Question: Match the description at the left to the corresponding term at the right. Each term is used at most once.
Answer Choices:
OSHA Form 300
Grose’s 4M – huMan
Grose’s 4M – Management
Heinrich’s ratio
Three E’s – Education
Haddon Strategy 6
The Swiss Cheese Model
Answer: Requiring equipment operators to be licensed → Grose’s 4M – huMan
Training workers regularly on first aid and CPR → Three E’s – Education
Describing safety as a number of flawed protective measures → The Swiss Cheese Model
The idea that for every serious accident, there are many less serious accidents and incidents → Heinrich’s ratio
Question: Which of the following are advantages of a state running its own OSHA program?
Answer Choices:
The program can focus on problems that are especially a concern in the state.
State and local government employees can be included
Federal OSHA will pay all costs.
The state can regulate some industries to a lesser degree than Federal OSHA
Answer: ✓ The program can focus on problems that are especially a concern in the state.
✓ State and local government employees can be included
✗ Federal OSHA will pay all costs.
✗ The state can regulate some industries to a lesser degree than Federal OSHA
Question: Select all the statements below that are true of OSHA.
Answer Choices:
OSHA is primarily a proactive approach to safety management.
OSHA was established by a federal law.
OSHA is directly managed by the federal government in every state
OSHA was once declared unconstitutional
Answer: ✓ OSHA is primarily a proactive approach to safety management.
✓ OSHA was established by a federal law.
✗ OSHA is directly managed by the federal government in every state
✗ OSHA was once declared unconstitutional
Question: The only strategy that has been found to prevent frailty and improve sarcopenia is Blank______.
Answer Choices:
A. regular exercise
B. a larger calorie intake
C. healthy eating
Answer: A. regular exercise
Question: Match the mechanism associated with exercise with why it may decrease the risk for chronic disease.
Answer Choices:
Loss of excess body fat
Participation in high-impact exercise
Reduction of abdominal obesity
Match to:
may increase bone density
may reduce estrogen levels, lowering cancer risk
may lower blood pressure and serum lipid levels
Answer: Loss of excess body fat ⟶ may reduce estrogen levels, lowering cancer risk
Participation in high-impact exercise ⟶ may increase bone density
Reduction of abdominal obesity ⟶ may lower blood pressure and serum lipid levels
Question: Match the following terms with its best example. Each term is used at most once.
Answer Choices:
Pareto Principle
An unsafe act
Direct cost of an accident
Grose’s 4M – Management
Answer: Pareto Principle → One accident last year cost us more than the other 19 combined
An unsafe act → Spilling coffee on the floor and not wiping it up
Direct cost of an accident → Repair of damaged equipment
Grose’s 4M – Management → Requiring a conductor to leave the engineer alone when a train enters a siding
Question: Match the preventative measure to the theory or strategy that it is most closely related to.
Answer Choices:
Having low speed limits in school zones
Separate routes for trucks carrying hazardous material
Changing people’s attitudes about seatbelts
Warning signs on doors to rooms containing dangerous equipment
Answer: Having low speed limits in school zones → Haddon Strategy 2
Separate routes for trucks carrying hazardous material → Haddon Strategy 5
Changing people’s attitudes about seatbelts → Heinrich’s Dominos
Warning signs on doors to rooms containing dangerous equipment → 4M – Environment
Question: What are the components of an exercise program that can be altered to produce an overload during training?
Answer Choices:
A. time of training
B. intensity
C. duration
D. frequency
Answer: B. intensity
C. duration
D. frequency
Question: Select all the statements below that are true of Workers’ Compensation.
Answer Choices:
Some WC laws were initially declared unconstitutional
Some types of employees, such as agricultural workers, are not covered by WC in some states
WC insurance rates are about the same in every state
Employers can reduce their WC insurance premiums if they improve their safety record
Answer: ✓ Some WC laws were initially declared unconstitutional
✓ Some types of employees, such as agricultural workers, are not covered by WC in some states
✗ WC insurance rates are about the same in every state
✓ Employers can reduce their WC insurance premiums if they improve their safety record
Question: This assessment allowed me to demonstrate my competence in this subject matter.
Answer Choices:
A. Strongly Disagree
B. Disagree
C. Neutral
D. Agree
E. Strongly Agree
F. N/A or I don’t know
Answer: F – N/A or I don’t know