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Rigging Exam Questions With Accurate AnswersFor what purpose is a Square Knot used? - Answer Used for tying to dry ropes of equal
size together
What type of rope is the strongest? - Answer Nylon
What is the safe working load when applied to lifting a person - Answer 10 to 1
What are the 4 parts of a fiber rope - Answer Fiber, Yarn, Strand, Rope
What is a bowline on a bite knot used for? - Answer Forming a loop in a rope at any point
between its ends
What is a half hitch knot used for? - Answer Used to finish off a knot
What is a single sheet bend knot used for? - Answer Used for tying two dry ropes of
unequal size together.
Do polypropylene ropes float? - Answer Yes
What does a bowline knot provide? -Answer A loop that doesn't slip under strain
When a rope/sling has a knot in it, to what does the safe working load get reduced?
-Answer 50%
Name the 4 parts of a wire rope. -Answer Wire, strand, centre core, wire rope
, A double sheet bend knot is used to join two wet ropes of equal size.
What is the safety factor for equipment? Answer 5 to 1
Name three rope parts. Answer Running end, bight, standing end
What is the weakest type of rope? Answer Polypropylene
Definition of safe working load - Answer Is the maximum load a manufacturer
recommends that can be applied to a new device, and still be certain it will not break.
The best hitch for lifting small bore pipe vertically? - Answer Two half hitches
Slings should be inspected when? - Answer Before each use.
Sling angle of less than __________ is not reccomended - Answer 30 degrees
When the sling angle is decreased from 90 to 30 degrees the stress on the leg increases
by? - Answer 2x or 200%
A double wrap choker insures what? - Answer 360 degrees of contact and tightens as it
is lifted
What do you do when the written procedure for performing a lift for the equipment you
are working on differs from manufacturer's specs for lifting? - Answer Stop, get
clarification, get a procedure change
What is the major concern when one is lifting a load that is secured with a hand chain
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