AET #1 Final Test Questions and All
Actual Answers.
Early rope hydraulic elevators could operate at speeds up to: - Answer 700 ft/min
During the Industrial Revolution, the improvement in lifting devices including elevators were
closely related to: - Answer All of the above.
Early hydraulic elevators were made practical by: - Answer The "U" leather packing.
The first person to demonstrate the elevator "Safety" was: - Answer Elisha Otis
The person credited with development of practical wire rope was: - Answer John Roebling
In 1887, William Baxter is credited with installing the first ___ in Baltimore. - Answer Electric
elevator
The first fully automatic elevators were installed in the mid ____. - Answer 1950s
The first person to patent a moving incline ramp was: - Answer Jesse Reno
The first flat-step escalator was exhibited in Paris in 1900 and later returned to the U.S. and
installed in: - Answer Gimble Brothers Store in Philadelphia
The first ASME Elevator Code was published in: - Answer 1921
The ASME A17.1 Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators is published: - Answer Every three
years, with annual addenda
The oldest known hoisting machine still in existence is located in which country? - Answer
France
_____ is the name of the system introduced in the 1870s that would stop and hold the elevator
if the speed exceeded a predetermined rate for any reason. - Answer Overspeed governor and
safety system
, The electric motor replaced _____ as the power source for elevators. This innovation led to the
commercial use of elevators. - Answer Steam
The liquid in modern hydraulic elevators is usually _____. - Answer Oil
The first "moving sidewalk" patent was issued in 1859, and one installed at the World's 1893
Columbian Exposition in the city of _____. - Answer Chicago
When the ASME A17.3 "Safety Code for Existing Elevators and Escalators" is adopted by the
Athority Having Jurisdiction it applies to: - Answer all existing elevators with less stringent
requirement
Oil buffers are required below: - Answer Both car and counterweight for rated speed over 200
ft/min.
The final limit switch: - Answer Only operated if other controls fail.
The purpose of the governor is to: - Answer Cause the power to be removed and the safety to
set when overspeed occurs.
The purpose of the compensating ropes is to: - Answer Compensate for the change in balance
due to the weight of the suspension ropes.
The brake on the driving machine: - Answer Is released, electric power is removed and applied
by spring force.
The selector serves to: - Answer Provide signal to the controller on car position.
The purpose of the traveling cables is to: - Answer Provide power and signal to the elevator
car.
The governor rope tension sheave: - Answer None of the above.
The modern hydraulic elevator receives hydraulic pressure from: - Answer An electric motor-
driven pump.
A roped-hydraulic elevator is: - Answer Required to have a car safety.
Actual Answers.
Early rope hydraulic elevators could operate at speeds up to: - Answer 700 ft/min
During the Industrial Revolution, the improvement in lifting devices including elevators were
closely related to: - Answer All of the above.
Early hydraulic elevators were made practical by: - Answer The "U" leather packing.
The first person to demonstrate the elevator "Safety" was: - Answer Elisha Otis
The person credited with development of practical wire rope was: - Answer John Roebling
In 1887, William Baxter is credited with installing the first ___ in Baltimore. - Answer Electric
elevator
The first fully automatic elevators were installed in the mid ____. - Answer 1950s
The first person to patent a moving incline ramp was: - Answer Jesse Reno
The first flat-step escalator was exhibited in Paris in 1900 and later returned to the U.S. and
installed in: - Answer Gimble Brothers Store in Philadelphia
The first ASME Elevator Code was published in: - Answer 1921
The ASME A17.1 Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators is published: - Answer Every three
years, with annual addenda
The oldest known hoisting machine still in existence is located in which country? - Answer
France
_____ is the name of the system introduced in the 1870s that would stop and hold the elevator
if the speed exceeded a predetermined rate for any reason. - Answer Overspeed governor and
safety system
, The electric motor replaced _____ as the power source for elevators. This innovation led to the
commercial use of elevators. - Answer Steam
The liquid in modern hydraulic elevators is usually _____. - Answer Oil
The first "moving sidewalk" patent was issued in 1859, and one installed at the World's 1893
Columbian Exposition in the city of _____. - Answer Chicago
When the ASME A17.3 "Safety Code for Existing Elevators and Escalators" is adopted by the
Athority Having Jurisdiction it applies to: - Answer all existing elevators with less stringent
requirement
Oil buffers are required below: - Answer Both car and counterweight for rated speed over 200
ft/min.
The final limit switch: - Answer Only operated if other controls fail.
The purpose of the governor is to: - Answer Cause the power to be removed and the safety to
set when overspeed occurs.
The purpose of the compensating ropes is to: - Answer Compensate for the change in balance
due to the weight of the suspension ropes.
The brake on the driving machine: - Answer Is released, electric power is removed and applied
by spring force.
The selector serves to: - Answer Provide signal to the controller on car position.
The purpose of the traveling cables is to: - Answer Provide power and signal to the elevator
car.
The governor rope tension sheave: - Answer None of the above.
The modern hydraulic elevator receives hydraulic pressure from: - Answer An electric motor-
driven pump.
A roped-hydraulic elevator is: - Answer Required to have a car safety.
