SDI Final Exam Questions and Detailed
Correct Answers
OSHA - Answer: Occupational Safety and Health Act (of 1970)
OSHA focuses on - Answer: Worker safety
OSHA regulations apply when - Answer: >= 10 emplyees
1st OSHA Regulation - Answer: Safe noise levels (85 decibels/8 hours)
Hazardous communication Standards of 1983 - Answer: -Established MSDS (Material Safety Data
Sheets)
-Worker training/ right-to-know
-Evaluation of each job hazards
EPA - Answer: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA was created by who - Answer: President Nixon (Presidential Order 1970)
EPA focuses on - Answer: human and environmental protection
Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 - Answer: -Provide for restoration/maintenance of US waters
-Set discharge limitations for point sources
-Establish national permit system (NPDES) with monthly monitoring
-penalties of $27,500/day/violation and imprisonment
-citizen suits
Clean water act of 1977 - Answer: -Set discharge limits for toxic substances
-Required storm water permits for non-point sources
, National auto emission standards began in - Answer: 1965
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 - Answer: -Current law, no prior emission standards for industry
(except power and steel)
HAPS - Answer: Hazardous Air Pollutants
RCRA - Answer: Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976)
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976) - Answer: -Address hazardous waste at currently
operating sites
-Established a system to define hazardous wastes
CERCLA - Answer: Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (1980)
SARA - Answer: Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (1986)
Copyrights can be applied to - Answer: anything that can be copied
Owner has exclusive rights to reproduce and distribute the work - Answer: Before 1/1/78 - good
forever
After 1/1/78 - author's life plus 70 years
Can file with copyright office in - Answer: Library of Congress
Patent - Answer: gives inventor the right to exclude others (up to 20 years in USA) from making,
using, or selling invention.
Only individuals can obtain a - Answer: patent
Types of patent - Answer: Design - good for 14 years
Correct Answers
OSHA - Answer: Occupational Safety and Health Act (of 1970)
OSHA focuses on - Answer: Worker safety
OSHA regulations apply when - Answer: >= 10 emplyees
1st OSHA Regulation - Answer: Safe noise levels (85 decibels/8 hours)
Hazardous communication Standards of 1983 - Answer: -Established MSDS (Material Safety Data
Sheets)
-Worker training/ right-to-know
-Evaluation of each job hazards
EPA - Answer: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA was created by who - Answer: President Nixon (Presidential Order 1970)
EPA focuses on - Answer: human and environmental protection
Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 - Answer: -Provide for restoration/maintenance of US waters
-Set discharge limitations for point sources
-Establish national permit system (NPDES) with monthly monitoring
-penalties of $27,500/day/violation and imprisonment
-citizen suits
Clean water act of 1977 - Answer: -Set discharge limits for toxic substances
-Required storm water permits for non-point sources
, National auto emission standards began in - Answer: 1965
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 - Answer: -Current law, no prior emission standards for industry
(except power and steel)
HAPS - Answer: Hazardous Air Pollutants
RCRA - Answer: Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976)
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976) - Answer: -Address hazardous waste at currently
operating sites
-Established a system to define hazardous wastes
CERCLA - Answer: Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (1980)
SARA - Answer: Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (1986)
Copyrights can be applied to - Answer: anything that can be copied
Owner has exclusive rights to reproduce and distribute the work - Answer: Before 1/1/78 - good
forever
After 1/1/78 - author's life plus 70 years
Can file with copyright office in - Answer: Library of Congress
Patent - Answer: gives inventor the right to exclude others (up to 20 years in USA) from making,
using, or selling invention.
Only individuals can obtain a - Answer: patent
Types of patent - Answer: Design - good for 14 years
