2A HOISTING COMPREHENSIVE TEST Question
and Answer 2026 | Final Revision Notes and
Verified Answers | Grade A+
• Fine for operating without a license -✓✓$500-$3000 and or 3 months
in jail
• What law governs hoisting equipment? -✓✓M.G.L. c. 146 section 53
• What regulations govern hoisting equipment? -✓✓520 CMR 6
• What organization enforces 520 CMR 6 -✓✓Division of Professional
Licensure, Office of Public Safety and Inspections.
• What regulations govern trenching? -✓✓520 CMR 14 - Jackie's Law
• OSHA regulations -✓✓OSHA 1910 & 1926
• ANSI -✓✓American National Standards Institute
• ASME -✓✓American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• Compact hoisting machinery -✓✓hoisting machinery under 10,000 lbs
,• DOT -✓✓Department of Transportation
• Emergency Procedure -✓✓Actions required to be taken when
imminent danger may occur
• Property damage -✓✓Damage to property exceeding $5000
• Minimum age to obtain a 2A license -✓✓18
• SAE -✓✓Society of Automotive Engineers
• Hand signal rules for excavators -✓✓SAE J1307 - 2002
• Equipment that requires a license to operate -✓✓10' vertical lift, 1/4
yd bucket capacity, 500 lb lift capacity
• Continuing education credit hours are required for a 2A license -✓✓4
hrs
• Inactive status -✓✓By request for 1 year for failure to obtain required
credit hours. Cannot operate under license.
, • Maintenance, repair, and refueling can be performed only when -
✓✓When machine is inoperable and secure
• OSHA required daily logs must include inspection of -✓✓all parts
subject to wear
• Inspection records must be kept -✓✓with the hoisting machinery at all
times
• Prior to starting the machinery the operator must -✓✓make a complete
walk-around (circle check), making sure the equipment is free of people
and safe to operate.
• With regards to distractions, the operator shall not -✓✓engage in any
practice that will divert their attention.
• With regards to operating machinery with a rotating superstructure -
✓✓erection of barricades or warning lines to prevent entry into the
swinging superstructure's radius.
• With regards to signaling -✓✓operators are shall only respond to
signal persons unless there is an emergency
• Securing unattended machinery is the responsibility of -✓✓the
operator prior to leaving the equipment
and Answer 2026 | Final Revision Notes and
Verified Answers | Grade A+
• Fine for operating without a license -✓✓$500-$3000 and or 3 months
in jail
• What law governs hoisting equipment? -✓✓M.G.L. c. 146 section 53
• What regulations govern hoisting equipment? -✓✓520 CMR 6
• What organization enforces 520 CMR 6 -✓✓Division of Professional
Licensure, Office of Public Safety and Inspections.
• What regulations govern trenching? -✓✓520 CMR 14 - Jackie's Law
• OSHA regulations -✓✓OSHA 1910 & 1926
• ANSI -✓✓American National Standards Institute
• ASME -✓✓American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• Compact hoisting machinery -✓✓hoisting machinery under 10,000 lbs
,• DOT -✓✓Department of Transportation
• Emergency Procedure -✓✓Actions required to be taken when
imminent danger may occur
• Property damage -✓✓Damage to property exceeding $5000
• Minimum age to obtain a 2A license -✓✓18
• SAE -✓✓Society of Automotive Engineers
• Hand signal rules for excavators -✓✓SAE J1307 - 2002
• Equipment that requires a license to operate -✓✓10' vertical lift, 1/4
yd bucket capacity, 500 lb lift capacity
• Continuing education credit hours are required for a 2A license -✓✓4
hrs
• Inactive status -✓✓By request for 1 year for failure to obtain required
credit hours. Cannot operate under license.
, • Maintenance, repair, and refueling can be performed only when -
✓✓When machine is inoperable and secure
• OSHA required daily logs must include inspection of -✓✓all parts
subject to wear
• Inspection records must be kept -✓✓with the hoisting machinery at all
times
• Prior to starting the machinery the operator must -✓✓make a complete
walk-around (circle check), making sure the equipment is free of people
and safe to operate.
• With regards to distractions, the operator shall not -✓✓engage in any
practice that will divert their attention.
• With regards to operating machinery with a rotating superstructure -
✓✓erection of barricades or warning lines to prevent entry into the
swinging superstructure's radius.
• With regards to signaling -✓✓operators are shall only respond to
signal persons unless there is an emergency
• Securing unattended machinery is the responsibility of -✓✓the
operator prior to leaving the equipment
