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___ rope should be light in color with a silvery or pearl luster and a waxy surface. -
Answer✔Manila
Polypropylene rope is about ___ times stronger than manila rope. - Answer✔1 3/4
___ rope is manufactured in "film" form rather than extruded filaments and then shredded into
fine strips to form fibers. - Answer✔Mylar
Sizes of rope used in the piping industry are designated as ___. - Answer✔diameters
A ___ distorts and crushes rope fibers, causing fatigue and rapid wear of the rope. -
Answer✔hockle
To properly handle and care for rope, use at least a ___-to-one safety factor based on the
minimum breaking strength of rope. - Answer✔five
If thimbles are loose in the eyes when inspecting a fiber rope, ___ the eyes to tighten the
thimbles. - Answer✔sieze
It is common practice to make ___ whippings before cutting a rope and to cut between the
whippings, eliminating the possibility of them unraveling. - Answer✔two
Even with a new rope, a splice, regardless of the type, reduces the load-carrying ability of the
rope by ___ percent. - Answer✔10 to 15
A(n) ___ knot is the first step in making a back splice. - Answer✔crown
A knot has only ___ percent of the strength of the rope. - Answer✔50 to 60
A ___ is formed by simply bending the rope and keeping the sides parallel. - Answer✔bight
A(n) ___ knot is the best knot to use to keep the end of a rope or fall from running out of a
tackle or pulley. - Answer✔figure eight
A ___ is primarily used to finish off other knots and should not be used by itself for lifting. -
Answer✔half hitch
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A(n) ___ knot is used for tying together two dry ropes of the same size and for tying the two
ends of a rope together when used for backlashing. - Answer✔square
A ___ hitch is used for attaching the end of a rope to an object for a right-angle pull, as in the
case of guy lines. - Answer✔clove
A ___ will not slip or draw tight under heavy loads. - Answer✔double sheet bend
A ___ is used to attach a hook such as a tackle block at any point on a rope between its ends. -
Answer✔catspaw knot
A ___ hitch is used to hold a load or to lower a heavy load slowly. - Answer✔snubbing
The total length of rope needed for making a ___ hitch equals two barrel lengths, plus one
circumference, plus four diameters. - Answer✔barrel
Improved plow steel (IPS) has an average tensile strength of ___ pounds per square inch. -
Answer✔240,000
When wire rope has a natural finish, it is referred to as ___ finish. - Answer✔bright
Any number of strands may be laid around a core; by far the greatest number of wire ropes
made have ___ strands wound around a core. - Answer✔six
The ___ classification usually has seven wires per strand and is referred to as coarse laid rope. -
Answer✔6 x 7
A rope is said to be ___ lay rope if the wires in the strands are wound in the same direction as
the strands are wound around the core. - Answer✔lang
The ___ construction strand has the same number of outer and inner wires. - Answer✔seale
Wire rope is designated by the ___. - Answer✔diameter at its widest point
___ wraps of the seizing wire around a wire rope are recommended for seizing. - Answer✔8
Discard a fitting if the hook opening has increased by ___ percent from new. - Answer✔10
Wear on any individual wire must not exceed ___ of the original wire diameter. - Answer✔one-
third
Multiple-part slings are referred to as ___ slings or spreaders and are made up of two, three, or
four single-part slings placed on a master link - Answer✔bridle
___ is ideal for light loads such as small-diameter copper and steel tubing, or loads that will not
exceed 400 to 500 pounds. - Answer✔fiber rope
Slings made from ___ materials are probably the most widely used and also the most desirable.
- Answer✔wire rope
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