STSC PAPER ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SET A+
✔✔Minimally,_______authorized attendant(s) shall be on duty outside of the space
during permit required confined space operations and shall be responsible for securing
immediate aid, keeping an accurate count of entrants in case of emergency. - ✔✔One
✔✔A medical questionnaire required when safety workers place an employee in
respiratory protection must be evaluated by whom? - ✔✔A licensed health care
professional aka (PLHCP) physician or other licensed health care professional
✔✔In construction, each employee on a walking/working surface (horizontal and vertical
surface) with an unprotected side or edge which is _______feet or more above a lower
level shall be protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems
or personal fall arrest systmes - ✔✔6 feet
✔✔A crew member deliberately violates a safety procedure. What should be done? -
✔✔Stop work, write formal complaint and explain
✔✔Each employee on a scaffold more than_____feet above a lower level shall be
provided with fall protection to prevent from falling to a lower level - ✔✔10 feet
✔✔Professional ethics refers to - ✔✔A set of principles and standards that guide the
actions of professionals that are often referenced in civil or criminal cases involving
professional conduct
✔✔When working on a scaffold 20 feet high who must approve the scaffold for use? -
✔✔The competent person
✔✔What mishaps require reporting to OSHA within 8 hours? - ✔✔The fatality of one or
more employees, because of a work-related incident
, ✔✔A guardrail system's MAJOR components include? - ✔✔Top rails, mid rails, toe
boards
✔✔Incident investigations are conducted PRIMARILY to - ✔✔Determine causal
conditions
✔✔Accident analysis is PRIMARILY used as a(n)? - ✔✔Indicator of problem areas
✔✔For injury accident analysis, information sources include all the following (First-aid
Report, Insurance rate table, First report of Injury form, Supervisor accident
investigation) EXCEPT? - ✔✔Insurance rate table
✔✔The MAJOR cause of serious industrial injuries is? - ✔✔Slips, trips, and falls
✔✔If a worker is injured while performing duties assigned by the employer, the injury is
considered... - ✔✔Work related
✔✔The two general areas of accident costs are - ✔✔Direct and indirect
✔✔Who should conduct MINOR incident and near miss investigations? - ✔✔Supervisor
✔✔Who should investigate a serious or fatal accident in an active mishap prevention
program... - ✔✔A senior management official
✔✔Often several accident investigators will be at the scene of an accident at the same
time due varying reasons for gathering information. Which of the following is the LEAST
important task with respect to the STSCs accident investigation responsibilities? -
✔✔Arriving first at the scene
✔✔While interviewing witnesses to an accident or participants in the event,
investigators often find themselves talking to a hostile and very defensive people. Which
of the following methods would MOST LIKELY result in an honest and truthful statement
from these interviewees? - ✔✔Tell them the information will only be used for accent
prevention purposes and no disciplinary actions will result from the investigation
✔✔Throughout accident investigations, the interviewing of witnesses is often required to
determine facts relative to the event. Which of the following choices offers the BEST
place to conduct interviews for safety investigations? - ✔✔Privately in a conference
room
✔✔The BEST descriptor of the legal premise of "chain of custody" is? -
✔✔Documentation of possession
SET A+
✔✔Minimally,_______authorized attendant(s) shall be on duty outside of the space
during permit required confined space operations and shall be responsible for securing
immediate aid, keeping an accurate count of entrants in case of emergency. - ✔✔One
✔✔A medical questionnaire required when safety workers place an employee in
respiratory protection must be evaluated by whom? - ✔✔A licensed health care
professional aka (PLHCP) physician or other licensed health care professional
✔✔In construction, each employee on a walking/working surface (horizontal and vertical
surface) with an unprotected side or edge which is _______feet or more above a lower
level shall be protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems
or personal fall arrest systmes - ✔✔6 feet
✔✔A crew member deliberately violates a safety procedure. What should be done? -
✔✔Stop work, write formal complaint and explain
✔✔Each employee on a scaffold more than_____feet above a lower level shall be
provided with fall protection to prevent from falling to a lower level - ✔✔10 feet
✔✔Professional ethics refers to - ✔✔A set of principles and standards that guide the
actions of professionals that are often referenced in civil or criminal cases involving
professional conduct
✔✔When working on a scaffold 20 feet high who must approve the scaffold for use? -
✔✔The competent person
✔✔What mishaps require reporting to OSHA within 8 hours? - ✔✔The fatality of one or
more employees, because of a work-related incident
, ✔✔A guardrail system's MAJOR components include? - ✔✔Top rails, mid rails, toe
boards
✔✔Incident investigations are conducted PRIMARILY to - ✔✔Determine causal
conditions
✔✔Accident analysis is PRIMARILY used as a(n)? - ✔✔Indicator of problem areas
✔✔For injury accident analysis, information sources include all the following (First-aid
Report, Insurance rate table, First report of Injury form, Supervisor accident
investigation) EXCEPT? - ✔✔Insurance rate table
✔✔The MAJOR cause of serious industrial injuries is? - ✔✔Slips, trips, and falls
✔✔If a worker is injured while performing duties assigned by the employer, the injury is
considered... - ✔✔Work related
✔✔The two general areas of accident costs are - ✔✔Direct and indirect
✔✔Who should conduct MINOR incident and near miss investigations? - ✔✔Supervisor
✔✔Who should investigate a serious or fatal accident in an active mishap prevention
program... - ✔✔A senior management official
✔✔Often several accident investigators will be at the scene of an accident at the same
time due varying reasons for gathering information. Which of the following is the LEAST
important task with respect to the STSCs accident investigation responsibilities? -
✔✔Arriving first at the scene
✔✔While interviewing witnesses to an accident or participants in the event,
investigators often find themselves talking to a hostile and very defensive people. Which
of the following methods would MOST LIKELY result in an honest and truthful statement
from these interviewees? - ✔✔Tell them the information will only be used for accent
prevention purposes and no disciplinary actions will result from the investigation
✔✔Throughout accident investigations, the interviewing of witnesses is often required to
determine facts relative to the event. Which of the following choices offers the BEST
place to conduct interviews for safety investigations? - ✔✔Privately in a conference
room
✔✔The BEST descriptor of the legal premise of "chain of custody" is? -
✔✔Documentation of possession
