CSLB C-13 Fencing (Trade Exam) Practice Test
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| Time limit | 210 minutes |
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- 1. Planning and Estimating
Which of these jobs is excluded by the wording of the C-13 classification?
- a.Building a backstop
- b.Erecting a game court enclosure
- c.Installing a flagpole
- d.Building a masonry wall
Answer: d
Explanation: The classification names fences, corrals, railings, game court enclosures, backstops, flagpoles and gates but excludes masonry walls, so building a masonry wall is outside it. A backstop, a game court enclosure and a flagpole are each named in the definition, so none of them is excluded.
Source: CSLB C-13 classification description (16 CCR 832.13)
- 2. Planning and Estimating
A wire fence plan note says "WM." How many lines of barbed wire accompany the mesh?
- a.Two lines
- b.Five lines
- c.One line
- d.Three lines
Answer: d
Explanation: Type WM is wire mesh fabric with 3 lines of barbed wire. Five lines is the barbed wire fence Type BW, and the mesh type is not drawn with one or two lines.
Source: Caltrans 2024 Standard Specifications 80-2.01B
- 3. Preparation and Post Installation
A new fence meets an existing fence at a junction. What does the Caltrans specification require?
- a.A gate installed at the junction so the fences stay separate
- b.A tie wire connecting the two fabrics at the junction
- c.A corner post with a brace for each direction of strain
- d.Two line posts set 2 feet apart with fabric between them
Answer: c
Explanation: The specification says to connect new fences to existing fences and to place a corner post with a brace for each direction of strain at each junction. A tie wire, a gate or two close line posts do not resist the pull.
Source: Caltrans 2024 Standard Specifications 80-1.03
- 4. Preparation and Post Installation
Which posts in a Caltrans wire fence may be driven rather than set in a concrete footing?
- a.Metal line posts
- b.Metal corner posts
- c.Metal gate posts
- d.Metal pull posts
Answer: a
Explanation: The specification says each metal diagonal brace and each metal corner, end, latch, gate and pull post is set in concrete, and metal line posts may be driven.
Source: Caltrans 2024 Standard Specifications 80-2.03
- 5. Fence, Gate, and Rail Installation and Repair
What distinguishes a cantilever slide gate in ASTM F1184?
- a.It spans an opening with no top or bottom support
- b.It rolls on a ground track set across the opening
- c.It is supported from above on an overhead track
- d.It swings on two hinges from a single gate post
Answer: a
Explanation: The standard describes a cantilever slide gate (Type II) as spanning an opening that lacks a top or bottom support within it. Support from above on a track describes the overhead Type I, and swing gates are covered by a different standard.
Source: ASTM F1184 scope (store abstract)
- 6. Fence, Gate, and Rail Installation and Repair
The federal conservation standard calls for inspection of fences after which events, at minimum?
- a.Storms and other disturbance events
- b.When livestock are moved onto the range
- c.On the annual property tax date
- d.After the first frost of the season
Answer: a
Explanation: The operation and maintenance plan includes inspections after storms and other disturbance events. A calendar date, a frost, or moving livestock does not damage the fence, so none of them is a trigger the standard names.
Source: NRCS Conservation Practice Standard 382, Operation and Maintenance
- 7. Fence, Gate, and Rail Installation and Repair
Why does the steel post maker say to put wood blocks between posts?
- a.To mark where the gate hangs on the finished fence
- b.To keep the concrete from setting before the panels go in
- c.To raise the post above the frost line in the hole
- d.To carry the weight of panels or slats during installation
Answer: d
Explanation: The instruction positions wood blocks between posts to support panel or slat weight during installation. The blocks do not affect concrete setting, frost depth or gate position.
Source: Composite steel-post maker in-ground post instructions
- 8. Fence, Gate, and Rail Installation and Repair
How does a hollow composite post mount over a concrete pad, according to one composite maker?
- a.It is nailed to the pad surface with masonry nails
- b.It sleeves over a steel or wood support, or is embedded
- c.It is set loose on the pad and held by its weight
- d.It is glued directly to the pad with construction adhesive
Answer: b
Explanation: The maker says its hollow posts can be sleeved over steel or wood supports or embedded in the pad or wall, after checking that the pad can support a fence and wind. Glue, nails and a loose post cannot resist wind loads.
Source: Composite maker knowledge base, installing a fence post
- 9. Fence, Gate, and Rail Installation and Repair
How full is the foundation hole poured around the sleeve in the other maker's instructions?
- a.Half the height of the sleeve, then backfilled
- b.To the bottom of the sleeve, then left to dry
- c.Flush, or within an inch of the top of the sleeve
- d.To 6 inches above the top of the sleeve in a mound
Answer: c
Explanation: The instructions fill until the cement is flush, or within an inch of the top of the sleeve, being careful to keep cement out of it. Half the height and bottom-only pours stop short of the stated fill level, and a mound above the sleeve top is not the flush fill the instructions give.
Source: Flagpole maker installation instructions, Preparation of the Foundation
- 10. Safety
Is an employer with fewer than 10 employees required to have a written Injury and Illness Prevention Program?
- a.No, if the employer's crews work at changing job sites
- b.Yes, but oral communication of safe practices is allowed
- c.Yes, and the program must be filed with the state yearly
- d.No, because small employers are exempt from the program
Answer: b
Explanation: Every employer's Program is in writing; employers with fewer than 10 employees may communicate and instruct orally in general safe work practices as compliance with the communication element. Small and mobile employers are not exempt, and annual filing is not a stated requirement.
Source: 8 CCR 3203(a)