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Red Seal Carpenter Exam (Interprovincial)

A. Common occupational skills: practice questions

Our Red Seal Carpenter bank has 23 questions on this topic. Here are 5 of them with answers; the full mock exam draws from every topic, like the real one.

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Question 1

A full-body harness is connected to an anchor by a lanyard with a shock absorber. What is the shock absorber for?

  1. To keep the worker from reaching the edge
  2. To reduce the force on the worker's body when a fall is arrested
  3. To lengthen the lanyard for more reach
  4. To warn others nearby with an alarm that someone is working at height overhead
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B. To reduce the force on the worker's body when a fall is arrested — The energy absorber limits arrest forces. A travel restraint, not a fall arrest system, keeps a worker from reaching the edge.

Question 2

Who should inspect a scaffold before it is used each shift?

  1. The first worker to climb it
  2. The building owner
  3. A competent person
  4. The material supplier
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C. A competent person — Scaffolds are inspected by a competent person before each use and after anything that might affect them, such as high winds.

Question 3

Under WHMIS 2015, a Safety Data Sheet (SDS) is organized into how many sections?

  1. 8
  2. 12
  3. 16
  4. 9
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C. 16 — WHMIS 2015 follows the GHS; SDSs have 16 sections in a set order.

Question 4

Before moving a rolling scaffold, workers should:

  1. Release only two of the four caster brakes
  2. Ride it slowly to the new location while a co-worker pushes it along
  3. Get off the scaffold and clear materials from the platform
  4. Remove the guardrails to reduce weight
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C. Get off the scaffold and clear materials from the platform — No one should ride a rolling scaffold while it is moved; tools and materials should be secured or removed.

Question 5

A chisel with a mushroomed head should be:

  1. Used only with a steel hammer
  2. Used only for light cuts
  3. Heated with a torch to straighten the head before use
  4. Dressed (ground) or replaced before use
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D. Dressed (ground) or replaced before use — Mushroomed heads can send metal fragments flying when struck.

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