Vertical Transportation Quiz

What is the term used for the enclosed platform that moves up and down in a building to transport people and goods?

• elevator

• ramp

• staircase

• escalator

What do you call the space where the elevator is located at the top of the building?

• maintenance closet

• control room

• machine room

• elevator shaft

What is the term for the moving staircase that transports people between different floors of a building?

• staircase

• conveyor belt

• escalator

• elevator

What is the jargon for the comb plate at the bottom and top of an escalator that prevents objects from getting trapped?

• elevator claws

• step fangs

• stair spikes

• comb teeth

What is the vocabulary used for the system that moves people or goods vertically within a building?

• lift vocabulary

• elevator terminology

• staircase jargon

• escalator lingo

What is the term for the machine used to lift and lower heavy objects using a drum or lift-wheel?

• elevator

• escalator

• forklift

• crane

What is the jargon for the small freight elevator used to transport food and small items between floors of a building?

• lazywaiter

• unproductiveelevator

• dumbwaiter

• slowserver

What do you call the space where the hoist is located at the top of the building?

• elevator pit

• machine room

• rooftop storage

• attic space

What is the term for the space at the bottom of an elevator shaft where the elevator car is located?

• pit room

• carriage space

• shaft bottom

• hoistway

What is the jargon for the mechanism that stops an elevator from falling in the event of a cable failure?

• safety brake

• emergency stop

• fall arrestor

• stopping device