- c.Remove all windows
- d.Thoroughly inspect for asbestos✓
Before demolition or renovation, the affected facility is thoroughly inspected for asbestos, including nonfriable material.40 CFR 61.145
A project generates 450 tons of nonhazardous C&D debris. What minimum tonnage must be recycled or salvaged?
- a.About 225 tons
- b.About 293 tons✓
- c.About 158 tons
- d.450 tons
CALGreen requires at least 65%: 450 × 0.65 = 292.5 tons.CalRecycle / CALGreen
Where is warning tape placed in a Caltrans electrical conduit trench?
- a.6 inches below grade✓
- b.At the trench bottom
- c.On the finished surface
- d.Directly on the conduit
Warning tape goes in the trench 6 inches below finished grade so it is found before the conduit.Caltrans Standard Specifications (2025) 87-1.03