GROUND LADDER QUESTIONS

1. Consist of a base and bed section and one or more fly sections that travel in guides or bracket to
permit length adjustment.
a. combination ladder b. extension ladder c. single ladder d. folding ladder

2. Main structural member of a ladder supporting the rungs or rung blocks

a. bed section b. guides c. beam d. base section

3. Upper section of extension or some combination ladders.

a. tip b. base c. fly d. halyard

4. Woods or metal strips, sometimes in the form of slots or channels.

a. guides b. footpads c. hooks d. protection plates

5. It is a devise used to attached to the inside of the beams on the fly section used to hold the fly section
in place after it has been extended.
a. hooks b. pawls c. halyard d. base

6. Used to climb from floor to floor, via exterior windows, on a multistory building.
a. pompier ladder b. roof ladder c. single ladder d. extension ladder

7. Crossed member that provides the foothold for climbing and extend from one beam to the other
except on a pompier ladder.
a. rails b. bed section c. rung d. footpads

8. Wood or metal pieces that prevents the fly section from being extended too far.
a. stops b. pawls c. hook d. tie rods

9. Small, grooved wheel through which the halyard is drawn on an extension ladder.
a. rails b. pulley c. rung d. roller

10. Metal safety plates or spikes attached to the butt end of ground ladder beams to prevent slippage.
a. footpads b. butt spurs c. butt(heel) d. butt end

ANSWER KEY:
1. B
2. C
3. C
4. A
5. B
6. A
7. C
8. A
9. B
10. B