GENERAL CRANE SAFETY PRACTICE EXAMS QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 2025/2026 ALL RATED A+
✔✔Of the following answer choices, which are site-specific questions that should be
answered before using a crane at a particular location?
1.Is access to the site adequately prepared?
2. Is the supervisor or crane owner on site?
3.Who operated the crane before this job?
4.Is there room to erect or extend the boom? - ✔✔1.4
✔✔Of the following answer choices, which are site-specific questions that should be
answered before using a crane at a particular location?
1.Will there be enough room for at least a minimum of 2 feet swing clearance between
the counterweight and any obstacles?
2.Is the operating location far enough away from shoring, excavations, trenches, buried
utilities, foundations, and other areas susceptible to collapse?
3.Who completed the previous pre-operation inspection?
4.Can the ground surface support the weight of the crane and its loads? - ✔✔1.2.4
✔✔________ capable of identifying and predicting hazardous conditions in the work
environment and has the authorization to take prompt corrective measures to eliminate
the hazards.
1. A qualified person is defined as anyone who is
2.A qualified person is the only one who is
3.A competent person is defined as someone who is
4.Anyone is - ✔✔3
✔✔When conducting a pre-operation inspection, if any component fails inspection when
must it be fixed?
a.Within 1 month
b. Before the crane can be used
c.After your shift
d. None of the above - ✔✔b
, ✔✔The type of person who should inspect a crane right after assembly is ________.
The type of person who should inspect a crane prior to each shift is ________.
a. A competent person/a qualified person
b.A qualified person/a competent person
c. A capable person/a competent person
d.A competent person/a professional mechanic - ✔✔b
✔✔Wire ropes must be taken out of service immediately when which of the following
conditions occurs?
1.Wear of one-third the original diameter of outside individual wires
2.Evidence of heat damage
3.Kinking, crushing, or bird caging
4.When the wire rope is shiny and non-rusted - ✔✔1.2.3
✔✔During a typical pre-operation crane inspection, you should check:
1.All swivels rotate freely.
2.All fluids are at the proper levels.
3.Your seat is comfortable.
4.The condition of all functional operating mechanisms. - ✔✔1.2.4
✔✔Of the following listed crane parts, which should have equipment guards around
them?
1.Frame crossmembers
2.Moving fly wheels
3.Any reciprocating or rotating parts
4.Moving shafts, pulleys, and sprockets - ✔✔2.3.4
✔✔If a movable float (mat) is used under the crane's outrigger steel pad to dispense the
pressure of the load, what size should it be?
a.The same size as the outrigger's steel pad.
b.Twice as large as the outrigger's steel pad.
AND ANSWERS 2025/2026 ALL RATED A+
✔✔Of the following answer choices, which are site-specific questions that should be
answered before using a crane at a particular location?
1.Is access to the site adequately prepared?
2. Is the supervisor or crane owner on site?
3.Who operated the crane before this job?
4.Is there room to erect or extend the boom? - ✔✔1.4
✔✔Of the following answer choices, which are site-specific questions that should be
answered before using a crane at a particular location?
1.Will there be enough room for at least a minimum of 2 feet swing clearance between
the counterweight and any obstacles?
2.Is the operating location far enough away from shoring, excavations, trenches, buried
utilities, foundations, and other areas susceptible to collapse?
3.Who completed the previous pre-operation inspection?
4.Can the ground surface support the weight of the crane and its loads? - ✔✔1.2.4
✔✔________ capable of identifying and predicting hazardous conditions in the work
environment and has the authorization to take prompt corrective measures to eliminate
the hazards.
1. A qualified person is defined as anyone who is
2.A qualified person is the only one who is
3.A competent person is defined as someone who is
4.Anyone is - ✔✔3
✔✔When conducting a pre-operation inspection, if any component fails inspection when
must it be fixed?
a.Within 1 month
b. Before the crane can be used
c.After your shift
d. None of the above - ✔✔b
, ✔✔The type of person who should inspect a crane right after assembly is ________.
The type of person who should inspect a crane prior to each shift is ________.
a. A competent person/a qualified person
b.A qualified person/a competent person
c. A capable person/a competent person
d.A competent person/a professional mechanic - ✔✔b
✔✔Wire ropes must be taken out of service immediately when which of the following
conditions occurs?
1.Wear of one-third the original diameter of outside individual wires
2.Evidence of heat damage
3.Kinking, crushing, or bird caging
4.When the wire rope is shiny and non-rusted - ✔✔1.2.3
✔✔During a typical pre-operation crane inspection, you should check:
1.All swivels rotate freely.
2.All fluids are at the proper levels.
3.Your seat is comfortable.
4.The condition of all functional operating mechanisms. - ✔✔1.2.4
✔✔Of the following listed crane parts, which should have equipment guards around
them?
1.Frame crossmembers
2.Moving fly wheels
3.Any reciprocating or rotating parts
4.Moving shafts, pulleys, and sprockets - ✔✔2.3.4
✔✔If a movable float (mat) is used under the crane's outrigger steel pad to dispense the
pressure of the load, what size should it be?
a.The same size as the outrigger's steel pad.
b.Twice as large as the outrigger's steel pad.
