IET Exam 1: Study Guide questions
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False - ANS ✔The National Safety Council is a broad-based safety organization that has
members
only from industry.
false - ANS ✔Today's largest organization, devoted to safety and health practices, is the
Occupational
Safety and Health Administration
false - ANS ✔The concern for safety and health began during the Industrial Revolution
true - ANS ✔The integrated approach involves practitioners working together to predict,
control,
identify, and correct safety and health problems.
false - ANS ✔Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is a nongovernmental
public
service organization
true - ANS ✔Theories of accident causation are used to predict and prevent accidents
true - ANS ✔Why accidents do happen is a concern for safety and health decision makers
, true - ANS ✔The human factors theory of accident causation attributes accidents to a chain of
events
caused by human error.
true - ANS ✔There is evidence of occupational safety and health efforts as far back as the time
of the
Egyptian pharaohs.
false - ANS ✔Organized labor did not play a crucial role in the development of the safety
movement
true - ANS ✔Tragedies have changed the face of the safety movement at different times in the
United States
true - ANS ✔The safety and health movement today is characterized by professionalization and
integration.
true - ANS ✔The accident/incident theory is an extension of the human factors theory.
false - ANS ✔Epidemiological theory has focused on accidents caused by overload,
inappropriate
response, and inappropriate activities.
false - ANS ✔The systems theory of accident causation views any stem in which an accident
might
occur as a system with one component.
true - ANS ✔There is a strong correlation between obesity and injuries.
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False - ANS ✔The National Safety Council is a broad-based safety organization that has
members
only from industry.
false - ANS ✔Today's largest organization, devoted to safety and health practices, is the
Occupational
Safety and Health Administration
false - ANS ✔The concern for safety and health began during the Industrial Revolution
true - ANS ✔The integrated approach involves practitioners working together to predict,
control,
identify, and correct safety and health problems.
false - ANS ✔Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is a nongovernmental
public
service organization
true - ANS ✔Theories of accident causation are used to predict and prevent accidents
true - ANS ✔Why accidents do happen is a concern for safety and health decision makers
, true - ANS ✔The human factors theory of accident causation attributes accidents to a chain of
events
caused by human error.
true - ANS ✔There is evidence of occupational safety and health efforts as far back as the time
of the
Egyptian pharaohs.
false - ANS ✔Organized labor did not play a crucial role in the development of the safety
movement
true - ANS ✔Tragedies have changed the face of the safety movement at different times in the
United States
true - ANS ✔The safety and health movement today is characterized by professionalization and
integration.
true - ANS ✔The accident/incident theory is an extension of the human factors theory.
false - ANS ✔Epidemiological theory has focused on accidents caused by overload,
inappropriate
response, and inappropriate activities.
false - ANS ✔The systems theory of accident causation views any stem in which an accident
might
occur as a system with one component.
true - ANS ✔There is a strong correlation between obesity and injuries.
