NEIEP 100 Study Guide and Practice Questions
What are the main hazards in the machine room of a geared traction elevator? - correct answer
✔✔ Electrical and mechanical hazards
How do you determine the correct angle from the vertical for placing a ladder? - correct answer
✔✔ Measure out a distance of 1/4 the height
What piece of safety equipment is designed to keep you from falling? - correct answer ✔✔
Safety harness and lanyard
What must be done before checking pump drive belts on a hydraulic elevator? - correct answer
✔✔ LOTO the main disconnect switch
Why must you LOTO the main disconnect switch before checking the oil reservoir? - correct
answer ✔✔ So the pump will not start
What is the lowest amount of electrical current that can be fatal? - correct answer ✔✔ 50
milliampere
Which of the following best describes the danger posed by the counterweight
assembly when you are ridina the car too? - correct answer ✔✔ It runs close by in the opposite
direction
What do you need to be certain of before
getting on the top of a dumbwaiter? - correct answer ✔✔ That it can support your weight and it
has safeties
, What makes a hydraulic elevator pit dangerous? - correct answer ✔✔ The car can come down
without power
Why must you place a hydraulic elevator car on support posts before servicing the packing
head? - correct answer ✔✔ Because a hydraulic elevator is supported by a column of oil
What is the most
serious consequence of incorrect lifting? - correct answer ✔✔ Spinal injury
Why can't Elevator Constructors use a metal ladder? - correct answer ✔✔ Metal ladders
conduct electricity
What is the function of a Ground Fault Circuit
Interrupter? - correct answer ✔✔ Detect an imbalance in current between
the hot and neutral wires
What dangerous gas is given off by a running gasoline engine? - correct answer ✔✔ carbon
monoxide
Who is primarily responsible for your safety on the job? - correct answer ✔✔ you, yourself
Who is responsible for seeing that barricades are kept in place? - correct answer ✔✔ Everyone
on the job
What is the required height for an OSHA approved barricade? - correct answer ✔✔ 42 inches
What amount of force, in the direction of the hoistway, must the approved barricade be able to
withstand? - correct answer ✔✔ 200lbs
What are the main hazards in the machine room of a geared traction elevator? - correct answer
✔✔ Electrical and mechanical hazards
How do you determine the correct angle from the vertical for placing a ladder? - correct answer
✔✔ Measure out a distance of 1/4 the height
What piece of safety equipment is designed to keep you from falling? - correct answer ✔✔
Safety harness and lanyard
What must be done before checking pump drive belts on a hydraulic elevator? - correct answer
✔✔ LOTO the main disconnect switch
Why must you LOTO the main disconnect switch before checking the oil reservoir? - correct
answer ✔✔ So the pump will not start
What is the lowest amount of electrical current that can be fatal? - correct answer ✔✔ 50
milliampere
Which of the following best describes the danger posed by the counterweight
assembly when you are ridina the car too? - correct answer ✔✔ It runs close by in the opposite
direction
What do you need to be certain of before
getting on the top of a dumbwaiter? - correct answer ✔✔ That it can support your weight and it
has safeties
, What makes a hydraulic elevator pit dangerous? - correct answer ✔✔ The car can come down
without power
Why must you place a hydraulic elevator car on support posts before servicing the packing
head? - correct answer ✔✔ Because a hydraulic elevator is supported by a column of oil
What is the most
serious consequence of incorrect lifting? - correct answer ✔✔ Spinal injury
Why can't Elevator Constructors use a metal ladder? - correct answer ✔✔ Metal ladders
conduct electricity
What is the function of a Ground Fault Circuit
Interrupter? - correct answer ✔✔ Detect an imbalance in current between
the hot and neutral wires
What dangerous gas is given off by a running gasoline engine? - correct answer ✔✔ carbon
monoxide
Who is primarily responsible for your safety on the job? - correct answer ✔✔ you, yourself
Who is responsible for seeing that barricades are kept in place? - correct answer ✔✔ Everyone
on the job
What is the required height for an OSHA approved barricade? - correct answer ✔✔ 42 inches
What amount of force, in the direction of the hoistway, must the approved barricade be able to
withstand? - correct answer ✔✔ 200lbs
