EHS Crane Supervisor Practice Quiz for Managers & Supervisors

1. Your company provides qualified crane inspectors for your cranes. How often should retraining be documented? *

a. Retraining is not required under any standard or regulation

b. Per OSHA, every 5 years with a NCCCCO Certification

c. Per the CMAA, retraining is every 2 years

d. Per ANSI, retraining shall occur when there is a change of equipment, policy, or performance.

2. Your organization qualifies your own operators. What are the steps to proving an overhead crane operator is qualified to operate a crane? *

a. OJT with training log.

b. National certification (NCCCO), OJT with documented employer evaluation.

c. Training, Physical fitness as required, Written exam, Practical Exam, with documented proof.

d. Medical Physical, CCO Certification, Letter of designation as a crane operator for the specific crane to be used.

3. Per the ASME B30 standards, what type and capacity crane are not permitted to be overloaded for a planned engineered lift? *

a. No cranes are permitted to be overloaded

b. All cranes are permitted to perform a planned engineered lift

c. No underhung crane or top running cranes under 10 tons may be overloaded

d. No manually operated cranes or top running crane under 5 tons may be overloaded

4. You have an unmodified crane system that utilizes a 3-bar power supply with the grounding through the crane wheels to the rails. What must you do? *

a. Nothing, the crane is grandfathered.

b. Nothing, until the cranes electrical system is modified, then add the ground.

c. Nothing, until any part of the crane is modified, then add the ground.

d. Install a permanent ground. Grounding through the wheels / rails is not approved or grandfathered.

5. Your facility has a monorail with unpowered trolley system, where you can add a hoist to the trolley as needed. What markings are required on this system? *

a. The monorail beams shall be marked with their capacity and manufacturer identification.

b. The trolley should be marked with their capacity and manufacturer identification.

c. The trolley shall be marked with the manufacturer and capacity. The beam should be marked with its capacity

d. Both the beam and the trolley shall be marked with the manufacturer and capacity.

6. Your floor operated cranes are controlled with a cable supported pendant. What is the purpose of the support cable? *

a. To power the pendant and control the crane functions.

b. To provide strain relief to the electrical conductors

c. To allow the pendant to move or position the crane physically/manually (pendant pull cord)

d. It is required to support the mandatory OSHA/ASME warning tag and labels.

7. When are stops engaging a wheel permitted within the current standards? *

a. All cranes in all application

b. All underhung cranes, regardless of power

c. All unpowered cranes, regardless of type

d. Unpowered, underhung cranes

8. Per ASME B30.2 can you leave an attachment on a crane when there is no operator at the controls? *

a. Nothing may remain on the crane’s hook when the operator is not at the controls.

b. Attachments may remain on the crane’s hook as long as the attachment is grounded.

c. Attachments may remain on the crane’s hook as long as the hook and attachment are higher than any mobile obstruction.

d. Attachments may remain on the hook as long as the operator is in the vicinity of the controls (In view, max of 25’)

9. What must be accomplished when a new crane is installed, or a crane is reinstalled? *

a. Initial inspection; shall be fully function tested; should be load tested with documentation.

b. Initial inspection to include mandatory function and 125% load test with documentation.

c. Annual or complete inspection with documented operational and 100% to 125% load test.

d. Visual inspection to include function test with known load, no documentation required.

10. Under what circumstances are documented monthly inspections required? *

a. Per OSHA, documented monthly inspections are not required for any overhead crane. Visual undocumented inspections are required for top running cranes.

b. Per ASME, a documented monthly inspection is required for all cranes and hoists in severe service

c. Per ASME, a frequent inspection with records shall be made on all top running cranes on a monthly interval.

d. Per OSHA, top running crane shall receive a documented inspection on a monthly interval for critical components such as the rope.

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