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_______should not be disassembled in the field. - CORRECT ANSWER: Oil Buffers
A reference mark from which vertical measurements are made is known as a -
CORRECT ANSWER: Bench Mark
All cab modernization should be performed at what floor? - CORRECT ANSWER: Top
floor
At what speed should the counterweight safeties be set to trip? - CORRECT ANSWER:
Up to 10% higher than the car governor
For carpet installation, if the cab area measures 94 inches by 62 inches and you need
an additional six inches on each side to account for waste during cutting, how many
square yards of carpet do you need for this job? - CORRECT ANSWER: 6
How are the ends of rails made so they may be joined together? - CORRECT
ANSWER: The ends have a tongue and groove
How high would you block up a counterweight frame before roping that had a
counterweight buffer height of 32", rope strectch of 12"; bottom counterweight runby of
18"; and pit depth of 8 feet? - CORRECT ANSWER: 62"
How many seizings are required on each side of the cut for preformed rope according to
ASME? - CORRECT ANSWER: 1
, How often must hoist ropes be resocketed for an overhead drum machine without any
special safety shackles? - CORRECT ANSWER: Once a year
If a gearless machine's drive sheave has a circumference of six feet, approximately how
many RPMs would be required of the drive motor to run the car at 800 fpm? -
CORRECT ANSWER: 133
If a hoist machine roped 1:1 is capable of running at 650 fpm, with a capacity of
4500lbs, what would its capability be if roped 2:1? - CORRECT ANSWER: 325 fpm at
9000lbs
If the compensating sheave diameter is smaller than the distance between the car and
counterweight compensating rope hitches, the plumb lead of the compensating rope
from the compensating sheave should be from the - CORRECT ANSWER:
Counterweight
If the distance b/w the face of two T-rails brackets (DBB) is 8' 11" what is the back-to-
back guide (BBG) distance? - CORRECT ANSWER: 8-10 1/2"
If you had 14,500 lb. machine to lift up the hoistway, what kind of reeving would be used
for a 4000 lb. capacity portable gas hoist? - CORRECT ANSWER: 4:1
If you have a 3500 lb. car rated at 4000 lbs. capacity, how much should the
counterweight assembly weigh for a normal 40% installation? - CORRECT ANSWER:
5100 lbs.
Of the types of rope listed, which one has wires preshaped to fit the twist in the strands
and has strands preshaped to fit the twist in the rope? - CORRECT ANSWER:
Preformed
On a geared worm machine, where must the oil level be kept? - CORRECT ANSWER:
At the center of the worm shaft