MATERIALS STORAGE FINAL EXAM 2026/2027
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
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✔✔Outriggers - ✔✔Mobile that require the use of outriggers must be placed on firm,
level ground. The outrigger must be placed on timbers or cribbed so as to spread the
weight of the crane and the load over a large enough area. This helps to ensure that the
crane remains stable and does not tip while in operation.
✔✔Loads - ✔✔Operators must ensure that hoisting chains and ropes are properly
attached in reference to the load. This can be achieved by ensuring that loads are
connected to the load hooks by slings or fixtures. All sharp edges of loads must be
padded to prevent them from cutting into slings.
✔✔Safety Inspections - ✔✔Cranes must be inspected as directed by the manufacturer
and OSHA standards by competent persons who are familiar with them. Critical parts
such as the operating mechanisms, hooks, and load-carrying components must be
checked on at least a daily basis to ensure that no deterioration, damage, or
maladjustments have occurred.
✔✔Slings - ✔✔Employers must ensure that slings are visually inspected before and
during all operations. A damaged or defective sling must be removed from service
immediately.
✔✔ - ✔✔Slings must not be shortened with knots, bolts, or by any other means unless
they are specifically designed by the manufacturer to do so. The rated capacity of a
sling must be noted and strictly adhered to.
Slings must not be loaded beyond their rated capacity.
Shock loading is strictly prohibited.
Jerking the load, rather than slowly picking it up causes the force to be multiplied and
can exceed the rated capacity of the sling or chain even though the load weight is a
fraction of the capacity.
Hands or fingers should not be placed between the sling and its load while the sling is
being tightened around the load.
A sling should not be pulled from under a load when the load is resting on the sling.
✔✔Powered Industrial Trucks - ✔✔New powered industrial trucks (e.g. tow motors,
forklifts, fork trucks, cherry-pickers, etc.) must meet the design and construction
requirements of the American National Standard for Powered Industrial Trucks, Part II,
ANSI b56.1-1969. Powered industrial trucks (P.I.T.s) manufactured since 1969 must
have identifying marks indicating that they have been inspected and accepted by a
nationally accepted testing laboratory.
✔✔ - ✔✔P.I.T. owners and operators must not make any modifications or additions to
the truck without the approval of the manufacturer. If any modifications are made,
, capacity, operation, and maintenance instruction tags, and signs must be changed to
reflect the new requirements.
✔✔ - ✔✔The rated capacity of a sling must be noted and strictly adhered to. Slings
must not be loaded beyond their rated capacity.
✔✔ - ✔✔Slings must not be shortened with knots, bolts, or by any other means.
✔✔ - ✔✔Shock loading is strictly prohibited. Jerking the load, rather than slowly picking
it up, causes the force to be multiplied and can exceed the rated capacity of the sling or
chain even though the load weight is a fraction of the capacity.
✔✔ - ✔✔Hands or fingers should not be placed between the sling and its load while the
sling is being tightened around the load.
✔✔ - ✔✔A sling should not be pulled from under a load when the load is resting on the
sling.
✔✔ - ✔✔All sharp edges of loads must be padded to prevent them from cutting into
slings.
✔✔ - ✔✔There are 11 different types of industrial trucks or tractors, each having varying
safety levels, constraints, and load capabilities. They all operate under different
conditions and environments. In some cases, certain trucks cannot be used, and in
other cases they can be used only if approved by a nationally accepted testing
laboratory.
✔✔ - ✔✔Under normal circumstances, P.I.T.s must not be used in atmospheres
containing high concentrations of metal dust, carbon black, coal, or coke dust.
In cases of existing high concentrations of magnesium, aluminum, or aluminum bronze
dust, the circuit breakers, fuses, switches, and motor controllers of P.I.T.s must be
protected or enclosed.
✔✔ - ✔✔Some powered industrial trucks have been constructed specifically for use in
areas that contain flammable vapors or dusts. Additions, such as safeguards to the
exhaust, fuel, and electrical systems, have to be made to the trucks in such cases. Due
to the flammability and volatility of the atmosphere, such trucks will have to be equipped
with non-electrical ignitions, temperature limitation features, and electrical engines, and
many other safety devices.
✔✔ - ✔✔There are some safety precautions that must be followed when operating and
maintaining a powered industrial truck. These include:
High lift trucks must be fitted with overhead guards.
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
-
✔✔Outriggers - ✔✔Mobile that require the use of outriggers must be placed on firm,
level ground. The outrigger must be placed on timbers or cribbed so as to spread the
weight of the crane and the load over a large enough area. This helps to ensure that the
crane remains stable and does not tip while in operation.
✔✔Loads - ✔✔Operators must ensure that hoisting chains and ropes are properly
attached in reference to the load. This can be achieved by ensuring that loads are
connected to the load hooks by slings or fixtures. All sharp edges of loads must be
padded to prevent them from cutting into slings.
✔✔Safety Inspections - ✔✔Cranes must be inspected as directed by the manufacturer
and OSHA standards by competent persons who are familiar with them. Critical parts
such as the operating mechanisms, hooks, and load-carrying components must be
checked on at least a daily basis to ensure that no deterioration, damage, or
maladjustments have occurred.
✔✔Slings - ✔✔Employers must ensure that slings are visually inspected before and
during all operations. A damaged or defective sling must be removed from service
immediately.
✔✔ - ✔✔Slings must not be shortened with knots, bolts, or by any other means unless
they are specifically designed by the manufacturer to do so. The rated capacity of a
sling must be noted and strictly adhered to.
Slings must not be loaded beyond their rated capacity.
Shock loading is strictly prohibited.
Jerking the load, rather than slowly picking it up causes the force to be multiplied and
can exceed the rated capacity of the sling or chain even though the load weight is a
fraction of the capacity.
Hands or fingers should not be placed between the sling and its load while the sling is
being tightened around the load.
A sling should not be pulled from under a load when the load is resting on the sling.
✔✔Powered Industrial Trucks - ✔✔New powered industrial trucks (e.g. tow motors,
forklifts, fork trucks, cherry-pickers, etc.) must meet the design and construction
requirements of the American National Standard for Powered Industrial Trucks, Part II,
ANSI b56.1-1969. Powered industrial trucks (P.I.T.s) manufactured since 1969 must
have identifying marks indicating that they have been inspected and accepted by a
nationally accepted testing laboratory.
✔✔ - ✔✔P.I.T. owners and operators must not make any modifications or additions to
the truck without the approval of the manufacturer. If any modifications are made,
, capacity, operation, and maintenance instruction tags, and signs must be changed to
reflect the new requirements.
✔✔ - ✔✔The rated capacity of a sling must be noted and strictly adhered to. Slings
must not be loaded beyond their rated capacity.
✔✔ - ✔✔Slings must not be shortened with knots, bolts, or by any other means.
✔✔ - ✔✔Shock loading is strictly prohibited. Jerking the load, rather than slowly picking
it up, causes the force to be multiplied and can exceed the rated capacity of the sling or
chain even though the load weight is a fraction of the capacity.
✔✔ - ✔✔Hands or fingers should not be placed between the sling and its load while the
sling is being tightened around the load.
✔✔ - ✔✔A sling should not be pulled from under a load when the load is resting on the
sling.
✔✔ - ✔✔All sharp edges of loads must be padded to prevent them from cutting into
slings.
✔✔ - ✔✔There are 11 different types of industrial trucks or tractors, each having varying
safety levels, constraints, and load capabilities. They all operate under different
conditions and environments. In some cases, certain trucks cannot be used, and in
other cases they can be used only if approved by a nationally accepted testing
laboratory.
✔✔ - ✔✔Under normal circumstances, P.I.T.s must not be used in atmospheres
containing high concentrations of metal dust, carbon black, coal, or coke dust.
In cases of existing high concentrations of magnesium, aluminum, or aluminum bronze
dust, the circuit breakers, fuses, switches, and motor controllers of P.I.T.s must be
protected or enclosed.
✔✔ - ✔✔Some powered industrial trucks have been constructed specifically for use in
areas that contain flammable vapors or dusts. Additions, such as safeguards to the
exhaust, fuel, and electrical systems, have to be made to the trucks in such cases. Due
to the flammability and volatility of the atmosphere, such trucks will have to be equipped
with non-electrical ignitions, temperature limitation features, and electrical engines, and
many other safety devices.
✔✔ - ✔✔There are some safety precautions that must be followed when operating and
maintaining a powered industrial truck. These include:
High lift trucks must be fitted with overhead guards.
