MA Hoisting 2A study material Exam with ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
accurate detailed answers
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Swing Gear - correct answer✔✔Attaches the main frame to the car body. Allowing the
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mainframe to rotate independently of the undercarriage. ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Swing Motor - correct answer✔✔Allows mainframe to rotate 360 degrees independent of
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track direction or equipment movement
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Rotary Manifold - correct answer✔✔Directs hydraulic oil to the track motors to allow the
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tracks to function independently while the main frame is in any position
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Front Idler - correct answer✔✔Cushion the machine from shock when digging and should be
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positioned at the front / at the hole when digging. Maintains tension on the track rails
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Track Rails - correct answer✔✔A series of links, pins, and bushings onto which the grouser
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pads are bolted ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Grouser Pads - correct answer✔✔Devices intended to increase traction. Wider pads decrease
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ground pressure. Narrow pads increase traction.
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Dig Safe notice - correct answer✔✔72 Hour minimum
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30 Days maximum
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permit required indefinitely unless a break in work ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Minimum distance you must keep from digging from a known utility - correct answer✔✔18 ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Inches
,Dig Safe Regulations - correct answer✔✔220 CMR 99
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Red - correct answer✔✔Electric
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Yellow - correct answer✔✔Gas, Oil, Steam ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Orange - correct answer✔✔Communications ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Blue - correct answer✔✔Portable Water
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Purple - correct answer✔✔Reclaimed Water ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Green - correct answer✔✔Sewer/ Drainage ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Pink - correct answer✔✔Survey Marks
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White - correct answer✔✔Proposed excavation||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Centerline Method - correct answer✔✔Type of Material ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Change in direction ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Terminus point ||//\\||
The width (if greater than 2 inches)
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Who / What is excluded form digsafe - correct answer✔✔Private companies and City / Town
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lines are not required to participate in digsafe . Contractor / you are responsible for finding
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and marking the private lines in the worksite
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, Dig Safe Safety Zone - correct answer✔✔Within 18 width of the line which is color coded.
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Hand digging only in safety zones.
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Shoring - correct answer✔✔Addition of rigid material to support dirt walls
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Trench - correct answer✔✔A hole that is deeper than it is wide, but, no more than 15 feet
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wide at the bottom. ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Protection is required on trenches greater than ___ feet, maybe less depending on soil ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
conditons. - correct answer✔✔5 ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Trench Law aka Jackies law - correct answer✔✔520 CMR 14:00
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Permit required on trenches greater than ___ feet - correct answer✔✔3
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Never start an engine while __________________________________ - correct
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answer✔✔Standing on the ground ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
When a piece of equipment is no longer in use, - correct answer✔✔Lower all moving parts,
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booms and implements, to the ground ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
To prevent an equipment run away accident, always try to ______________________,
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___________________________, and ________________________. - correct answer✔✔park ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
on level ground, place transmission in neutral, and set parking brake
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Proper way to enter / exit a piece of equipment - correct answer✔✔Always use 3 points of
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contact with steps, hand rails, and feet. ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
accurate detailed answers
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Swing Gear - correct answer✔✔Attaches the main frame to the car body. Allowing the
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
mainframe to rotate independently of the undercarriage. ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Swing Motor - correct answer✔✔Allows mainframe to rotate 360 degrees independent of
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
track direction or equipment movement
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Rotary Manifold - correct answer✔✔Directs hydraulic oil to the track motors to allow the
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
tracks to function independently while the main frame is in any position
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Front Idler - correct answer✔✔Cushion the machine from shock when digging and should be
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
positioned at the front / at the hole when digging. Maintains tension on the track rails
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Track Rails - correct answer✔✔A series of links, pins, and bushings onto which the grouser
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
pads are bolted ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Grouser Pads - correct answer✔✔Devices intended to increase traction. Wider pads decrease
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
ground pressure. Narrow pads increase traction.
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Dig Safe notice - correct answer✔✔72 Hour minimum
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
30 Days maximum
||//\\|| ||//\\||
permit required indefinitely unless a break in work ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Minimum distance you must keep from digging from a known utility - correct answer✔✔18 ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Inches
,Dig Safe Regulations - correct answer✔✔220 CMR 99
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Red - correct answer✔✔Electric
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Yellow - correct answer✔✔Gas, Oil, Steam ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Orange - correct answer✔✔Communications ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Blue - correct answer✔✔Portable Water
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Purple - correct answer✔✔Reclaimed Water ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Green - correct answer✔✔Sewer/ Drainage ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Pink - correct answer✔✔Survey Marks
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
White - correct answer✔✔Proposed excavation||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Centerline Method - correct answer✔✔Type of Material ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Change in direction ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Terminus point ||//\\||
The width (if greater than 2 inches)
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Who / What is excluded form digsafe - correct answer✔✔Private companies and City / Town
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
lines are not required to participate in digsafe . Contractor / you are responsible for finding
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
and marking the private lines in the worksite
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
, Dig Safe Safety Zone - correct answer✔✔Within 18 width of the line which is color coded.
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Hand digging only in safety zones.
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Shoring - correct answer✔✔Addition of rigid material to support dirt walls
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Trench - correct answer✔✔A hole that is deeper than it is wide, but, no more than 15 feet
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
wide at the bottom. ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Protection is required on trenches greater than ___ feet, maybe less depending on soil ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
conditons. - correct answer✔✔5 ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Trench Law aka Jackies law - correct answer✔✔520 CMR 14:00
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Permit required on trenches greater than ___ feet - correct answer✔✔3
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Never start an engine while __________________________________ - correct
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
answer✔✔Standing on the ground ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
When a piece of equipment is no longer in use, - correct answer✔✔Lower all moving parts,
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
booms and implements, to the ground ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
To prevent an equipment run away accident, always try to ______________________,
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
___________________________, and ________________________. - correct answer✔✔park ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
on level ground, place transmission in neutral, and set parking brake
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Proper way to enter / exit a piece of equipment - correct answer✔✔Always use 3 points of
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contact with steps, hand rails, and feet. ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
