NEIEP 400 LATEST 2026 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Which of the following statements applies to the use of a hacksaw on the job? -
✔✔Hacksaw blades must be installed with the teeth facing forward.
✔✔The operation of the down final limit switch will prevent movement of the car by
normal operating devices in ... - ✔✔both directions of travel
✔✔Which of the following statements is correct regarding ladders? - ✔✔Metal ladders
should never be used
✔✔What safety precaution is most important when using rollers to move heavy
equipment? - ✔✔Pipe rollers must be picked up by the hollow inner pan
✔✔What are two things a compound mitre saw does best at the same time? - ✔✔Bevel
and mitre cuts can be made at the same time.
✔✔When the pit down final limit switch is actuated, the car... - ✔✔Will not run at all
✔✔Why do we use laminated glass in the walls of glass elevator cabs? - ✔✔If the glass
cracks the plastic interlayer holds the fragments.
✔✔For carpet installation, if the cab area measures 94 inches by 62 inches and you
need an additional six inches on each side to account for waste during cutting, how
many square yards of carpet do you need for this job? - ✔✔6
✔✔Which is an advantage of lang lay ropes over regular lay ropes? - ✔✔They are more
flexible
✔✔Tension on the governor rope is maintained by using a - ✔✔Tension Sheave
✔✔A reference mark from which vertical measurements are made is known as a -
✔✔Bench Mark
✔✔If the compensating sheave diameter is smaller than the distance between the car
and counterweight compensating rope hitches, the plumb lead of the compensating
rope from the compensating sheave should be from the - ✔✔Counterweight
✔✔The location of the governor tension sheave is determined... - ✔✔from the final
layout drawing
✔✔The finished pit floor is normally poured to the - ✔✔lower web of the buffer channel
, ✔✔The ASME safety code requires oil buffers for elevators when traveling at a car
speed of - ✔✔Over 200 FPM
✔✔How are the ends of rails made so they may be joined together? - ✔✔The ends
have a tongue and groove
✔✔What is the main link between the hoistway walls or building structural steel and the
rails? - ✔✔Rail brackets
✔✔Where are spreaders used? - ✔✔B/w brackets on counterweight rails
✔✔Which is the best fire extinguisher to cover all types of fires in the machine room? -
✔✔ABC
✔✔You are responsible for storing 64 standard 15 lb. T-rails on one of the floors of a
high rise building. What is the total weight it will put on the floor where it will be stored? -
✔✔15,360 lbs.
✔✔You are on a T-rail job and have been told to stagger them. Which of the following
should be done? - ✔✔One side of the installed T-rail job has the groove up, while the
other side has the tongue up.
✔✔If the distance b/w the face of two T-rails brackets (DBB) is 8' 11" what is the back-
to-back guide (BBG) distance? - ✔✔8-10 1/2"
✔✔What is the most important piece of equipment you have when using a power saw? -
✔✔Safety Glasses
✔✔When using a circular saw, which of the following is correct? - ✔✔Never start the cut
until the blade is turning full RPM
✔✔Which of the following is correct when using a portable working platform during rail
installation? - ✔✔The hoisting cable and operational controls should be inspected daily
prior to using the working platform.
✔✔When plumbing the hoistway for a bank of elevators, which of the following
statements is correct? - ✔✔Using the corridor line, locate the two outside rails of the
bank as reference points for the rest of the rails in the bank
✔✔When installing formed guide rails, which of the following is correct? - ✔✔The
brackets do not require any shims
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Which of the following statements applies to the use of a hacksaw on the job? -
✔✔Hacksaw blades must be installed with the teeth facing forward.
✔✔The operation of the down final limit switch will prevent movement of the car by
normal operating devices in ... - ✔✔both directions of travel
✔✔Which of the following statements is correct regarding ladders? - ✔✔Metal ladders
should never be used
✔✔What safety precaution is most important when using rollers to move heavy
equipment? - ✔✔Pipe rollers must be picked up by the hollow inner pan
✔✔What are two things a compound mitre saw does best at the same time? - ✔✔Bevel
and mitre cuts can be made at the same time.
✔✔When the pit down final limit switch is actuated, the car... - ✔✔Will not run at all
✔✔Why do we use laminated glass in the walls of glass elevator cabs? - ✔✔If the glass
cracks the plastic interlayer holds the fragments.
✔✔For carpet installation, if the cab area measures 94 inches by 62 inches and you
need an additional six inches on each side to account for waste during cutting, how
many square yards of carpet do you need for this job? - ✔✔6
✔✔Which is an advantage of lang lay ropes over regular lay ropes? - ✔✔They are more
flexible
✔✔Tension on the governor rope is maintained by using a - ✔✔Tension Sheave
✔✔A reference mark from which vertical measurements are made is known as a -
✔✔Bench Mark
✔✔If the compensating sheave diameter is smaller than the distance between the car
and counterweight compensating rope hitches, the plumb lead of the compensating
rope from the compensating sheave should be from the - ✔✔Counterweight
✔✔The location of the governor tension sheave is determined... - ✔✔from the final
layout drawing
✔✔The finished pit floor is normally poured to the - ✔✔lower web of the buffer channel
, ✔✔The ASME safety code requires oil buffers for elevators when traveling at a car
speed of - ✔✔Over 200 FPM
✔✔How are the ends of rails made so they may be joined together? - ✔✔The ends
have a tongue and groove
✔✔What is the main link between the hoistway walls or building structural steel and the
rails? - ✔✔Rail brackets
✔✔Where are spreaders used? - ✔✔B/w brackets on counterweight rails
✔✔Which is the best fire extinguisher to cover all types of fires in the machine room? -
✔✔ABC
✔✔You are responsible for storing 64 standard 15 lb. T-rails on one of the floors of a
high rise building. What is the total weight it will put on the floor where it will be stored? -
✔✔15,360 lbs.
✔✔You are on a T-rail job and have been told to stagger them. Which of the following
should be done? - ✔✔One side of the installed T-rail job has the groove up, while the
other side has the tongue up.
✔✔If the distance b/w the face of two T-rails brackets (DBB) is 8' 11" what is the back-
to-back guide (BBG) distance? - ✔✔8-10 1/2"
✔✔What is the most important piece of equipment you have when using a power saw? -
✔✔Safety Glasses
✔✔When using a circular saw, which of the following is correct? - ✔✔Never start the cut
until the blade is turning full RPM
✔✔Which of the following is correct when using a portable working platform during rail
installation? - ✔✔The hoisting cable and operational controls should be inspected daily
prior to using the working platform.
✔✔When plumbing the hoistway for a bank of elevators, which of the following
statements is correct? - ✔✔Using the corridor line, locate the two outside rails of the
bank as reference points for the rest of the rails in the bank
✔✔When installing formed guide rails, which of the following is correct? - ✔✔The
brackets do not require any shims
