MASSACHUSETTS 1C HOISTING
LICENSE FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
2025/2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS ||
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<RECENT VERSION>
1. What equipment falls under a 1C license? - ANSWER ✓ Hydraulic
telescoping booms without wire ropes and forklifts
2. Definition of a forklift - ANSWER ✓ Any mobile powered-propelled truck
used to carry, push, lift, pull, stack or tier materials.
3. Types of forklifts - ANSWER ✓ Moving mast, fixed mast with telescoping
reach, telescoping boom with areal reach.
4. Off-road type of forklift - ANSWER ✓ Lull
5. Where should manuals be kept? - ANSWER ✓ On the machine at all times
6. Danger signal word indicates - ANSWER ✓ Hazardous situation that WILL
result in death or serious injury
7. Warning signal word indicates - ANSWER ✓ Hazardous situation that
COULD result in death or serious injury
8. Caution signal word indicates - ANSWER ✓ Hazardous situation COULD
result in MINOR or MODERATE injury
9. Notice signal word indicates - ANSWER ✓ Addresses practices not related
to physical injury.
,10.When should equipment be inspected? - ANSWER ✓ Prior to each use
11.Definition of an emergency procedure - ANSWER ✓ Actions required to be
taken when imminent danger may occur.
12.Definition of property damage - ANSWER ✓ Damage that exceeds $5,000
per incident.
13.OSHA safety and health regulations for construction - ANSWER ✓ 29 CFR
1926
14.OSHA occupational safety and health standards - ANSWER ✓ 29 CFR 1910
15.Daily inspection logs are to be maintained per OSHA requirements of -
ANSWER ✓ all parts subject to wear
16.Clearance required for power lines - ANSWER ✓ 10 ft
17.Who may operate a forklift - ANSWER ✓ a duly licensed operator or
apprentice licensee under the direct supervision of a duly licensed operator.
18.1C licenses can be revoked for - ANSWER ✓ Providing false information,
OUI, failure to pay excise taxes, failure to report accidents and injuries,
operating an unsafe manner.
19.Construction forklifts - ANSWER ✓ Carriage attached to base and can move
loads vertically and horizontally
20.Massed forklifts - ANSWER ✓ Primarily lift up and down
21.How much weight needs to be behind the front axle in order to lift a 4000 lb
load? - ANSWER ✓ 4000 lbs
22.The center of gravity is what? - ANSWER ✓ the point all wight is
distributed equally.
, 23.What is the stability triangle? - ANSWER ✓ imaginary line between the two
front tires and the center of the rear axle
24.When picking up an object the center of gravity does what? - ANSWER ✓
shifts forward.
25.Factors that affect the stability of an object - ANSWER ✓ Terrain, weight
distribution, dynamic forces when in motion, wheel base of lift,
26.When going up a hill, which side of the lift should the load be? - ANSWER
✓ The uphill side
27.How should a slope be approached? - ANSWER ✓ straight on
28.Load charts indicate what - ANSWER ✓ the capacity of the forklift based on
the angle and extension of the boom.
29.What regulation controls Hoisting Machinery operation, licensing, and
temporary permitting? - ANSWER ✓ Hoisting Machinery operation,
licensing and temporary permitting is controlled by 520 CMR 6.00
30.What activities are covered under the hoisting regulations ? - ANSWER ✓
The regulations, appearing in 520 CMR 6.0.0, apply to any Hoisting
Machinery that has the minimum capability of Hoisting the load higher than
10 feet or that has the capability of lifting loads greater than 500 pounds or if
the capacity of the bucket exceeds 1/4 cubic yards capacity.
31.Who must have a Hoisting operators license? - ANSWER ✓ M.G.L. C 146 £
53 states including but not limited to excavators, backhoes, front end
loaders, uniloaders, skid loaders, skid steer loaders, compact loaders, or
similar devices, lattice cranes, derricks, cranes with or without wire rope; all
fork lifts, powered industrial lift trucks, overhead hoists (underhung),
overhead cranes, underhung cranes, monorail cranes, lifting devices,
cableways, and powered platforms, must hold a Hoisting Operators license
32.Can you renew license on web site? - ANSWER ✓ No, not at this time
LICENSE FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
2025/2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS ||
100% GUARANTEED PASS
<RECENT VERSION>
1. What equipment falls under a 1C license? - ANSWER ✓ Hydraulic
telescoping booms without wire ropes and forklifts
2. Definition of a forklift - ANSWER ✓ Any mobile powered-propelled truck
used to carry, push, lift, pull, stack or tier materials.
3. Types of forklifts - ANSWER ✓ Moving mast, fixed mast with telescoping
reach, telescoping boom with areal reach.
4. Off-road type of forklift - ANSWER ✓ Lull
5. Where should manuals be kept? - ANSWER ✓ On the machine at all times
6. Danger signal word indicates - ANSWER ✓ Hazardous situation that WILL
result in death or serious injury
7. Warning signal word indicates - ANSWER ✓ Hazardous situation that
COULD result in death or serious injury
8. Caution signal word indicates - ANSWER ✓ Hazardous situation COULD
result in MINOR or MODERATE injury
9. Notice signal word indicates - ANSWER ✓ Addresses practices not related
to physical injury.
,10.When should equipment be inspected? - ANSWER ✓ Prior to each use
11.Definition of an emergency procedure - ANSWER ✓ Actions required to be
taken when imminent danger may occur.
12.Definition of property damage - ANSWER ✓ Damage that exceeds $5,000
per incident.
13.OSHA safety and health regulations for construction - ANSWER ✓ 29 CFR
1926
14.OSHA occupational safety and health standards - ANSWER ✓ 29 CFR 1910
15.Daily inspection logs are to be maintained per OSHA requirements of -
ANSWER ✓ all parts subject to wear
16.Clearance required for power lines - ANSWER ✓ 10 ft
17.Who may operate a forklift - ANSWER ✓ a duly licensed operator or
apprentice licensee under the direct supervision of a duly licensed operator.
18.1C licenses can be revoked for - ANSWER ✓ Providing false information,
OUI, failure to pay excise taxes, failure to report accidents and injuries,
operating an unsafe manner.
19.Construction forklifts - ANSWER ✓ Carriage attached to base and can move
loads vertically and horizontally
20.Massed forklifts - ANSWER ✓ Primarily lift up and down
21.How much weight needs to be behind the front axle in order to lift a 4000 lb
load? - ANSWER ✓ 4000 lbs
22.The center of gravity is what? - ANSWER ✓ the point all wight is
distributed equally.
, 23.What is the stability triangle? - ANSWER ✓ imaginary line between the two
front tires and the center of the rear axle
24.When picking up an object the center of gravity does what? - ANSWER ✓
shifts forward.
25.Factors that affect the stability of an object - ANSWER ✓ Terrain, weight
distribution, dynamic forces when in motion, wheel base of lift,
26.When going up a hill, which side of the lift should the load be? - ANSWER
✓ The uphill side
27.How should a slope be approached? - ANSWER ✓ straight on
28.Load charts indicate what - ANSWER ✓ the capacity of the forklift based on
the angle and extension of the boom.
29.What regulation controls Hoisting Machinery operation, licensing, and
temporary permitting? - ANSWER ✓ Hoisting Machinery operation,
licensing and temporary permitting is controlled by 520 CMR 6.00
30.What activities are covered under the hoisting regulations ? - ANSWER ✓
The regulations, appearing in 520 CMR 6.0.0, apply to any Hoisting
Machinery that has the minimum capability of Hoisting the load higher than
10 feet or that has the capability of lifting loads greater than 500 pounds or if
the capacity of the bucket exceeds 1/4 cubic yards capacity.
31.Who must have a Hoisting operators license? - ANSWER ✓ M.G.L. C 146 £
53 states including but not limited to excavators, backhoes, front end
loaders, uniloaders, skid loaders, skid steer loaders, compact loaders, or
similar devices, lattice cranes, derricks, cranes with or without wire rope; all
fork lifts, powered industrial lift trucks, overhead hoists (underhung),
overhead cranes, underhung cranes, monorail cranes, lifting devices,
cableways, and powered platforms, must hold a Hoisting Operators license
32.Can you renew license on web site? - ANSWER ✓ No, not at this time
