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USCG Deck General (Set 66)

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Wire rope should be renewed when the __________.

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#1 Wire rope should be renewed when the __________. #2 The correct way to make an eye in a wire rope with clips is to place the clips with the __________. #3 The main function of the core of a wire rope is to __________. #4 Which of the following should you do when using wire rope clips to form a temporary eye in a wire rope? #5 What is an advantage of having wire rope with a fiber core over that of a wire rope of the same size with a wire core? #6 Temporary seizings on wire rope are made with __________. #7 The ultimate or maximum strength of a wire rope is referred to as the __________. #8 A temporary wire eye splice made with three wire rope clamps will hold approximately what percentage of the total rope strength? #9 What is the main reason to slush a wire rope? #10 Sluicing or slushing wire rope __________. #11 When cutting wire rope, seizings are put on each side of the cut. The seizings prevent the wire from unlaying and also __________. #12 When cutting regular-lay wire rope, what is the minimum number of seizings to be placed on each side of the cut? #13 Which will cause a wire rope to fail? #14 What material may be substituted for zinc when making a poured metal socket ending to a wire rope? #15 The strongest method of forming an eye in wire rope is using __________. #16 If you were to pass a stopper on a wire rope, what should the stopper be made of? #17 Galvanizing would not be suitable for protecting wire rope which is used for __________. #18 A wire rope that has been overstrained will show __________. #19 If kinking results while wire rope is being coiled clockwise, you should __________. #20 After splicing an eye in a piece of wire rope, the splice should be parceled and served to __________. #21 When inspecting wire rope before a hoisting operation, one must look for __________. #22 When working with wire rope, which must be considered? #23 Which molten substance is poured into the basket of a wire rope socket being fitted to the end of a wire rope? #24 What is a step in attaching a poured metal socket to a wire rope? #25 Galvanizing would be suitable for protecting wire rope which is used for __________. #26 Wire rope is galvanized to __________. #27 In the manufacture of wire rope, if the wires are shaped to conform to the curvature of the finished rope before they are laid up, the rope is called __________. #28 When talking about wire rope, the lay of the wire is the __________. #29 Serving is __________. #30 A six-strand composite rope made up of alternate fiber and wire strands around a fiber core is called __________.

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