MASSACHUSETTS 2A HOISTING CORE EXAMS
REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔In what time should you contact departmant of public safety if a death occurs -
✔✔Withen one hour
✔✔How many lbs in 1 ton - ✔✔2000
✔✔All welding and cutting on hoistinf equipment shall be done in accoradance with the
requirments of what - ✔✔Aws Asme codes
✔✔What items should be checked on a daily basis - ✔✔Fluid levels, hoses tires belts
horn backup system brakes and controls
✔✔What action does a signal person intend the operator to preform if he extends his
arm at shoulder height makes a fist with his hands and sticks his thumb up - ✔✔Boom
up
✔✔What type of protections should be given to operators - ✔✔Protection from weather
Saftey glass
Heat in cold weather
Over head protection
, ✔✔What law governs hoisting equipment in state of ma - ✔✔Chapter 146 of general
laws 530 cmr section 6
✔✔How do you test the load brake on a LULL - ✔✔Lift the load just off the ground and
return the boom handle to the neutral postion
✔✔How do you find the weight of a load - ✔✔Shipping papers
Data tags
Use a scale
Calculate weight
✔✔What must be stamped on all load rating plates - ✔✔Serial number of unit
✔✔The boom of the unit you are operating comes in contact with an energized power
line theres no sign of any other danger such as fire what should you do - ✔✔Stay in cab
until lines are de energized
✔✔Can you prohibit the dept of saftey from comming on your property - ✔✔No
✔✔Before digging anywhere who do you call and how much notice - ✔✔Dig safe 811
72hours
30 days
✔✔How is the fuel of a diesel engine ignited - ✔✔High heat generated by compression
Fuel under pressure
✔✔What do you do if uou machine comes in contact with an overhead or under ground
power line - ✔✔Stay on machine
Warm people to stay away
Try to break the contact
Call power company
Notify public saftey within 1 hour
✔✔What do you do if you dig up a gas line - ✔✔Extinguish all open flames and lights
Keep people away
Evacuate the building in tje area
Do not bury the leak
Call utility company
Call police and fire department
Notify dept of public safety
✔✔How many cubic ft in a yard - ✔✔27
REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔In what time should you contact departmant of public safety if a death occurs -
✔✔Withen one hour
✔✔How many lbs in 1 ton - ✔✔2000
✔✔All welding and cutting on hoistinf equipment shall be done in accoradance with the
requirments of what - ✔✔Aws Asme codes
✔✔What items should be checked on a daily basis - ✔✔Fluid levels, hoses tires belts
horn backup system brakes and controls
✔✔What action does a signal person intend the operator to preform if he extends his
arm at shoulder height makes a fist with his hands and sticks his thumb up - ✔✔Boom
up
✔✔What type of protections should be given to operators - ✔✔Protection from weather
Saftey glass
Heat in cold weather
Over head protection
, ✔✔What law governs hoisting equipment in state of ma - ✔✔Chapter 146 of general
laws 530 cmr section 6
✔✔How do you test the load brake on a LULL - ✔✔Lift the load just off the ground and
return the boom handle to the neutral postion
✔✔How do you find the weight of a load - ✔✔Shipping papers
Data tags
Use a scale
Calculate weight
✔✔What must be stamped on all load rating plates - ✔✔Serial number of unit
✔✔The boom of the unit you are operating comes in contact with an energized power
line theres no sign of any other danger such as fire what should you do - ✔✔Stay in cab
until lines are de energized
✔✔Can you prohibit the dept of saftey from comming on your property - ✔✔No
✔✔Before digging anywhere who do you call and how much notice - ✔✔Dig safe 811
72hours
30 days
✔✔How is the fuel of a diesel engine ignited - ✔✔High heat generated by compression
Fuel under pressure
✔✔What do you do if uou machine comes in contact with an overhead or under ground
power line - ✔✔Stay on machine
Warm people to stay away
Try to break the contact
Call power company
Notify public saftey within 1 hour
✔✔What do you do if you dig up a gas line - ✔✔Extinguish all open flames and lights
Keep people away
Evacuate the building in tje area
Do not bury the leak
Call utility company
Call police and fire department
Notify dept of public safety
✔✔How many cubic ft in a yard - ✔✔27
