Advance Rigger Test with Verified Answers
What is meant by the term "two block-
ing"?
a. Placing blocks under the outrigger
beams.
b. The load block contacts the boom
point sheaves.
c. Stacking loads on top of one another.
d. The load strikes the boom while swing-
ing.
Lifting 20,000 lbs ...
Advance Rigger Test with Verified Answers
What is meant by the term "two block-
ing"?
a. Placing blocks under the outrigger
beams.
b. The load block contacts the boom point
b. The load block contacts the boom
sheaves.
point sheaves.
c. Stacking loads on top of one another.
d. The load strikes the boom while swing-
ing.
Lifting 20,000 lbs with a 2-leg bridle sling
at a 30° horizontal sling angle, what is
the force applied to each leg?
a. 10,000 pounds b. 20,000 pounds
b. 20,000 pounds
c. 30,000 pounds
d. 40,000 pounds
In multiple crane lifts using an equalizer
beam, the weight of the beam should be
considered:
a. Part of the crane boom b. Part of the load weight
b. Part of the load weight
c. Part of the crane weight
d. A non-factor
What is required if there is a deviation
from the lift plan?
a. The supervisor's permission
b. The rigger's permission c. A new lift plan
c. A new lift plan
d. Mark ups on the existing lift plan
On level ground using skids and rollers,
what percent of the weight of the load
should yield the required line pull as a
general rule of thumb?
a. 2% b. 5%
b. 5%
c. 10%
d. 20%
, Advance Rigger Test with Verified Answers
All of the following are results of un-
balanced reeving of the hook block EX-
CEPT:
a. Wear on the sheaves c. Wear on the hook
b. Torque on the boom
c. Wear on the hook
d. Wear on the wire rope
Before a spreader bar or beams can be
used they MUST have been:
a. Repainted
c. Tested and approved
b. Used before
c. Tested and approved
d. Upgraded from the previous job
When materials are being hoisted to an
upper level, a tag line is used to:
a. Help raise the load
b. Help control the load
b. Help control the load
c. Stop the process
d. Stop material from falling
Two cranes are lifting 100 tons. If crane
A has 40% of the load, how much weight
will crane B have on its hook?
a. 60,000 lbs a. 60,000 lbs
b. 80,000 lbs
c. 120,000 lbs
d. 240,000 lbs
To CONFIRM the rated capacity of a spe-
cific sling, consult the manufacturer's:
a. Sling chart
b. Website c. Sling tag
c. Sling tag
d. Catalog
OSHA regulations require hook replace-
ment if the opening exceeds what per-
centage of its original throat opening? b. 15%
a. 10%
b. 15%
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