UNIT SAFETY OFFICER EXAM STUDY
GUIDE 2026/2027 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS ||
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<NEWEST VERSION>
1. By when must Army Headquarters approved nominations for Army Safety
Awards be electronically submitted? - ANSWER ✔ 15 December
2. As a critical principle of developing your unit Safety Standard Operating
Procedures, you should address which hazards first? - ANSWER ✔ Worst
Risk First
3. DA PAM 385-10 requires that safety awareness procedures are emplaced
within every unit. Safety bulletin boards are a great way to satisfy this
requirement. Which of the following awareness tools is most likely to be
posted on a safety bulletin board? - ANSWER ✔ Safety Awards
4. What responsibilities do safety committees have? - ANSWER ✔ Monitor
and assist an organization's safety and occupational health program.
5. Which publication outlines the nomination requirements for the Army Safety
Awards? - ANSWER ✔ DA PAM 385-10
,6. Who is the Army's designated senior Safety and Occupational Health (SOH)
official? - ANSWER ✔ Assistant Secretary of the Army (installations,
energy, and environment)
7. Which of the following did the Army Safety and Occupational Health
Management System (ASOHMS) NOT help with? - ANSWER ✔ Recording
OSHA inspection comments
8. Which of the following is a required element of the Army Safety Program? -
ANSWER ✔ Emergency planning and response
9. Which job aid is designed to assist newly assigned personnel in conducting a
self assessment of their personal risk? - ANSWER ✔ Individual risk
assessment
10.What are the imperfect layers of defense that explain the causal factors that
lead to mishaps? - ANSWER ✔ Pre-conditions for unsafe acts, Lack of
follow through, procedural inconsistencies, unsafe acts or operations
11.What is a practical mishap investigation and analysis tool for the DOD based
upon reasons swiss cheese model of mishap causation? - ANSWER ✔
(HFACS)
12.Identify the following unplanned events that result in an incident being
classified as an Army mishap. - ANSWER ✔ Occupational Illness to Army
Military or DA Civilian personnel, Damage to public or private property
and/or injury or illness to non-army personnel caused by Army operations,
Damage to Army Property, Injury to Amry military on-duty, or Off-duty,
Injury to on-duty DA Civilian personnel
,13.Form CA-10 steps - ANSWER ✔ Report to supervisor, obtain medical care,
file a written notice, obtain a receipt of written notice, submit a claim for
continuation of pay/leave and/or compensation for wage loss.
14.Phases of the Army Mishap Investigation process in correct order. -
ANSWER ✔ Pre-arrival Organization and Preliminary Mishap Site Actions,
Data Collection, Analysis, Deliberations, Complete the Mishap Report
15.What is the goal of the analysis phase of mishap investigations? - ANSWER
✔ Develop an understanding of how man, machine, and environment
interacted.
16.When does the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
require an employer investigation to take place? - ANSWER ✔ A mishap
resulting in the hospitalization of 3 or more employees.
17.What is the purpose of emergency action and pre-mishap planning? -
ANSWER ✔ To provide short-term relief while putting necessary actions in
place to maintain or restore full operational capability.
18.The 3W approach to mishap investigation tries to answer three basic
questions. Which of those questions attempts to identify the human acts,
material failures, and environmental factors that define the mishap? -
ANSWER ✔ What happened?
19.Which Regulation establishes the Army Safety Program? - ANSWER ✔ AR
385-10
, 20.Which publication explains how to meet the requirements of AR 385-10? -
ANSWER ✔ DA PAM 385-10
21.What publication should you also review? - ANSWER ✔ DA PAM 385-1
22.What is the overarching policy in AR 385-10? - ANSWER ✔ It is Army
policy to eliminate mishaps, deaths, and occupational illnesses.
23.Along those lines I have a question for you: Is tactical safety a required
element of the Unit Safety Program? - ANSWER ✔ No. Tactical safety is a
mission-dictated element.
24.What key documents would you use to identify the major elements of a
unit's Tactical Safety Program? - ANSWER ✔ OPORDs, The METL,
TACSOP
25.What is one of the required training factors for all personnel involved in
tactical operations? - ANSWER ✔ Lessons learned from previous
contingency or tactical operations.
26.Based on our mission, what are three potential hazards we can anticipate in
regards to weapons and ammunition? - ANSWER ✔ - Lack of positive
target identification
- Inadequate training
- Overconfidence
27.What is one control measure used to reduce the likelihood and severity of
mishaps during live fire operations? - ANSWER ✔ Establish a Surface
Danger Zone
GUIDE 2026/2027 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS ||
100% GUARANTEED PASS
<NEWEST VERSION>
1. By when must Army Headquarters approved nominations for Army Safety
Awards be electronically submitted? - ANSWER ✔ 15 December
2. As a critical principle of developing your unit Safety Standard Operating
Procedures, you should address which hazards first? - ANSWER ✔ Worst
Risk First
3. DA PAM 385-10 requires that safety awareness procedures are emplaced
within every unit. Safety bulletin boards are a great way to satisfy this
requirement. Which of the following awareness tools is most likely to be
posted on a safety bulletin board? - ANSWER ✔ Safety Awards
4. What responsibilities do safety committees have? - ANSWER ✔ Monitor
and assist an organization's safety and occupational health program.
5. Which publication outlines the nomination requirements for the Army Safety
Awards? - ANSWER ✔ DA PAM 385-10
,6. Who is the Army's designated senior Safety and Occupational Health (SOH)
official? - ANSWER ✔ Assistant Secretary of the Army (installations,
energy, and environment)
7. Which of the following did the Army Safety and Occupational Health
Management System (ASOHMS) NOT help with? - ANSWER ✔ Recording
OSHA inspection comments
8. Which of the following is a required element of the Army Safety Program? -
ANSWER ✔ Emergency planning and response
9. Which job aid is designed to assist newly assigned personnel in conducting a
self assessment of their personal risk? - ANSWER ✔ Individual risk
assessment
10.What are the imperfect layers of defense that explain the causal factors that
lead to mishaps? - ANSWER ✔ Pre-conditions for unsafe acts, Lack of
follow through, procedural inconsistencies, unsafe acts or operations
11.What is a practical mishap investigation and analysis tool for the DOD based
upon reasons swiss cheese model of mishap causation? - ANSWER ✔
(HFACS)
12.Identify the following unplanned events that result in an incident being
classified as an Army mishap. - ANSWER ✔ Occupational Illness to Army
Military or DA Civilian personnel, Damage to public or private property
and/or injury or illness to non-army personnel caused by Army operations,
Damage to Army Property, Injury to Amry military on-duty, or Off-duty,
Injury to on-duty DA Civilian personnel
,13.Form CA-10 steps - ANSWER ✔ Report to supervisor, obtain medical care,
file a written notice, obtain a receipt of written notice, submit a claim for
continuation of pay/leave and/or compensation for wage loss.
14.Phases of the Army Mishap Investigation process in correct order. -
ANSWER ✔ Pre-arrival Organization and Preliminary Mishap Site Actions,
Data Collection, Analysis, Deliberations, Complete the Mishap Report
15.What is the goal of the analysis phase of mishap investigations? - ANSWER
✔ Develop an understanding of how man, machine, and environment
interacted.
16.When does the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
require an employer investigation to take place? - ANSWER ✔ A mishap
resulting in the hospitalization of 3 or more employees.
17.What is the purpose of emergency action and pre-mishap planning? -
ANSWER ✔ To provide short-term relief while putting necessary actions in
place to maintain or restore full operational capability.
18.The 3W approach to mishap investigation tries to answer three basic
questions. Which of those questions attempts to identify the human acts,
material failures, and environmental factors that define the mishap? -
ANSWER ✔ What happened?
19.Which Regulation establishes the Army Safety Program? - ANSWER ✔ AR
385-10
, 20.Which publication explains how to meet the requirements of AR 385-10? -
ANSWER ✔ DA PAM 385-10
21.What publication should you also review? - ANSWER ✔ DA PAM 385-1
22.What is the overarching policy in AR 385-10? - ANSWER ✔ It is Army
policy to eliminate mishaps, deaths, and occupational illnesses.
23.Along those lines I have a question for you: Is tactical safety a required
element of the Unit Safety Program? - ANSWER ✔ No. Tactical safety is a
mission-dictated element.
24.What key documents would you use to identify the major elements of a
unit's Tactical Safety Program? - ANSWER ✔ OPORDs, The METL,
TACSOP
25.What is one of the required training factors for all personnel involved in
tactical operations? - ANSWER ✔ Lessons learned from previous
contingency or tactical operations.
26.Based on our mission, what are three potential hazards we can anticipate in
regards to weapons and ammunition? - ANSWER ✔ - Lack of positive
target identification
- Inadequate training
- Overconfidence
27.What is one control measure used to reduce the likelihood and severity of
mishaps during live fire operations? - ANSWER ✔ Establish a Surface
Danger Zone
