CSP / ASP - Complete Prep Sets Part 1

Name three characteristics of a trench?

1. A narrow excavation 2. Deeper than it is wide 3. Never wider than 15 feet.

Name five characteritics of leadership role in maintaining a quality safety program?

1. Build responsibility 2. Focus on the process 3. Educate 4. Inspire by example 5. Set expectations.

Pre-action automatic sprinkler systems designed to control the fire when their is a possibility of what two things?

1. Damage to piping or sprinkler heads 2. The property is sensitive to water.

Mulitple choice exams are what 3 things?

1. Easy to grade 2. Easy to statically analyze 3. Can be objectively graded.

According to NFPA, there are two methods of calculating exit width which are as follows:

1. Flow method 2. Capacity method.

In defining an effective safety training program, validity refers to what two things?

1. Identification of the hazards associated with each task. 2. The required knowledge and skills to preform those tasks in a safe manner.

Name three true statements in regards to Matrix Management?

1. It can be demonstrated in the forms of rows and columns. 2. The horizontal and the vertical intersects into a grid. 3. A matrix interface is where the focus of authority and responsiblity comes into play.

What are the six major types of sprinkler systems?

1. Pre action 2. Deluge 3. Limited Water Supply systems 4. Combined 5. Wet pipe 6. Dry pipe

An outside trainer can be very effective for what three situations?

1. The supervisors have relatively low skills 2. There is not adequate communication across different management levels 3. Different departments within the organization are reluctant to cooperate with each other.

Approximately what percent of musculosketal injuries are caused by pushing or pulling objects?

20%

What is the recommended speed for a volcano eruption?

35 mph. Ash can damage engine and metal parts so evacuation must only be done if directed by authroities.

An extinguisher with an 8-A rating can put out more fire than an extinguisher with what rating?

4-A rating

What chemical can produce a higher flame temperature upon combustion than any other gas?

Acetylene

What is THERP?

An acronym for Technique for Human Error Rate Prediction.

What are other names for siderosis?

Arc Welder's Disease or Metal Fume Fever. This is caused by inhalation of dust fumes or containing iron particles.

What best describes a tangible and verifiable safety goal in manufacturing facility?

Attainable

If the air contains 500 PPM of acetone (TLV, 750PPM) and 50 PPM of MEK (TLV, 200PPM), the concentration of the mixture is what?

Below the recommended values for the mixture. Because C1/T1 + C2/T2 is < 1. Example 500/75 + 50/200 < 1.

What does bonding do?

Bonding does NOT eliminate the static charges. However, it prevents the flow of accumulated static charges (spark) by making the potential difference between the two containers equal. The same phenomeenon is observed with lighting that makes the potential difference between two clouds or a cloud and ground equal.

How do air purifying respirators remove the contaminants from the air?

By the process of "Absorption"

What is the occupational disease caused as a result of over - exposure to cotton dust?

Byssinosis

Name a chemical that is not suitable for being extinguished with water?

Calcium carbide

Carbon Monoxide is a what?

Chemical Asphyxiant

NFPA classification for a liquid with a boiling point of 90 degrees F and flash point of 60 degree F is

Class 1A Liquid

A liquid with a flash point greater than or equal to 73 degrees but less than or equal to 100 degrees F and a boiling point less than 100 degrees F is classified by the NFPA as?

Class 1C

Class II hazardous locations are those in which what?

Combustible dust may be present.

What is the most critical step towards a behavioral approach for improving safety?

Defining the objectives and goals.

A spherical tank is half filled with a liquid that has a density of 70 lbs/ft3. If the mass of liquid in the tank is 2100 lbs. The volume of the tank is equal to:

Density = Mass/Volume. 70 = 2100/volume. Volume = 2100/70 = 30ft3. However, the above value is only half the total volumne of the tank. Total volume of tank = 30*2=60ft3

A Ground Fault Interrupter?

Detects the flow of electricity to the ground and opens the circuit.

What is the first step in developing a safety training program?

Determination of whether training is required.

One of the most important functions of a supervisor is his or her ability to work with people effectively. What is one of the most critical factors to consider in order to work with people effectively?

Each individual is different and find a way to recognize these differences.

ISO 14000 family is primarly concerned with what?

Environmental management. The means minimization of harmful effects on the environment caused by the organization's activities and achievement of continual improvement of its environmental performacne.

The study of the relationship between excessive noise and hearing loss fall within the domain of?

Epidemiology

What is FTA?

FAult Tree Analysis

What is FMECA?

Failure Mode Effects and Criticality Analysis

What is the best type of protection for workers who operate a power press?

Fixed enclosure guard

How many different classes has laser radiation been place into?

Four

Luminescent radiation detectors are suitable for measuring which type of ionizing radiation?

Gamma Rays

As the temperature goes down and the volume is kept constant, the pressure has to do what?

Go down to maintain the equality in the ideal gas law equation.

The probability of tipping over an object by pushing it increases as the?

Grasping point moves above the object's center of gravity.

Portable electric tools that are double insulated do not require what?

Grounding.

What term best describes the symptoms of over-exposure to heat and fainting?

Heat Syncope is associate with fainting as a result of over-exposure to heat.

Below the critical pressure and temperature, we can convert liquid to vapor by?

Heating and vapor to liquid by cooling. However, at the critical point, the two phases become indistinguishable.

What two aspects of the workplace are generally reviewed for a JHA?

Historical and statistical information on accidents and illnesses and the tasks, which make a worker's job.

Body cell exposure to extremely low temperature causes?

Hypothermic injury

The pneumatic fire detection systems work principally on the basis of what?

Increase in air pressure.

What is the ultimate goal of safety coaching?

Injury reduction. The coaching must treat this process as an achievement oriented proactive process.

What is an example of counted data?

Inspection of a control device for missing parts is an example of counted data. Counted data is called "attributes" and are presented as whole numbers.

What are machine gaurds that shut off or disengage power and prevent the machine from starting when the guard is opened?

Interlocked.

What are self adjusting guards which provide barriers that move according to the size of the stock entering the danger area.

Interlocked.

A bacteria can cause injury to the human body by what 3 examples?

Invasion and destruction of cells, production of toxic materials, and producing damaging hypersensitivity reactions.

One of the causes of leukemia is what?

Ionizing radiation - which as been proven to contribute to leukemia especially in young children.

When workers operate a power presses, the fixed enclosure guard is always in place expect for what two tasks?

It is always in place except for maintance and or die changing.

What is ionizing radiation?

It is any electromagnetic or particulate radiation capable of producing ions either directly or indirectly as a result of interaction with matter.

What is leveling according to Argyris?

It means that everyone should participate either directly or indirectly in the decision making process.

What does the thermal type circuit breaker do?

It opens the circuit based on temperature rise resulting from current flow.

The technique of applying problem assessment to safety and health training is called what?

JHA

Define the LD 50?

Lethal Dose 50 indicated the amount of chemic, which can produce death in 50% of tested animals in a given period of time.

The universal color used for displaying radiation hazards signs and labels is?

Magenta on yellow background

The two main categories of circuit breakers are?

Magnetic and thermal

What are luminescent detectors effective at?

Measuring the flow of neutrons.

Chemicals that attack the kidney upon entry into the body are called?

Nephrotoxins

The reaction between an acid and a base is BEST described by which of the following terms?

Neutralization

Name two good examples of simple ashphyxiants?

Nitrogen and Methane

Can electricity flow through an open circuit?

No

Laser radiation is what type of raditation?

Non - ionizing radiation

A does of one roentgen of ionizing radiation due to X-rays or gamma rays is the equivalent of what?

One Rem

GFCI detect the flow of electrical current to ground in approximately 2 hundreths (0.02) of a second. The GFCIs protect the personnel by?

Opening the electrical circuit

Once the GFCI detects the flow of electrical current to ground, it does what?

Opens the circuit and the electrical flow to ground stops.

What is PHA?

Preliminary Hazard Analysis

Hearing loss due to aging is known as?

Presbycusis

In an epidemiological study 2 out of 1,000 people were found to have a disease. The prevalence for this study is what?

Prevalence - 2/1000 = 0.002

What is the main reason for guarding block and tackles used in confined spaces?

Prevent one's hand from getting caught between the pulley and the rope.

Stock insurance companies are what?

Profit oriented

Simple asphyxiants can cause suffocation as a result of what?

Reducing oxygen concentration.

What is the most powerful for an accident/incident investigation?

Root Cause Analysis

Behavior safety sampling involves observation of worker's work habits which is usually classified as what two things?

Safe or Unsafe. This observation is usually conducted at random intervals.

The enclosures for explosion proof electrical equipment must be designed in such a way to do what?

Safely vent the resulting explosive gases.

When an acid and base react in stoichiometric ratios, the result is what?

Salt and Water. Both the acid and the base have been neutralized.

Unfired pressure vessels such as air tanks, steam jacketed kettles, etc. must follow ASME code what?

Section VIII, division 1 and 2

An effective product hazard warning must include what 3 main things?

Seriousness of the hazard, means to avoid the hazard, and words such as caution and warning.

Which analytical technique deals with human error prediction?

THERP

In toxicology, the concept of dose response indicates what?

That at very low dosage a chemical may produce no adverse effect and may even be beneficial to human health.

In pneumatic fire detection, the pneumatic detectors have air at atmosphere pressure in a bulb which has a sensitive diaphragm. Increase in temperature causes the air pressure to do what which will cause the diaphragm to do what?

The air pressure will go up and eventually the diaphragm will be deflected.

When using luminescent detectors the collision of neutrons with the solid material in the detector generates excess energy which is emitted in the form of light. This is proportional to what?

The amount of energy received by the material.

In oxgyen cutting of metals?

The base metal is cut as a result of a chemical reaction with oxygen and a fuel gas or arc maintains the elevated temperature.

Specifc gravity is the ration of what?

The density of a substance to the density of water.

The term hypergolic refers to what?

The ignition of a fuel when it comes into contact with an oxidizer without presence of an outside source of ignition.

Does threshold refers to what?

The minimum dosage of a chemical which can produce a measurable adverse effect.

Objects tip over as a result of what?

The moment which is generated by the pushing force.

What is the major objective of safety audits?

To measure the safety performance within an organization with the major goal of improving safety performance.

In welding operations, the primary purpose of an inert gas shield is what two things?

To prevent entry of air to the arc and to minimize formation of nitrides and oxides in the weld.

Define uniform illumination?

Uniform illumination is the distribution of light such that the maximum or minimum illumination at any given point within the area is not more than 1/6 th above or below the average value in the area.

What are 3 examples of Nephrotoxins?

Uranium, halogenated hydrocarbons, and vinyl chloride.

Siderosis is associated with what two types of work?

Welding and iron ore mining. It is the inhalation of iron oxides.

What are two disadvantages to multiple choice questions?

When compared to true/false and matching, multiple choice items can be more challenging to write and they require the creation of plausible incorrect answer options.

An explosion proof electrical equipment will do what?

Withstand an internal explosion

What do magnetic circuit breakers do?

Work on the basis of the amount of current flowing through the device.

Covalent Bonds are formed by?

as a result of atoms sharing electrons

Heat transfer by radiation is proportional to?

the fourth power of temperature

In acetylene welding, the energy released by the acetylene gas is in the form of what>

thermal energy