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| 11. | You are assigned to Lot Cleaning for the day. The lot that is scheduled to be cleaned would take 4 hours for 3 FEL machines to clean. How long will it take to clean the same lot with only 2 FEL machines? | |
| A. | 5 hours | |
| B. | 5 1/2 hours | |
| C. | 6 hours | |
| D. | 7 hours | |
| 12. | Of the following, the most effective way for a supervisor to discourage subordinates from unsafe work habits would be to: | |
| A. | Institute disciplinary action if they do not change the unsafe work habit. | |
| B. | Order the subordinates to change the unsafe work habit or else they will lose vacation time as a penalty | |
| C. | Convince the employees that it would be to their advantage to change the unsafe work habit. | |
| D. | Casually mention the unsafe habit to the subordinates hoping they will realize that it is unsafe. | |
| 13. | Upon checking the progress of a MLP route that was assigned to one of your cleaning crews, the personnel assigned to the MLP route inform you that they did not pick up two propane tanks dropped off along a fence line in front of a vacant lot that was on their route. After verifying that the tanks are at the location stated, you should. | |
| A. | Immediately notify the Environmental Enforcement Unit via the radio and keep the public away from the propane tanks until they are deemed safe for pick up by EEU. | |
| B. | Take disciplinary action against the crew for not picking up the tanks then divert a metal and glass recycling truck to the location to pick up the propane tanks | |
| C. | Bring the propane tanks to the nearest Fire Department location for disposal | |
| D. | Notify Operations through channels to make arrangements for removal | |
| 14. | Your are new to a district and have to complete a DS 1201 for a annual block party that will be held in your section. You check the paper work from last year and see that it took 18 sanitation workers on hand brooms 6 hours to clean up after the event. This year you have been assigned only 16 hand broom personnel. How long should it take to clean up after this event? | |
| A. | 8 hours | |
| B. | 7 hours 15 min | |
| C. | 6 hours 45 min | |
| D. | 5 1/2 hours | |
| 15. | You are traveling eastbound on a wide, two way, 6 lane road that is divided by an island mall. You are approaching a school bus that is on the westbound side of the road. The school bus is pulled over with it's red lights flashing and is picking up passengers. According to New York State law you | |
| A. | must come to a full stop before proceeding in your direction of travel | |
| B. | must come to a full stop until the bus begins to move or turns off it's flashing red lights. | |
| C. | do not have to stop if the roadway is divided | |
| D. | must stop only if the school bus is discharging passengers | |
| 16. | It is 28 degrees out. A light flurry of snow has just begun and you have been instructed to dispatch two salt spreaders equipped with calcium chloride to their preposition point in the field. Prior to dispatching the spreaders you should instruct operators to dispense calcium chloride | |
| A. | only on elevated roadways | |
| B. | only after there has been an accumulation of snow | |
| C. | whenever they are spreading salt | |
| D. | only when the temperature has dropped below 20 degrees
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| 17. | You have been appointed to be the Snow Inspector for your district by your District Superintendent. Your district has certain snow responsibilities which include a portion of a major highway. When you assign routes to each of the six salt spreaders assigned to the district, what percentage of salt spreaders must you ensure are assigned to cover the highway? | |
| A. | 25% | |
| B. | 50% | |
| C. | 75% | |
| D. | 100% | |
| 18. | Snow fall of approximately 6" to 8" is expected in the forecast. Department Message 2007-5012 calls to plow equipment to "Plan C". As the garage supervisor you must ensure that | |
| A. | plows are positioned to plow right | |
| B. | plows are positioned to plow left | |
| C. | only Viking plows are used | |
| D. | only American Roads plows are used | |
| 19. | If a salt spreader with a capacity of 16 tons of salt has two saddle bags of calcium chloride with a usable capacity of 160 gallons and uses approximately one full saddle bag per load of salt, how many gallons of calcium chloride does it use per ton? | |
| A. | 2 | |
| B. | 5 | |
| C. | 10 | |
| D. | 12.8 | |
| 20. | A Department Message has called for an immediate inspection of "high spots". After reading this your priority should be to check. | |
| A. | roadways with inclines | |
| B. | under passes | |
| C. | elevated roadways | |
| D. | neighborhoods that are located near hills | |