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Certified Safety Professional Exam Questions
and Answers
Which part of the middle ear equalizes pressure between the
middle and outer ear?
Ans: Eustachian tube
What is the atomic weight of sodium (Na)
Ans: 23
Which term is used to describe a measure of the motion of a body
that is equal to the product of its mass and velocity?
Ans: Momentum
Which prefix should be used to describe the number
0.000000001?
Ans: nano
Given this set of data: 2, 2, 3, 4, 1, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8, 1, 9, 1 What is
the mode?
Ans: 1
A company has four departments. Every month the departments
submit their monthly incident totals to management. For the
month of October the total monthly incidents for the departments
were 19, 12, 5, and 22. What is the mean number of incidents for
the month?
Ans: 14.5
How is HIV transmitted?
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Ans: bodily fluids
Which type of data can be used with all statistical procedures, and
is therefore the MOST useful to a safety professional?
Ans: ratio
Which type of benchmarking that represents "best-in-class" is
undertaken with external companies in different industries?
Ans: Generic benchmarking
According to Herzberg's motivational theory, which is considered
a hygiene factor?
Ans: salary
Where is the BEST place to interview a witness of an incident?
Ans: at the scene
Which is the MOST important element when managing change?
Ans: Communication
Which safety analysis method is designed as an after-the-fact
process?
Ans: Technique of operations review
Which should be conducted in advance in order to ensure the
continuity of operations?
Ans: Business impact analysis
Which is an example of a lagging indicator?
Ans: Number of regulatory agency citations
Which provides a baseline environmental management system to
help ensure an organization's regulatory compliance through a
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proactive approach to management systems, and provides a
platform for continual improvement?
Ans: ISO 14001
Which statement is true about emergency action plans?
Ans: Emergency action plans must be location-specific.
Which is a typical example of a hidden cost following an incident?
Ans: Investigation costs
The Deming cycle is a continuous improvement quality model that
consists of which four steps?
Ans: Plan, Do, Check, Act
Wastes with characteristics that are considered ignitable and
corrosive are considered immediately dangerous. Which other
waste characteristic is considered immediately dangerous?
Ans: reactive
An employee began complaining of boredom while performing
their job as quality control officer. Other employees also
complained that the employee seems mentally unfocused
throughout their shifts. One day while at work, the employee failed
to check the quality on five items which ended up causing injuries
to customers. Which category of common causal factors BEST fits
this scenario?
Ans: Mismatch or overload
Which category of controls are applied when supervisors and
managers take positive action to prevent contact or exposure with
an identified hazard?
Ans: Avoidance
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Certified Safety Professional Exam Questions
and Answers
Which part of the middle ear equalizes pressure between the
middle and outer ear?
Ans: Eustachian tube
What is the atomic weight of sodium (Na)
Ans: 23
Which term is used to describe a measure of the motion of a body
that is equal to the product of its mass and velocity?
Ans: Momentum
Which prefix should be used to describe the number
0.000000001?
Ans: nano
Given this set of data: 2, 2, 3, 4, 1, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8, 1, 9, 1 What is
the mode?
Ans: 1
A company has four departments. Every month the departments
submit their monthly incident totals to management. For the
month of October the total monthly incidents for the departments
were 19, 12, 5, and 22. What is the mean number of incidents for
the month?
Ans: 14.5
How is HIV transmitted?
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Ans: bodily fluids
Which type of data can be used with all statistical procedures, and
is therefore the MOST useful to a safety professional?
Ans: ratio
Which type of benchmarking that represents "best-in-class" is
undertaken with external companies in different industries?
Ans: Generic benchmarking
According to Herzberg's motivational theory, which is considered
a hygiene factor?
Ans: salary
Where is the BEST place to interview a witness of an incident?
Ans: at the scene
Which is the MOST important element when managing change?
Ans: Communication
Which safety analysis method is designed as an after-the-fact
process?
Ans: Technique of operations review
Which should be conducted in advance in order to ensure the
continuity of operations?
Ans: Business impact analysis
Which is an example of a lagging indicator?
Ans: Number of regulatory agency citations
Which provides a baseline environmental management system to
help ensure an organization's regulatory compliance through a
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proactive approach to management systems, and provides a
platform for continual improvement?
Ans: ISO 14001
Which statement is true about emergency action plans?
Ans: Emergency action plans must be location-specific.
Which is a typical example of a hidden cost following an incident?
Ans: Investigation costs
The Deming cycle is a continuous improvement quality model that
consists of which four steps?
Ans: Plan, Do, Check, Act
Wastes with characteristics that are considered ignitable and
corrosive are considered immediately dangerous. Which other
waste characteristic is considered immediately dangerous?
Ans: reactive
An employee began complaining of boredom while performing
their job as quality control officer. Other employees also
complained that the employee seems mentally unfocused
throughout their shifts. One day while at work, the employee failed
to check the quality on five items which ended up causing injuries
to customers. Which category of common causal factors BEST fits
this scenario?
Ans: Mismatch or overload
Which category of controls are applied when supervisors and
managers take positive action to prevent contact or exposure with
an identified hazard?
Ans: Avoidance
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