The ethical dilemma faced by Camillo Garcia, MilTech's safety and health manager, was brought
about by top management's decision to use:
A. New alloy
B. New paint
C. New computers
D. New vendors - Answers B
Select the guideline for determining ethical behavior, which requires you to listen to your
instincts.
A. Common sense test
B. Role reversal test
C. Mirror test
D. Front page test - Answers A
Safety and health professionals may use which of the following approaches to handle ethical
problems?
A. Best ratio
B. Black and white
C. Full potential
D. Any of the above - Answers D
From the following, select the method by which the AIDS virus may be transmitted.
A. Sexual contact
B. Blood contact
C. Mother-to-child
D. All of the above - Answers D
Broad-based efforts at automating mechanical processes and systems began when?
A. 1950s
B. 1960s
C. 1970s
D. 1980s - Answers B
The feeling workers have when they are not able to control the work environment is:
A. Meaninglessness
B. Normlessness
C. Mindlessness
D. Powerlessness - Answers D
When developing safety rules and regulations:
A. Minimize the number of rules to the extent possible
B. Reduce cost as much as possible
C. The more rules, the better the safety policy
D. Make rules complex enough that the employees will not understand - Answers C
One of the best ways to promote safety in the workplace is:
A. After-the-fact reports
B. Ongoing safety training programs
C. Increase production rates
D. Reduce production rates - Answers B
A company's safety policy should make what clear?
A. Production goals
B. Budget allowances
C. That safe work practices are expected of all employees at all levels at all times
D. Grievance procedures - Answers C
One of the keys to successfully promoting safety is:
A. To reduce the production rate
B. To involve employees
C. To increase wages
D. To hire more supervisors - Answers B
Which of the following are benefits that teamwork has for an organization in promoting safety?
A. Better understanding of safety rules/regulations
, B. Visibility for safety
C. Greater employee awareness
D. All of the above - Answers D
The result of incomplete combustion of fuel is carbon monoxide, which is:
A. Odorless
B. Colorless
C. Deadly gas
D. All of the above - Answers D
The National Fire Protection Association has devised a system, NFPA 704, for quick identification of
hazards presented when substances burn. Which color would be used to identify reactivity?
A. Red
B. Blue
C. Yellow
D. White - Answers C
Which of the following conditions is most associated with robots in the workplace?
A. Neck fatigue
B. Eye strain
C. Work envelope injuries
D. Work stress - Answers C
The advent of computers has brought about safety and health problems concerned with which of the
following?
A. Video display terminals
B. Work envelope areas
C. Industrial work stress
D. Psychosocial stressors - Answers A
Variance control, boundary location, work group organization, management support, design process,
and quality of work life are components of:
A. Social pathological theory
B. Sociotechnical system theory
C. Polarization of work theory
D. Quality of work theory - Answers B
Sound and vibration are very similar. Which of the following statements are true?
A. Sound relates to a sensation
B. Vibration is inaudible
C. Vibration is perceived through the sense of touch
D. All of the above - Answers C
What level of DBA is considered the maximum limit of continuous exposure over eight hour days
without protection?
A. 150
B. 3
C. 90
D. 20 - Answers C
Identifying and assessing hazardous noise conditions in the workplace involve which of the following?
A. Conducting periodic noise surveys
B. Conducting periodic audiometric tests
C. Record keeping and follow up action
D. All of the above - Answers D
Noise is distinguished from sound by which of the following factors?
A. Intensity of noise
B. Unwanted sound
C. Type of noise
D. Duration of exposure - Answers B
Noise control strategies include which of the following?
A. Noise can be reduced at the receiver by enclosing the worker
B. Noise can be reduced along its path by moving the source farther away
C. Noise can be reduced at its source by enclosing the source
D. All of the above - Answers D