CHST: Questions And Detailed Solutions
When designing a safety program, it is essential that psychological factors like
individual differences, motivation, emotion, attitudes and be considered.
1) Reward
2) Punishment
3) Learning
4) Negativism Right Ans - 3
Learning underlies much of what makes for differences and similarities
among people. Through learning, people have developed certain kinds of
psychological needs, habitual patterns of behavior, ways of reacting to
emotion, and the attitudes which brought them into the workplace. It is
essential to consider learning because training is a major consideration in
safety programming.
In organizing and implementing a successful safety and loss control program,
it is essential that you:
1) Obtain adequate funding.
2) Get top management support and participation.
3) Acquire an environmental health and safety staff.
4) Promulgate a formal safety policy and program to support it. Right Ans -
2
An effective safety program must begin at the top. Only top management can
assign the responsibility for safety and loss control and ensure its
performance. Also, top management can implement the controls of the
workplace environment along with worker operations that will control
accidents.
The least likely reason accidents generally occur is a result of:
1) Personality factors.
2) Environmental factors.
3) Physical limitations.
4) Lack of a safety policy or program. Right Ans - 4
,Accident causation is very diverse, but generally each accident is a result of a
combination of factors.
Section 5(a)(1) of the OSH Act:
1) Gives OSHA the RIGHT OF ENTRY.
2) Defines responsibility for research.
3) Is the GENERAL DUTY CLAUSE.
4) Both 1 and 3 Right Ans - 3
Section 5(a)(1) of the OSHA Act covers the GENERAL DUTY CLAUSE and
specifies the requirement that employers keep their workplaces free from
recognized serious hazards.
The following clause from the OSH Act of 1970 is known as: "...of employment
which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or likely to cause
death or serious physical harm to his employees."
1) "Recognized Hazard Clause"
2) "General Duty Clause"
3) "OSHA General Hazard Clause"
4) "Death or Injury Clause" Right Ans - 2
This clause gives OSHA broad ranging regulatory license. It is known as the
"General Duty Clause." If there is a serious hazard for which OSHA does not
have a specific standard, it (OSHA) can cite the employer using the General
Duty Clause and require the hazard to be abated.
What is the most important factor in accident prevention?
1) Written program
2) Training
3) Safety Engineers
4) Management support Right Ans - 4
The most critical element of any accident prevention program is management
support. Without this support the program cannot succeed.
,Which of the following sections of the 1970 Occupational Safety and Health
Act is referred to as the General Duty Clause?
1) 29 CFR 1910
2) 11(c)
3) 5(a)(1)
4) 29 CFR 1926 Right Ans - 3
The General Duty Clause in the OSHA Act is 5(a)(1).
The term "cradle to grave" is associated with what legislative act?
1) TSCA
2) RCRA
3) HMTA
4) SARA Right Ans - 2
The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 as amended by the Solid
Waste Disposal Act Amendments of 1980 and the Hazardous and Solid Waste
Amendments of 1984 establishes a comprehensive program for Federal and
State regulation of solid waste management and disposal. The manifest
system ( 40 CFR 262 Subpart B) as part of the "cradle to grave" program
tracks shipments of hazardous waste from the generator through the
transporter to the treatment, storage, or disposal facility.
Community Right-To-Know is associated with what legislative act?
1) CERCLA
2) RCRA
3) SARA TITLE III
4) TSCA Right Ans - 3
The Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) Title III (The
Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986) sets
extensive reporting requirements and requires emergency planning for over
360 extremely hazardous substances. The purpose of SARA Title III is to
ensure a free flow of accurate information with the community so that an
appropriate emergency response can be planned and executed.
The Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act :
, 1) Is Title II of CERCLA.
2) Is Title II of TSCA.
3) Requires the removal of ACM from all school buildings.
4) Regulates ACM in all public and privately owned buildings. Right Ans - 2
The AHERA regulations found at 40 CFR Part 763-Subpart E apply to school
buildings. However, such regulations do not mandate removal of all asbestos
from school buildings.
SPCC Plans apply to which type(s) of facilities?
1) Hazardous waste TSD facilities
2) Large quantities hazardous waste generators
3) Petroleum storage facilities, with certain exceptions
4) Any facility where hazardous substances are stored in amounts exceeding
their respective reportable quantities Right Ans - 3
SPCC plan requirements under the Clean Water Act are currently applicable to
non-transportation related oil storage facilities. The regulatory provisions are
found at 40 CFR Part 112. Hazardous waste generators and TSD facilities
come under RCRA contingency plan requirements, although they could be
subject to SPCC requirements for virgin or waste oil storage.
The "Cradle to Grave" aspects of the RCRA program refer to:
1) Regulation of hazardous wastes from the point of generation through their
ultimate disposal.
2) An extensive network of government-owned and operated treatment
facilities.
3) Requirements to pay Federal environmental taxes on the purchase of
hazardous chemicals and the land disposal of hazardous wastes.
4) Extensive requirements for health and safety, including medical monitoring
of those employees handling hazardous chemicals and/or hazardous wastes.
Right Ans - 1
The RCRA regulations establishing cradle to grave control of hazardous
wastes are found at 40 CFR Parts 260-271.
Anticipating and controlling hazards are best accomplished:
When designing a safety program, it is essential that psychological factors like
individual differences, motivation, emotion, attitudes and be considered.
1) Reward
2) Punishment
3) Learning
4) Negativism Right Ans - 3
Learning underlies much of what makes for differences and similarities
among people. Through learning, people have developed certain kinds of
psychological needs, habitual patterns of behavior, ways of reacting to
emotion, and the attitudes which brought them into the workplace. It is
essential to consider learning because training is a major consideration in
safety programming.
In organizing and implementing a successful safety and loss control program,
it is essential that you:
1) Obtain adequate funding.
2) Get top management support and participation.
3) Acquire an environmental health and safety staff.
4) Promulgate a formal safety policy and program to support it. Right Ans -
2
An effective safety program must begin at the top. Only top management can
assign the responsibility for safety and loss control and ensure its
performance. Also, top management can implement the controls of the
workplace environment along with worker operations that will control
accidents.
The least likely reason accidents generally occur is a result of:
1) Personality factors.
2) Environmental factors.
3) Physical limitations.
4) Lack of a safety policy or program. Right Ans - 4
,Accident causation is very diverse, but generally each accident is a result of a
combination of factors.
Section 5(a)(1) of the OSH Act:
1) Gives OSHA the RIGHT OF ENTRY.
2) Defines responsibility for research.
3) Is the GENERAL DUTY CLAUSE.
4) Both 1 and 3 Right Ans - 3
Section 5(a)(1) of the OSHA Act covers the GENERAL DUTY CLAUSE and
specifies the requirement that employers keep their workplaces free from
recognized serious hazards.
The following clause from the OSH Act of 1970 is known as: "...of employment
which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or likely to cause
death or serious physical harm to his employees."
1) "Recognized Hazard Clause"
2) "General Duty Clause"
3) "OSHA General Hazard Clause"
4) "Death or Injury Clause" Right Ans - 2
This clause gives OSHA broad ranging regulatory license. It is known as the
"General Duty Clause." If there is a serious hazard for which OSHA does not
have a specific standard, it (OSHA) can cite the employer using the General
Duty Clause and require the hazard to be abated.
What is the most important factor in accident prevention?
1) Written program
2) Training
3) Safety Engineers
4) Management support Right Ans - 4
The most critical element of any accident prevention program is management
support. Without this support the program cannot succeed.
,Which of the following sections of the 1970 Occupational Safety and Health
Act is referred to as the General Duty Clause?
1) 29 CFR 1910
2) 11(c)
3) 5(a)(1)
4) 29 CFR 1926 Right Ans - 3
The General Duty Clause in the OSHA Act is 5(a)(1).
The term "cradle to grave" is associated with what legislative act?
1) TSCA
2) RCRA
3) HMTA
4) SARA Right Ans - 2
The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 as amended by the Solid
Waste Disposal Act Amendments of 1980 and the Hazardous and Solid Waste
Amendments of 1984 establishes a comprehensive program for Federal and
State regulation of solid waste management and disposal. The manifest
system ( 40 CFR 262 Subpart B) as part of the "cradle to grave" program
tracks shipments of hazardous waste from the generator through the
transporter to the treatment, storage, or disposal facility.
Community Right-To-Know is associated with what legislative act?
1) CERCLA
2) RCRA
3) SARA TITLE III
4) TSCA Right Ans - 3
The Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) Title III (The
Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986) sets
extensive reporting requirements and requires emergency planning for over
360 extremely hazardous substances. The purpose of SARA Title III is to
ensure a free flow of accurate information with the community so that an
appropriate emergency response can be planned and executed.
The Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act :
, 1) Is Title II of CERCLA.
2) Is Title II of TSCA.
3) Requires the removal of ACM from all school buildings.
4) Regulates ACM in all public and privately owned buildings. Right Ans - 2
The AHERA regulations found at 40 CFR Part 763-Subpart E apply to school
buildings. However, such regulations do not mandate removal of all asbestos
from school buildings.
SPCC Plans apply to which type(s) of facilities?
1) Hazardous waste TSD facilities
2) Large quantities hazardous waste generators
3) Petroleum storage facilities, with certain exceptions
4) Any facility where hazardous substances are stored in amounts exceeding
their respective reportable quantities Right Ans - 3
SPCC plan requirements under the Clean Water Act are currently applicable to
non-transportation related oil storage facilities. The regulatory provisions are
found at 40 CFR Part 112. Hazardous waste generators and TSD facilities
come under RCRA contingency plan requirements, although they could be
subject to SPCC requirements for virgin or waste oil storage.
The "Cradle to Grave" aspects of the RCRA program refer to:
1) Regulation of hazardous wastes from the point of generation through their
ultimate disposal.
2) An extensive network of government-owned and operated treatment
facilities.
3) Requirements to pay Federal environmental taxes on the purchase of
hazardous chemicals and the land disposal of hazardous wastes.
4) Extensive requirements for health and safety, including medical monitoring
of those employees handling hazardous chemicals and/or hazardous wastes.
Right Ans - 1
The RCRA regulations establishing cradle to grave control of hazardous
wastes are found at 40 CFR Parts 260-271.
Anticipating and controlling hazards are best accomplished:
