LEEA Correspondence Courses

ASSIGNMENT 1.10
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1.

Mega, as a prefix means the number is multiplied by:

1,000,000,000
1,000,000
1,000
100

2.

The unit of mass in the SI system is:

Newton
Ton
Kilogram
Tonnef

3.

In converting from Imperial units to SI units, 3ft 4 inches becomes:

1.106m
116mm
1.16m
1.016m

4.

In conversion from Imperial to SI units, the unit of stress 1 ton/ins becomes:

25.4MN/m
9.81MN/m
1MN/m
15.4MN/m

5.

The manufacturer of new lifting equipment must meet certain essential safety requirements given in:
The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 1992
The Lifting Equipment and CE Regulations 1992
The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998
The Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998

6.

Test certificates for in-service lifting equipment issued under the Factories Act remain valid under LOLER for:
Are no longer valid
Until their natural expiry date
12 months
January 2002

7.

If, during the course of a statutory examination of lifting machines in a factory, an examiner finds an unsafe
machine, he must:
Enter the details in the register of lifting equipment
Report it to the employer within 28 days
Send a copy of the report to the HSE within 28 days
Report it to his company within one week

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8.

LOLER leaves it to the discretion of whom to decide if any tests are required:
The competent person
The user
The HSE
The LEEA

9.

The percentage elongation of a material is a measure of its:

Toughness
Plasticity
Elasticity
Ductility

10. The point at which a material elongates for no increase in load is called:
Yield Point
Elastic Limit
Limit of Proportionality
Plastic Limit
11. The tensile strength of a material is the:
Tensile Stress
Yield Stress
Maximum Tensile Stress
Breaking Stress
12.

Young's Modulus of Elasticity is given by:

Strain Stress
Stress Strain
Load Cross sectional area
Cross sectional area Load

13.

Mild steel has a tensile strength of approximately:

240N/mm
340N/mm
460N/mm
560N/mm

14.

Medium tolerance chain is suitable for use;

As sling chain only
As load chain only
As both sling and load chain
Is not suitable for lifting purposes

15.

A failure due to cyclic loading well below the tensile strength of the material is called:
Tensile failure
Notch failure
Brittle failure
Fatigue failure

16. A metal containing 2/3 nickel and 1/3 copper, sometimes used for special fittings in highly corrosive
environments, is called:
Aluminium Bronze
Monel Metal
Cast Iron
Manganese Bronze

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17. The main mechanical property of phosphorus bronze when used for lifting equipment is good:
Load bearing ability
Corrosion resistance
Ductility and toughness
Castability
18. Cast iron has the following tensile strength and compressive strength respectively:
500MN/m - 75MN/m
750MN/m - 50MN/m
75MN/m - 500MN/m
50MN/m - 750MN/m
19. Cast steel is useful for making such things as:
Chain block housings and bearings
Case dogs, bordeaux connections
Eyebolts, bow shackles
Plate clamps, coil hooks
20. When steel containing oxides in its structure is over-strained and then allowed to reset in warm conditions, it
may incur a fault known as:
Fatigue failure
Strain age embrittlement
Work hardening
Strain hardening
21. Alloy steel used in chain making has additions of such elements as chromium, nickel and molybdenum.
These give:
Toughness, castability and fatigue resistance
Impact strength, elasticity and machinability
Load bearing properties, grain refinement and weldability
Greater strength, hardness and corrosion resistance
22. The term Toughness means:
Brittleness
Hardness
Ability to resist shock loading
Failure due to stress
23. Grade marks should appear throughout the length of lifting chain at every:
10th link
20th link or at intervals of 1metre, whichever is the lesser
Every metre
On the end links only
24. The effectiveness of heat treatment given to a component can be verified by:
A Brinell test
A proof load test
A bend test
An ultrasonic test
25. The term killed steel means:
Oxides have been removed from the steel during smelting
The steel has been bruised, damaging the grain structure
The steel has been strained beyond the elastic limit
Forging temperatures were exceeded causing the steel to be burnt

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26. Most of the modern steel lifting gear is heat treated during manufacture. The purpose of tempering is to:
Increase the hardness
Improve its wear resistance
Improve the toughness
Reduce its elongation
27. Flame cutting makes use of the fact that the:
Inter-molecular reaction between oxygen and the metal causes the plate to disintegrate
Pressure of the oxygen blast physically removes hot metal
Oxide of a metal melts at a lower temperature than the pure metal
Oxy-acetylene flame is above 3200C
28. Grain growth at the surface layers of a flame cut component should be removed by:
Heat treatment
Machining
Welding
Reducing the strength of the material by 25%
29. `Burning' of forged components is evident by a:
Matt appearance
Glazed appearance
Heavy scale
An oxide film
30. A welding process that uses a constantly fed wire electrode surrounded by a gas cloud is called:
Atomic Hydrogen welding
Metal Inert Gas welding
Tungsten Inert Gas welding
Manual Arc welding
31. Stress raisers are caused by:
Grain growth
Surface hardness
Notches and indentations
Carbon migration
32. The forging process of increasing sectional thickness is called:
Fullering
Swaging
Upsetting
Drawing out
33. A forged component has a grain very similar to wood. Hence it will be:
Stronger in the line of the grain when the load is gradually applied
Stronger across the grain when the load is gradually applied
Considerably weaker under shock loading in line with the grain
Considerably weaker under shock loading across the grain
34. The finish of hot rolled steel sections is known as:
Blue
Brown
Black
Bright

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35. The purpose of a proof load/force test is to:

Establish the WLL of the item under test
Confirms the item is capable of sustaining the applied load at the time of the test
To destroy items which have defects or too high a WLL
To meet the suppliers duties under the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations
36. The grade of a chain with a proof load of 24d would be:
Grade 40
Grade 80
Grade 60
Grade 100
37. A method of Non-Destructive Testing that transmits and receives high frequency vibrations to detect faults is
called:

Ultrasonic Testing
Eddy Current Detection
Thermal Conductivity Detection
Magnetic Crack Detection

38. The dye-penetrant method of crack detection utilises:

Fluorescent liquids to reveal surface cracks
Ultra-violet light to reveal cracks up to 10mm below the surface
Dyes and developers to reveal surface cracks
Heated paints to reveal notches and indentations
39. Magnetic Particle Inspection is a process used for detecting surface and slightly sub-surface discontinuities
in what materials?:
Ferromagnetic
Electromagnetic
Conductive
Non-Ferrous
40. X-ray radiography, used for non-destructive testing, achieves greater penetration by:
Using great power
Using shorter wavelength waves
Using longer wavelength waves
Increasing the wave velocity
41. The Izod test is carried out to measure the property of:
Tensile strength
Elasticity
Toughness
Ductility
42. A typical Brinell hardness value for hardened and tempered higher tensile steel would be:
130
200
360
580
43. A test that measures hardness by pressing a steel ball under a controlled load into the surface of the metal
and measuring the area of indentation is called:
Vickers Test
Rockwell `B' Test
Rockwell `C' Test
Brinell Test

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44. The manufacturers test force on grade 8 chain is:

2 x WLL
2.5 x WLL
3 x WLL
3.5 x WLL
45. LEEA Technical Requirements require proof testing machines to be verified:
Every 3 months
When first taken into service
Annually
Every 6 months
46. The lay of the rope which offers a better wearing surface in arduous conditions is known as:
Cross lay
Langs lay
Equal lay
Ordinary lay
47. According to LEEA Technical Requirements, the maximum permitted mean error for chain testing machines
is:
2%
1.5%
0.5%
No permissible error
48. Fine tolerance chain is intended for use in:
Chain slings
Lashing chain
Load chain on lifting appliances
Non-lifting appliances
49. For marking material with a diameter of 20mm, the size of stamps used should be:
3mm
4mm
4.5mm
6mm
50. One effect of a steel core compared to a fibre core is:
To decrease the breaking load of the rope by approx 18%
To increase the breaking load of the rope by approx 18%
To increase the breaking load of the rope by approx 8%
To decrease the breaking load of the rope by approx 8%

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