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100
What are the 4 soil types?

What is stable rock, Type A, Type B, Type C

100

HOW HIGH ABOVE THE SURFACE DOES A LADDER HAVE TO EXTEND?

What is 3'

100
What would make an excavation considered to be a confined space?

What is when it not only limits entry and exit but also contains or could contain a hazardous atmosphere, engulfment hazard, or inwardly sloping walls that could trap a worker. 

100

WHO DO YOU CALL BEFORE YOU DIG?

What is ONE CALL 811

100
You install a shoring system from ____, and you remove a shoring system from ____

What is from the top down. Remove from the bottom up

200

THE SPOIL PILE MUST BE AT LEAST HOW FAR AWAY FROM THE EXCAVATION OR TRENCH?

WHAT IS 2 FEET

200

ANOTHER NAME FOR ENTER AND EXIT IS?

What is ACCESS AND EGRESS

200

A CRACK IN THE SURFACE OR SIDEWALL IS CALLED WHAT?

What ARE FISSURES

200

When benching in soil other than C, what is the maximum vertical height of each bench?

What is 4 feet

200

ROLLING THE SOIL IN YOUR HANDS IS CALLED WHAT TEST?

What is RIBBON TEST

300

WHAT MUST BE IN A EXCAVATION WHEN DEPTH IS 5'?

What is SHORING, BENCHING OR SLOPING

300

WITHIN WHAT DISTANCE DO MEANS OF EGRESS HAVE TO BE OF LATERAL TRAVEL ?

What is 25'

300

Oxygen deficiency is considered lower than what percentage?

What is <19.5%

300

WHAT DOES YELLOW FLAGS OR PAINT MEAN?

What is OIL,GAS,OR PRODUCT LINES

300

What is the most common and accepted field test method?

What is pocket penetrometer

400

WHEN A TRENCH BOX IS PLACED IN A EXCAVATION, THE BOTTOM OF THE BOX MUST BE NO FARTHER THAN ___ FROM THE BOTTOM?

What is 2' OR LESS

400

HOW DEEP DO YOU HAVE TO BE IN ORDER TO HAVE SOME FORM OF EGRESS?

What is 4'

400

Atmospheric testing in excavations are required only when what?

What is when a hazardous atmosphere is known or suspected.

400
What is the subpart for excavations in 1926?

Subpart P


400
What are the 3 main types of shoring systems

What is hydraulic, timber, pneumatic 

500

When an excavation is 20 feet or deeper, the protective system must be what?

What is designed by a registered professional engineer. 
500

YOU HAVE A TRENCH 100 ' LONG HOW MANY LADDERS DO YOU NEED IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH OSHA ?

What is 3

500
What are at least 4 inspection items while inspecting an excavation?
What is soil conditions, protective systems, signs of water, changes in depth, adjacent structures, access/egress points. 
500

Trenching and excavations is currently in what type of program with OSHA?

What is National Emphasis Program

500

You can use sloping/benching methods in conjunction with a trench box only when what?

What is when the trench box extends at least 18 inches above the point where the sloping/benching starts.