Electrical Safety Quiz: Best Practices & Tips
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Stay safe with electrical work practices including using ground fault circuit interrupters, keeping distance from power lines, and more. Test your knowledge with this informative quiz!
Electrical Safety Quiz: Best Practices & Tips
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Electrical Safety Electrical Safety Quiz
Safety- related work practices can include • Using ground fault circuit interrupters • Making sure that the power is off before doing any repairs. • Keeping the proper distance from overhead power lines.
A person that is not an electrician can use the proper extension cord to power appliance for a short period of time. • They cannot construct a extension cord using a standard junction box and remove a ground pin from a appliance cord plug.
Electrical currents can flow through concrete. • Some acts that are classified as unsafe are altering a 3-prong plug to fit a 2-prong outlet and working too close to overhead power lines. • Electrical cords connected to equipment cannot be used for raising or lowering the equipment.
Conductive articles of jewelry and clothing cannot be worn around exposed energized parts. • To be able to use a extension cord it must have UL Listing and three prongs. • University departments cannot decide whether to have alterations done by Physical Plant personnel or to do it themselves.
Non-conductive head protection should be worn whenever there is a danger of head injury from electric shock. • Reaction to static electric shock may cause injury.