2A HOISTING COMPREHENSIVE TEST Questions with Correct
Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: Apprentice License
Answer: Document Issued by the Department upon proof of registration at a training facility and with the
Division of Apprentice Training
Question 2: Apprentice Licensee
Answer: Person, who is 18 years of age of older,
Question 3: ASME
Answer: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Question 4: Cargo
Answer: Load, quantity, or volume that can be processed or transported
Question 5: Certificate of Completion
Answer: Uniform certificate issued by a training facility to a licensee upon the satisfactory completion of a
continuing education curriculum
Question 6: "Cheif" of Inspections
Answer: Mechanical of the Department of Public safety
Question 7: commisioner
Answer: The Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety
Question 8: Compact Hoisting Machinery
Answer: Hoisting Machinery with a gross vehicle weight not exceeding 10,000 lb
Question 9: Company license
Answer: A license issued by an Exempt Company that has a Department approved in-service training
program and which is only valid for hoisting machinery used on company property
Question 10: Company property
Answer: Property which is owned or under the care and control of a tenant company under a lease or rental
agreement
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, Question 11: Competant person
Answer: One who is capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards in the surroundings or working
conditions which are unsanitary, hazardous, or dangerous, and who has authorization to take prompt
corrective measures to eliminate such conditions
Question 12: DAT
Answer: The Division of Apprentice Training
Question 13: Department of Public Safety
Answer: Department of Public Safety
Question 14: DOT
Answer: Department of Transportation
Question 15: Emergency Procedure
Answer: Actions Required to be taken when imminent danger may occur to prevent damage to life,
property, or to ensure public safety
Question 16: Fork Lift
Answer: Any mobile power-propelled truck used to carry, push, pull, lift, stack or tier materials, excluding
earth moving, over the road haulage trucks, and equipment which was designed to move earth but has been
modified to accept forks
Question 17: Hoisting machinery
Answer: Derricks, cableways, machinery used for discharging cargoes, and temporary elevator cars used on
excavation work or used for hoisting building material, when the motive power to operate such machinery is
mechanical and other than steam, including but not limited to excavators, backhoes, front end loaders,
uniloaders, skid loader, skid steer loaders, compact loaders or similar devices, lattice cranes, derricks,
cranes with or without wire rope; all fork lifts, powered industrial lift trucks, overhead hoists (underhung),
overhead cranes, underhung cranes, monorail cranes, lifting devices, cableways, powered platforms and any
other equipment that has the minimum capability of hoisting the load higher than ten feet, and either the
capability of lifting loads greater than 500 pounds or the capacity of the bucket exceeds ¼ cubic yards;
overhead bridge cranes, electric or air driven hoists, pendant controlled hoists, specialty equipment as
categorized by license grade in 520 CMR 6.00.
Question 18: Incident
Answer: A situation that results in serious injury, property damage, or any condition that is necessary for the
preservation of the public health or safety
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Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: Apprentice License
Answer: Document Issued by the Department upon proof of registration at a training facility and with the
Division of Apprentice Training
Question 2: Apprentice Licensee
Answer: Person, who is 18 years of age of older,
Question 3: ASME
Answer: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Question 4: Cargo
Answer: Load, quantity, or volume that can be processed or transported
Question 5: Certificate of Completion
Answer: Uniform certificate issued by a training facility to a licensee upon the satisfactory completion of a
continuing education curriculum
Question 6: "Cheif" of Inspections
Answer: Mechanical of the Department of Public safety
Question 7: commisioner
Answer: The Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety
Question 8: Compact Hoisting Machinery
Answer: Hoisting Machinery with a gross vehicle weight not exceeding 10,000 lb
Question 9: Company license
Answer: A license issued by an Exempt Company that has a Department approved in-service training
program and which is only valid for hoisting machinery used on company property
Question 10: Company property
Answer: Property which is owned or under the care and control of a tenant company under a lease or rental
agreement
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, Question 11: Competant person
Answer: One who is capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards in the surroundings or working
conditions which are unsanitary, hazardous, or dangerous, and who has authorization to take prompt
corrective measures to eliminate such conditions
Question 12: DAT
Answer: The Division of Apprentice Training
Question 13: Department of Public Safety
Answer: Department of Public Safety
Question 14: DOT
Answer: Department of Transportation
Question 15: Emergency Procedure
Answer: Actions Required to be taken when imminent danger may occur to prevent damage to life,
property, or to ensure public safety
Question 16: Fork Lift
Answer: Any mobile power-propelled truck used to carry, push, pull, lift, stack or tier materials, excluding
earth moving, over the road haulage trucks, and equipment which was designed to move earth but has been
modified to accept forks
Question 17: Hoisting machinery
Answer: Derricks, cableways, machinery used for discharging cargoes, and temporary elevator cars used on
excavation work or used for hoisting building material, when the motive power to operate such machinery is
mechanical and other than steam, including but not limited to excavators, backhoes, front end loaders,
uniloaders, skid loader, skid steer loaders, compact loaders or similar devices, lattice cranes, derricks,
cranes with or without wire rope; all fork lifts, powered industrial lift trucks, overhead hoists (underhung),
overhead cranes, underhung cranes, monorail cranes, lifting devices, cableways, powered platforms and any
other equipment that has the minimum capability of hoisting the load higher than ten feet, and either the
capability of lifting loads greater than 500 pounds or the capacity of the bucket exceeds ¼ cubic yards;
overhead bridge cranes, electric or air driven hoists, pendant controlled hoists, specialty equipment as
categorized by license grade in 520 CMR 6.00.
Question 18: Incident
Answer: A situation that results in serious injury, property damage, or any condition that is necessary for the
preservation of the public health or safety
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