ASP ASSOCIATE SAFETY
PROFESSIONAL EXAM 2026
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION TEST
TESTED QUESTIONS PRACTICE
SOLUTION GRADE A
◉ Vertical Standard. Answer: A standard applying to a particular
industry with specifications that relate to individual operations.
e.g., OSHA requirements for pulp, paper, and paperboard mills
◉ General Duty Clause. Answer: Each employer has a general duty to
furnish each employee a place of employment free from recognized
hazards that cause or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm.
◉ Other than serious citation. Answer: up to $7,000 for each
ex: poor housekeeping, creating a tripping hazard
◉ serious citation. Answer: up to $7,000 for each; mandatory
ex: not providing guarding for works on a 25 foot scaffold, most likely
result in death
◉ willful citation. Answer: up to $70,000 for EACH
minimum of $5,000 for EACH
,Intentionally commits violation
◉ Repeated citation. Answer: up to $70,000 for each
◉ Failure to abate citation. Answer: Failure to correct prior violation,
per day cost
◉ Time to report death to OSHA. Answer: 8 hours
◉ Time to report hospitalization, amputation, loss of eye. Answer: 24
hours
◉ OSHA recordables. Answer: Work-related injury or illness that results
in one or more of the following:
- Death
- Days away from work
- Restricted work or transfer to other role
- Medical treatment beyond first aid
- Loss of consciousness
- Significant injury or illness
- Other "Special" cases
◉ Log(mn). Answer: logM+logN
,◉ Log(m/n). Answer: logM-logN
◉ log(m^n). Answer: nlogm
◉ Sodium (Na) atomic weight. Answer: 23
◉ Hydrogen (H) atomic weight. Answer: 1
◉ Carbon (C) atomic weight. Answer: 12
◉ Nitrogen (N) atomic weight. Answer: 14
◉ Oxygen (O) atomic weight. Answer: 16
◉ ionic bonding. Answer: Chemical bonding that results from the
electrical attraction between cations and anions
transfer of electrons between
◉ covalent bonding. Answer: results from the sharing of electron pairs
between two atoms
, ◉ boyles law. Answer: P1V1=P2V2
A principle that describes the relationship between the pressure and
volume of a gas at constant temperature
◉ charles law. Answer: V1/T1=V2/T2
the law that states that for a fixed amount of gas at a constant
pressure, the volume of the gas increases as the temperature of the gas
increases and the volume of the gas decreases as the temperature of
the gas decreases
◉ ideal gas law. Answer: PV=nRT
◉ combined gas law. Answer: P1V1/T1 = P2V2/T2
◉ vapor. Answer: Gaseous state of a substance that is a liquid or a solid
at room temperature
◉ gases. Answer: substances that completely occupy a space and can
be converted to a liquid or solid by increasing or decreasing
temperature
PROFESSIONAL EXAM 2026
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION TEST
TESTED QUESTIONS PRACTICE
SOLUTION GRADE A
◉ Vertical Standard. Answer: A standard applying to a particular
industry with specifications that relate to individual operations.
e.g., OSHA requirements for pulp, paper, and paperboard mills
◉ General Duty Clause. Answer: Each employer has a general duty to
furnish each employee a place of employment free from recognized
hazards that cause or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm.
◉ Other than serious citation. Answer: up to $7,000 for each
ex: poor housekeeping, creating a tripping hazard
◉ serious citation. Answer: up to $7,000 for each; mandatory
ex: not providing guarding for works on a 25 foot scaffold, most likely
result in death
◉ willful citation. Answer: up to $70,000 for EACH
minimum of $5,000 for EACH
,Intentionally commits violation
◉ Repeated citation. Answer: up to $70,000 for each
◉ Failure to abate citation. Answer: Failure to correct prior violation,
per day cost
◉ Time to report death to OSHA. Answer: 8 hours
◉ Time to report hospitalization, amputation, loss of eye. Answer: 24
hours
◉ OSHA recordables. Answer: Work-related injury or illness that results
in one or more of the following:
- Death
- Days away from work
- Restricted work or transfer to other role
- Medical treatment beyond first aid
- Loss of consciousness
- Significant injury or illness
- Other "Special" cases
◉ Log(mn). Answer: logM+logN
,◉ Log(m/n). Answer: logM-logN
◉ log(m^n). Answer: nlogm
◉ Sodium (Na) atomic weight. Answer: 23
◉ Hydrogen (H) atomic weight. Answer: 1
◉ Carbon (C) atomic weight. Answer: 12
◉ Nitrogen (N) atomic weight. Answer: 14
◉ Oxygen (O) atomic weight. Answer: 16
◉ ionic bonding. Answer: Chemical bonding that results from the
electrical attraction between cations and anions
transfer of electrons between
◉ covalent bonding. Answer: results from the sharing of electron pairs
between two atoms
, ◉ boyles law. Answer: P1V1=P2V2
A principle that describes the relationship between the pressure and
volume of a gas at constant temperature
◉ charles law. Answer: V1/T1=V2/T2
the law that states that for a fixed amount of gas at a constant
pressure, the volume of the gas increases as the temperature of the gas
increases and the volume of the gas decreases as the temperature of
the gas decreases
◉ ideal gas law. Answer: PV=nRT
◉ combined gas law. Answer: P1V1/T1 = P2V2/T2
◉ vapor. Answer: Gaseous state of a substance that is a liquid or a solid
at room temperature
◉ gases. Answer: substances that completely occupy a space and can
be converted to a liquid or solid by increasing or decreasing
temperature
