2a Hoisting license exam Updated Actual
Question and Answer (2026/2027) | Final
Review
• What is the purpose of the swing gear on an excavator -✓✓ It connects the car body to
the tracks
• Who is responisble for inspecting a trench before anyone goes in it -✓✓ The
equipment operator
• What is the prefered sling angle -✓✓ 60*
• The top of the spoil pile is called -✓✓ The crown
• A four footbdeep trench requires an additional ladder for each _ of open trench -✓✓
25ft
• Materials mist be kept back from the edge of the trenxh a minimum of -✓✓ Two feet
• When can inspector revoke a hoistinf licence -✓✓ Failure to pay excise tax
• Who developed the ma crane hand signals -✓✓ Ansi / asme
• Dot stands for -✓✓ Department of transportion
• When do you do your walk around of the equpiment -✓✓ Before you start it
• In the one to one sloping ratio what does the 2nd one represent -✓✓ Depth or verticle
rise
• On a track machine the gears should be where -✓✓ In the rear
• When load leveling when do you deploy your stablizers -✓✓ Before you make the lift
• When backfilling an excavation you should use a -✓✓ Small lift , shade the ditch
• In the state of MA what criteria require a hoisting license -✓✓ More than 500lbs
Height greater than 10ft
Bucket bigger than 1/4 yard
• What tyoe of saftey system isnused on de-energized circuts -✓✓ Lockout tag out total
de energization
, • 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
Question and Answer (2026/2027) | Final
Review
• What is the purpose of the swing gear on an excavator -✓✓ It connects the car body to
the tracks
• Who is responisble for inspecting a trench before anyone goes in it -✓✓ The
equipment operator
• What is the prefered sling angle -✓✓ 60*
• The top of the spoil pile is called -✓✓ The crown
• A four footbdeep trench requires an additional ladder for each _ of open trench -✓✓
25ft
• Materials mist be kept back from the edge of the trenxh a minimum of -✓✓ Two feet
• When can inspector revoke a hoistinf licence -✓✓ Failure to pay excise tax
• Who developed the ma crane hand signals -✓✓ Ansi / asme
• Dot stands for -✓✓ Department of transportion
• When do you do your walk around of the equpiment -✓✓ Before you start it
• In the one to one sloping ratio what does the 2nd one represent -✓✓ Depth or verticle
rise
• On a track machine the gears should be where -✓✓ In the rear
• When load leveling when do you deploy your stablizers -✓✓ Before you make the lift
• When backfilling an excavation you should use a -✓✓ Small lift , shade the ditch
• In the state of MA what criteria require a hoisting license -✓✓ More than 500lbs
Height greater than 10ft
Bucket bigger than 1/4 yard
• What tyoe of saftey system isnused on de-energized circuts -✓✓ Lockout tag out total
de energization
, • 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
