MILLWRIGHT RIGGING AND HOISTING ACTUAL EXAM SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+

MILLWRIGHT RIGGING AND HOISTING
ACTUAL EXAM SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+


● Traction grade wire rope has a breaking load of __________ tons per
square inch
a. 110-190
b. 50-60
c. 45-90
d. 80-90 . Answer: d. 80-90


● Special improved plow grade wire rope has a breaking load of
_________ tons per square inch
a. 120-130
b. 50-60
c. 45-90
d. 80-90 . Answer: a. 120-130


● A core is built into a wire rope to ?
a. hold shape
b. conform to manufacturers specs

,c. supports strands and maintain shape
d. stiffen rope . Answer: c. supports strands and maintain shape


● Fibre cores are usually made from ________ but can be made from
synthetic rope or polypropylene.
a. sisal
b. silca
c. rubber
d. sodium . Answer: b. sisal


● What type of rope is used when rope is subject to sudden heavy loads,
crushing or heat?
a. IWTC
b. ICDT
c. IWRT
d. IWRC . Answer: d. IWRC


Independent Wire Rope Cores
or
WRC wire rope cores

, ● Lay refers to the direction in which the rope are twisted together. The
term lay length refers to the ___________ along the rope in which a
strand makes one revalution
a. size
b. distance
c. direction
d. angle . Answer: b. distance


● This consists of a number of wires twisted to the left around a small
core to form each of six strands. These strands are then twisted to the
right around the main core to form the final rope
a. Lang lay
b. Left lay
c. Center lay
d. Right lay . Answer: d. Right lay


● This consists of wires twisted to the right and then the strands twisted
to the left to produce the rope
a. Lang lay
b. Left lay
c. Center lay
d. Right lay . Answer: b. left lay