845, 840 NEIEP 800 EXAM:AN A+ GUIDE WITH LATEST
KEY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
carriage, seat, and track
What are the three major components that make up a stairway chairlift?
The rise must be less than the tread
In order for a stairway to be less than the maximum allowable angle for a stairway chairlift
installation, what must the relationship between the rise and the tread be?
45
According to code, what is the highest degree angle stairway onto which a chairlift can be
installed?
5. Standing at the bottom and looking up
5. How is the right or left side of a stairway determined?
6. 250lb, 400 lb
6. Which of the following is the minimum rated load for both a one- and a two-seat chairlift,
respectively?
7. first tread at bottom, first tread below the top, above and below rail splices and center of
each rail section
7. Which of the following would be the correct placement of brackets supporting tracks on a
stairway chairlift?
8. Winding drum and rack & pinion
8. What are the most common types of drive units for stairway chairlifts?
9. Constant pressure switches
9. What type of switches are used as call/send switches at the top and bottom of a stairway
chairlift?
10. 24
10. The edge of the footrest facing the upper landing should be no more than how many inches,
measured vertically, above the step or landing?
11. A safety governor is used.
, 11. How are safeties applied on a rack and pinion driven inclined stairway platform lift?
12. 750 lbs.
12. What is the maximum rated capacity of an inclined platform lift?
13. between 48 and 15 inches
13. On a vertical platform lift the stop button must be located at what height above the
platform floor?
14. 6 inches
What is the minimum height of the platform guard on a stairway chairlift that prevents a
wheelchair from rolling off of a platform until it is at a loading floor?
15. a pressure sensing device under the platform to stop the car
Platform lifts that are not required to have a full runway enclosure are required to have which
of the following safety devices?
Basement machine applications
Which of the following is an exception to the rule that equipment for a LULA elevator must be
contained in machine rooms and machinery spaces?
35 to 79 inches
At what distance must the required permanent mechanical holding device stop and hold a LULA
elevator above the pit floor?
84 inches
In a situation where a standard pit is provided for LULA elevator and when no hoistway
enclosure is provided at the lower level, how high of an enclosure must be around the pit?
110 ft./min. to 140 ft./min.
Overspeed valves will stop a downward traveling hydraulic LULA car if it exceeds rated speed by
what amount?
75ft./min.
What is the maximum speed at which a speed governor (if provided) on a LULA or residential
installation is permitted to trip?
2"
Car door switches in LULA elevators are required to operate no more than how many inches
from full closed?
KEY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
carriage, seat, and track
What are the three major components that make up a stairway chairlift?
The rise must be less than the tread
In order for a stairway to be less than the maximum allowable angle for a stairway chairlift
installation, what must the relationship between the rise and the tread be?
45
According to code, what is the highest degree angle stairway onto which a chairlift can be
installed?
5. Standing at the bottom and looking up
5. How is the right or left side of a stairway determined?
6. 250lb, 400 lb
6. Which of the following is the minimum rated load for both a one- and a two-seat chairlift,
respectively?
7. first tread at bottom, first tread below the top, above and below rail splices and center of
each rail section
7. Which of the following would be the correct placement of brackets supporting tracks on a
stairway chairlift?
8. Winding drum and rack & pinion
8. What are the most common types of drive units for stairway chairlifts?
9. Constant pressure switches
9. What type of switches are used as call/send switches at the top and bottom of a stairway
chairlift?
10. 24
10. The edge of the footrest facing the upper landing should be no more than how many inches,
measured vertically, above the step or landing?
11. A safety governor is used.
, 11. How are safeties applied on a rack and pinion driven inclined stairway platform lift?
12. 750 lbs.
12. What is the maximum rated capacity of an inclined platform lift?
13. between 48 and 15 inches
13. On a vertical platform lift the stop button must be located at what height above the
platform floor?
14. 6 inches
What is the minimum height of the platform guard on a stairway chairlift that prevents a
wheelchair from rolling off of a platform until it is at a loading floor?
15. a pressure sensing device under the platform to stop the car
Platform lifts that are not required to have a full runway enclosure are required to have which
of the following safety devices?
Basement machine applications
Which of the following is an exception to the rule that equipment for a LULA elevator must be
contained in machine rooms and machinery spaces?
35 to 79 inches
At what distance must the required permanent mechanical holding device stop and hold a LULA
elevator above the pit floor?
84 inches
In a situation where a standard pit is provided for LULA elevator and when no hoistway
enclosure is provided at the lower level, how high of an enclosure must be around the pit?
110 ft./min. to 140 ft./min.
Overspeed valves will stop a downward traveling hydraulic LULA car if it exceeds rated speed by
what amount?
75ft./min.
What is the maximum speed at which a speed governor (if provided) on a LULA or residential
installation is permitted to trip?
2"
Car door switches in LULA elevators are required to operate no more than how many inches
from full closed?
