CSLB C-16 Fire Protection (Trade Exam) — All Questions

What are the three characteristics that define a confined space?

• a.Metal-walled, sealed and dark inside throughout
• b.Underground, over ten feet deep and holding water
• c.Smaller than a closet and behind a locked door
• d.Enterable, limited entry or exit, not for occupancy✓

A confined space is one large enough for an employee to bodily enter, with limited or restricted means of entry and exit, and not designed for continuous employee occupancy. Metal-walled, sealed and dark are not the defining traits. Underground, over ten feet deep and holding water describes only some spaces. Smaller than a closet behind a locked door is not part of the definition.Title 8 section 1951

Who identifies confined spaces on a work site?

• a.The worker who is about to enter
• b.The supplier of the materials
• c.The local fire department chief
• d.A competent person, before work begins✓

Before work begins each employer ensures a competent person identifies all confined spaces and each permit space. The worker about to enter is the person exposed to the hazard. The supplier of materials is not assigned the identification duty. The local fire department chief does not classify spaces on a site.Title 8 section 1952

Where does the attendant stay during permit-space entry?

• a.Outside, until relieved by another attendant✓
• b.In the nearest vehicle on the site
• c.Inside, beside the entrant throughout
• d.Wherever the supervisor says on that day

The attendant remains outside the permit space during entry operations until relieved by another attendant. A vehicle on the site is not at the entrance. Staying inside beside the entrant would put the attendant in the hazard. Wherever the supervisor says that day leaves the position undefined.Title 8 section 1958

Which is a control and which is not, for a confined-space hazard?

• a.Ventilation is a control; PPE is not a control✓
• b.Ventilation and PPE are not controls
• c.PPE is a control; ventilation is not
• d.Ventilation and PPE are controls

Control means reducing the hazard by engineering methods such as ventilation, and personal protective equipment is not a control. Saying neither is a control omits ventilation. Saying PPE is a control and ventilation is not reverses the rule. Saying both are controls treats PPE as an engineering method.Title 8 section 1951

What document allows and controls entry into a permit space?

• a.A purchase order
• b.An entry permit✓
• c.A work order
• d.A building permit

The entry permit is the written or printed document that allows and controls entry into a permit space and contains the information in section 1955. A purchase order is a buying record. A work order assigns a task and does not control entry. A building permit allows construction, not entry into a confined space.Title 8 section 1951

Who must be notified if an excavator damages a gas line?

• a.The owner of the building
• b.The facility owner or operator, at once✓
• c.The contractor's own insurer
• d.The owner, after the work has ended

An excavator causing damage to a subsurface installation shall immediately notify the facility owner-operator or contact the regional notification center. The building owner is not the facility owner. The contractor's insurer does not respond to the damage on site. Notifying the owner after the work has ended is not immediate.Title 8 section 1541