West Virginia Mine Foreman Reciprocity Study Guide
Underground Foreman (61-70)
In order to get 100%, you must answer all of the following correctly.
61. Which of the following are required on roof bolting machines used in seam heights 48 inches or higher?
An atmospheric monitoring system
A lifting jack and handle
A mechanical means of holding the drill steel during drilling operations
An airbag
62. What must be maintained on all self-propelled section equipment to assist equipment operators in making the required preshift inspections of such equipment for safety defects and/or unsafe conditions?
A computer
A pre-operational equipment check list
A dynamometer
Infrared goggles
63. Who is required to examine the roadway to be traveled prior to operating section haulage equipment?
None
The roadway examiner
The equipment operator
The belt examiner
64. How many open, unsupported adjacent crosscuts are permitted in direct line with one another on remote controlled deep cut mining sections?
10
8
All of them
No more than 2
65. How often must each coal operator or independent contractor submit to the director a report containing the findings of the required evaluation of the effectiveness of the comprehensive mine safety program in effect at his or her operation?
Monthly
Annually
Weekly
Every 5 years
66. How far from the working faces must boxes or magazines of explosives or detonators be kept?
15 feet
25 feet
100 feet and out of the direct line of blasting
50 feet
67. What distance from mine openings, occupied buildings, and public roads must surface blasting magazines be located (unless barricaded)?
100 feet
300 feet
400 feet
1,000 feet
68. Within what distance of a check curtain or fly curtain must mining equipment not be parked?
There is no such requirement
25 feet
20 feet
15 feet
69. How many oxygen and acetylene cylinders or tanks are permitted underground at any one time?
No more than are necessary to perform the work safely
10
15
20
70. When is a mine foreman - fireboss required to be employed at an underground mine?
Where 3 or more persons are employed in a 24 hour period
Where 5 or more persons are employed in a 24 hour period
Where 2 or more persons are employed in a 24 hour period
Always
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Underground Foreman
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Test No. 1 (1-10)
Test No. 2 (11-20)
Test No. 3 (21-30)
Test No. 4 (31-40)
Test No. 5 (41-50)
Test No. 6 (51-60)
Test No. 7 (61-70)
Test No. 8 (71-80)
Test No. 9 (81-90)
Test No. 10 (91-100)
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