BCTC INDUSTRIAL MAINTENANCE
TECHNOLOGY EXAM 157 FINAL PAPER 2026
STUDY GUIDE DETAILED ANSWERS READY
◉ What would slippery floors and cluttered walkways be considered
in the workplace?
Answer: Physical hazards.
◉ What tool is used to measure the turning force when tightening a
fastener?
Answer: Torque Wrench
◉ When working on an electrical, fluid power, or mechanical system
a ____ procedure should be performed to lock out the energy.
Answer: LOTO
◉ The section of a technical report which summarizes the report's
contents is called what?
Answer: Abstract
◉ What does a thick line represent in a schematic diagram?
Answer: Current flow
,◉ A switch is an example of a _____ into a motor control circuit.
Answer: input
◉ How does the overload of a motor provide protection when
current exceeds a predetermined value?
Answer: It opens a normally closed contact.
◉ Overload protection is designed to protect the ______________ by
disconnecting it from the power source when an overload is sensed.
Answer: Electric motor
◉ Motors are normally protected from overload by a _______ device.
Answer: thermal
◉ T/F: A two-wire control for a motor will restart automatically
when power is restored after a power failure.
Answer: True
◉ What is the most common machine wire type?
Answer: THHN
, ◉ T/F: A three-wire controlled motor will restart automatically after
power is restored after a power failure.
Answer: False
◉ Jogging is a type of motor control in which what happens?
Answer: The motors rotation is moved (bumped) slightly.
◉ A wire's current carrying limit is known as what?
Answer: Ampacity
◉ A motor _______ is a motor controller that includes overload
protection.
Answer: Starter
◉ If a switch is described by the term DPDT, what does this stand
for?
Answer: Dual pole, Dual Throw
◉ An interlock prevents two of the three phases on a reversing
motor from shorting by doing what?
Answer: Preventing the opposite coil from shutting it's contacts
when a coil is energized.
TECHNOLOGY EXAM 157 FINAL PAPER 2026
STUDY GUIDE DETAILED ANSWERS READY
◉ What would slippery floors and cluttered walkways be considered
in the workplace?
Answer: Physical hazards.
◉ What tool is used to measure the turning force when tightening a
fastener?
Answer: Torque Wrench
◉ When working on an electrical, fluid power, or mechanical system
a ____ procedure should be performed to lock out the energy.
Answer: LOTO
◉ The section of a technical report which summarizes the report's
contents is called what?
Answer: Abstract
◉ What does a thick line represent in a schematic diagram?
Answer: Current flow
,◉ A switch is an example of a _____ into a motor control circuit.
Answer: input
◉ How does the overload of a motor provide protection when
current exceeds a predetermined value?
Answer: It opens a normally closed contact.
◉ Overload protection is designed to protect the ______________ by
disconnecting it from the power source when an overload is sensed.
Answer: Electric motor
◉ Motors are normally protected from overload by a _______ device.
Answer: thermal
◉ T/F: A two-wire control for a motor will restart automatically
when power is restored after a power failure.
Answer: True
◉ What is the most common machine wire type?
Answer: THHN
, ◉ T/F: A three-wire controlled motor will restart automatically after
power is restored after a power failure.
Answer: False
◉ Jogging is a type of motor control in which what happens?
Answer: The motors rotation is moved (bumped) slightly.
◉ A wire's current carrying limit is known as what?
Answer: Ampacity
◉ A motor _______ is a motor controller that includes overload
protection.
Answer: Starter
◉ If a switch is described by the term DPDT, what does this stand
for?
Answer: Dual pole, Dual Throw
◉ An interlock prevents two of the three phases on a reversing
motor from shorting by doing what?
Answer: Preventing the opposite coil from shutting it's contacts
when a coil is energized.
