ADVANCE RIGGER TEST KEY CONCEPTS AND
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
◉ If during a lift the boom, mast or jib is struck or damaged. What is
the first course of action?
Answer: D) Stop the lift and leave the boom where it is.
◉ To prevent injuries between the cranes and other objects. What
MUST be used?
Answer: B) Barricades
◉ What is the distance measured from the center of the cranes axis
of rotation to the center of the load lines with the load applied?
Answer: B) Radius
◉ What term describes what happens when the hook block is pulled
up into the boom tip?
Answer: A) Two-Blocking
◉ When a load line is reeved more than once, what is the resulting
number of lines called?
Answer: D) Number of lines
,◉ What is used to control the motion of the swing away extension
while positioning it?
Answer: A) Tag Line
◉ Demolition operations where the weight of the load may be in
doubt is usually designated as witch of the following?
Answer: A) Critical lift
◉ Witch of the following tag line materials have the best Non-
Conductive properties?
Answer: D) Polypropylene
◉ Witch important fact MUST be considered in submerged lifts that
differs from other lifts?
Answer: A) Buoyancy
◉ All of the following are results of unbalanced reeving of the hook
block EXCEPT which?
Answer: B) Torque on the boom.
◉ What effect does raising the boom have on a crane?
Answer: B) It decreases the radius and increases the life capacity.
, ◉ What is the term for when a crane swing s rapidly and the load
does not stay centered under the boom tip?
Answer: A) Shock load
◉ What is used to allow controlled rotations and the load
positioning of a load being lifted?
Answer: A) Taglines
◉ What does an increase in load radius result in?
Answer: B) A capacity decrease
◉ Where is the BEST place to stand during boom disassembly?
Answer: C) Outside the boom
◉ The stability and capacity of a crawler crane may be increased by
witch of the following?
Answer: D) Blocking under the tow of the tracks
◉ If workers are near a crane that has come into contact with a
energized electrical component, and there is an immediate
explosion, what should they do?
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
◉ If during a lift the boom, mast or jib is struck or damaged. What is
the first course of action?
Answer: D) Stop the lift and leave the boom where it is.
◉ To prevent injuries between the cranes and other objects. What
MUST be used?
Answer: B) Barricades
◉ What is the distance measured from the center of the cranes axis
of rotation to the center of the load lines with the load applied?
Answer: B) Radius
◉ What term describes what happens when the hook block is pulled
up into the boom tip?
Answer: A) Two-Blocking
◉ When a load line is reeved more than once, what is the resulting
number of lines called?
Answer: D) Number of lines
,◉ What is used to control the motion of the swing away extension
while positioning it?
Answer: A) Tag Line
◉ Demolition operations where the weight of the load may be in
doubt is usually designated as witch of the following?
Answer: A) Critical lift
◉ Witch of the following tag line materials have the best Non-
Conductive properties?
Answer: D) Polypropylene
◉ Witch important fact MUST be considered in submerged lifts that
differs from other lifts?
Answer: A) Buoyancy
◉ All of the following are results of unbalanced reeving of the hook
block EXCEPT which?
Answer: B) Torque on the boom.
◉ What effect does raising the boom have on a crane?
Answer: B) It decreases the radius and increases the life capacity.
, ◉ What is the term for when a crane swing s rapidly and the load
does not stay centered under the boom tip?
Answer: A) Shock load
◉ What is used to allow controlled rotations and the load
positioning of a load being lifted?
Answer: A) Taglines
◉ What does an increase in load radius result in?
Answer: B) A capacity decrease
◉ Where is the BEST place to stand during boom disassembly?
Answer: C) Outside the boom
◉ The stability and capacity of a crawler crane may be increased by
witch of the following?
Answer: D) Blocking under the tow of the tracks
◉ If workers are near a crane that has come into contact with a
energized electrical component, and there is an immediate
explosion, what should they do?
