NEIEP 100 Study Guide ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What are the main hazards in the machine room of a geared traction elevator? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Electrical and mechanical hazards
How do you determine the correct angle from the vertical for placing a ladder? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Measure out a distance of 1/4 the height
What piece of safety equipment is designed to keep you from falling? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Safety harness and lanyard
What must be done before checking pump drive belts on a hydraulic elevator? - CORRECT
ANSWERS LOTO the main disconnect switch
Why must you LOTO the main disconnect switch before checking the oil reservoir? -
CORRECT ANSWERS So the pump will not start
What is the lowest amount of electrical current that can be fatal? - CORRECT
ANSWERS 50 milliampere
Which of the following best describes the danger posed by the counterweight
assembly when you are ridina the car too? - CORRECT ANSWERS It runs close by in the
opposite direction
What do you need to be certain of before
getting on the top of a dumbwaiter? - CORRECT ANSWERS That it can support your
weight and it has safeties
, What makes a hydraulic elevator pit dangerous? - CORRECT ANSWERS The car can
come down without power
Why must you place a hydraulic elevator car on support posts before servicing the packing head?
- CORRECT ANSWERS Because a hydraulic elevator is supported by a column of oil
What is the most
serious consequence of incorrect lifting? - CORRECT ANSWERS Spinal injury
Why can't Elevator Constructors use a metal ladder? - CORRECT ANSWERS Metal
ladders conduct electricity
What is the function of a Ground Fault Circuit
Interrupter? - CORRECT ANSWERS Detect an imbalance in current between
the hot and neutral wires
What dangerous gas is given off by a running gasoline engine? - CORRECT
ANSWERS carbon monoxide
Who is primarily responsible for your safety on the job? - CORRECT ANSWERS you,
yourself
Who is responsible for seeing that barricades are kept in place? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Everyone on the job
What is the required height for an OSHA approved barricade? - CORRECT ANSWERS 42
inches
What amount of force, in the direction of the hoistway, must the approved barricade be able to
withstand? - CORRECT ANSWERS 200lbs
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What are the main hazards in the machine room of a geared traction elevator? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Electrical and mechanical hazards
How do you determine the correct angle from the vertical for placing a ladder? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Measure out a distance of 1/4 the height
What piece of safety equipment is designed to keep you from falling? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Safety harness and lanyard
What must be done before checking pump drive belts on a hydraulic elevator? - CORRECT
ANSWERS LOTO the main disconnect switch
Why must you LOTO the main disconnect switch before checking the oil reservoir? -
CORRECT ANSWERS So the pump will not start
What is the lowest amount of electrical current that can be fatal? - CORRECT
ANSWERS 50 milliampere
Which of the following best describes the danger posed by the counterweight
assembly when you are ridina the car too? - CORRECT ANSWERS It runs close by in the
opposite direction
What do you need to be certain of before
getting on the top of a dumbwaiter? - CORRECT ANSWERS That it can support your
weight and it has safeties
, What makes a hydraulic elevator pit dangerous? - CORRECT ANSWERS The car can
come down without power
Why must you place a hydraulic elevator car on support posts before servicing the packing head?
- CORRECT ANSWERS Because a hydraulic elevator is supported by a column of oil
What is the most
serious consequence of incorrect lifting? - CORRECT ANSWERS Spinal injury
Why can't Elevator Constructors use a metal ladder? - CORRECT ANSWERS Metal
ladders conduct electricity
What is the function of a Ground Fault Circuit
Interrupter? - CORRECT ANSWERS Detect an imbalance in current between
the hot and neutral wires
What dangerous gas is given off by a running gasoline engine? - CORRECT
ANSWERS carbon monoxide
Who is primarily responsible for your safety on the job? - CORRECT ANSWERS you,
yourself
Who is responsible for seeing that barricades are kept in place? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Everyone on the job
What is the required height for an OSHA approved barricade? - CORRECT ANSWERS 42
inches
What amount of force, in the direction of the hoistway, must the approved barricade be able to
withstand? - CORRECT ANSWERS 200lbs
