25 MCQ's - CRST - P2 Safety

1. A company of 125 employees (125 x 2000 = 250,000 hours worked) has three lost-time incidents; a concussion, a strained shoulder and a cut hand requiring stitches. If the concussion results in 12 lost days, the strained shoulder results in 8 lost days and a cut to the hand results in 1 lost day the AS would be calculated as follows:

A. Accident Severity = 16.8
B. Accident Severity = 168
C. Accident Severity = 1680
D. Accident Severity = 16

2. When conducting such an analysis, priority is given to jobs:

A. With high injury or illness rates
B. With the potential to cause severe injuries or illness
C. Both A & B
D. None of the above

The steps of the task analysis are:

Observe the worker as he or she performs the job.
Record the task observed (with permission) by taking notes, photographing, or recording video.
Get input from other workers who also perform the job.
Review the tasks with the worker to ensure the information is interpreted correctly.

The Correct sequence is.

A. 1,2,3,4
B. 4,3,2,1
C. 1,3,2,4
D. 4,2,3,1

4. The information to capture in the job analysis includes these questions:

A. What can go wrong?
B. What are the consequences?
C. What triggers the hazard?
D. All the above

5. Material flow analysis (MFA) is except,

A. a systematic assessment of the flows and stocks of materials within a system, defined in space and time.
B. It connects the sources, pathways, and intermediate and final sinks of a material.
C. The MFA presents an overview of the materials used in a company, and identifies the point of origin, volumes, and causes of waste and emissions that need to be controlled for health and safety reasons.
D. The MFA also helps identify strengths in the production process

6. To use fault tree analysis, follow these steps (except):

A. Identify the positive observations.
B. Identify the causes for each fault.
C. Determine a root cause.
D. Identify countermeasures for each root cause

7. Safety through design” may include.

A. reviewing details and addressing hazards and risks at the tabletop or piping & instrumentation drawing (or other process-related documents) level of design.
B. At this stage of design, the occupational health and safety professional can get involved.
C. This is a good opportunity for hazard recognition and may provide an opportunity for hazard control through design.
D. All the above

8. Which is statement being not true?

A. The safety committee must consider the overall layout of the workplace and all its facilities so it considers such things as where dangerous materials are stored, how far workers will have to travel to pick up and carry items they need to work with, and how easily workers can exit the area in an emergency.
B. The building components must be constructed or renovated to adhere to building codes. Safety professionals need to be aware of these codes and recognize when the code is overlooked.
C. If a company is constructing a new work site, the safety committee should be part of the planning process to ensure the new site includes hazard.
D. All are not true

9. When analyzing incident reports, past performance is a consideration in the recommendations made by the safety committee. If other incidents, including no-loss incidents, occur in the same way or place, the committee concludes there is an issue and develops a control system.

A. Design deficiencies are often a contributing factor in incidents causing injury and property damage.
B. Design deficiencies are often not a contributing factor in incidents causing injury and property damage.
C. Design deficiencies always a contributing factor in incidents causing injury and property damage.
D. None of the above

10. Select the true statement.

A. “Safety through design” is a way of thinking translated into a process that effectively addresses hazards and risks at the design stage. CRSPs should be part of any design process to ensure that any new design begins with hazard control.
B. At a facility, if hazards cannot be eliminated at the design stage, the “safety though design” philosophy asks us to consider both the probability of incidents occurring and the severity of such potential incidents, and then to use this information to design controls.
C. An important part of process safety management is process risk management. Reducing an inventory of highly hazardous chemicals would be one example of a means of reducing process safety risk.
D. All are true

11. The CRSP needs to know some background about the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS): (select the wrong statement)

A. WHMIS was developed using a “tripartite” process that included Labour, management, and government.
B. WHMIS covers all classes of substances and substances used in the workplace including the tobacco in the workplace.
C. Certain other substances are exempt from specific labelling and SDS requirements because other legislation covers them, as in the case of radioactive substances.
D. All are true

12. In June 2014, the Controlled Products Regulations were replaced by the Hazardous Products Act (HPA). This act will enable Canada to implement __________. This system will supersede WHMIS related laws.

A. the Global Harmonized System for Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS).
B. The HAZCOM
C. NFPA
D. HAZMAT

13. In Canada WHMIS – the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System is Canada’s national system for communicating hazardous products within the workplace. It focuses on proper labelling, the provision of material safety data sheets (MSDS’s) and

A. worker education and training programs
B. worker involvement
C. worker promotions
D. workers right on information

14. The Material Safety Data Sheet and the supplier’s labels on the containers are good sources of information about the associated hazards of handling flammable and combustible solids, liquids, gases, and radioactive materials. The CRST/CRSP should be familiar with

A. the supplier labelling, workplace labelling
B. requirements for MSDSs to meet both WHMIS and GHS.
C. Both A & B
D. None of the above

15. GHS is like WHMIS in many other ways. For example, the roles and responsibilities for suppliers, employers, and workers do not change. Like WHMIS, GHS has two major elements.

A. The classification of the hazards of chemicals and the communication of hazards and safety information through safety data sheets and labels.
B. worker education and training programs
C. worker involvement
D. worker promotions

16. Which one is true about WHMIS Labels

A. The area representing health is blue in color and is on the left side of the diamond.
B. The degree of health hazard of a material should indicate the extent to which controls should be implemented.
C. The area representing the flammability of the fire hazard is shown in red and is at the top of the diamond. The flammability or fire hazard deals with the ease with which the material will ignite and burn.
D. All are true.

17. The four hazard classifications indicated on an NFPA diamond are.

A. health,
B. flammability,
C. reactivity, and
D. Biological hazards.

18. Water reactivity, radioactivity, and strong oxidizer are typically indicated in the ___________ square of the NFPA diamond.

A. health
B. flammability,
C. reactivity, and
D. special hazards

19. Fire Safety of Combustible Solids, Metals, and Plastics following is/are true,

A. The hazard assessment process involves identifying potential fire hazards and evaluating (qualitatively or quantitatively) the magnitude of the fire hazard.
B. Actual and potential fire hazards can be flash fires, uncontrolled fires, explosions, or other unplanned fire events.
C. The hazard analysis begins with an inventory of fuels, fuel types, and ignition sources. The information to list includes the fuel types on the premises, the quantity of each, and the variability of quantities.
D. All are true statements

20. Combustibles can ignite and burning; therefore, they need to be identified to store them properly to prevent ignitions and dangerous reactions. Combustibles can include.

A. metals, plastics, and other solids. Paper and wood are examples of combustible solids that can instantly ignite once meeting a source of ignition.
B. Low-density foam plastics are another concern because they are highly flammable and have low melting points.
C. Most metals are combustible to a varying degree, depending on the physical conditions.
D. All the above are examples of Combustibles

21. Following statement is true about the metal,

A. Some metals are subject to spontaneous heating and ignition.
B. Many metals also have dangerous reactions with water, acids, and certain other chemicals. For example, sodium metal reacts violently with water to produce hydrogen gas and sodium hydroxide.
C. The exothermic heat of this reaction can lead to the auto-ignition of the hydrogen gas and/or the metal itself and create a severe fire or explosion hazard.
D. All statements are true about the metals

22. The use of personal protective equipment is the last line of defense in controlling hazards in the workplace. A personal protective equipment program needs to be developed and included in the overall occupational health and safety program. The CRST/CRSP is involved in the development and implementation of PPE programs, must not contain a:

A. Written policy detailing the company’s commitment.
B. Process for selecting the correct types of PPE.
C. Process for training the employees in the selection, care, and use of the PPE.
D. Process for buy lowest price of PPE in the market

23. Following is not true about the guards/safeguards,

A. Safeguards protect workers from contact with moving parts and machinery. A machine is properly safeguarded if no part of a worker, or the worker’s clothing, can meet the moving parts of a machine.
B. The control can be at the placed only near or at the source.
C. A safeguard can be a guard or a device. Guards provide a barrier, either at the point of operation (the point at which material is placed for processing) or over the power transmission apparatus (the moving
D. mechanical parts on a piece of equipment). Guards protect workers who must come into close contact with the system. Devices, on the other hand, prevent access to the point of operation.

24. Both a pullback device and wrist restraints are examples of

A. point-of-operation protective devices.
B. Fixed Guards
C. Interlocking devices
D. None of the above

25. There are many types of guards. Some partially block access to the point of operation, while others completely block access to the point of operation. An interlocked- barrier guard

A. completely blocks access.
B. partially block the access
C. stop once not in use.
D. none of the above

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