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Multiple choice – Fence construction

The following questions relate to the construction, repair and removal of conventional fences. Read each question carefully and select the most correct answer from the four choices given for each question.

1. The most likely order for using the following tools and equipment when constructing a new fence would be:
   1. Wire strainers, wire spinner, crowbar, post hole (atom) borer.
   2. Crowbar, post hole (atom) borer, wire spinner, wire strainers.
   3. Post hole (atom) borer, wire strainers, crowbar, wire spinner.
   4. Wire spinner, crowbar, wire strainers, post hole (atom) borer.
      
      
2. When installing a strainer post in the ground, the earth dug from the hole should be rammed tightly back around the post. The primary reason for this is to:
   1. Clean up the work site.
   2. Stop the strainer post from tipping over.
   3. Prevent termites from eating the bottom of the post.
   4. Maximise support for the strainer post.
      
      
3. Which of the following statements about end assemblies is NOT true:
   1. Box end assemblies are usually stronger than diagonal stay assemblies.
   2. Diagonal stay assemblies use less materials than box end assemblies.
   3. Box end assemblies are more suitable for barbed wire and diagonal stay assemblies for plain wire fences.
   4. Box end assemblies are more complex to construct than diagonal stay assemblies.
      
      
4. When the strainer posts for a gateway are being positioned and installed there should be:
   1. No gaps between the strainer posts and gate so that the posts support the gate.
   2. Enough room for a person to walk between the gate and strainer post without opening the gate.
   3. Sufficient room for the gate to swing freely both ways.
      
   4. Enough room under the gate for native animals to move freely in and out of the paddock.
      
      
5. Line posts in a fence should be set in the ground in as straight a line as possible between the strainer posts. The main reason for this is to:
   1. Stop barbed wire catching when it is being pulled through the holes in a timber fence.
   2. Enable the most effective strain to be placed on the wires.
   3. Show the neighbours that you are a good farmer.
   4. Use the minimum length of wire.
      
      
6. A farmer notices that a few old posts in a boundary fence have rotted off and are leaning over. The best immediate course of action is to:
   1. Temporarily repair the fence using steel posts to support the old posts.
   2. Ring the neighbours and tell them to fix the fence.
   3. Do nothing because the cattle are quiet anyway.
      
   4. Lock the cattle out of the paddock until there is sufficient money and time to replace the old fence with a new one.
      
      
7. Which of the following statements about barbed wire is NOT true:
   1. High tensile barbed wire has a greater breaking strain than Iowa barbed wire.
   2. Iowa barbed wire stretches more easily than high tensile barbed wire.
   3. High tensile barbed wire is more likely to snap if overstrained than Iowa barbed wire.
   4. Iowa barbed wire has a smaller diameter than high tensile barbed wire.
      
      
8. An old fence around an orchard is being replaced with a new fence. To be environmentally responsible the old wire should be:
   1. Bulldozed into a gully to prevent erosion.
   2. Left in a pile near the orchard to provide the framework for habitat for native animals.
   3. Sorted into sound wire which is coiled for reuse and unusable wire that can be taken to a metal recycling centre.
   4. Thrown into the back of the ute and taken to the local garbage dump.
      
      
9. If the hole for a strainer post has to be dug by hand the most effective tools are:
   1. A crowbar and a long-handled shovel.
   2. A long-handled shovel and a mattock.
   3. A hand auger and a crowbar.
   4. A pick and a hand auger.
      
      
10. The wires in a fence should be strained:
    1. As tightly as possible to provide a firm barrier for livestock.
    2. Loosely so that they don’t break when an animal pushes against them.
    3. By hand so that native animals are not harmed by the fence.
    4. To the tension recommended for the type and gauge of the wire.

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