MA Hoisting License practice quiz

How often do you inspect your equipment?

• Daily and every 90 days

• 2x a week

• once every year

• never

Can you straddle an open trench with your machine

• Yes

• No

What is the last thing you do to the machine at the end of the day

• Put it on the trailer

• lock it

• Secure from unauthorized use

• turn it off

What do you do at a blind corner

• stop, sound horn

• turn machine off

• slow down

• get out and check

digging cross slope, where do you place the spoil

• up hill

• next to you

• at the bottom

• in the ditch

what is pre marking

• white lines outlining your work area

• blue lines

• red lines

• green lines

what position should the bucket be in when traveling

• up

• as low as possible and rolled back

• bucket tilted forward

• in float

when would you take a wire rope out of service

• metal

• too long

• broken wire, kinks, heat damage

• rope

what do you do with damaged rigging equipment

• buy a new one

• cut into small pieces

• throw it out

• continue using it

can you slope type c soil

• yes, no benching

• no