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Which is a common characteristic of an effective health and safety program?
A. Assigns responsibility to managers, supervisors, and employees
B. Assigns responsibility to managers, supervisors, and customers
C. Assigns responsibility to supervisors, employees, and customers
D. Assigns responsibility to managers, employees, and customers - ANSWER -A.
Assigns responsibility to managers, supervisors, and employees
Most countries have land disposal restrictions. Which is a MAJOR requirement
under typical land disposal regulations?
A. Prohibiting disposal of hazardous waste on land without prior treatment
B. Prohibiting disposal of hazardous waste on land
C. Prohibiting disposal of hazardous waste on land if greater than 1000 lb (453.59
kg)
D. Prohibiting disposal of hazardous waste on land if greater than 100 lb (45.35
kg) - ANSWER -A. Prohibiting disposal of hazardous waste on land without prior
treatment
The acronym PDCA relates to an approach for environmental management
systems. What does PDCA mean?
A. Plan, Do, Check, Assess
B. Plan, Delegate, Check, Act
C. Plan, Do, Create, Act
D. Plan, Do, Check, Act - ANSWER -D. Plan, Do, Check, Act
Which is always the HIGHEST priority at a hazardous material incident?
,A. Protection of the life and safety of the public
B. Protection of critical systems of production
C. Protection of the environment and climate
D. Protection of organization's critical property - ANSWER -A. Protection of the
life and safety of the public
The development of which system accelerated pollution prevention outcomes?
A. Clean Air System
B. Environmental Management System
C. Conservation and Recovery System
D. Environment Sustainable System - ANSWER -B. Environmental Management
System
The 2011 earthquakes in Japan, which resulted in tsunamis, have raised major
concerns for the countries along the north-eastern coasts of the Pacific Ocean.
Which is the identified concern?
A. Tons of debris washing ashore
B. Oil pollutants damaging their shores
C. Foreign species of marine life being transported to their shores
D. Hazardous materials reaching their shores - ANSWER -C. Foreign species of
marine life being transported to their shores
Which is the PRIMARY source of freshwater on the planet?
A. Reservoirs
B. Lakes
C. Rivers
D. Precipitation - ANSWER -D. Precipitation
Which type of air sampling method involves the collection of one or more
personal air samples in order to estimate a worker's 8-hour time-weighted average
exposure?
,A. Area sampling
B. Integrated sampling
C. Personal sampling
D. Grab sampling - ANSWER -B. Integrated sampling
Which is considered a bio-hazardous waste?
A. Irrigation return flows from farms
B. Waste from a laboratory that works with tritium
C. 10% formalin waste from a hospital
D. Waste from a laboratory that works with prions - ANSWER -D. Waste from a
laboratory that works with prions
Which is a MINIMUM recommended practice for handling human and primate
cells in a laboratory setting?
A. Biosafety Level-2 practices and containment
B. Biosafety Level-4 practices and containment
C. Biosafety Level-3 practices and containment
D. Biosafety Level-1 practices and containment - ANSWER -A. Biosafety Level-2
practices and containment
Which is the recommended biosafety level for initial processing of bloodborne
pathogens such as HBV and HIV?
A. Biosafety level-1
B. Biosafety level-3
C. Biosafety level-2
D. Biosafety level-4 - ANSWER -C. Biosafety level-2
Which is a physical or chemical agent that changes the genetic material (usually
DNA) of an organism above the natural background level?
A. Co-carcinogen
B. Carcinogen
, C. Teratogen
D. Mutagen - ANSWER -D. Mutagen
Which is the MOST common route of exposure of biological agents (indigenous
or exotic) that are handled at biosafety level-3?
A. Ingestion
B. Inhalation
C. Absorption
D. Injection - ANSWER -B. Inhalation
Which is an example of a biological agent that can be transmitted via inhalation?
A. Ebola
B. Hepatitis B
C. Human immunodeficiency virus
D. High pathogenic avian influenza - ANSWER -D. High pathogenic avian
influenza
In a laboratory setting, which is the recommended biosafety level for manipulating
prions from human tissue and human prions propagated in animals?
A. Biosafety level-2
B. Biosafety level-1
C. Biosafety level-3
D. Biosafety level-4 - ANSWER -A. Biosafety level-2
Which is the acceptable average exposure over a short period of time, usually 15
minutes, as long as the time-weighted average is not exceeded?
A. Threshold Limit Value (TLV)
B. Short-Term Exposure Limit (STEL)
C. Action Level
D. Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health (IDLH) - ANSWER -B. Short-Term
Exposure Limit (STEL)
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Which is a common characteristic of an effective health and safety program?
A. Assigns responsibility to managers, supervisors, and employees
B. Assigns responsibility to managers, supervisors, and customers
C. Assigns responsibility to supervisors, employees, and customers
D. Assigns responsibility to managers, employees, and customers - ANSWER -A.
Assigns responsibility to managers, supervisors, and employees
Most countries have land disposal restrictions. Which is a MAJOR requirement
under typical land disposal regulations?
A. Prohibiting disposal of hazardous waste on land without prior treatment
B. Prohibiting disposal of hazardous waste on land
C. Prohibiting disposal of hazardous waste on land if greater than 1000 lb (453.59
kg)
D. Prohibiting disposal of hazardous waste on land if greater than 100 lb (45.35
kg) - ANSWER -A. Prohibiting disposal of hazardous waste on land without prior
treatment
The acronym PDCA relates to an approach for environmental management
systems. What does PDCA mean?
A. Plan, Do, Check, Assess
B. Plan, Delegate, Check, Act
C. Plan, Do, Create, Act
D. Plan, Do, Check, Act - ANSWER -D. Plan, Do, Check, Act
Which is always the HIGHEST priority at a hazardous material incident?
,A. Protection of the life and safety of the public
B. Protection of critical systems of production
C. Protection of the environment and climate
D. Protection of organization's critical property - ANSWER -A. Protection of the
life and safety of the public
The development of which system accelerated pollution prevention outcomes?
A. Clean Air System
B. Environmental Management System
C. Conservation and Recovery System
D. Environment Sustainable System - ANSWER -B. Environmental Management
System
The 2011 earthquakes in Japan, which resulted in tsunamis, have raised major
concerns for the countries along the north-eastern coasts of the Pacific Ocean.
Which is the identified concern?
A. Tons of debris washing ashore
B. Oil pollutants damaging their shores
C. Foreign species of marine life being transported to their shores
D. Hazardous materials reaching their shores - ANSWER -C. Foreign species of
marine life being transported to their shores
Which is the PRIMARY source of freshwater on the planet?
A. Reservoirs
B. Lakes
C. Rivers
D. Precipitation - ANSWER -D. Precipitation
Which type of air sampling method involves the collection of one or more
personal air samples in order to estimate a worker's 8-hour time-weighted average
exposure?
,A. Area sampling
B. Integrated sampling
C. Personal sampling
D. Grab sampling - ANSWER -B. Integrated sampling
Which is considered a bio-hazardous waste?
A. Irrigation return flows from farms
B. Waste from a laboratory that works with tritium
C. 10% formalin waste from a hospital
D. Waste from a laboratory that works with prions - ANSWER -D. Waste from a
laboratory that works with prions
Which is a MINIMUM recommended practice for handling human and primate
cells in a laboratory setting?
A. Biosafety Level-2 practices and containment
B. Biosafety Level-4 practices and containment
C. Biosafety Level-3 practices and containment
D. Biosafety Level-1 practices and containment - ANSWER -A. Biosafety Level-2
practices and containment
Which is the recommended biosafety level for initial processing of bloodborne
pathogens such as HBV and HIV?
A. Biosafety level-1
B. Biosafety level-3
C. Biosafety level-2
D. Biosafety level-4 - ANSWER -C. Biosafety level-2
Which is a physical or chemical agent that changes the genetic material (usually
DNA) of an organism above the natural background level?
A. Co-carcinogen
B. Carcinogen
, C. Teratogen
D. Mutagen - ANSWER -D. Mutagen
Which is the MOST common route of exposure of biological agents (indigenous
or exotic) that are handled at biosafety level-3?
A. Ingestion
B. Inhalation
C. Absorption
D. Injection - ANSWER -B. Inhalation
Which is an example of a biological agent that can be transmitted via inhalation?
A. Ebola
B. Hepatitis B
C. Human immunodeficiency virus
D. High pathogenic avian influenza - ANSWER -D. High pathogenic avian
influenza
In a laboratory setting, which is the recommended biosafety level for manipulating
prions from human tissue and human prions propagated in animals?
A. Biosafety level-2
B. Biosafety level-1
C. Biosafety level-3
D. Biosafety level-4 - ANSWER -A. Biosafety level-2
Which is the acceptable average exposure over a short period of time, usually 15
minutes, as long as the time-weighted average is not exceeded?
A. Threshold Limit Value (TLV)
B. Short-Term Exposure Limit (STEL)
C. Action Level
D. Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health (IDLH) - ANSWER -B. Short-Term
Exposure Limit (STEL)
