Roadworks Safety and Traffic Management Final Exam

1. The provision of good communication on road worksites requires that signs are ______ before work starts and _______ when the work is done.

2. Planning for roadworks needs to consider the __________ as well as the _______ of vehicles.

3. What is the safest approach to manage traffic in road works sites?

4. Having consistent colors, shapes, symbols and words in signs refer to what signage and markings communication principle?

5. Who is responsible for cleaning and sweeping the road ready after the road work is completed?

6. Drivers take time to react, varying from 1 to 3 seconds. By the time a driver reacts, a vehicle may have traveled _____ meters.

7. Traffic approach speed between 60 kph and 80 kph is considered:

8. The sign “Roadwork Ahead” is an example of:

9. At 100kph a vehicle travels at approximately _____ meters per second and can take over ______ meters to stop.

10. For long term works, mounting heights of signs should be ______ meters above the level of the roadway in rural areas.

11. ___________ physically separates traffic from work area designed to protect workers in high speed areas and where lateral clearance is insufficient for safety.

12. ___________________is used to give advanced warning where traffic may be required to stop at the direction of a Traffic Controller (Flagman) or at portable temporary traffic signals.

13. Type of containment fence that should not be used for the purpose of protecting workers where traffic speed is likely to exceed 20kph.

14. Temporary hazard marker used to indicate the path that traffic should follow past or around the worksite.

15. Merge is a type of taper of at least _______ meters long that shifts a line of traffic sideways where the traffic must join with another line of traffic travelling in the same direction.

16. Area in the roadworks site where traffic resumes normal operations after passing the worksite.

17. This is an example of:

18. _______________shifts a line of traffic sideways when it does not need to merge with another line of traffic traveling in the same direction.

19. If a traffic is traveling at a speed of 80 kph the merge taper should be ____ meters.

20. The minimum width of Adjacent Clearance Area for Workers should be ________wide for low speed areas.

21. If a roadway needs to be partially closed the taper that guides drivers to the new travel path clear of the worksite is provided within the _________.

22. The ___________ is the section of highway where road users are informed about the upcoming work zone or incident area.

23. Area of a highway where road user conditions are changed because of a work zone or incident by the use of temporary traffic control devices, flaggers, uniformed law enforcement officers, or other authorized personnel.

24. Worksite traffic management uses _______ that provides warning, guidance, instructions and information to road users.

25. A sign required to give advance warning of any bridge construction or repair that creates a temporary hazard where works are left overnight.

26. The purpose of installing red or orange plastic mesh fencing is to _______________.

27. Tapes which may be used as containment fence shall be ________ wide with alternating black and yellow stripes.

28. Installing signs in a road worksite equates to good communication between the ________and the __________ for the safety of both and the people nearby.

29. The most hazardous way to manage traffic in road works.

30. Barrier boards should not be used for delineation purposes or installed parallel to vehicular traffic unless there is an offset of at least ___ meters from the travelled path.