Occupational Health Exam Questions and Correct Answers Latest Update 2025 (Already Passed)

Occupational Health Exam Questions and Correct Answers Latest Update 2025 (Already Passed) Define Prevention? - Answers Early identification and mitigation of health risks through surveillance, education, training, standardization and implementation of best public health practices. Why is prevention better than medical treatment? - Answers More operationally sound, more financially sound longer lifespan DODI 6055.01? - Answers Occupational Safety and Health DODI 6055.05? - Answers Industrial hygiene and Occupational Health DA PAM 40-506? - Answers Army Vision Conservation and Readiness Program DA PAM 40-501? - Answers Army Hearing Program DA PAM 40-21? - Answers Ergonomics Program AR 385-10? - Answers The Army Safety Program AR 40-5? - Answers Preventive Medicine DA PAM 40-11? - Answers Preventive Medicine, Chapter 5, Occupational Health DA PAM 40-503? - Answers Industrial Hygiene Program TG 230? - Answers Environmental Health Risk Assessment and Chemical Exposure Guidelines for Deployed Military Personnel OEH stands for? - Answers Occupational and Environmental Health IH stands for? - Answers Industrial Health What is the DOD OEH Policy? - Answers Protect DOD Personnel from hazardous occupational exposures What does DOD OEH Policy Prevent? - Answers 1: Accidental Death 2: Injury 3: Illness What is an occupational exposure? - Answers The intensity, frequency and length of time personnel are exposed to hazards at the workplace. What is the over-arching policy for DOD Occupational Health? - Answers DODI 6055.05 Occupational and Environmental Health Apply Risk Management strategies to the ultimate goal of zero ____, _____, _____? - Answers 1: Mishaps 2: Injuries 3: Illnesses What 5 entities make up the Occupational Health Team? - Answers 1: Safety 2: Industrial Hygiene 3: Occupational Medicine 4: Preventive Medicine 5: Safe and Healthy worker (you) Who focuses on SHORT TERM, acute hazards that can result in injuries while analyzing systems and processes to prevent and control hazards? - Answers Safety Personnel What is ACUTE exposure? - Answers Short term period between exposure and onset of symptoms (carbon monoxide) What is Chronic exposure? - Answers Long time period between exposure of an agent and onset of symptoms (asbestos) This career field focuses on long term, chronic health hazards which can result in occupational diseases. Evaluate magnitude of exposure through sampling and strategies to prevent exposure - Answers Industrial Hygienist - usually civilian employees that work with military Preventive Medicine section. These people deal with harmful effects, usually produced by long term chronic exposure to toxic chemicals or harmful physical agents and provide treatment. - Answers Occupational Medicine - Health Physicists, Environmental Safety Officer, Hearing conservation Who provides secondary prevention including medical surveillance and diagnosis and treatment of occupational injuries and illnesses? - Answers Occupational Medicine Safety, Preventive Medicine and Industrial Health conduct _____ prevention - Answers primary prevention (they make sure workplaces are as safe as possible) Occupational Health conducts ______ prevention - Answers secondary prevention (monitor exposed workers and provide care to overexposed, sick, poisoned) Who anticipates, predicts, identifies, surveys, evaluates and controls disease and injury? - Answers Preventive Medicine Who is the Army functional proponent for PREVMED (preventive medicine)? - Answers TSG (The Surgeon General) What is the primary mission of Preventive Medicine (PREVMED)? - Answers To preserve unit combat effectiveness by providing informed technical information to the commanding officer regarding environmental health and preventive medicine. What 5 preventive medicine and environmental health topics does Preventive Medicine cover? - Answers 1: Training injuries 2: Communicable Diseases 3: Occ and environmental health related disease and injury 4: Disease and non-battle injuries (DNBI) 5: Vector, food, air, and water borne diseases. Who conducts sanitation and habitability inspections and informs command or unit of health risks? - Answers Preventive medicine What are the 4 main categories of Health Hazards? - Answers 1: Chemical 2: Physical 3: Biological 4: Ergonomic The Industrial Hygienist is devoted to _____, _____, _____, and _____ health hazards? - Answers Anticipate, Recognize, Evaluate, and Control What are the 3 categories of Control? Which category is most effective? - Answers 1: Engineering (most effective) 2: Administrative 3: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Gases, vapors, dusts, fumes, mists and smoke are what type of hazard? - Answers Chemical Hazard Non-ionizing and ionizing radiation, noise, vibration, extreme temps and pressures are what type of hazard? - Answers Physical Hazard What is the difference between vapor and fume? - Answers Fumes have metal particles in them (welding / soldering) Insects, mold, yeast, fungi, bacterial and viruses make up what hazard? - Answers Biological