COLORADO STATE BLASTERS CERTIFIED QUALITY EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ASSURED SUCCESS GRADED A+ NEWEST VERSION

COLORADO STATE BLASTERS CERTIFIED QUALITY EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS ASSURED SUCCESS GRADED A+ NEWEST VERSION


Free Face
A rock surface exposed to air or water which provides room for
expansion upon fragmentation




Safety Fuse
A flexible cord containing an internal burning medium by which fire
or flame is conveyed at a continuous and uniform rate from the point
of ignition.




Blasting Cap
A detonator which is initiated by a safety fuse




Fuse Lighter
Pyrotechnic devices for the rapid and certain lighting of a safety fuse




Loading Density
The weight of explosive per distance of borehole

, High Explosives
Explosives which are characterized by a very high rate of reaction
and formation of a detonation wave




Low Explosives
Explosives which are characterized by deflagration or a low rate of
reaction




Make-Up Room
A room located inside an uninhabited building which shall be used
for the assembly of cap and fuse or for arming of explosive charges




Mass Detonation
When a unit or any part of explosive material detonates and causes
the remainder material to detonate




Misfire
A blast that fails to detonate completely after an attempt at
initiation. Also the explosive material itself that failed to detonate as
planned.