CHSP PT - Questions With Efficient Solutions
What clinical laboratory hazard would pose the greatest risk to workers?
a. Chemical
b. Physical
c. Biological Right Ans - C
What factor contributes most to accidents, incidents, and near miss events?
a. Poor management
b. Environmental factors
c. Human errors Right Ans - A
What specific agency oversees nursing home resident safety?
a. CMS
b. OSHA
c. DHHA Right Ans - A
What serious health risk do workers administering Ribavirin experience?
a. Respiratory irritation
b. Skin/eye dryness
c. Reproductive effects Right Ans - C
What agency regulates asbestos public exposures during an abatement ?
a. EPA
b. OSHA
c. NIOSH Right Ans - A
What organization regulates worker exposure to X-rays?
a. OSHA
b. NRC
c. FDA Right Ans - A
What agency regulates medical equipment containing a radiological device?
a. OSHA
b. NRC
c. FDA Right Ans - C
What response describes as a form of non-ionizing radiation?
a. Alpha particles
,b. Gamma rays
c. RF radiation Right Ans - C
What key functional areas must hospitals address in EOC management plans?
a. Employee safety, visitor safety, and patient safety
b. Security, hazardous materials, and utilities
c. Security, infection control, and infection control Right Ans - B
What response describes a ground fault circuit interrupter?
a. An over-current device that is designed to protect equipment only
b. An under-current device designed to protect circuit conductors
c. A device used in wet areas to protect humans from electrical shock Right
Ans - C
What type of hazardous waste does RCRA standards not regulate?
a. Reactive
b. Infectious
c. Corrosive Right Ans - B Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
What agency requires briefing workers on radiation reproductive hazards?
a. NRC
b. FDA
c. OSHA Right Ans - A
What type of fire extinguisher poses the greatest risk to the environment?
a. Carbon dioxide
b. Dry powder
c. Halon Right Ans - C
What act requires public to be informed about release of hazardous materials?
a. TSCA
b. RCRA
c. EPCRA Right Ans - C Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know
Act
What person must enforce safety rules on a daily basis?
a. Department managers
b. Front-line supervisors
c. Safety directors Right Ans - B
, What life safety occupancies does the Joint Commission recognize?
a. Healthcare, residential, and outpatient
b. Nursing homes, ambulatory, and acute care
c. Long term care, sub-acute care, and acute care Right Ans - A
What type of illness results from long-term exposure to hazardous
substances?
a. Acute effects
b. Toxic effects
c. Chronic effects Right Ans - C
What statement contains inaccurate information about PPE usage?
a. OSHA requires a documented survey for all work areas
b. PPE standards refer to specifications published by ANSI
c. PPE can be used as a substitute for other safety controls Right Ans - C
28.What response reflects a true statement about X-ray exposures?
a. Workers should wear monitoring badges near their breathing zone
b. The FDA regulates counseling of pregnant workers about hazards
c. OSHA does not regulate portable x-ray machine exposures Right Ans - A
29.What response reflects inaccurate information about hazardous
substances?
a. OSHA regulates final disposal of infectious bloodborne waste
b. Waste of unknown composition must be analyzed prior to disposal
c. DOT sets packaging standards for transporting hazardous wastes Right
Ans - A
30.How should hospitals respond to patient medical adverse events?
a. Educate all caregivers on the importance of preventing adverse events
b. Conduct root cause analysis on all events with the persons involved
c. Learn to view/respond to adverse events using a system approach Right
Ans - C
31. What action would negatively impact organizational safety efforts?
a. Failing to provide sufficient resources to address safety problems
b. Failing to understand/define safety problems before seeking solutions
What clinical laboratory hazard would pose the greatest risk to workers?
a. Chemical
b. Physical
c. Biological Right Ans - C
What factor contributes most to accidents, incidents, and near miss events?
a. Poor management
b. Environmental factors
c. Human errors Right Ans - A
What specific agency oversees nursing home resident safety?
a. CMS
b. OSHA
c. DHHA Right Ans - A
What serious health risk do workers administering Ribavirin experience?
a. Respiratory irritation
b. Skin/eye dryness
c. Reproductive effects Right Ans - C
What agency regulates asbestos public exposures during an abatement ?
a. EPA
b. OSHA
c. NIOSH Right Ans - A
What organization regulates worker exposure to X-rays?
a. OSHA
b. NRC
c. FDA Right Ans - A
What agency regulates medical equipment containing a radiological device?
a. OSHA
b. NRC
c. FDA Right Ans - C
What response describes as a form of non-ionizing radiation?
a. Alpha particles
,b. Gamma rays
c. RF radiation Right Ans - C
What key functional areas must hospitals address in EOC management plans?
a. Employee safety, visitor safety, and patient safety
b. Security, hazardous materials, and utilities
c. Security, infection control, and infection control Right Ans - B
What response describes a ground fault circuit interrupter?
a. An over-current device that is designed to protect equipment only
b. An under-current device designed to protect circuit conductors
c. A device used in wet areas to protect humans from electrical shock Right
Ans - C
What type of hazardous waste does RCRA standards not regulate?
a. Reactive
b. Infectious
c. Corrosive Right Ans - B Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
What agency requires briefing workers on radiation reproductive hazards?
a. NRC
b. FDA
c. OSHA Right Ans - A
What type of fire extinguisher poses the greatest risk to the environment?
a. Carbon dioxide
b. Dry powder
c. Halon Right Ans - C
What act requires public to be informed about release of hazardous materials?
a. TSCA
b. RCRA
c. EPCRA Right Ans - C Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know
Act
What person must enforce safety rules on a daily basis?
a. Department managers
b. Front-line supervisors
c. Safety directors Right Ans - B
, What life safety occupancies does the Joint Commission recognize?
a. Healthcare, residential, and outpatient
b. Nursing homes, ambulatory, and acute care
c. Long term care, sub-acute care, and acute care Right Ans - A
What type of illness results from long-term exposure to hazardous
substances?
a. Acute effects
b. Toxic effects
c. Chronic effects Right Ans - C
What statement contains inaccurate information about PPE usage?
a. OSHA requires a documented survey for all work areas
b. PPE standards refer to specifications published by ANSI
c. PPE can be used as a substitute for other safety controls Right Ans - C
28.What response reflects a true statement about X-ray exposures?
a. Workers should wear monitoring badges near their breathing zone
b. The FDA regulates counseling of pregnant workers about hazards
c. OSHA does not regulate portable x-ray machine exposures Right Ans - A
29.What response reflects inaccurate information about hazardous
substances?
a. OSHA regulates final disposal of infectious bloodborne waste
b. Waste of unknown composition must be analyzed prior to disposal
c. DOT sets packaging standards for transporting hazardous wastes Right
Ans - A
30.How should hospitals respond to patient medical adverse events?
a. Educate all caregivers on the importance of preventing adverse events
b. Conduct root cause analysis on all events with the persons involved
c. Learn to view/respond to adverse events using a system approach Right
Ans - C
31. What action would negatively impact organizational safety efforts?
a. Failing to provide sufficient resources to address safety problems
b. Failing to understand/define safety problems before seeking solutions
