OSHA 511 GENERAL INDUSTRY PRACTICE EXAM 2024.

OSHA 511 GENERAL INDUSTRY PRACTICE EXAM 2024 1. What is OSHA's Mission?: To protect the health & safety of American workers 2. What can be a results of a workplace injury or illness?: lower morale and increased cost 3. Horizontal Standard: A standard which is applied to everyone, across the board; applies to all industries 4. Section 11 c of the OSH Act: The right of workers to seek safety and health on the job without fear of punishment 5. Is this true or false? OSHA requires that employers certi fy that abatement is complete for each cited violation: True 6. What are the OSHA Inspection Priorities in order of importance?: 1) Imminent danger 2) Fatalities & catastrophes 3) Employee complaints & referrals 4) Programmed high -hazard level inspections 5) Follow up in spections 7. What are the 4 steps in the OSHA Inspection Process?: 1) Compliance officer displays official credentials 2) Opening conference with records review 3) Walk around inspection 4) Closing conference 8. What is incidence rate in OSHA record keeping?: The numb er of injury and illness rates per 100 full time employees 9. What is the purpose of the OSHA 300 Log?: To record worker related fatalities, injuries, illnesses and is not used for wokers' comp 10. What is the order of effectiveness in hazard abatement?: 1) Elimi nation of hazard 2) Engineering controls 3) Administrative controls 4) PPE (personal protection equipment) 11. What is the HazCom Standard?: is also called "Right to Know" Law and it ensures that chemical products are evaluated and that hazard information is transmitte d to employees 12. What are PELS (Permissible Exposure Limit)?: PELs are legal limits for the degree to which workers may be exposed to chemicals and other hazards (such as noise) without suffering harm. PELs are normally expressed in what are known as time -weighted averages (TWA), which describes the average exposure over a set period. 13. What is a hole?: A gap or open space in a floor, roof, horizontal walking -working surface, or similar surface that is at least 2 inches in its least dimension. 14 What is an opening?: A gap or open space in a wall, partition, vertical wa lking/working surface, or similar surface that is at least 30 inches high and at least 18 inches wide, through which an employee can fall to a lower level. (larger than a hole) 15. True or False? Every stairway floor opening shall be guarded by a standard railing and railing should be provided on all exposed sides (except at entrance to stairway): True 16. What is a standard rail?: Standard railing consist of top rail, intermediate rail, and posts, and shall have a vertical height of 42 inches nominal from uppe r surface of top rail to floor 17. True or False? Permanent aisles and passageways shall be kept clear and in good repairs, with no obstruction across or in aisles that could create a hazard and shall be appropriately marked.: True 18. What are the types of fire?: A - ash - paper, wood, travel distance to fire extinguisher 75 feet or less B - boiling - liquid, gas, travel distance to fire extinguisher 50 feet or less C - current - electrical, can use A & B fire extinguisher D - ding - metal, travel distance to fire extin guisher 75 feet or less 19. When are cages or wells needed with fixed ladders?: As of November 19, 2018, fixed ladders 24 feet or higher, but current 20 feet. 20. When providing employees adequate safety during an emergency, what is the most important factor to co nsider?: Adequate number of exist routes 21. What is the maximum number of employees allowed when the emergency action plan can be communicated orally?: 10 employees; small business