Orientation 1
Which item listed below is a cost of doing business (overhead) for the contractor
Obtaining jobs
The IBEW is the _____?_____ as well as the largest electrical union in the world.
Oldest
The ? split in 1908 nearly destroyed the IBEW
Reid- Murphy
What happens if you do not study and learn as you should?
The JATC has no choice but to remove you from the program
The goals which motivated our founders were spelled out in the Preamble to the first Constitution and have been retained by every Convention of the IBEW. Which of the following is one of those goals?
To assist each other in sickness or distress
Your job-site is only as safe or unsafe as _____?_____ make(s) it.
You
The average contractor bids or estimates over _____?_____ jobs a year, representing a large financial investment with an unknown outcome
100
Of those injured in an electrical accident seriously enough to be hospitalized, fewer than _____?_____ percent recover sufficiently to return to work.
15%
In what year were the first telegraph wires strung and between what two cities?
1844 / Washington and Baltimore
The construction industry employs about ? of all the workers in the U.S.A
5%
Of those hospitalized because of contact with high voltage, ___ percent lose at least one limb
75%
Approximately 750,000 IBEW members are united today through nearly _____?_____ local unions established over length and breadth of the United States and Canada
947
? was chosen as NECA's first president in 1901
Charles L. Eidlitz
Which of the following actions does not necessarily constitute sexual harassment?
Consensual sex between co workers
The _____?_____ , organized in 1920, equally represented by the IBEW and NECA is credited with providing stability for the construction branch of our Brotherhood and earning us the reputation as a "strikeless industry''
Council on Industrial relations
What do the letters EWBA stand for
Electrical Workers Benefit Association (pays death benefits)
From 1903 to 1919, ? served as the first full-time president of the IBEW
Frank McNulty
The current International President of the IBEW is _____?_____ elected in 2015 at the 39th International Convention
Lonnie Stephenson
As supplements to Social Security or Railroad Retirement benefits, the _____?_____ and Pension Benefit Fund provide retired IBEW members with the means to live in moderate comfort after their years of labor
NEBF
The ? Act of 1935 is more commonly referred to as the Wagner Act.
NLRB
The first ? was a 56-page document printed in 1897
National Electrical Code
____?_____ on the job is a major reason that job tasks cannot be performed in a timely manner.
absenteeism
What word describes the act of cutting off all or part of a limb or digit of the body?
amputate
Your _____?_____ is a legal document that sets down what you will do and what the JATC committee will do in regards to your apprenticeship
apprenticeship agreement
The first real improvements in the safety and general conditions of our early industry were made possible by the adoption of _____?_____.
apprenticeship program
To have the ? to learn and perform is to have the physical and mental ability to learn and to produce
aptitude
Your reference material indicates that an employee found guilty of sexual harassment may be ______?_____
denied raise or promotion
What word describes the state of being crippled, unable and unfit for work?
disabled
What word describes the act of being killed by electricity
electrocution
You should read the lesson questions before you study the reference material because
it is helpful to know what material is covered before reading the reference
Studying the Learning Objectives preceding the lesson questions will help you understand some of the _____?_____.
main topics
You and other apprentices were chosen by the JATC to participate in this program because you displayed positive qualities of responsibility, aptitude, _____?_____, and personality
motivation
Which action would be considered sexual harassment
ostracizing workers of one gender by those of the other
Our apprentice program exists with the primary purpose of...
producing future craftsman
Customers depend on our skill and knowledge of the trade, so the lack of _____?_____ is not a good reason for delays on a project
productivity
If _____?_____ is behind schedule, the job may need to go on overtime which causes problems for the customer.
productivity
Which basic type of sexual harassment can be committed only by a supervisor or someone who can affect the victim's employment?
quid pro quo
The proper method for answering questions in the LMS lesson quiz is to _____?____
read and study the reference material, then attempt to answer the questions
If you are a victim of sexual harassment, you should _____?___
report the situation and seek assistance
As an apprentice, you must conform to the standards and _____?_____ established by the Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee
rules and regulations
Tragically, some individuals have had their careers, and in some cases their lives, cut short by an accident resulting from a disregard for
safety
A competent electrician is one who has ? , ? , and a positive ? for his or her trade.
skill, knowledge, attitude
If you are the victim sexual harassment you should tell the offender
specifically what you find offensive
You may read a book for enjoyment, but you must _____?_____ a book to gain knowledge
study
he customer's cost for a job can be broken down into several categories. Which of the following is not one of those categories?
supervision
A quid pro quo can be committed only by...
supervisor
Labor, as far as the contractor is concerned, is _____?____
the public relations department of the business as far as the customer is concerned
An apprentice who develops unsafe or dangerous habits is an accident _____?____
time-bomb
Which of the following factors would be considered by the courts in a sexual harassment case?
whether the harassment had a psychological effect on the victim
Who bears the ultimate responsibility for your safety on the job?
you do
