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PPE Selection Practice Test

Twenty-five questions on choosing and using personal protective equipment, with every answer traced to the paragraph of 29 CFR 1910 Subpart I or 29 CFR 1926 Subpart E it comes from — the written hazard assessment, eye and face protection, head, foot and hand protection, respirators, training, defective gear and who pays for what. Construction and general industry differ in places, and the questions that turn on the difference say so in the wording. Nothing here reproduces the ANSI/ISEA or ASTM standards OSHA incorporates by reference: the questions test the regulation, not the consensus standard's tables.

25 questions about 20 min

Not OSHA-authorized training. SteelToeTools is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or authorized by OSHA or the U.S. Department of Labor. This free educational content does not satisfy any OSHA or other regulatory training requirement, and no card, certificate, or credential is issued. Only OSHA-authorized trainers can deliver OSHA Outreach Training (10-Hour and 30-Hour) and issue DOL cards. Always follow your employer's training program and applicable federal, state, and local requirements.

Frequently asked questions

There is no official OSHA PPE test. OSHA writes the standards and requires your employer to train you under 29 CFR 1910.132(f); it does not publish or grade an exam. This free practice test is not affiliated with OSHA or the U.S. Department of Labor, and nothing is issued for taking it.

No. Nothing is issued — no card, no certificate, no credential. Only OSHA-authorized trainers can deliver OSHA Outreach Training and issue DOL cards, and no online quiz replaces the training and demonstration of understanding that 1910.132(f) requires.

Both, because the two subparts do not say the same thing. General industry PPE lives in 29 CFR 1910 Subpart I (1910.132 to 1910.140) and carries the written hazard assessment and the PPE training rule; construction lives in 29 CFR 1926 Subpart E (1926.95 to 1926.107) plus the general duty in 1926.28(a), and has no equivalent written-certification paragraph. Any question that turns on the difference says which one it means.

Because those live in consensus standards — ANSI/ISEA 105, Z87.1 and 107, and ASTM F2412/F2413 — that are copyrighted and sold by their publishers. OSHA incorporates them by reference, so the enforceable requirement is that your gear meets the named edition. That requirement is what these questions test; for the scales and tables themselves, get the standard from its publisher.

No. A program is judged on what it does: the hazard assessment and its written certification under 1910.132(d), the selection and fit of the gear, the training and demonstration under 1910.132(f), and the records behind it. A quiz checks whether the people running it know the rules, which is a reasonable first step and nothing more.

Sources & references

Content checked against these sources — last reviewed August 28, 2026.

By — Editorial team of SteelToeTools.com (published by LSEA SAS) Updated