ELEVATOR MECHANIC REVIEW /023
ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED
A+
◍ In a modernization they plan on moving the controller 30 feet away which
ends up resulting in a voltage drop. What do you do? A) Call electric
company for a step-up transformer, B) Use a bigger wire..
Answer: B) Use a bigger wire.
◍ A contractor wants to raise the car speed from 100fpm to 125fpm, it
currently has a 12" sheave. What sheave is required?.
Answer: 125/100=1.25x12"=15" sheave
◍ If you are cutting something with a power saw, which way does piece you
are cutting face. Up or down?.
Answer: Down.
◍ A MOV (Metal Oxide Varistor) burns out. You replace it, but cannot read
voltage or resistance. What should you do?.
Answer: Check circuit voltage
◍ They give you a voltage of 480 on primary and 216 on secondary and a
current. What transformer would you need to order? 1KVA 1to1, 2KVA
2to1, or 3KVA 2to1?.
Answer: 2KVA 2to1
◍ On a Ward-Leonard circuit the break is set, but the motor is trying to slip
through the break. What is the issue?.
Answer: Suicide Circuit
◍ You have an old DC motor and are adding an SCR drive, what do you do to
, the interpoles?.
Answer: Leave the interpoles alone. When adding a SCR drive to the
generator, the series loop is removed, as are the 3 resistors. Everything else
remains the same
◍ A hydro runs up with no load, but will not run with a full load. What is the
issue?.
Answer: The relief valve is set too low
◍ Static load test - car drifts down 15 inches in ten minutes with no noticeable
oil leak. Where is the most likely leak?.
Answer: Underground
◍ You need to reset the step level switch on an escalator. Where is it located?
A) top B) bottom C) Both..
Answer: C) Both
◍ Runby for a 1:1 hits the CWT buffer 4" below the top landing. CWT runby
should be set at 18". How much should the ropes be shortened?.
Answer: 1:1-22"2:1-44"
◍ What is needed for a false platform?.
Answer: False cars require spring-loaded safeties held in locked position and
barricades and netting on top, 600-pound capacity. A working platform
requires the governor to be installed, and to be counterbalanced correctly.
◍ You need to work on a freight door retiring cam, you LOTO the main line
but there is still power on the cam. What circuit is still hot?.
Answer: Door circuit is still hot, Door Operator Disconnect/ Main Line
Disconnect
◍ 3 cars, 12 floors. 3 floors do not get PIs. How many PIs do you order?.
Answer: 27 PIs.
◍ The should you a call button wirting diagram with 3 floors, up and down
with a common and ground wire. How many wires are needed to wire it?.
Answer: No answer noted.
,◍ The contractor requests that the vertical center of a Rack and Pinion hoist be
moved. How do you do this?.
Answer: Adjust Tie Downs and Wall Ties
◍ Working pressure on a Hydro is 400psi. What is the maximum relief valve
setting?.
Answer: 400psi x 150%= 600psi
◍ Where would you look for how many fixtures you need for a job?.
Answer: Abstract
◍ What percentage of accidents are alcohol related?.
Answer: 75%
◍ What is an ok substitute for a top rail for a barricade? A) 1/4 inch wire rope,
B) 1/4 steel banding, C) 3/16 nylon rope.
Answer: A) 1/4 inch wire rope
◍ What is the tolerance of a barricade?.
Answer: 2"
◍ What must be installed on a false car before operation?.
Answer: Spring Loaded Safeties.
◍ There is slight arcing between the brush and commutator. What action must
be taken?.
Answer: None. Heavy arcing=Light brush pressure. Heavy bush
pressure=mechanical wear
◍ Who can you demand a MSDS sheet from to check chemicals in a cleaning
solvent? A) your employer, B) the manufacturer, C) The GC.
Answer: A) Your employer
◍ If rigging gear is roped 3:1 and a BEAM CLAMP is used to lift a 6,000lb
load. What is the beam capacity?.
Answer: 18,000lbs. Beam capacity is cut in half with use of clamp, when
rigging all blocks, rope, and clamps will be Equal to the lowest load rating
, ◍ What is needed on an intermediate floor?.
Answer: A ground and common wire. Also, a wire for the up, a wire for the
down, and a wire for each light.
◍ What do you need to do when you are going to hang a car?.
Answer: Trip the governor before you start to hoist the car
◍ How do you test incoming power with a meter? A) 1 to 2, B) 2 to 3, C) 1 to
3, D) Ground to 1,2,3.
Answer: D) Ground to 1, 2, 3
◍ How much resistance is measured over a normally closed switch?.
Answer: 1.2ohms. should be zero, but will never be that low
◍ Sill to sill has to be set between _____ - ____.
Answer: .5" -- 1.5"
◍ A car traveling in the hoistway always stops at the same spot and blows a
fuse. What causes this?.
Answer: Traveling cable has a cut/exposed wire or a short
◍ Category 1 of buffer test - how many seconds should it take for the buffer to
fully come back?.
Answer: 90 seconds
◍ How is a class 1 yearly buffer test preformed?.
Answer: Car at bottom landing and on inspection, jump out direction and
final limits. With pit clear, run down to compress buffers, buffers should
fully extend within 90 seconds. 5yr: Full load Full speed CWT: Full speed
Empty
◍ How many strain supports are required on a 350ft raceway?.
Answer: 4-1 every 100ft
◍ Max distance of skirt to step is _____.
Answer: 3/16"
◍ How is stainless steel drilled out?.
Answer: Slow speed and constant pressure
ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED
A+
◍ In a modernization they plan on moving the controller 30 feet away which
ends up resulting in a voltage drop. What do you do? A) Call electric
company for a step-up transformer, B) Use a bigger wire..
Answer: B) Use a bigger wire.
◍ A contractor wants to raise the car speed from 100fpm to 125fpm, it
currently has a 12" sheave. What sheave is required?.
Answer: 125/100=1.25x12"=15" sheave
◍ If you are cutting something with a power saw, which way does piece you
are cutting face. Up or down?.
Answer: Down.
◍ A MOV (Metal Oxide Varistor) burns out. You replace it, but cannot read
voltage or resistance. What should you do?.
Answer: Check circuit voltage
◍ They give you a voltage of 480 on primary and 216 on secondary and a
current. What transformer would you need to order? 1KVA 1to1, 2KVA
2to1, or 3KVA 2to1?.
Answer: 2KVA 2to1
◍ On a Ward-Leonard circuit the break is set, but the motor is trying to slip
through the break. What is the issue?.
Answer: Suicide Circuit
◍ You have an old DC motor and are adding an SCR drive, what do you do to
, the interpoles?.
Answer: Leave the interpoles alone. When adding a SCR drive to the
generator, the series loop is removed, as are the 3 resistors. Everything else
remains the same
◍ A hydro runs up with no load, but will not run with a full load. What is the
issue?.
Answer: The relief valve is set too low
◍ Static load test - car drifts down 15 inches in ten minutes with no noticeable
oil leak. Where is the most likely leak?.
Answer: Underground
◍ You need to reset the step level switch on an escalator. Where is it located?
A) top B) bottom C) Both..
Answer: C) Both
◍ Runby for a 1:1 hits the CWT buffer 4" below the top landing. CWT runby
should be set at 18". How much should the ropes be shortened?.
Answer: 1:1-22"2:1-44"
◍ What is needed for a false platform?.
Answer: False cars require spring-loaded safeties held in locked position and
barricades and netting on top, 600-pound capacity. A working platform
requires the governor to be installed, and to be counterbalanced correctly.
◍ You need to work on a freight door retiring cam, you LOTO the main line
but there is still power on the cam. What circuit is still hot?.
Answer: Door circuit is still hot, Door Operator Disconnect/ Main Line
Disconnect
◍ 3 cars, 12 floors. 3 floors do not get PIs. How many PIs do you order?.
Answer: 27 PIs.
◍ The should you a call button wirting diagram with 3 floors, up and down
with a common and ground wire. How many wires are needed to wire it?.
Answer: No answer noted.
,◍ The contractor requests that the vertical center of a Rack and Pinion hoist be
moved. How do you do this?.
Answer: Adjust Tie Downs and Wall Ties
◍ Working pressure on a Hydro is 400psi. What is the maximum relief valve
setting?.
Answer: 400psi x 150%= 600psi
◍ Where would you look for how many fixtures you need for a job?.
Answer: Abstract
◍ What percentage of accidents are alcohol related?.
Answer: 75%
◍ What is an ok substitute for a top rail for a barricade? A) 1/4 inch wire rope,
B) 1/4 steel banding, C) 3/16 nylon rope.
Answer: A) 1/4 inch wire rope
◍ What is the tolerance of a barricade?.
Answer: 2"
◍ What must be installed on a false car before operation?.
Answer: Spring Loaded Safeties.
◍ There is slight arcing between the brush and commutator. What action must
be taken?.
Answer: None. Heavy arcing=Light brush pressure. Heavy bush
pressure=mechanical wear
◍ Who can you demand a MSDS sheet from to check chemicals in a cleaning
solvent? A) your employer, B) the manufacturer, C) The GC.
Answer: A) Your employer
◍ If rigging gear is roped 3:1 and a BEAM CLAMP is used to lift a 6,000lb
load. What is the beam capacity?.
Answer: 18,000lbs. Beam capacity is cut in half with use of clamp, when
rigging all blocks, rope, and clamps will be Equal to the lowest load rating
, ◍ What is needed on an intermediate floor?.
Answer: A ground and common wire. Also, a wire for the up, a wire for the
down, and a wire for each light.
◍ What do you need to do when you are going to hang a car?.
Answer: Trip the governor before you start to hoist the car
◍ How do you test incoming power with a meter? A) 1 to 2, B) 2 to 3, C) 1 to
3, D) Ground to 1,2,3.
Answer: D) Ground to 1, 2, 3
◍ How much resistance is measured over a normally closed switch?.
Answer: 1.2ohms. should be zero, but will never be that low
◍ Sill to sill has to be set between _____ - ____.
Answer: .5" -- 1.5"
◍ A car traveling in the hoistway always stops at the same spot and blows a
fuse. What causes this?.
Answer: Traveling cable has a cut/exposed wire or a short
◍ Category 1 of buffer test - how many seconds should it take for the buffer to
fully come back?.
Answer: 90 seconds
◍ How is a class 1 yearly buffer test preformed?.
Answer: Car at bottom landing and on inspection, jump out direction and
final limits. With pit clear, run down to compress buffers, buffers should
fully extend within 90 seconds. 5yr: Full load Full speed CWT: Full speed
Empty
◍ How many strain supports are required on a 350ft raceway?.
Answer: 4-1 every 100ft
◍ Max distance of skirt to step is _____.
Answer: 3/16"
◍ How is stainless steel drilled out?.
Answer: Slow speed and constant pressure
