STSC CORE MAIN ALL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SET A+
✔✔An employer must provide employees with information and training on hazardous
chemicals in their work area EXCEPT - ✔✔When the chemicals are used below the
exposure limit
✔✔If a serious violation exists, and the CSHO finds that the supervisor had full
knowledge of the hazard, does this constitute a serious violation? - ✔✔Yes, the
supervisor represents the employer and a supervisor's knowledge of the hazard
amounts to employer knowledge.
✔✔During a periodic inspection of chains, the condition that LEAST affects metallurgic
failure: - ✔✔Painted links
✔✔It is MOST important to provide new employee training and orientation because -
✔✔New employees are inexperienced and not familiar with the hazards, procedures,
facilities and safety rules
✔✔Safety and health meetings are conducted PRIMARILY to - ✔✔Motivate employees
to take an interest and responsibility for safety and health
✔✔The BEST method to control or eliminate a hazard is to - ✔✔Utilize engineering
controls
✔✔The BEST safe ladder practice is - ✔✔Face the ladder when ascending and
descending
✔✔Enclosures for noise control are designed to - ✔✔Reduce sound pressure
✔✔The BEST approach for reducing incidents involving human error is to - ✔✔Utilize
engineering controls
, ✔✔Incident investigations are primarily conducted to determine the casual factors. The
person MOST responsible for implementing corrective actions is the: - ✔✔Safety
Manager
✔✔The LEAST appropriate purpose for accident (mishap) investigation is for -
✔✔Providing vehicle for discipline
✔✔Who is responsible to ensure employee's personal PPE is used - ✔✔Owner
✔✔A respirator with filter, cartridge, or canister element that removes specific air
contaminants is termed - ✔✔An air-purifying respirator
✔✔Which of the following BEST describes an expectation of the STS Code of Ethics? -
✔✔Perform their safety roles using their knowledge and skills to further the safety of
employees, employers, the public and the environment
✔✔The MOST important purpose for supervisor involvement with incident investigation?
- ✔✔Immediate supervisors are usually the most knowledgeable about the work
✔✔All lanyards and vertical lifelines have a minimum breaking strength of _______
pounds per worker - ✔✔5000 pounds
✔✔The MAXIMUM storage temperature for a gas cylinder is - ✔✔130 F
✔✔The FIRST item to complete before rigging a sling to a load is to - ✔✔The rated load
capacity for the sling
✔✔The action MOST likely to produce severe injuries or a high probability of accidents
is - ✔✔Unusual and non-routine tasks
✔✔A standard railing shall consist of top rail, intermediate rail, and posts, and shall
have a vertical height of ______ inches nominal from upper surface of top rail to floor,
platform, runway, or ramp level - ✔✔42
✔✔Job site safety training is critical part of a safety program. Which of the following
statements is most true? - ✔✔While comprehensive, pre-assignment training covering
regulatory required topics is necessary, short, single topic tailgate meetings are very
effective.
✔✔When training workers erecting and dismantling scaffolding, which statement is
MOST correct? - ✔✔A scaffold competent person must conduct the training
SET A+
✔✔An employer must provide employees with information and training on hazardous
chemicals in their work area EXCEPT - ✔✔When the chemicals are used below the
exposure limit
✔✔If a serious violation exists, and the CSHO finds that the supervisor had full
knowledge of the hazard, does this constitute a serious violation? - ✔✔Yes, the
supervisor represents the employer and a supervisor's knowledge of the hazard
amounts to employer knowledge.
✔✔During a periodic inspection of chains, the condition that LEAST affects metallurgic
failure: - ✔✔Painted links
✔✔It is MOST important to provide new employee training and orientation because -
✔✔New employees are inexperienced and not familiar with the hazards, procedures,
facilities and safety rules
✔✔Safety and health meetings are conducted PRIMARILY to - ✔✔Motivate employees
to take an interest and responsibility for safety and health
✔✔The BEST method to control or eliminate a hazard is to - ✔✔Utilize engineering
controls
✔✔The BEST safe ladder practice is - ✔✔Face the ladder when ascending and
descending
✔✔Enclosures for noise control are designed to - ✔✔Reduce sound pressure
✔✔The BEST approach for reducing incidents involving human error is to - ✔✔Utilize
engineering controls
, ✔✔Incident investigations are primarily conducted to determine the casual factors. The
person MOST responsible for implementing corrective actions is the: - ✔✔Safety
Manager
✔✔The LEAST appropriate purpose for accident (mishap) investigation is for -
✔✔Providing vehicle for discipline
✔✔Who is responsible to ensure employee's personal PPE is used - ✔✔Owner
✔✔A respirator with filter, cartridge, or canister element that removes specific air
contaminants is termed - ✔✔An air-purifying respirator
✔✔Which of the following BEST describes an expectation of the STS Code of Ethics? -
✔✔Perform their safety roles using their knowledge and skills to further the safety of
employees, employers, the public and the environment
✔✔The MOST important purpose for supervisor involvement with incident investigation?
- ✔✔Immediate supervisors are usually the most knowledgeable about the work
✔✔All lanyards and vertical lifelines have a minimum breaking strength of _______
pounds per worker - ✔✔5000 pounds
✔✔The MAXIMUM storage temperature for a gas cylinder is - ✔✔130 F
✔✔The FIRST item to complete before rigging a sling to a load is to - ✔✔The rated load
capacity for the sling
✔✔The action MOST likely to produce severe injuries or a high probability of accidents
is - ✔✔Unusual and non-routine tasks
✔✔A standard railing shall consist of top rail, intermediate rail, and posts, and shall
have a vertical height of ______ inches nominal from upper surface of top rail to floor,
platform, runway, or ramp level - ✔✔42
✔✔Job site safety training is critical part of a safety program. Which of the following
statements is most true? - ✔✔While comprehensive, pre-assignment training covering
regulatory required topics is necessary, short, single topic tailgate meetings are very
effective.
✔✔When training workers erecting and dismantling scaffolding, which statement is
MOST correct? - ✔✔A scaffold competent person must conduct the training
