NEBOSH HSE PSM EXAM 2 COMPETENCY
REVIEW 2026 MOCK TEST COMPLETE KEY
INSIGHTS
◉ Root cause.
Answer: An underlying circumstance that allowed the unsafe
condition or act to exist (mainly organisational and management
failings)
◉ MOC.
Answer: Management of Change
◉ Consultation.
Answer: The two-way exchange of information between parties, in
this case between employer and worker. This is far more effective
than the one-way exchange that we see when people are simply
'informed'
◉ Competence.
Answer: The ability to undertake responsibilities and to perform
activities to a recognised standard on a regular basis... a combination
of practical and thinking skills, experience and knowledge
, ◉ Leading indicators.
Answer: Proactive measurements of conditions that monitor process
safety before something goes wrong and to see if things are
operating as intended
◉ Lagging indicators.
Answer: Reactive measures that look at failures, such as the number
of injuries, the number of near misses and the number of spills that
are reported, or excursions where plant is operated outside the
intended operational envelope
◉ Auditing.
Answer: This can be defined as the "systematic, objective critical
evaluation of how well an organisation's management system is
performing by examining the evidence"
◉ Hazard.
Answer: Something that has the potential to cause harm
◉ Risk.
Answer: This is the likelihood that a hazard will cause harm, in a
combination with the severity of injury, damage or loss that might
foreseeably occur.
REVIEW 2026 MOCK TEST COMPLETE KEY
INSIGHTS
◉ Root cause.
Answer: An underlying circumstance that allowed the unsafe
condition or act to exist (mainly organisational and management
failings)
◉ MOC.
Answer: Management of Change
◉ Consultation.
Answer: The two-way exchange of information between parties, in
this case between employer and worker. This is far more effective
than the one-way exchange that we see when people are simply
'informed'
◉ Competence.
Answer: The ability to undertake responsibilities and to perform
activities to a recognised standard on a regular basis... a combination
of practical and thinking skills, experience and knowledge
, ◉ Leading indicators.
Answer: Proactive measurements of conditions that monitor process
safety before something goes wrong and to see if things are
operating as intended
◉ Lagging indicators.
Answer: Reactive measures that look at failures, such as the number
of injuries, the number of near misses and the number of spills that
are reported, or excursions where plant is operated outside the
intended operational envelope
◉ Auditing.
Answer: This can be defined as the "systematic, objective critical
evaluation of how well an organisation's management system is
performing by examining the evidence"
◉ Hazard.
Answer: Something that has the potential to cause harm
◉ Risk.
Answer: This is the likelihood that a hazard will cause harm, in a
combination with the severity of injury, damage or loss that might
foreseeably occur.
