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WorksheetsCCN1 Legislation Gas Safety Regulations Quiz
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Regulation 2 of the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations defines installation pipework as...?
Pipework conveying gas from the meter to a gas appliance
A pipe within a gas appliance
A distribution main
A distribution service
Which one of the following is NOT defined as ‘a supplier of gas’...?
A landlord
A person supplying gas to a premises through a primary meter
A person who provides a supply of gas to a consumer by means of the filling or re-filling of a storage container
A person who provides gas in a refillable cylinder
The Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 apply to ‘gas fittings’ used in...?
Mines, quarries, agricultural premises, training and assessment establishments
Self propelled vehicles, sea going ships and hovercraft
Premises used for the treatment of sewage
Domestic or commercial premise supplied by a gas distribution main or storage vessel
In order to carry out work on a gas fitting or storage vessel, an operative must...?
Be registered with the Health and Safety Executive
Be competent and a member of a class of persons approved by the Health and Safety Executive (either individually or by an employer)
Be registered by the local authority
Wear overalls
An employer of a person undertaking gas work shall ensure...?
The person complies with the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998
All work is checked by the Health and Safety Executive
The gas supplier is notified in writing of all work completed
The person wears overalls
It is a contravention of the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations if an unqualified person...?
Answers b, c, and d below are all correct
Pretends to be a member of a class of persons approved by the HSE to undertake gas work
Carries out gas work in domestic properties
Pretends to be competent to undertake gas work
When caravan or boat manufacturers install LPG appliances, they have the responsibility for...?
Ensuring the appliances are safe to use
Registering the appliances with the local authority
Providing a warranty for the appliances
Training users on how to operate the appliances
Organisations responsible for properties supplied with gas should ensure that any person they use to perform gas installation work is competent and…?
Has at least 2 years relevant experience
Has completed a relevant apprenticeship
Is a member, or employed by a member of a class of persons approved by the HSE
Is a member of a Trade Union
If an operative has reason to suspect that foreign matter may block or interfere with the safe operation of a fitting, they shall…?
Inform Gas Safe Register
Fit a suitable filter to the appliance inlet
Fit a pressure vessel
Fit a regulator
Gas fittings shall be protected when they are exposed to environments containing…?
Salt spray or corrosive chemicals
Soot
Dampness
All of the above
Which of the following statements are true in relation to existing gas fittings…?
No person shall make any alteration to any premises if the alteration could affect the continued safe use of any gas fitting in the premises
No person shall do anything to any fitting, flue or means of ventilation which would cause the fittings etc. to constitute a danger
In relation to a place of work, an employer or self-employed person shall ensure that as far as is reasonably practicable no alterations to fittings or premises shall be such that they would constitute a danger
All of the above
The notice attached to an emergency control valve that is NOT fitted adjacent to a primary meter shall include which of the following details…?
Answers b, c, and d below are all correct
Indication that it is the gas emergency control valve
How to shut off the gas supply in the event of an escape
The emergency gas service contact telephone number and date the notice was attached
If there is a change of gas supplier to a domestic premises, who has the responsibility for updating emergency instructions / contact notices…?
The previous gas supplier
The new gas supplier
The property owner
The local gas authority
Which of the following statements is INCORRECT in relation to domestic meter installations...?
A regulator must be fitted to control pressure
Where the supply pressure is greater than 75mbar, a vent pipe fitted to the overpressure device must vent outside the premises
A meter by-pass must always be fitted
Where the supply pressure is greater than 75mbar, an over pressure shut off device must be fitted
When an operative encounters an installation where permanent equipotential bonding is missing, they should...?
Ignore it
Inform the customer that permanent equipotential bonding should be installed by a competent person
Temporarily connect an earth cable joining together the main services of the premises
Inform Gas Safe Register
The gas supply to a fanned flued living flame gas fire correctly installed within the inner leaf of a cavity wall can be routed within the cavity provided that...?
The pipe is wrapped with tape
The pipe is installed in a gas tight sleeve, sealed at the point it enters the gas fire and the pipe is kept as short as possible
Under no circumstances is this type of installation allowed
The pipe is plastic coated and kept as short as possible and contained in a sleeve ventilated at both ends
Gas supplies may be installed through walls and floors or under the foundations of a building providing that...?
They are copper
The building is no more than 1 storey high
They are protected against movement of the structure
They are inaccessible
When installing gas pipework in new buildings, installers shall ensure that...?
The structure is not affected and the fire resistance is not impaired
All pipework and joints are concealed
The pipework installed in the fabric of the building shall be plastic
All pipework is surface mounted to provide for easy inspection
You have correctly installed and commissioned a meter in a new house where the builder has already installed the pipework and appliances. What must you do next...?
Issue a RIDDOR notice
Leave the gas supply on and get the builder to commission the other appliances
Test, purge and commission all installed pipework and appliances or seal off the supply and all outlet points
Allow the customer to commission the appliances
The gas installer and the responsible person for a premise have duties to permanently identify pipework as carrying natural gas. This requirement does NOT apply to which type of premises...?
Industrial gas installations
Commercial installations
Domestic installations
Shops and offices
When installing gas appliances, operatives shall ensure that...?
The appliances are installed in a well-ventilated area
The appliances are installed by a certified electrician
The appliances are installed with a backup power supply
The appliances are installed with a water supply
If an appliance or fitting CANNOT be fully commissioned after installation or maintenance, what action must be taken?
Advise the customer to use the appliance or fitting for short periods only
It must be sealed off from the gas supply with an appropriate fitting
Turn off the appliance or fitting at the isolation valve
The customer told not to use appliance or fitting
All gas appliances shall have a means of isolation fitted to the inlet unless…?
It is not reasonably practicable to fit one
The appliance has a flexible connection
The appliance is fitted with a multi-functional control valve
A gas meter is fitted within 1m of the appliance
Gas operatives CANNOT modify the appliance or amend or deface its data plate in a way which may affect the appliance safety…?
True
False
When carrying out “work” on gas appliances, in addition to checking its safe operation, gas installers shall ensure which of the following actions are examined…?
All of the following should be examined
The effectiveness of any flue
The combustion air supply
The operating pressure or heat input, or where necessary, both
In what circumstances are the checks on appliances and installations as defined in Regulation 26 (9) NOT required…?
When they have just been serviced
If they have only just been installed
When purging gas or air from an appliance or pipework has not adversely affected its safety
Where the appliance or pipework installation appear to be in good condition
In relation to flues for gas appliances, which of the following statements are correct…?
Flues surrounded by an enclosure shall be sealed so that any spillage from the flue cannot enter any room other than where the appliance is fitted
A powered flue must have a means of preventing the operation of the appliance if the flue draught fails
Where a flue pipe enters a brick or masonry chimney it shall be easy to inspect
All of the above
Appliances installed in a bath or shower room must be….?
Flueless below 7kW
Fitted with a flexible flue
Installed with a sealed combustion system
Equipped with a carbon monoxide detector
An open flued appliance may be fitted in a bedroom providing that…?
There is no restriction on open flued appliances fitted in bedrooms
It is less than 14kW input and has an atmosphere sensing device fitted
It has an overheat thermostat fitted
It is less than 30kW input
When inspecting a chimney serving a gas fire, you discover a damper plate is fitted, what action should you take…?
No action is required
Close it
Permanently secure in the open position or remove it altogether
All of the above statements are true
When an operative installs a gas supply or appliance. Which of the following actions must be carried out…?
Ensure that the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 have been complied with and the appliances and installations have been tested and purged
Ensure manufacturers instructions have been followed and operating pressure, heat input, flue and combustion are correctly adjusted and the gas controls are tested and are working correctly and safely
Ensure that all other appliances are commissioned and checked or disconnected and their connections sealed where commissioning cannot be completed
All of the above actions must be completed as appropriate
A responsible person for a premise containing gas appliances/installations may be…?
The occupier of the premise
The owner of the premise
Any person with authority for the time being to take appropriate action in relation to any gas fitting in the premise
All of the above
At a place of work, who has the duty for ensuring that any gas appliances, installations or flues are maintained in a safe condition…?
Appliance manufacturer
Installer
Employer or self employed person
Health and Safety Executive
Regulation 36 defines a “tenant” as a person who occupies relevant premises…?
Where the relevant premises are occupied under a lease, the person who is entitled to the term of that lease
Where the relevant premises are occupied under a licence, the licensee
In Scotland, the person for the time being entitled to the tenant’s interest under a lease
All the above
Landlords must ensure that suitable checks confirming the safe operation and effectiveness of all relevant gas appliances, fittings and flues including their heat input and combustion ventilation are carried out…?
By a competent person every 24 months, with records kept for 2 years
By a competent person every 12 months, with records kept for 5 years
By a competent person every 6 months, with records kept for 3 years
By a competent person every 18 months, with records kept for 4 years
Which of the following is NOT required by the Gas Safety (Installation & Use) Regulations 1998 to be recorded on a Landlord’s Safety Report…?
The name and address of the landlord
The name and signature of the operative carrying out the check
The tenants name(s)
The name and Gas Safe registration number of the company or individual carrying out the check
Where gas appliances are installed in a room that has been converted to sleeping accommodation after 1998, the landlord must ensure that…?
Appliance(s) are room sealed or if open flued, below 14kw and fitted with atmosphere sensing devices
The room is returned to its original use
Appliances should be below 7kW heat input
The landlord has no additional responsibilities if the room is converted into sleeping accommodation
With regard to an escape of gas which of the following statements are correct…?
The supplier must stop the escape within 12 hours
The responsible person for any premises must shut off the gas if he/she knows or suspects that gas is escaping
If gas continues to escape or the smell persists after the gas has been shut off then the responsible person must inform the supplier of gas
All of the above
If a customer reports a smell of fumes from a specific appliance to the gas supplier, the gas supplier shall…?
Tell the customer that it is not their problem
Advise the customer on safe actions and the need to get a Gas registered business to investigate
Advise the customer to install a CO detector
Advise Centrica
You have been called to a premise to investigate a smell of gas, after carrying out a satisfactory tightness test on the installation, the smell of gas persists. What is your responsibility…?
Leave the gas supply on
Tell the customer to call back if the smell gets stronger
Do nothing if the customer accepts responsibility
Inform the gas supplier