Our Powerline Technician 434A Red Seal Exam package contains 560 multiple choice questions and answers to give you the most complete exam package to help you prepare for your Inter-Provincial Red Seal Exam.

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Powerline Technicians construct, maintain and repair overhead and underground electrical power transmission and distribution systems. Erect and maintain steel, wood or concrete poles, towers and guy wires. Install, maintain and repair overhead and underground power lines and cables, insulators, conductors, lightning arrestors, switches, transformers, street lighting and other associated equipment. They work with various types of heavy equipment including ariel booms, diggers (RDB), backhoes, trackhoes, nodwells, tension stringing equipment and skid steers. When there is a power disturbance, failure, or storm damage, powerline technicians locate the source of the problem, and replace or repair defective power lines and accessories. They use wiring diagrams, voltage indicating devices, and other electrical-testing instruments to identify defective automatic sectionalizing devices, circuit breakers, fuses, voltage regulators, transformers, switches, relays, or wiring.

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Safe working practices and accident prevention are the primary importance to the health and safety of all person(s) at any or all work place environments. All person(s) including employee, employer and government, share this responsibility in order to keep everyone free of any dangers or accidents that may cause an individual(s) serious bodily harm or death. Practicing health and safety is a tremendous contribution to a safe and accident free work place environment. 

 

Sample Questions

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1. Which of the following two things must an operator know about the load before a rigger can select the length and capacity of slings needed to lift a load?
a. height, manufacturer
b. color, designated pick points
c. weight, center of gravity

d. weight, type of sling

Ans. C

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2. This is required when communication and power conductors are direct buried in a common trench?

a. metal sheath on the communication

b. 600 mm of separation

c. PVC conduit for the power conductors

d. 33° angle of separation

Ans. A   

 

3. Which of the following is the primary voltage of a transformer when the secondary voltage is 240V with 750 primary turns and 400 secondary turns?

a. 250

b. 325

c. 450

d. 500

Ans. C  

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4. Which of the following best describes what a pole gain is?

a. notch cut into the pole

b. type of preservative

c. device used to unload poles

d. pole that has exceeded its life span

Ans. A

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5. Which of the following does a cut-out do when referring to lineman climber gaffs?

a. used to check the width of the gaff

b. used to determine that the climber gaff is proportionally sharpened to cut into the pole like chisel

c. determines whether the gaff will cut out the wood when the angle between the leg iron and the surface of the wood is reduced beyond the critical point

d. annealing process that hardens the metal

Ans. C

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