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NCCCO MOBILE CRANE EXAM ALL 250
QUESTIONS AND WELL EXPLAINED ANSWERS
LATEST UPDATE JUST RELEASED THIS YEAR
Question: 6. What may happen to a properly rigged load when lifted off the ground unless the
operator takes account of boom deflection?
a. It could swing out away from the crane
b. It could swing in towards the crane
c. It could raise absolutely vertically
d. It could shift in its rigging - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a.
Question: 7. What Standard Method hand signal is being illustrated?
a. Swing
b. Stop
c. Emergency Stop
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d. Travel - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a.
Question: 8. Who should an operator respond to a "stop" signal from?
a. Appointed signal person only
b. Project manager only
c. Superintendent only
d. Anyone - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔d.
Question: 9. Which area do truck cranes without a 5th outrigger generally have no lifting
capacity unless the manufacturer states otherwise?
a. The side
b. The rear
c. The front
d. The outriggers - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔c.
Question: 10. What is the definition of "operating radius?"
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a. The distance from the base of the boom to the center of the load b. The distance from the
front of the crane to the center of gravity of the load
c. The distance from the center of rotation of the crane to the center of the load
d. The distance from the center of rotation of the crane to the center of gravity of the load -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔d.
Question: 11. What applies to the capacities below the bold line shown on a load chart?
a. They are based on the structural strength of the crane
b. They must not be used
c. They are based on the stability of the crane
d. They should only be used if the crane is set up on outriggers - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔c.
Question: 12. In which quadrant are rough terrain crane capacities generally greater?
a. Over the front
b. Over the rear
c. Over the right side
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d. Over the left side - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a.
Question: 13. According to federal requirements, under what conditions is it okay for a person
to ride the headache ball?
a. When there is no other way to gain access
b. When the lift has been approved by an engineer
c. When other means would be more dangerous
d. It is never okay - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔d.
Question: 14. By what percentage do most manufacturers require a crane's load chart capacity
to be reduced by for duty cycle operations such as high-volume concrete placement?
a. 10%.
b. 15%.
c. 20%.
d. 30%. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔c.
NCCCO MOBILE CRANE EXAM ALL 250
QUESTIONS AND WELL EXPLAINED ANSWERS
LATEST UPDATE JUST RELEASED THIS YEAR
Question: 6. What may happen to a properly rigged load when lifted off the ground unless the
operator takes account of boom deflection?
a. It could swing out away from the crane
b. It could swing in towards the crane
c. It could raise absolutely vertically
d. It could shift in its rigging - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a.
Question: 7. What Standard Method hand signal is being illustrated?
a. Swing
b. Stop
c. Emergency Stop
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d. Travel - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a.
Question: 8. Who should an operator respond to a "stop" signal from?
a. Appointed signal person only
b. Project manager only
c. Superintendent only
d. Anyone - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔d.
Question: 9. Which area do truck cranes without a 5th outrigger generally have no lifting
capacity unless the manufacturer states otherwise?
a. The side
b. The rear
c. The front
d. The outriggers - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔c.
Question: 10. What is the definition of "operating radius?"
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a. The distance from the base of the boom to the center of the load b. The distance from the
front of the crane to the center of gravity of the load
c. The distance from the center of rotation of the crane to the center of the load
d. The distance from the center of rotation of the crane to the center of gravity of the load -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔d.
Question: 11. What applies to the capacities below the bold line shown on a load chart?
a. They are based on the structural strength of the crane
b. They must not be used
c. They are based on the stability of the crane
d. They should only be used if the crane is set up on outriggers - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔c.
Question: 12. In which quadrant are rough terrain crane capacities generally greater?
a. Over the front
b. Over the rear
c. Over the right side
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d. Over the left side - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a.
Question: 13. According to federal requirements, under what conditions is it okay for a person
to ride the headache ball?
a. When there is no other way to gain access
b. When the lift has been approved by an engineer
c. When other means would be more dangerous
d. It is never okay - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔d.
Question: 14. By what percentage do most manufacturers require a crane's load chart capacity
to be reduced by for duty cycle operations such as high-volume concrete placement?
a. 10%.
b. 15%.
c. 20%.
d. 30%. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔c.
