All phase 2A/1C Quizz

Where is the information on daily-required inspections and maintenance for your machine found?

• By asking the boss

• By looking in 520 CMR

• This information is not needed by the operator

• In the operator manual for the machine

An Agency who notify utilities of an excavation needing to be marked out is called:

• OSHA

• Dig Safe

• EPA

• Department of public safety

When is it permissible to allow excavating equipment to straddle an open trench?

• When the maximum depth is no more than 60 inches

• When the width of the excavation is no more than the width of the bucket

• When the vehicle weight does no exceed 10,000 lbs. gross weight

• Never

How would the lifting capacity of an excavator or backhoe be determined?

• By trying to pick up the object

• By consulting the operator manual for the particular machine in question

• By asking the foreman

• Either A or C

The type or fork, which is primarily designed to lift a load straight up with a limited amount of tilt movement forward is:

• Arm - and - mast forklift

• Boom forklift

• Mast forklift

• Extended reach forklift

When working on slopes with rubber tire loader, which position affords maximum stability?

• Across the slope with the bucked as low as posible

• Make no difference as long as the machine has the correct counterweight

• Up and down the slope with the loaded bucket facing uphill going down and facing uphill going up.

• Either A or B

Yellow lines on the ground surface indicate what type of buried utility?

• Gas, oil or petroleum

• Electric cables

• Water

• Sewer

Which of a forklift’s four wheel steering capabilities should be used at high speeds or highways

• Four-wheel steering, front and back wheel pointed in opposite directions

• Four-wheel steering, front and back wheels pointed in the same direction ( crab action )

• Two - wheel steering. Front wheels fixed straight ahead, rear wheels used for steering

• Any of the above, since they all equally safe at high speeds.

When operating a machine equipped with air brakes you should do what to moister build up?

• Drain air tank daily

• Leave shut off the valve opened slightly

• Use an absorbent air filter

• Permanently seal the drain

Safe loads limit for a particular forklift:

• Are similar to those of other forklifts

• Should never be exceeded

• Can be exceeded if the operator is licensed and has determined it to be safe

• Can be exceeded as long the rear wheels do not come off the ground