2A HOISTING ULTIMATE QUESTION PAPER 2025
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW GUIDE WITH SCENARIOS AND
SOLUTIONS
✔✔Materials mist be kept back from the edge of the trenxh a minimum of -
✔✔Two feet
✔✔When can inspector revoke a hoistinf licence - ✔✔Failure to pay excise
tax
✔✔Who developed the ma crane hand signals - ✔✔Ansi / asme
✔✔Dot stands for - ✔✔Department of transportion
✔✔When do you do your walk around of the equpiment - ✔✔Before you
start it
✔✔In the one to one sloping ratio what does the 2nd one represent -
✔✔Depth or verticle rise
✔✔On a track machine the gears should be where - ✔✔In the rear
✔✔When load leveling when do you deploy your stablizers - ✔✔Before you
make the lift
✔✔When backfilling an excavation you should use a - ✔✔Small lift , shade
the ditch
✔✔What is the stability triangle - ✔✔The distance between the two front
wheels to s point on the center of the rear axle
✔✔How do you shut down a Diesel engine - ✔✔Shut off fuel supply
,✔✔How do you shut off gas engine - ✔✔Shut of ignition
✔✔How do you shut off runaway diesel - ✔✔Shut off air supply
✔✔What is the difference between a two cycle engine and a four cycle
engine - ✔✔Two cycle fires on every revolution of the crankshaft
4 cycle fires every other
✔✔What are the major components of a hydraulic system - ✔✔Tank
Pump
Relief valve
Open port control
Lines and hoses
Piston
✔✔What weights do you add to determine the actual weight of the lift -
✔✔Rigging
Any load handling device
✔✔When Removing a battery from a Diesel engine which terminal do you
disconnect first - ✔✔Negative
✔✔What is the difference between the hydraulic system on a crane and the
system on a front end loader - ✔✔Check valves on a up lift Pistons on
cranes
✔✔When traveling cross slop with a front end loader and you starts to tip
what should you do - ✔✔Place bucket on ground
Steer down hill
✔✔What is the fulcrum point of a forklift - ✔✔Front axle
✔✔When operating a forklift the center of gravity must remain where -
✔✔Inside the stability triangle
, ✔✔
✔✔What is the angle of repose - ✔✔The angle of the spoil pile to the
ground
✔✔How does the fuel in a gas engine ignite - ✔✔Air
Combustion caused by spark
✔✔What does a governor do on an engine - ✔✔Limits rpm
✔✔What is the weakest part of a hydraulic system - ✔✔Hose
✔✔Why would you replace a hydraulic hose - ✔✔Leak
Blister
Swelling
Bad end fitting
Excessive external wear
✔✔What would cause the controls to feel spongy - ✔✔Air in the system
Low fluid
Kink in line
Bad filters
Too many Rpms
✔✔What is an excavation - ✔✔Hole in ground
✔✔When carrying a load on a fork truck what position should the forks be
in - ✔✔Close to the ground
Rolled back all the way
✔✔Industrial fork trucks have what type of steering - ✔✔Rear wheel drive
✔✔What department enforces the hoisting laws in ma - ✔✔Department of
public safety engineering sections
✔✔How do you gain traction when driving a backhoe loader up a hill -
✔✔Add material to bucket
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW GUIDE WITH SCENARIOS AND
SOLUTIONS
✔✔Materials mist be kept back from the edge of the trenxh a minimum of -
✔✔Two feet
✔✔When can inspector revoke a hoistinf licence - ✔✔Failure to pay excise
tax
✔✔Who developed the ma crane hand signals - ✔✔Ansi / asme
✔✔Dot stands for - ✔✔Department of transportion
✔✔When do you do your walk around of the equpiment - ✔✔Before you
start it
✔✔In the one to one sloping ratio what does the 2nd one represent -
✔✔Depth or verticle rise
✔✔On a track machine the gears should be where - ✔✔In the rear
✔✔When load leveling when do you deploy your stablizers - ✔✔Before you
make the lift
✔✔When backfilling an excavation you should use a - ✔✔Small lift , shade
the ditch
✔✔What is the stability triangle - ✔✔The distance between the two front
wheels to s point on the center of the rear axle
✔✔How do you shut down a Diesel engine - ✔✔Shut off fuel supply
,✔✔How do you shut off gas engine - ✔✔Shut of ignition
✔✔How do you shut off runaway diesel - ✔✔Shut off air supply
✔✔What is the difference between a two cycle engine and a four cycle
engine - ✔✔Two cycle fires on every revolution of the crankshaft
4 cycle fires every other
✔✔What are the major components of a hydraulic system - ✔✔Tank
Pump
Relief valve
Open port control
Lines and hoses
Piston
✔✔What weights do you add to determine the actual weight of the lift -
✔✔Rigging
Any load handling device
✔✔When Removing a battery from a Diesel engine which terminal do you
disconnect first - ✔✔Negative
✔✔What is the difference between the hydraulic system on a crane and the
system on a front end loader - ✔✔Check valves on a up lift Pistons on
cranes
✔✔When traveling cross slop with a front end loader and you starts to tip
what should you do - ✔✔Place bucket on ground
Steer down hill
✔✔What is the fulcrum point of a forklift - ✔✔Front axle
✔✔When operating a forklift the center of gravity must remain where -
✔✔Inside the stability triangle
, ✔✔
✔✔What is the angle of repose - ✔✔The angle of the spoil pile to the
ground
✔✔How does the fuel in a gas engine ignite - ✔✔Air
Combustion caused by spark
✔✔What does a governor do on an engine - ✔✔Limits rpm
✔✔What is the weakest part of a hydraulic system - ✔✔Hose
✔✔Why would you replace a hydraulic hose - ✔✔Leak
Blister
Swelling
Bad end fitting
Excessive external wear
✔✔What would cause the controls to feel spongy - ✔✔Air in the system
Low fluid
Kink in line
Bad filters
Too many Rpms
✔✔What is an excavation - ✔✔Hole in ground
✔✔When carrying a load on a fork truck what position should the forks be
in - ✔✔Close to the ground
Rolled back all the way
✔✔Industrial fork trucks have what type of steering - ✔✔Rear wheel drive
✔✔What department enforces the hoisting laws in ma - ✔✔Department of
public safety engineering sections
✔✔How do you gain traction when driving a backhoe loader up a hill -
✔✔Add material to bucket