OSHA 30 HOUR TEST #12
PERMIT REQUIRE CONFINED SPACES
1. A(an) ___________ is a individual stationed outside one or more permit spaces who monitors the
authorized entrants.
a. entrant
b. attendant
c. competent person
d. monitor
2. The act of providing a space with fresh air in place of air that has been used or contaminated is known
as what?
a. Ventilation
b. Retrieval systemization
c. Permit space plan
d. Confined space
3. With the use of calibrated direct-reading instruments, which of the following can be tested in the
internal atmosphere of a confined space?
a. Oxygen content
b. Flammable gases and vapors
c. Potential toxic air contaminants
d. All of the above
4. All employees required to enter a confined space should be informed of __________.
a. the nature of involved hazards
b. the necessary precautions to be taken
c. the use of required protective and emergency equipment
d. All of the above
5. A permit-required confined space may be reclassified as a non-permit confined space under which of
the following conditions?
a. if the permit space poses no actual or potential atmospheric hazards
b. if all hazards within the space are eliminated without entry into the space
c. if it is necessary to enter the permit space to eliminate hazards
d. All of the above
6. Employees may not enter a confined space until the forced air ventilation has eliminated any
hazardous atmosphere.
a. True
b. False
7. An employer should order a(an) __________ of the permit space when a worker shows signs of
physiological effects of hazard exposure.
a. ventilation
b. evaluation
c. evacuation
d. authorization
8. If a hazardous atmosphere is detected during entry, employees must immediately leave the space.
a. True
b. False
9. Authorized entrants who enter a permit space must wear.
a. a chest or full body harness with a retrieval line
b. a hard hat
c. safety glasses
d. a drum grappler
10. Employees who work in confined spaces face increased risk of entrapment, engulfment, and
hazardous atmospheric conditions.
a. True
b. False