Official OHS Test bank Questions and
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What are the three types of health and safety program interventions?
a. engineering, psychological, and cultural
b. behavioural, cultural, and physical
c. engineering, administrative, and behavioural
d. psychological, behavioural, and physical - ✔✔ANS: c
Which of the following represents a behavioural intervention for improving
occupational health and safety?
a. job rotation
b. skills training
c. workstation redesign
d. forming a safety committee - ✔✔ANS: b
Proper hand washing is an example of what category of safety behaviour?
a. proper use of hazard control systems
b. development of safe work habits
c. maintenance of housekeeping standards
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,d. maintenance of accepted hygiene practices - ✔✔d
What equation defines safety performance?
a. Safety performance = Ability × Motivation × Opportunity
b. Safety performance = Ability + Motivation + Opportunity
c. Safety performance = Skill + Knowledge + Ability
d. Safety performance = Skill × Knowledge × Ability - ✔✔a
What basic model underlies most applications of behavioural programming in the
workplace?
a. Trigger Behaviour Reward
b. Trigger Consequence Behaviour
c. Antecedent Behaviour Consequence
d. Antecedent Behaviour Reward - ✔✔c
Which of the following is a dimension for characterizing behavioural consequences?
a. immediate or delayed
b. short-term or long-term
c. limited or extensive
d. compliance or performance - ✔✔ANS: a
When planning behaviour-based safety programs that include incentives, what do
planners need to ensure?
a. that feedback is not used as an incentive
b. that incentives are used in place of employee training
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, c. that incentive programs manipulate employees' behaviour
d. that incentives are tied to behaviours under indi-vidual control - ✔✔d
What goal-setting technique explained why a larger proportion of one group of
university staff members attended a health and safety training session, compared to the
lower attendance seen in a second group of staff members?
a. They were given a more difficult goal.
b. They were given a more specific goal.
c. They were more committed to the goal.
d. They received more feedback about their progress. - ✔✔c
In the multi-tasking world that we live in today, why is goal setting even more
important than ever?
a. It makes us persist with a task.
b. It directs our attention to a specific task.
c. It helps us mobilize our efforts to achieve a task.
d. It helps to find new strategies to overcome obstacles. - ✔✔b
What is a contribution that senior management can make to ensure that their
organization will have a strong safety climate?
a. monitoring use of personal protective equipment
b. developing explicit and enacted policies on safety
c. praising new hires for transfer of training
d. reporting employees for unsafe behaviour - ✔✔b
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What are the three types of health and safety program interventions?
a. engineering, psychological, and cultural
b. behavioural, cultural, and physical
c. engineering, administrative, and behavioural
d. psychological, behavioural, and physical - ✔✔ANS: c
Which of the following represents a behavioural intervention for improving
occupational health and safety?
a. job rotation
b. skills training
c. workstation redesign
d. forming a safety committee - ✔✔ANS: b
Proper hand washing is an example of what category of safety behaviour?
a. proper use of hazard control systems
b. development of safe work habits
c. maintenance of housekeeping standards
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,d. maintenance of accepted hygiene practices - ✔✔d
What equation defines safety performance?
a. Safety performance = Ability × Motivation × Opportunity
b. Safety performance = Ability + Motivation + Opportunity
c. Safety performance = Skill + Knowledge + Ability
d. Safety performance = Skill × Knowledge × Ability - ✔✔a
What basic model underlies most applications of behavioural programming in the
workplace?
a. Trigger Behaviour Reward
b. Trigger Consequence Behaviour
c. Antecedent Behaviour Consequence
d. Antecedent Behaviour Reward - ✔✔c
Which of the following is a dimension for characterizing behavioural consequences?
a. immediate or delayed
b. short-term or long-term
c. limited or extensive
d. compliance or performance - ✔✔ANS: a
When planning behaviour-based safety programs that include incentives, what do
planners need to ensure?
a. that feedback is not used as an incentive
b. that incentives are used in place of employee training
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, c. that incentive programs manipulate employees' behaviour
d. that incentives are tied to behaviours under indi-vidual control - ✔✔d
What goal-setting technique explained why a larger proportion of one group of
university staff members attended a health and safety training session, compared to the
lower attendance seen in a second group of staff members?
a. They were given a more difficult goal.
b. They were given a more specific goal.
c. They were more committed to the goal.
d. They received more feedback about their progress. - ✔✔c
In the multi-tasking world that we live in today, why is goal setting even more
important than ever?
a. It makes us persist with a task.
b. It directs our attention to a specific task.
c. It helps us mobilize our efforts to achieve a task.
d. It helps to find new strategies to overcome obstacles. - ✔✔b
What is a contribution that senior management can make to ensure that their
organization will have a strong safety climate?
a. monitoring use of personal protective equipment
b. developing explicit and enacted policies on safety
c. praising new hires for transfer of training
d. reporting employees for unsafe behaviour - ✔✔b
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