NYS METAL COIL ENDORSEMENT UPDATED EXAM SCRIPT
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Option #3 for a single metal coil with eyes lengthwise requires: - ✔✔Two indirect
tiedowns over the front and rear parts of the coil.
✔✔What is aggregate working load limit? - ✔✔The summation of the working load limits
or restraining capacity of all devices used to secure an article on a vehicle.
✔✔A vertical barrier across the front of the deck of a vehicle to prevent forward
movement of cargo is a: - ✔✔Headboard
✔✔Blocking is used to: - ✔✔Place against or around an article to prevent horizontal
movement of the article.
✔✔A chain marked with a 4 is identified as what kind? - ✔✔Grade 43 High test
✔✔Given that general cargo securement requires a WLL of at least 50% of cargo
weight, how many 1/2-inch Grade 70 chains would be required for a load of 34,500 lbs?
- ✔✔7
✔✔What is the aggregate WLL of one 7/15 inch Grade 43 chain, and three 5/16 inch
Grade 70 chains? - ✔✔21,300 lbs.
✔✔A load weighing 41,500 lbs requires securement against rearward force of: -
✔✔20,750 lbs.
✔✔ Another name for 'skid', a platform or tray
on which cargo is placed so that it can be
handled as an article. - ✔✔Pallet
✔✔A container chassis vehicle, by definition, is: - ✔✔A vehicle especially built and fitted
with
locking devices for the transport of
intermodal containers.
✔✔A waterproof sheet used to cover cargo is a: - ✔✔Tarp
✔✔What is the maximum ideal angle for an
effective direct tiedown? - ✔✔45 Degrees
✔✔A tiedown with a marked WLL of 8,000 Ibs
directly attached to an article has an actual
, WLL Of: - ✔✔4,000 Ibs. (50% of 8000)
✔✔It is accepted that friction mats provide a
resistance to horizontal movement equal to: - ✔✔50% of cargo weight.
✔✔What is a rub rail? - ✔✔A rail along the side of a vehicle that
protects the side of the vehicle from
impacts.
✔✔What is the minimum WLL used to block
forward movement of cargo weighing
36,500 Ibs? - ✔✔18.250 lbs (50% of 36500)
✔✔A friction mat is used to: - ✔✔provide greater friction than exists naturally
between these surfaces.
✔✔In cargo securement, bracing is: - ✔✔A structure, device, or another substantial
article placed against an article to prevent it
from tipping that may also prevent it from
shifting.
✔✔By definition, what is a wedge? - ✔✔A tapered piece of material, thick at one end
and thin at the other, used to help keep
cargo from moving.
✔✔A chock is generally used to secure: - ✔✔Round articles
✔✔A cleat is a short piece of wood used: - ✔✔To reinforce blocking.
✔✔Void filler is: - ✔✔Material used to fill a void between articles
of cargo and the structure of the vehicle
that has sufficient strength to prevent
movement of the articles of cargo.
✔✔In cargo securement, the deck is: - ✔✔The load carrying area of a truck, trailer, or
intermodal container.
✔✔Indirect tiedowns create what direction of
force? - ✔✔Downwards
✔✔Cargo must satisfy one of the following
securement conditions except: - ✔✔Fully covered by a tarp.
✔✔Timber used for dunnage must be all of the
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Option #3 for a single metal coil with eyes lengthwise requires: - ✔✔Two indirect
tiedowns over the front and rear parts of the coil.
✔✔What is aggregate working load limit? - ✔✔The summation of the working load limits
or restraining capacity of all devices used to secure an article on a vehicle.
✔✔A vertical barrier across the front of the deck of a vehicle to prevent forward
movement of cargo is a: - ✔✔Headboard
✔✔Blocking is used to: - ✔✔Place against or around an article to prevent horizontal
movement of the article.
✔✔A chain marked with a 4 is identified as what kind? - ✔✔Grade 43 High test
✔✔Given that general cargo securement requires a WLL of at least 50% of cargo
weight, how many 1/2-inch Grade 70 chains would be required for a load of 34,500 lbs?
- ✔✔7
✔✔What is the aggregate WLL of one 7/15 inch Grade 43 chain, and three 5/16 inch
Grade 70 chains? - ✔✔21,300 lbs.
✔✔A load weighing 41,500 lbs requires securement against rearward force of: -
✔✔20,750 lbs.
✔✔ Another name for 'skid', a platform or tray
on which cargo is placed so that it can be
handled as an article. - ✔✔Pallet
✔✔A container chassis vehicle, by definition, is: - ✔✔A vehicle especially built and fitted
with
locking devices for the transport of
intermodal containers.
✔✔A waterproof sheet used to cover cargo is a: - ✔✔Tarp
✔✔What is the maximum ideal angle for an
effective direct tiedown? - ✔✔45 Degrees
✔✔A tiedown with a marked WLL of 8,000 Ibs
directly attached to an article has an actual
, WLL Of: - ✔✔4,000 Ibs. (50% of 8000)
✔✔It is accepted that friction mats provide a
resistance to horizontal movement equal to: - ✔✔50% of cargo weight.
✔✔What is a rub rail? - ✔✔A rail along the side of a vehicle that
protects the side of the vehicle from
impacts.
✔✔What is the minimum WLL used to block
forward movement of cargo weighing
36,500 Ibs? - ✔✔18.250 lbs (50% of 36500)
✔✔A friction mat is used to: - ✔✔provide greater friction than exists naturally
between these surfaces.
✔✔In cargo securement, bracing is: - ✔✔A structure, device, or another substantial
article placed against an article to prevent it
from tipping that may also prevent it from
shifting.
✔✔By definition, what is a wedge? - ✔✔A tapered piece of material, thick at one end
and thin at the other, used to help keep
cargo from moving.
✔✔A chock is generally used to secure: - ✔✔Round articles
✔✔A cleat is a short piece of wood used: - ✔✔To reinforce blocking.
✔✔Void filler is: - ✔✔Material used to fill a void between articles
of cargo and the structure of the vehicle
that has sufficient strength to prevent
movement of the articles of cargo.
✔✔In cargo securement, the deck is: - ✔✔The load carrying area of a truck, trailer, or
intermodal container.
✔✔Indirect tiedowns create what direction of
force? - ✔✔Downwards
✔✔Cargo must satisfy one of the following
securement conditions except: - ✔✔Fully covered by a tarp.
✔✔Timber used for dunnage must be all of the
