Regulations Test 1

• City and Guilds
• Further Education (Key Stage 5)

Regulations Test 1

This is a mock exam

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The Gas Safety Regs came into force on which date?

1. 12 Oct 1998
2. 31 Oct 1998
3. 1 Jan 1998
4. 1 Jan 1999

According to regulation 3 to be able to work on gas equipment you must be

1. Over 18 years of age
2. Working for a company registered with Gas Safe
3. Competent
4. Issued with a U gauge

If you claimed to be Gas Safe registered and you weren’t, would you

1. Break the gas safety regulations
2. Break health and safety at work legislation
3. Not be breaking any regulations
4. Be prosecuted by trades description

Are you allowed to install a lead pipe in a house when

1. There is already a lead supply installed
2. You install a gas meter
3. Never allowed to install lead
4. To repair a leaking lead pipe

Which of the following contravenes the gas safety regulations

1. Sealing off an open end
2. Searching for a gas escape with a match
3. Testing for tightness only as far as the nearest upstream valve
4. Preventing released gas from causing a danger to any person

What should be done with a pipe in a corrosive location

1. Move it
2. Protect it
3. Cut it off
4. Wash it at each service with anti corrosive washing fluid

Pipework passing completely through a wall shall:

1. Take the shortest route
2. Be wrapped in insulation tape
3. Be sleeved, and sealed both ends
4. Only be made of copper

Gas pipework installed in a domestic property should be identified when:

1. It is installed under a suspended floor
2. It is installed by the side of other service pipes
3. It is installed in a roof space
4. It does not need to be identified under any circumstances

When “work” has been carried out on an appliance, what must also be carried out?

1. Tightness test of the whole house
2. It’s operating pressure checked
3. Customer instructed on the use of the appliance
4. Leak detection fluid sprayed over all the joints

Having installed a gas appliance the Manufacturers Instructions should be:

1. Given to the owner or occupier
2. Returned to the office for later use
3. Kept by the installer
4. Disposed of so the customer cannot make technical adjustments

An appliance installed in a bathroom or shower room..

1. Must be under 14kw gross
2. Must be room sealed
3. Must be 2m from the bath or shower
4. Must be under 12.7kw net

What must the responsible person do if they have reason to suspect an appliance cannot be used safely?

1. Have it repaired
2. Only use it when they are in
3. Not permit it to be used
4. Replace it

A landlord must have each appliance and flue checked for safety..

1. Every 12 months
2. Within 12 months
3. When the rental tenant changes
4. Only when the appliance becomes faulty

A landlord must keep a record of the safety check for

1. 1 year
2. 2 years
3. 28 days
4. As long as the tenant is in the property

A Gas Supplier must prevent gas escaping within

1. 1 hour
2. 2 hours
3. 6 hours
4. 12 hours

Unsafe Situations

Where an immediately dangerous situation is encountered the installer must:

1. Disconnect the appliance and cap off.
2. Disconnect, cap off and place a label on it
3. Disconnect, Cap off,
4. With the responsible persons permission, disconnect, cap off, place a label and issue a warning notice

Where an “At Risk” situation is encountered the installer must

1. Turn off the appliance
2. Turn off and place a label
3. Turn off, place a label and issue a warning notice
4. with the responsible persons permission turn off, place a label, issue a warning notice

An example of an At Risk situation would be

1. Spillage of products of combustion
2. A cooker with no safety chain
3. Gas fire fitted standing on a carpet with the carpet showing signs of scorching
4. Fanned flues boiler with no terminal guard

An immediately dangerous situation would be

1. Spillage of Products of Combustion
2. A cooker with no safety chain
3. Gas fire fitted standing on a carpet with the carpet showing signs of scorching
4. Fanned flues boiler with no terminal guard

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