Free GITS BPE Practice Questions

Question 1

A general contractor receives an ACORD certificate naming the project owner as certificate holder. The contract also requires additional-insured status on the subcontractor's commercial general liability policy, but no endorsement or policy grant has been produced. What is the most accurate conclusion?

Accepted Answer

Additional-insured status has not been established; the policy provision or endorsement must be verified

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Certificate-holder status gives the owner insured status for the operations shown on the certificate

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The contract's indemnity clause supplies the missing coverage even without a policy grant

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Primary-and-noncontributory wording on the certificate amends the underlying order-of-insurance terms

Question 2

A Florida general contractor subcontracts framing to a firm that has no workers' compensation policy for its crew, and none of the crew members has a valid exemption. One crew member is injured on the project. The general contractor's principal exposure is that:

Accepted Answer

The general contractor may be responsible for workers' compensation benefits because the subcontractor failed to secure coverage

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The independent-contractor agreement leaves the subcontractor responsible and removes the general contractor's statutory exposure

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The general contractor's liability policy becomes the statutory benefit source when a subcontractor is uninsured

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Liability shifts to the general contractor only after the crew member proves negligence by the subcontractor

Question 3

An electrical supplier is unpaid after delivering materials incorporated into a bonded private construction project. The prime contractor completed the work, so completion itself is not the dispute. The eligible supplier's claim is principally protected by the:

Accepted Answer

Payment bond

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Performance bond

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Bid bond

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Maintenance bond

Question 4

A monthly federal employment-tax depositor accumulates $102,000 of Form 941 tax liability on a Tuesday. Which deposit consequence follows?

Accepted Answer

Deposit by the next business day and use the semiweekly schedule for the rest of this year and the next

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Deposit by the 15th of the next month and remain on the monthly schedule

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Deposit by Friday under semiweekly timing, but remain a monthly depositor thereafter

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Remit the entire amount with the quarterly Form 941 because a liability arising on one day is not separately deposited

Question 5

A Florida contractor performs a lump-sum contract to install a permanent roof. The material vendor did not collect Florida sales tax, and no exemption or owner direct-purchase arrangement applies. How should the contractor generally treat the roofing materials?

Accepted Answer

As consumed materials on which the contractor may owe use tax

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As tax-free inventory because the owner receives the completed roof

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As a resale purchase, using a resale certificate for all incorporated materials

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As a taxable retail sale requiring sales tax on the entire lump-sum contract price

Question 6

The sole shareholder of an S corporation works full time estimating projects, supervising crews, and managing customers. During the year, the corporation pays the shareholder distributions but no wages. The principal federal payroll-tax concern is:

Accepted Answer

Payments attributable to the shareholder's services may need to be treated as reasonable compensation subject to employment taxes

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The distributions become corporate dividends, creating the double taxation associated with a C corporation

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Shareholder distributions are barred unless the corporation has current-year taxable income

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The shareholder's services are treated as self-employment rather than wages because the shareholder owns all the stock

Question 7

A crane's maximum working radius could place the boom or load 18 feet from an energized 230 kV overhead line. The crew proposes using a dedicated spotter while maintaining the 18-foot distance. Before the lift can proceed under OSHA's Table A approach, the employer must:

Accepted Answer

Increase clearance to at least 20 feet, or have the line deenergized and visibly grounded

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Use the dedicated spotter because the 15-foot clearance for lines above 200 kV has already been met

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Maintain 10 feet because Table A uses that distance for energized lines below 350 kV

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Ground the crane and add a proximity alarm while maintaining the planned 18-foot clearance

Question 8

Employees will enter a 4.5-foot trench. A competent person has examined the soil and found no indication of a potential cave-in; a secured ladder is 20 lateral feet away, and no other hazard is present. Which conclusion best fits OSHA's excavation rules?

Accepted Answer

Entry may proceed without a protective system, with competent-person inspections and safe egress maintained

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Use a protective system because the 4-foot access threshold also controls cave-in protection

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Obtain a registered professional engineer's design because a competent person cannot apply the under-5-foot exception

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Remove the ladder because the excavation-access requirement begins at a depth of 5 feet

Question 9

A mason is working from a supported scaffold platform 9 feet 8 inches above a concrete floor. The platform, access, capacity, and inspection requirements are satisfied, and no dangerous equipment is below. Under the federal scaffold standard, this means:

Accepted Answer

The scaffold rule does not require fall protection until the platform is more than 10 feet above a lower level

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A personal fall-arrest system is mandatory because the general 6-foot construction trigger replaces the scaffold threshold

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The scaffold must be taken out of service until guardrails are installed because concrete is a hard lower level

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A documented competent-person inspection substitutes for fall protection on a supported scaffold

Question 10

Later in the same shift as a work-related fall, one employee is formally admitted to a hospital for treatment. The safety manager enters the case on the OSHA log. What additional action is required?

Accepted Answer

A report to OSHA within 24 hours; recordability is a separate determination

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No separate report, because completing the OSHA record satisfies the hospitalization requirement

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A report to OSHA within 8 hours, using the same deadline that applies to a work-related fatality

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A report within 24 hours only if the admission includes an overnight stay

Free GITS BPE Practice Questions

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Domain 2: Insurance and Bond Laws

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