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31 questions from the flagger and work zone traffic control practice test.

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What is the work space?

  1. The lane that carries road users past the workers, equipment and materials
  2. The empty area kept clear between the end of the taper and the workers
  3. The area closed to road users and set aside for workers, equipment and materials
  4. The stretch of road between the first warning sign and the start of the taper
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C. The area closed to road users and set aside for workers, equipment and materials

The work space is the part of the highway closed to road users and reserved for workers, equipment and material. The lane carrying traffic past the work is the traffic space, and the empty area is the buffer space.

Reference: MUTCD Part 6, activity area (2009 Edition Section 6C.06)

What is the traffic space?

  1. The part of the roadway that carries road users past the work
  2. The part of the roadway set aside for the workers and their equipment
  3. The part of the roadway between the taper and the first worker
  4. The part of the roadway upstream of the first advance warning sign
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A. The part of the roadway that carries road users past the work

The traffic space is the portion of the highway used to route road users through the activity area. The area set aside for workers and equipment is the work space.

Reference: MUTCD Part 6, activity area (2009 Edition Section 6C.06)

Which of these may be placed in a buffer space?

  1. Only the crew's personal vehicles, parked parallel
  2. Nothing: no work, vehicles, equipment or materials
  3. Only light materials such as cones and sign stands
  4. Only equipment that has its warning lights on
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B. Nothing: no work, vehicles, equipment or materials

A buffer space must be kept completely clear so it can serve as recovery room. Even light materials or a parked pickup turn the buffer into a hazard for a vehicle that strays into it.

Reference: MUTCD Part 6, activity area (2009 Edition Section 6C.06)

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