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question 1

1. What are the three different types of action OSHA may utilize to maintain health and safety standards?

Adopt, amend, and revise

Revoke, refuse, and forgive

Reduce, forgive, and alter

Appeal, rescind, and reduce

4 points   

Question 2

1. How many individuals are direct victims of some form of violent crime in the workplace every year?

1 million

1.5 million

2 million

3.5 million

4 points   

Question 3

1. Which three factors lead to human error in the human factors theory?

Carelessness, training, and overload

Overload, inappropriate response, and inappropriate activities

Carelessness, overload, and training

Pressure, overload, and inappropriate activates

4 points   

Question 4

1. What three elements are required to start and sustain fire?

Heat, smoke, and fire

Smoke, fuel, and heat

Fuel, heat, and oxygen

Oxygen, fire, and smoke

4 points   

Question 5

1. Which type of guard shuts down the machine when the guard is not securely in place?

Fixed

Interlock

Adjustable

Point

4 points   

Question 6

1. Match the acronym on the left with the program or programs that it relates to on the right. Select the best answer for each matching pair.

                                                                                                                    

ACGIH

                                                                                                                    

EPCRA

                                                                                                                    

HAZWOPER

                                                                                                                    

NIOSH

                                                                                                                    

EAP

                                                                                                                    

PELs

                                                                                                                    

TLVs

                                                                                                                    

CPTED

                                                                                                                    

CTDs

                                                                                                                    

MSDs

A.

Performs research on toxicity levels and human tolerance levels of hazardous substances and makes recommendations to the Department of Labor about worker exposure limits.

B.

Injuries caused by forceful or awkward movements repeated frequently over time.

C.

The amounts of given substances to which employees can be exposed over a specified period of time.

D.

Special regulation dealing with chemical spills.

E.

Strategy that incorporates natural surveillance, control of access, establishment of territoriality, activity support, and administrative control to reduce risk of violence in the workplace.

F.

Guidelines to help safety and health professionals control certain chemical and physical hazards in the workplace.

G.

Publishes the threshold limit values for chemical substances and physical agents and biological exposure indices.

H.

Law designed to make information about hazardous chemicals available to the community where they are being used.

I.

A collection of small plans for every anticipated emergency.

J.

Injuries or pain in the body's joints, ligaments, muscles, nerves, tendons, and structures that support limbs, neck, and back.