ASME A17.1 Safety Code for
Elevators and Escalators EXAM
STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS BANK AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES ||
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1. ASME A17.1 - ANSWER ✓ Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators.
2. First Edition - ANSWER ✓ Published in January 1921 by ASME.
3. ASME - ANSWER ✓ American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
4. AESC - ANSWER ✓ American Engineering Standards Committee.
5. Sectional Committee - ANSWER ✓ Group responsible for revising the
Code.
6. 1940 Suspension - ANSWER ✓ Work halted due to Second World War.
7. Supplement 1953 - ANSWER ✓ Private residence elevator requirements
added.
8. Fifth Edition - ANSWER ✓ Completely rewritten and approved in 1955.
9. Subcommittee on Research - ANSWER ✓ Established in 1926 for elevator
safety tests.
,10.Executive Committee - ANSWER ✓ Formerly the Subcommittee on
Research post-war.
11.Tenth Edition - ANSWER ✓ Approved by A17 Standards Committee.
12.ANSI - ANSWER ✓ American National Standards Institute.
13.Moving Walks - ANSWER ✓ Included in A17 Code in 1958.
14.Part V - ANSWER ✓ Revised to include private residence inclined lifts.
15.ASME A17.1-2004 - ANSWER ✓ Standard for the construction and safety
of elevators, escalators, and moving walks.
16.SCOPE-6.1.3.3.3 - ANSWER ✓ Specific section in ASME A17.1-2004
related to construction requirements for escalators, including protection,
geometry, and strength.
17.Escalators and Moving Walks - ANSWER ✓ Mechanical devices used to
transport passengers vertically or inclined at an angle.
18.Protection of Floor Openings - ANSWER ✓ Requirement to protect floor
openings for escalators against the passage of flame.
19.Protection of Trusses and Machine Spaces Against Fire - ANSWER ✓
Necessity to enclose the sides and undersides of escalator trusses or groups
of adjacent trusses in noncombustible or limited-combustible materials.
20.Angle of Inclination - ANSWER ✓ The designed angle not to exceed 30
degrees from the horizontal, with a permitted maximum deviation of 1
degree.
21.Geometry - ANSWER ✓ Includes the width of the escalator, step tread, and
handrail specifications.
22.Balustrades - ANSWER ✓ Structural barriers installed on each side of the
escalator to ensure passenger safety.
,23.Strength - ANSWER ✓ The design requirement for balustrades to resist
specific lateral and vertical distributed forces.
24.Use of Glass or Plastic - ANSWER ✓ Regulations for the use of glass or
plastic in balustrades, including conformity to specific standards.
25.Alternative Test Method - ANSWER ✓ A method validated via engineering
tests for reliable measurements
26.Calibration - ANSWER ✓ Process to verify measuring devices for accuracy
27.Baseline Test - ANSWER ✓ Initial test results used for future compliance
evaluation
28.Occupant Evacuation Operation - ANSWER ✓ Testing operation during fire
alarms for elevator safety
29.car door or gate electric contact - ANSWER ✓ a means to detect that a door
or gate is closed
30.car door or gate power closer - ANSWER ✓ a device or assembly of devices
that closes a manually opened car door or gate by power other than hand,
gravity, springs, or the movement of the car
31.car, dumbwaiter, material lift - ANSWER ✓ the load-carrying unit that
includes a platform or transfer device and may include an enclosure and/or
car frame
32.car, elevator - ANSWER ✓ the load-carrying unit including its platform, car
frame, enclosure, and car door or gate
33.car enclosure - ANSWER ✓ the top and the walls of the car resting on and
attached to the car platform
34.car frame - ANSWER ✓ the supporting frame to which the car platform,
upper and lower sets of guide shoes, car safety, and the hoisting ropes or
hoisting-rope sheaves, or the plunger or cylinder of a direct-acting elevator,
are attached
, 35.car frame, overslung - ANSWER ✓ a car frame to which the hoisting-rope
fastenings or hoisting-rope sheaves are attached on the crosshead or top
member of the car frame
36.car frame, sub-post - ANSWER ✓ a car frame all of whose members are
located below the car platform
37.car frame, underslung - ANSWER ✓ a car frame to which the hoisting-rope
fastenings or hoisting-rope sheaves are attached at or below the car platform
38.car lantern - ANSWER ✓ an audible and visual signaling device located in a
car to indicate the car is answering the call and the car's intended direction of
travel
39.car platform - ANSWER ✓ the structure that forms the floor of the car and
that directly supports the load
40.car platform, laminated - ANSWER ✓ a self-supporting platform
constructed of plywood, with a bonded steel sheet facing on both top and
bottom surfaces
41.car platform frame - ANSWER ✓ a structural frame, composed of
interconnecting members, that supports the car platform floor
42.car top access panel - ANSWER ✓ a car top access panel is similar in design
to a car top emergency exit panel. Used on mine elevators to permit frequent
inspection of mine elevator hoistways for damage caused by environmental
conditions. Such panels are openable without the use of tools or keys
43.ceramic permanent magnet - ANSWER ✓ a magnet of the type that has a
force that does not deteriorate with time
44.certifying organization - ANSWER ✓ an approved or accredited,
independent organization concerned with product evaluation that maintains
periodic inspection of production of listed/certified equipment or material
and whose listing/certification states whether that equipment meets
Elevators and Escalators EXAM
STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS BANK AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES ||
100% GUARANTEED PASS
<BRAND NEW VERSION>
1. ASME A17.1 - ANSWER ✓ Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators.
2. First Edition - ANSWER ✓ Published in January 1921 by ASME.
3. ASME - ANSWER ✓ American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
4. AESC - ANSWER ✓ American Engineering Standards Committee.
5. Sectional Committee - ANSWER ✓ Group responsible for revising the
Code.
6. 1940 Suspension - ANSWER ✓ Work halted due to Second World War.
7. Supplement 1953 - ANSWER ✓ Private residence elevator requirements
added.
8. Fifth Edition - ANSWER ✓ Completely rewritten and approved in 1955.
9. Subcommittee on Research - ANSWER ✓ Established in 1926 for elevator
safety tests.
,10.Executive Committee - ANSWER ✓ Formerly the Subcommittee on
Research post-war.
11.Tenth Edition - ANSWER ✓ Approved by A17 Standards Committee.
12.ANSI - ANSWER ✓ American National Standards Institute.
13.Moving Walks - ANSWER ✓ Included in A17 Code in 1958.
14.Part V - ANSWER ✓ Revised to include private residence inclined lifts.
15.ASME A17.1-2004 - ANSWER ✓ Standard for the construction and safety
of elevators, escalators, and moving walks.
16.SCOPE-6.1.3.3.3 - ANSWER ✓ Specific section in ASME A17.1-2004
related to construction requirements for escalators, including protection,
geometry, and strength.
17.Escalators and Moving Walks - ANSWER ✓ Mechanical devices used to
transport passengers vertically or inclined at an angle.
18.Protection of Floor Openings - ANSWER ✓ Requirement to protect floor
openings for escalators against the passage of flame.
19.Protection of Trusses and Machine Spaces Against Fire - ANSWER ✓
Necessity to enclose the sides and undersides of escalator trusses or groups
of adjacent trusses in noncombustible or limited-combustible materials.
20.Angle of Inclination - ANSWER ✓ The designed angle not to exceed 30
degrees from the horizontal, with a permitted maximum deviation of 1
degree.
21.Geometry - ANSWER ✓ Includes the width of the escalator, step tread, and
handrail specifications.
22.Balustrades - ANSWER ✓ Structural barriers installed on each side of the
escalator to ensure passenger safety.
,23.Strength - ANSWER ✓ The design requirement for balustrades to resist
specific lateral and vertical distributed forces.
24.Use of Glass or Plastic - ANSWER ✓ Regulations for the use of glass or
plastic in balustrades, including conformity to specific standards.
25.Alternative Test Method - ANSWER ✓ A method validated via engineering
tests for reliable measurements
26.Calibration - ANSWER ✓ Process to verify measuring devices for accuracy
27.Baseline Test - ANSWER ✓ Initial test results used for future compliance
evaluation
28.Occupant Evacuation Operation - ANSWER ✓ Testing operation during fire
alarms for elevator safety
29.car door or gate electric contact - ANSWER ✓ a means to detect that a door
or gate is closed
30.car door or gate power closer - ANSWER ✓ a device or assembly of devices
that closes a manually opened car door or gate by power other than hand,
gravity, springs, or the movement of the car
31.car, dumbwaiter, material lift - ANSWER ✓ the load-carrying unit that
includes a platform or transfer device and may include an enclosure and/or
car frame
32.car, elevator - ANSWER ✓ the load-carrying unit including its platform, car
frame, enclosure, and car door or gate
33.car enclosure - ANSWER ✓ the top and the walls of the car resting on and
attached to the car platform
34.car frame - ANSWER ✓ the supporting frame to which the car platform,
upper and lower sets of guide shoes, car safety, and the hoisting ropes or
hoisting-rope sheaves, or the plunger or cylinder of a direct-acting elevator,
are attached
, 35.car frame, overslung - ANSWER ✓ a car frame to which the hoisting-rope
fastenings or hoisting-rope sheaves are attached on the crosshead or top
member of the car frame
36.car frame, sub-post - ANSWER ✓ a car frame all of whose members are
located below the car platform
37.car frame, underslung - ANSWER ✓ a car frame to which the hoisting-rope
fastenings or hoisting-rope sheaves are attached at or below the car platform
38.car lantern - ANSWER ✓ an audible and visual signaling device located in a
car to indicate the car is answering the call and the car's intended direction of
travel
39.car platform - ANSWER ✓ the structure that forms the floor of the car and
that directly supports the load
40.car platform, laminated - ANSWER ✓ a self-supporting platform
constructed of plywood, with a bonded steel sheet facing on both top and
bottom surfaces
41.car platform frame - ANSWER ✓ a structural frame, composed of
interconnecting members, that supports the car platform floor
42.car top access panel - ANSWER ✓ a car top access panel is similar in design
to a car top emergency exit panel. Used on mine elevators to permit frequent
inspection of mine elevator hoistways for damage caused by environmental
conditions. Such panels are openable without the use of tools or keys
43.ceramic permanent magnet - ANSWER ✓ a magnet of the type that has a
force that does not deteriorate with time
44.certifying organization - ANSWER ✓ an approved or accredited,
independent organization concerned with product evaluation that maintains
periodic inspection of production of listed/certified equipment or material
and whose listing/certification states whether that equipment meets
