NYS METAL COIL ENDORSEMENT LATEST 2026 CORE
EXAMINATION SET QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED
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✔✔In cargo securement, a 'well' is defined as: - ✔✔The depression formed between
two cylindrical articles when they are laid with their eyes horizontal and parallel against
each other.
✔✔A 'hook-lift container' is: - ✔✔A specialized container, primarily used to contain and
transport materials in the waste, recycling, construction/demolition, and scrap industries,
which are used in conjunction with specialized vehicles, in which the container isloaded
and unloaded onto a tilt frame body by an articulating hook-arm.
✔✔A bulkhead is used: - ✔✔to prevent forward movement of cargo.
✔✔What is a reusable, transportable enclosure that is especially designed with integral
locking devices that secure it to a container chassis trailer to facilitate the efficient and
bulk shipping and transfer of goods by, or between various modes of transport, such as
highway, rail, sea, and air.? - ✔✔Intermodal container.
✔✔Cargo that isn't prevented from forward movement, and is 4 feet long and weighs
1,500 lbs requires a minimum of how many tiedowns? - ✔✔2
✔✔How many tiedowns are required for cargo that is prevented from forward
movement? - ✔✔1 every 10ft, or part thereof.
✔✔When is the driver responsible for inspecting cargo and securing devices? - ✔✔-At 3
hr intervals or 150 miles.
-When duty status of driver changes.
-Within first 50 miles.
All of these are the driver's responsibility.
✔✔CDL drivers from New York State require the Metal Coils Endorsement when
transporting metals coils weighing - ✔✔More than 5,000 lbs
✔✔A single metal coil with eye vertical weighing 6,350 lbs requires tiedowns with a
minimum aggregate WLL of: - ✔✔3,175 lbs
✔✔When securing a single metal coil with eye vertical, tiedowns must be arranged
according the all of the following except: - ✔✔At least one direct tiedown towards both
the front and the rear of the load.
, ✔✔What is the minimum number of tiedowns required through the eye of a metal coil
loaded crosswise? - ✔✔2
✔✔Whenever possible, a row of metal coils with eyes vertical requires one direct
tiedown to secure against rearward movement at what minimum angle? - ✔✔45
degrees
✔✔Which means of securement is prohibited when transporting coils with the coil eye
crosswise on the vehicle? - ✔✔Attaching direct tiedowns diagonally through the eye of a
coil to form an X-pattern when viewed from above.
✔✔When securing a metal coil with eyes lengthwise, all of the following are steps for
securement option #1 except for: - ✔✔These are all part of method #1.
✔✔A row of metal coils loaded with eyes lengthwise requires how many direct tiedowns
over each side-by-side row or coil? - ✔✔Two
✔✔Option #3 for a single metal coil with eyes lengthwise requires: - ✔✔Two indirect
tiedowns over the front and rear parts of the coil.
✔✔What is aggregate working load limit? - ✔✔The summation of the working load limits
or restraining capacity of all devices used to secure an article on a vehicle.
✔✔A vertical barrier across the front of the deck of a vehicle to prevent forward
movement of cargo is a: - ✔✔Headboard
✔✔Blocking is used to: - ✔✔Place against or around an article to prevent horizontal
movement of the article.
✔✔A chain marked with a 4 is identified as what kind? - ✔✔Grade 43 High test
✔✔Given that general cargo securement requires a WLL of at least 50% of cargo
weight, how many 1/2-inch Grade 70 chains would be required for a load of 34,500 lbs?
- ✔✔7
✔✔What is the aggregate WLL of one 7/15 inch Grade 43 chain, and three 5/16 inch
Grade 70 chains? - ✔✔21,300 lbs.
✔✔A load weighing 41,500 lbs requires securement against rearward force of: -
✔✔20,750 lbs.
✔✔ Another name for 'skid', a platform or tray
on which cargo is placed so that it can be
EXAMINATION SET QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED
A+
✔✔In cargo securement, a 'well' is defined as: - ✔✔The depression formed between
two cylindrical articles when they are laid with their eyes horizontal and parallel against
each other.
✔✔A 'hook-lift container' is: - ✔✔A specialized container, primarily used to contain and
transport materials in the waste, recycling, construction/demolition, and scrap industries,
which are used in conjunction with specialized vehicles, in which the container isloaded
and unloaded onto a tilt frame body by an articulating hook-arm.
✔✔A bulkhead is used: - ✔✔to prevent forward movement of cargo.
✔✔What is a reusable, transportable enclosure that is especially designed with integral
locking devices that secure it to a container chassis trailer to facilitate the efficient and
bulk shipping and transfer of goods by, or between various modes of transport, such as
highway, rail, sea, and air.? - ✔✔Intermodal container.
✔✔Cargo that isn't prevented from forward movement, and is 4 feet long and weighs
1,500 lbs requires a minimum of how many tiedowns? - ✔✔2
✔✔How many tiedowns are required for cargo that is prevented from forward
movement? - ✔✔1 every 10ft, or part thereof.
✔✔When is the driver responsible for inspecting cargo and securing devices? - ✔✔-At 3
hr intervals or 150 miles.
-When duty status of driver changes.
-Within first 50 miles.
All of these are the driver's responsibility.
✔✔CDL drivers from New York State require the Metal Coils Endorsement when
transporting metals coils weighing - ✔✔More than 5,000 lbs
✔✔A single metal coil with eye vertical weighing 6,350 lbs requires tiedowns with a
minimum aggregate WLL of: - ✔✔3,175 lbs
✔✔When securing a single metal coil with eye vertical, tiedowns must be arranged
according the all of the following except: - ✔✔At least one direct tiedown towards both
the front and the rear of the load.
, ✔✔What is the minimum number of tiedowns required through the eye of a metal coil
loaded crosswise? - ✔✔2
✔✔Whenever possible, a row of metal coils with eyes vertical requires one direct
tiedown to secure against rearward movement at what minimum angle? - ✔✔45
degrees
✔✔Which means of securement is prohibited when transporting coils with the coil eye
crosswise on the vehicle? - ✔✔Attaching direct tiedowns diagonally through the eye of a
coil to form an X-pattern when viewed from above.
✔✔When securing a metal coil with eyes lengthwise, all of the following are steps for
securement option #1 except for: - ✔✔These are all part of method #1.
✔✔A row of metal coils loaded with eyes lengthwise requires how many direct tiedowns
over each side-by-side row or coil? - ✔✔Two
✔✔Option #3 for a single metal coil with eyes lengthwise requires: - ✔✔Two indirect
tiedowns over the front and rear parts of the coil.
✔✔What is aggregate working load limit? - ✔✔The summation of the working load limits
or restraining capacity of all devices used to secure an article on a vehicle.
✔✔A vertical barrier across the front of the deck of a vehicle to prevent forward
movement of cargo is a: - ✔✔Headboard
✔✔Blocking is used to: - ✔✔Place against or around an article to prevent horizontal
movement of the article.
✔✔A chain marked with a 4 is identified as what kind? - ✔✔Grade 43 High test
✔✔Given that general cargo securement requires a WLL of at least 50% of cargo
weight, how many 1/2-inch Grade 70 chains would be required for a load of 34,500 lbs?
- ✔✔7
✔✔What is the aggregate WLL of one 7/15 inch Grade 43 chain, and three 5/16 inch
Grade 70 chains? - ✔✔21,300 lbs.
✔✔A load weighing 41,500 lbs requires securement against rearward force of: -
✔✔20,750 lbs.
✔✔ Another name for 'skid', a platform or tray
on which cargo is placed so that it can be
