LEEA Correspondence Courses
ASSIGNMENT 2.4
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Name: IDUSERI GEORGE
Student number: 19145
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1.
Which term means the maximum load that an item of lifting equipment is designed to sustain?
# Working load limit
Safe working load
Breaking load
Failure load
2.
Which term means the ratio between the MBL and the SWL?
Utilisation factor
Mode factor
Service coefficient
# Factor of safety
3.
Which term means the factor which the user applies to take account of the geometry of a sling
assembly?
Coefficient of utilisation
Factor of safety
# Mode factor
Working coefficient
4.
What is the relationship between the WLL and the SWL of a sling
The SWL is always less than the WLL
# The SWL is less than or equal to the WLL
The WLL is always less than the SWL
The WLL is less than or equal to the SWL
5.
In the broadest sense, what does the term Lifting Equipment mean?
Lifting machines
Lifting accessories
# Lifting appliances and accessories
Lifting appliances
6.
If a two leg sling is marked SWL 3t 0-90, what method of rating has been used?
Trigonometrical
# Uniform load
7.
If a two leg sling is marked SWL 3t 0-45, what method of rating has been used?
Trigonometrical
# Uniform load
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8.
If a two leg sling is marked SWL 3t @ 90, what method of rating has been used?
# Trigonometrical
Uniform load
9.
If a two leg sling is marked SWL 3t @ 45, what method of rating has been used?
# Trigonometrical
Uniform load
10.
Which marking would you expect to see on a new two leg sling SWL 3t made to current standards?
# SWL 3t 0-90
# SWL 3t 0-45
SWL 3t @ 90
SWL 3t @ 45
11.
For the user, what is the advantage of the uniform load method compared to the trigonometrical
method?
# User does not have to judge different angles
It maximises the load which can be lifted irrespective of the leg angle
It allows each leg to be at a different angle
It shares the load uniformly between the legs
12.
When might the trigonometrical method of rating be more suitable than the uniform load method?
When the user is not sure what angle the sling will be used at
When the user has a wall chart with a table of SWLs
# When the sling is to be used at a specific angle, eg for suspending a spreader beam
When the sling is to be used in choke hitch
13.
Can a uniform load rated sling be re-rated by the trigonometrical method?
Yes, it is the user's choice, it can be changed at any time
# Yes but it will have to be done by a competent person
# No, the master link is unlikely to be strong enough to carry more load at a smaller angle
No because the SWL tables are no longer available
14.
Can a trigonometrically rated sling be re-rated by the uniform load method?
Yes, it just needs re-stamping
# Yes but it needs new markings and the sling record amending
Yes but it needs an extra tag
No
15.
A four leg sling marked SWL 6t 0-45 is used to lift a rigid rectangular load with a lifting point in each
corner. What is the maximum the load can weigh without overloading any part of the sling?
3 tonnes
# 4 tonnes
5 tonnes
# 6 tonnes
16.
What is the result if a two leg sling marked SWL 3t 0-45 lifts a 3t load with one leg at 45 and the
other at 15?
No part of the sling is overloaded
The leg at 45 will take most load
# The leg at 15 will be overloaded
Both legs will be overloaded
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17.
What is the result if a three leg sling marked SWL 3t 0-45 lifts a 3t load with all three legs at the
same angle to the vertical but two legs close together when viewed in plan?
No part of the sling is overloaded
All three legs will be overloaded
The legs closest together will be overloaded
# The leg furthest from the other two will be overloaded
18.
A two leg sling marked SWL 3t 0-45 is used to lift a load. Both legs are at the same angle and
connected to the load in choke hitch. What is the maximum the load can weigh without overloading
any part of the sling?
2t
# 2.4 t
# 2.8 t
3t
19.
Older lifting accessories were marked in imperial units. What is the nearest metric equivalent of 1
Ton 3 cwt?
# 1.1 t
1.25 t
1.3 t
1.6 t
20.
Older lifting accessories were marked in imperial units. What is the metric equivalent of 6 cwt?
150 kg
# 300 kg
600 kg
1.2 t
Marking
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Result 80%
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