MASSACHUSETTS 2A HOISTING TEST 2026 ALL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Who inspects the trench prior to and during excavation - ✔✔The competent person
in charge of the excavation
✔✔Do you need a fire extinguisher on a hoisting machine - ✔✔Yes minimum 5 lbs
✔✔All welding and cutting on hoisting equipment needs to be performed under what
requirements - ✔✔1998 section 9 of A.S.M.E code
✔✔What is the average hydraulic pressure of a front end loader with a 4" piston -
✔✔1,800 psi
✔✔When removing a battery from a Diesel engine, which terminal do you remove first -
✔✔Negative
✔✔What do you do if you dig up a gas line - ✔✔Stop shut off the machine, evacuate the
area, call the gas company, fire department, and police, department of public saftey
within 1 hour
✔✔How many cubic feet are in a cubic yard - ✔✔27
, ✔✔What should be done when the boom of crane needs to be welded - ✔✔Get a
ASME certified welder
✔✔When is it ok to remove saftey guards - ✔✔Only for maintenance or repairs
✔✔What do you refer to when determining your equipment inspection and maintenance
procedures - ✔✔520 CMR 6:00
✔✔What does a class 1/C license cover - ✔✔Hydraulic boom with out wire rope, fork
lifts
✔✔What does one light or bell signal - ✔✔Stop
✔✔What does 2 light or bell signal - ✔✔Raise
✔✔What does 3 light or bell signal - ✔✔Lower
✔✔What does 4 light or bell signal - ✔✔Lower slowly
✔✔What are boom stops - ✔✔A device to stop the boom from tipping over backwards
✔✔What protects a worker in a trench - ✔✔Shoring or trench box
✔✔What weight do you add to determine the weight of the lift - ✔✔Add the weight of the
load to any straps or hooks
✔✔When digging how deep can you dig without shoring - ✔✔5'
✔✔How do you get a buried man out of a hole - ✔✔By hand without the use of any
shovels or tools
✔✔How far does the spoil have to be from the edge of the hole - ✔✔2'
✔✔Before any excavation begins you must do what by law - ✔✔Notify dig safe
✔✔When does a dig safe expire - ✔✔30 days
✔✔What is a clutch disconnect - ✔✔It allows you to disconnect the transmission power
without putting in the clutch and use it off road only
✔✔What is a master disconnect - ✔✔It is a master switch that shuts off all the electrical
function in a machine
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Who inspects the trench prior to and during excavation - ✔✔The competent person
in charge of the excavation
✔✔Do you need a fire extinguisher on a hoisting machine - ✔✔Yes minimum 5 lbs
✔✔All welding and cutting on hoisting equipment needs to be performed under what
requirements - ✔✔1998 section 9 of A.S.M.E code
✔✔What is the average hydraulic pressure of a front end loader with a 4" piston -
✔✔1,800 psi
✔✔When removing a battery from a Diesel engine, which terminal do you remove first -
✔✔Negative
✔✔What do you do if you dig up a gas line - ✔✔Stop shut off the machine, evacuate the
area, call the gas company, fire department, and police, department of public saftey
within 1 hour
✔✔How many cubic feet are in a cubic yard - ✔✔27
, ✔✔What should be done when the boom of crane needs to be welded - ✔✔Get a
ASME certified welder
✔✔When is it ok to remove saftey guards - ✔✔Only for maintenance or repairs
✔✔What do you refer to when determining your equipment inspection and maintenance
procedures - ✔✔520 CMR 6:00
✔✔What does a class 1/C license cover - ✔✔Hydraulic boom with out wire rope, fork
lifts
✔✔What does one light or bell signal - ✔✔Stop
✔✔What does 2 light or bell signal - ✔✔Raise
✔✔What does 3 light or bell signal - ✔✔Lower
✔✔What does 4 light or bell signal - ✔✔Lower slowly
✔✔What are boom stops - ✔✔A device to stop the boom from tipping over backwards
✔✔What protects a worker in a trench - ✔✔Shoring or trench box
✔✔What weight do you add to determine the weight of the lift - ✔✔Add the weight of the
load to any straps or hooks
✔✔When digging how deep can you dig without shoring - ✔✔5'
✔✔How do you get a buried man out of a hole - ✔✔By hand without the use of any
shovels or tools
✔✔How far does the spoil have to be from the edge of the hole - ✔✔2'
✔✔Before any excavation begins you must do what by law - ✔✔Notify dig safe
✔✔When does a dig safe expire - ✔✔30 days
✔✔What is a clutch disconnect - ✔✔It allows you to disconnect the transmission power
without putting in the clutch and use it off road only
✔✔What is a master disconnect - ✔✔It is a master switch that shuts off all the electrical
function in a machine
