Question 434 Deck General

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The wire rope used for cargo handling on board your vessel has a safe working load of eight tons. It shall be able to withstand a breaking test load of _______________.

A 32 tons
B 40 tons
C 48 tons
D 64 tons
AI Explanation

The correct answer is B) 40 tons. The reasoning is that the wire rope used for cargo handling must be able to withstand a breaking test load that is at least 5 times the safe working load. Since the safe working load of the wire rope is 8 tons, the breaking test load must be at least 5 times that, which is 40 tons. The other options are incorrect because they do not meet the 5 times the safe working load requirement. Option A (32 tons) is less than 5 times the safe working load, while options C (48 tons) and D (64 tons) exceed the 5 times requirement.

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