OSHA 500 Practice UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
ANSI - CORRECT ANSWER - American National Standards Institue
Authorized Person - CORRECT ANSWER - A person approved or assigned by the
employer to perform a specific type
of duty or duties
NIOSH - CORRECT ANSWER - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
What is the purpose of OSHA? - CORRECT ANSWER - To reduce workplace hazards
Occupational Safety and Health Standard - CORRECT ANSWER - A standard which
requires to provide safe or healthful employment or places of employment
Who is covered by the Occupational Safety and Health Act - CORRECT ANSWER -
Every working man and woman in the nation safe and healthful working conditions.
What does the General Duty clause of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act)
state? - CORRECT ANSWER - Employer is required to provide his/her
employees with a workplace that is "free from recognized hazards that are causing or are
likely to cause death or serious harm" to employees.
What are the types of OSHA inspections? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Imminent danger
inspections
2. Catastrophic and fatal accident inspections
3. Employee complaint inspections
4. Programmed high hazard inspections
,5. Re-inspections
What types of violations and penalties may OSHA issue following an inspection? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 1. Other-than-serious violation
2. Serious violation
3. Willful violation
4. Repeated violation
5. Failure to abate
What are workers' rights and responsibilities? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Reading and
understanding safety materials, following safe procedures, wearing the property gear, and
reporting hazardous conditions in the
workplace.
2. To Identify and correct problems in their workplaces, working with their employers to correct
these problems whenever possible.
3. To complain to OSHA in person, by telephone, fax, mail or electronic correspondence via the
OSHA website about workplace conditions that
threaten their health or safety.
4. To seek safe and healthful working conditions without being disciplined or fired by their
employer.
Competent person: - CORRECT ANSWER - A person capable of identifying existing and
predictable hazards in the work environment that are unsanitary, hazardous or dangerous to
employees and who is authorized to correct hazards.
Confined space: - CORRECT ANSWER - Any space having a limited means of egress
including, but not limited to, storage tanks, process vessels, bins, boilers, ventilation or exhaust
ducts, sewers, underground utility vaults, tunnels, pipelines and open top spaces more than four
feet in depth such as pits, tubs, vaults and vessels.
,Egress: - CORRECT ANSWER - A path or opening used for the purpose of exiting an
area
Hazardous Substance: - CORRECT ANSWER - A substance which, by reason of being
explosive, flammable, poisonous, corrosive, oxidizing, irritating, or otherwise harmful, is likely
to cause death or injury.
Qualified: - CORRECT ANSWER - A person who is qualified as a result of a recognized
degree or certificate.
True or False: Employers of 10 or more employees must maintain records of occupational
injuries and
illnesses. - CORRECT ANSWER - True
True or False: All employers must report to OSHA within eight hours of any accident that results
in a fatality or of any accident that results in the in-patient hospitalization of one employee. -
CORRECT ANSWER - True
True or False: Records must be maintained at the establishment for seven years and must be
available for
inspection by OSHA, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). - CORRECT ANSWER - False: 5 years
OSHA recordkeeping forms include: - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. OSHA 300 Log
2. OSHA 300A Summary
3. OSHA 301 Incident Report
What are the requirements for workplace fire protection and prevention? - CORRECT
ANSWER - The employer is responsible for the development of a fire protection plan.
, Employer is responsible for providing all necessary firefighting equipment.
What are the basic requirements for housekeeping and personal protective equipment? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Housekeeping: Containers must be provided for the collection and
separation of waste, trash, oily and used rags and other refuse.
PPE: Responsible for requiring that employees wear appropriate personal protective equipment
in all operations where there is an exposure to hazardous conditions.
What must be included in Emergency Action Plans? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1.
Emergency escape procedures and emergency escape route assignments.
2. Procedures to be followed by employees who remain to operate critical plant operations before
evacuating.
3. Procedures to account for all employees after emergency evacuations are completed.
4. Rescue and medical duties for those employees who are to perform them.
5. The preferred means of reporting fires and other emergencies.
6. Names or regular job titles of persons or departments who can be contacted for further
information or explanation of duties under the plan.
Abrasive: - CORRECT ANSWER - A solid substance used in an abrasive-blasting
operation.
Acute: - CORRECT ANSWER - Effects that usually occur rapidly as a result of short-term
exposures and which are of a short-term duration.
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
ANSI - CORRECT ANSWER - American National Standards Institue
Authorized Person - CORRECT ANSWER - A person approved or assigned by the
employer to perform a specific type
of duty or duties
NIOSH - CORRECT ANSWER - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
What is the purpose of OSHA? - CORRECT ANSWER - To reduce workplace hazards
Occupational Safety and Health Standard - CORRECT ANSWER - A standard which
requires to provide safe or healthful employment or places of employment
Who is covered by the Occupational Safety and Health Act - CORRECT ANSWER -
Every working man and woman in the nation safe and healthful working conditions.
What does the General Duty clause of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act)
state? - CORRECT ANSWER - Employer is required to provide his/her
employees with a workplace that is "free from recognized hazards that are causing or are
likely to cause death or serious harm" to employees.
What are the types of OSHA inspections? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Imminent danger
inspections
2. Catastrophic and fatal accident inspections
3. Employee complaint inspections
4. Programmed high hazard inspections
,5. Re-inspections
What types of violations and penalties may OSHA issue following an inspection? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 1. Other-than-serious violation
2. Serious violation
3. Willful violation
4. Repeated violation
5. Failure to abate
What are workers' rights and responsibilities? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Reading and
understanding safety materials, following safe procedures, wearing the property gear, and
reporting hazardous conditions in the
workplace.
2. To Identify and correct problems in their workplaces, working with their employers to correct
these problems whenever possible.
3. To complain to OSHA in person, by telephone, fax, mail or electronic correspondence via the
OSHA website about workplace conditions that
threaten their health or safety.
4. To seek safe and healthful working conditions without being disciplined or fired by their
employer.
Competent person: - CORRECT ANSWER - A person capable of identifying existing and
predictable hazards in the work environment that are unsanitary, hazardous or dangerous to
employees and who is authorized to correct hazards.
Confined space: - CORRECT ANSWER - Any space having a limited means of egress
including, but not limited to, storage tanks, process vessels, bins, boilers, ventilation or exhaust
ducts, sewers, underground utility vaults, tunnels, pipelines and open top spaces more than four
feet in depth such as pits, tubs, vaults and vessels.
,Egress: - CORRECT ANSWER - A path or opening used for the purpose of exiting an
area
Hazardous Substance: - CORRECT ANSWER - A substance which, by reason of being
explosive, flammable, poisonous, corrosive, oxidizing, irritating, or otherwise harmful, is likely
to cause death or injury.
Qualified: - CORRECT ANSWER - A person who is qualified as a result of a recognized
degree or certificate.
True or False: Employers of 10 or more employees must maintain records of occupational
injuries and
illnesses. - CORRECT ANSWER - True
True or False: All employers must report to OSHA within eight hours of any accident that results
in a fatality or of any accident that results in the in-patient hospitalization of one employee. -
CORRECT ANSWER - True
True or False: Records must be maintained at the establishment for seven years and must be
available for
inspection by OSHA, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). - CORRECT ANSWER - False: 5 years
OSHA recordkeeping forms include: - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. OSHA 300 Log
2. OSHA 300A Summary
3. OSHA 301 Incident Report
What are the requirements for workplace fire protection and prevention? - CORRECT
ANSWER - The employer is responsible for the development of a fire protection plan.
, Employer is responsible for providing all necessary firefighting equipment.
What are the basic requirements for housekeeping and personal protective equipment? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Housekeeping: Containers must be provided for the collection and
separation of waste, trash, oily and used rags and other refuse.
PPE: Responsible for requiring that employees wear appropriate personal protective equipment
in all operations where there is an exposure to hazardous conditions.
What must be included in Emergency Action Plans? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1.
Emergency escape procedures and emergency escape route assignments.
2. Procedures to be followed by employees who remain to operate critical plant operations before
evacuating.
3. Procedures to account for all employees after emergency evacuations are completed.
4. Rescue and medical duties for those employees who are to perform them.
5. The preferred means of reporting fires and other emergencies.
6. Names or regular job titles of persons or departments who can be contacted for further
information or explanation of duties under the plan.
Abrasive: - CORRECT ANSWER - A solid substance used in an abrasive-blasting
operation.
Acute: - CORRECT ANSWER - Effects that usually occur rapidly as a result of short-term
exposures and which are of a short-term duration.
