Test One

Question 1

Define: Guardrail

Answer 1

a guard that consists of a top rail and a middle rail approximately halfway between the top rail and the work surface and is attached to the edge of the work surface or the toeboards

Question 2

Define: Toeboard

Answer 2

used on floor openings, platforms, and elevated platforms to prevent tools and other objects from rolling off or falling through

Question 3

Define: Rake

Answer 3

acting area that is not horizontal (not an unbalanced stage)

Question 4

Define: Raked Stage

Answer 4

a stage whose deck is raked at an angle

Question 5

Define: Raked Area

Answer 5

an area of the stage that is raked

Question 6

Define: Ramp

Answer 6

The means of getting from one acting area to another.

Question 7

Define: Rigging

Answer 7

refers to anything used to attach, support, or fly scenery, drapery, or lighting and sound equipment.

Question 8

Define: Fog

Answer 8

by heating or cooling certain materials, you can produce water droplets in the air, creating fog.

Question 9

Define: Haze

Answer 9

A mist that will stay in the air, lightly obscuring vision

Question 10

Define: Dry Ice

Answer 10

used with boiling water to create mist, but can potentially accumulate dangerously high levels of carbon dioxide

Question 11

Always assume that outlets are live and

Answer 11

do not work on circuits

Question 12

What electrical equipment is the only kind students can work on?

Answer 12

Lights

Question 13

When a breaker blows…

Answer 13

Tell a teacher, do not work on it

Question 14

How do you inspect a piece of equipment before use?

Answer 14

Check for frayed wires, loose parts, and general damage and wear

Question 15

Proper footwear must be worn because…

Answer 15

the floors may become slippery while the fog machines are in use.

Question 16

Operating a smoke machine requires ventilation, why?

Answer 16

If the smoke has nowhere to go, the area becomes a deathtrap.

Question 17

What don’t you add to the smoke?

Answer 17

Dyes or fragrances

Question 18

What are three dangers of smoke?

Answer 18

Obscuring vision, lung irritation, slippery floors

Question 19

What are two dangers of dry ice?

Answer 19

Frostbite, mixed with nitrogen can make excess CO2

Question 20

What are three smoke machine related restrictions?

Answer 20

Only use glycol-based products
Handle dry ice w proper protection
Organic stuff can’t be used in smoke.

Question 21

Define: Strike

Answer 21

Cleanup of any and all material used during a production.

Question 22

First thing to do when striking a stage?

Answer 22

Remove objects blocking pathways

Question 23

What PPE must be used when working on a strike?

Answer 23

Footwear, Eye protection, gloves, proper headphones and structural helmets

Question 24

What clamps should be used on lights?

Answer 24

C clamps

Question 25

What should be used when handling hot lights?

Answer 25

Gloves

Question 26

Plug in soundboard or speakers first?

Answer 26

Soundboard

Question 27

What should you do with the soundboard knobs before turning it on?

Answer 27

Turn them down or off

Question 28

Where should the knobs on the soundboard be when actually in use?

Answer 28

Universal

Question 29

What are two rules of low lighting safety?

Answer 29

Warn people before turning the lights off

Rehearse in low lighting so actors know their way around