White Card Working at Heights 5

Question 1

What is the minimum width for a scaffold working platform?

Accepted Answer

675mm

Answer

300mm

Answer

450mm

Answer

225mm

Question 2

Who can erect scaffolding on an Australian construction site?

Accepted Answer

A person holding the appropriate scaffolding High Risk Work Licence or working under supervision

Answer

Anyone on site

Answer

The building owner

Answer

Only the site manager

Question 3

What is a horizontal lifeline?

Accepted Answer

A tensioned cable or rail providing continuous fall protection while workers move horizontally

Answer

A telephone wire

Answer

A garden hose

Answer

A measuring tape

Question 4

What must a scaffold tag display?

Accepted Answer

Inspection date, competent person's name, status (safe/unsafe), and load restrictions

Answer

Company logo only

Answer

The scaffold cost

Answer

Weather forecast

Question 5

What is AS 1657?

Accepted Answer

The standard for fixed platforms, walkways, stairways, and ladders

Answer

A scaffold standard

Answer

A concrete standard

Answer

An electrical standard

Question 6

How should materials be raised to a scaffold platform?

Accepted Answer

Using a gin wheel, hoist, or crane — never by carrying up a ladder

Answer

Thrown up by hand

Answer

Carried up the ladder

Answer

Shot from a cannon