MSTE May 2022

Ports

A harbor with the necessary terminal facilities to expedite the moving of cargo and passenger at any stage of the journey aside from its wharves, pier and cargo handling machinery.

Unsafe Condition

A hazardous physical condition or circumstance which could directly permit the occurrence of an accident.

1-SO2 and 1-SO3

A high-risk construction project requires 140 workers. Determine the Minimum number and designation of safety officer required.

3 first treatment room and 2 clinics

A high-risk construction project requires 140 workers. Determine the Minimum number and type of occupational health facility required.

1 Part-time

A high-risk construction project requires 140 workers. Determine the Minimum number of OH physician required.

2

A high-risk construction project requires 140 workers. Determine the Minimum number of first-aider required.

1 Full-time

A high-risk construction project requires 140 workers. Determine the Minimum number of occupational health nurse required.

Significant Wave

A hypothetical wave having a wave height and period equal to average values of the wave height and period of the largest 1/3 of all waves in the train as counted in the order of greater wave height.

OSH practitioner

A qualified Safety Officer 3 or its equivalent, duly certified by DOLE to render Occupational Safety and health services in a defined and specific scope or core competency.

OSH consultant

A qualified Safety Officer 4 or its equivalent, duly certified by DOLE to perform and/or render consultative services on Occupational Safety and health in at least two (2) fields of specialization ask determined by DOLE.

OSH personnel

A qualified first-aider, nurse, dentist, or physician engaged by the employer to provide occupational health services in the establishment, project, site, or workplace.

Safety and health audit

A regular and critical examination of project sites, safety programs, records, and management performance on program standards on safety and health conducted by the safety officer.

Water bound macadam

A road made of coarse aggregate mechanically interlocked by rolling and bonded together with screening dust is called:

Alligator Cracking

A series of interconnected or interlaced cracks caused by fatigue failure of the asphalt concrete surface under repeated traffic loading.

Safety and health program

A set of detailed rules to govern company policies, processes, and practices in all economic activities to conform with OSH standards, including the personnel responsible, and penalties for any violation thereof.

OSH standards

A set of rules issued by DOLE which mandates the adoption and use of appropriate practices, means, methods operations or processes, and working conditions reasonably necessary to ensure safe and healthful employment.

Jetty

A solid structure which projects into the sea perpendicular to the shore to berth vessels.

Apron

A space provided in large ports in front of berth to facilitate loading and unloading of cargo.

Breakwater

A structure constructed around harbor in order to protect the interior water area from the effect of stormy waves.

Mooring

A structure where a ship is tied when it is anchored to enable cargo to be handled in the absence of wharves.

Republic Act no. 11058

An act strengthening compliance with occupational safety and health (OSH) standards and providing penalties for violations thereof.

Tack Coat

An application of hot bitumen material given to the old surface to provide adhesion to the old and new road surface.

Levee

An embankment built along the side of the rivers to prevent the overflow of banks and thus to protect the adjoining land from flood waters.

Beuforts scale

An instrument use to measure the intensity of wind.

Free Port

An isolated and enclosed area within which goods maybe landed, stored, mixed, repacked, manufactured and reshipped without payment of duties and without intervention of custom officials.

Harbor

Any body of water with sufficient depth for ships to enter and find shelter in storm and other natural phenomena.

First-Aider

Any person trained and duly certified to administer first aid by the Philippine Red Cross or any organization authorized by DOLE Secretary.

Scaffold

Any temporary elevated platform used for supporting employees or materials or both in the course of any construction works.

Barriers

Highway appurtenances designed to prevent vehicular penetration from the travel way to areas behind the barrier such as to minimize damage to impacting vehicles and their occupants, and to reduce the risk of injuries to pedestrians and workers.

Block Cracking

Cracks forming large interconnected polygons, usually with sharp corners or angle. These cracks are generally caused by hardening and shrinkage of the asphalt and or reflection cracking from underlying layers such as cement-treated base.

Traffic Cone

Devices which may be conical in shape or tubular shaped capable of performing channelization of traffic which may be set on the surface of the roadway or rigidly attached for continued use.

Practical Capacity

The maximum number of passenger cars that can pass a given point on a lane or roadway during one hour under the most nearly ideal roadway and traffic conditions which can possibly be attained.

Approach Channel

The path or channel in which ship proceeds from the sea to the harbor.

Astronomical Tide

The periodic rise nad fall of sea level in response to the gravitational attraction of the sun and moon as modified by the earth's rotation.

Inner Channel

The portion lying between the entrance and harbor basin.

Outer Channel

The portion of the channel beyond harbor entrance in the open sea.

Clapotis

The pressure against a vertical wall due to waves.

80 or 90 kph

The speed limit appropriate on lower standard expressways.

Base

The top surface of a road structure is termed as:

Flashing Lamps

Warning devices used to supplement other controls and devices necessary to alert motorists of construction and maintenance activities or obstructions in the roadway.

Turning Basin

Water space which is required for maneuvering the ships after they enter the harbor for going to or leaving a berth.

Wakes

Waves formed by moving ship or boats are called:

Gravity Wave

Waves formed by the frictional drag of wind across the water surface.

Swells

Waves generated by storms, which occur outside area of observation.

Shallow Water Wave

Waves which occur in water having a depth less than one half of the wave length and the influence of the bottom changes the form or orbital motion from circular to elliptical or near elliptical.

Entry Port

Isolated area of ports where foreign goods are cleared through customs.

Installing Edges Lines

It acts as a guide past objects which are close to the edge of the pavement and which constitute a hazard.

Slump Test

It is a kind of test that determines the consistency of concrete.

Rumble Strips

It is a type of thermoplastic lane marking designed to aid and provide motorist with visual, audio, and warning on the road.

Unsafe Act

It is a violation of an accepted safe procedure which could permit the occurrence of an accident.

Curing Compound

It is an impervious membrane applied to concrete pavement before its initial setting that prevents rapid evaporation of water from the mix.

Hazard

It is anything that can cause harm.

Work

It is defined as the measure of energy transfer when a force moves an object through a distance.

Density

It is defined as the number of vehicles per unit distance occupying a section of roadway at a given instant time.

Momentum

It is defined as the product of an object's mass and its velocity.

Admixture

Material other than the basic ingredient of concrete mix immediately before or during mixing to modify one or more of the specific properties of concrete in the fresh hardened states.

Road Markers

Means any traffic control device marked on the surface of the carriageway used to regulate traffic or to warn or guide road users.

Surface dressing

One or more layers of crushed aggregate, which are bonded by bituminous materials and a seal coat laid on top is called:

Presidential Decree no. 422

Otherwise known as the Labor Code of the Philippines. This policy issuance institutes consolidates labor and social laws to afford protection to labor, promote employment and human resources development and insure industrial peace based on social justice

Temporary Curbing

Roadwork devices consisting of precast concrete sections, sandbag and others which may be used to guide traffic at the construction site.

Rule 1080

Rule is the guidelines regarding Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

Overhead Signs

Signs which provide means of displaying essential traffic information on wide multi-lane roads, where some degree of lane use control is required or where side of road clearance is insufficient to accommodate a road side sign.

Overhead Signs

Signs which provide means of displaying essential traffic information on wide multi-lane roads, where some degree of lane use control is required or where side of road clearance is insufficient to accomodate a road side sign.

Circle

Standard sign shape for additional information.

Rectangle

Standard sign shape for directional signs, roadwork signs, signs for special purposes, and supplementary plates for warning signs.

Rectangle

Standard sign shape for facility information signs, instruction signs, guide signs and destinations of point of interest.

Pentagon

Standard sign shape for pedestrian and school crossing sign.

Circle

Standard sign shape for regulatory signs.

Equilateral triangle

Standard sign shape for warning signs.

Revetment

Structures used for protecting riverbanks against erosion.

0.15m - 0.40m

The PPA (Philippine Ports Authority) requires that water level that guarantees about water depth for safety of the ships berthing on a certain ports and harbor, below the mean lower low water should be equal to:

Base

The component of the road structure which receives the traffic load and transfer it to the subgrade.

MLLW

The datum line for design of port facilities in accordance with charts which being used by Philippine Ports Authority.

Elastic Limit

The limit beyond which the material will no longer go back to its original shape when the load is removed.

Basic Capacity

The maximum number of passenger cars that can pass a given point on a lane or roadway during one hour under prevailing roadway and traffic conditions.

Consistency

A general term relating to the character of a mix with respect to its fluidity.

Commercial Harbor

A harbor in which terminal facilities are provided.

Artificial Harbor

A harbor protected by means of engineering works on all sides.

Natural Harbor

A harbor which is protected by storms and waves by the natural land contours, rocky outcrops or islands. The entrance to such harbor permits navigation.

Bitumen Carpet

A 20 mm thick premix bitumen layer over which is laid a seal coat is called:

Safety and health committee

A body created within the workplace tasked with the authority to plan, develop and implement OSH policies and programs, monitor, and evaluate the OSH program, and inspect and investigate all aspects of the work pertaining to the safety and health of workers.

Refuge Harbor

A harbor which is used as a haven in a storm.

Wharf

A landing place or the platform built out into or onto the water parallel to the shore for the berthing of vessels.

Asphaltic concrete

A layer consisting of properly designed mix of course aggregate, fine aggregate, a filler and a bituminous binder.

Prime Coat

A layer of stone chippings coat laid over a hot bitumen to make the surface water-proof.

Highest wave

A maximum wave height and wave period of the maximum wave height in the wave train.

Hardness

A measurement of the resistance of a material to deformation, identation or scratching and can be used to verify the ultimate strength of a structural steel after heat treatment.

Mastic asphalt

A mixture of bitumen, fine aggregate and filler in suitable proportion heated to about 2000C in special cookers and laid is called:

Grout

A mixture of cementitious materials and water, with or without aggregate, proportioned to produce a creamy consistency.

Pier

A platform extending from a shore over water and supported by piles, used to secure, protect, and provide access to ships or boats.

Seiche

A very long standing wave on a large but limited body of water generally occurring when a storm dies down after producing a wind tide.

Seal Coat

A very thin surface applied over a bituminous pavement to make it impervious.

Deep Water Wave

A wave at a point where the depth is equal to ½ of the wavelength or greater to be expressed in terms of the parameters of significant wave.

Low-risk establishment

A workplace where there is low level of danger or exposure to safety and health hazards and not likely or with low probability to result in accident, harm or injury, or illness.

Medium-risk establishment

A workplace where there is moderate exposure to safety and health hazards and with probability of an accident, injury or illness, if no preventive or control measures are in place.

High-risk establishment

A workplace, like construction sites, wherein the presence of hazard or potential hazard within the company may affect the safety and/or health of workers not only within but also persons outside the premises of the workplace. There is a high level of exposure to safety and health hazards, and probability of a major accident resulting to disability or death, or major illness is likely to occur if no preventive or control measures are in place.

Surface attrition

Abnormal surface wear, usually resulting from poor quality surface mortar or coarse aggregate.

2H:1V

According to NSCP, the slope of cut surfaces shall be no steeper than:

2H:1V

According to NSCP, the slope of fill surfaces shall be no steeper than:

Demolition

Complete or partial dismantling of a building or structure by preplanned and controlled methods or procedures.

Transverse Cracking

Cracks approximately at right angles to the pavement centerline. These may be caused by shrinkage or differential thermal stress of the asphalt concrete or maybe reflective cracks.

Longitudinal Cracking

Cracks approximately parallel to the pavement centerline. These are caused by poorly constructed construction joints and shrinkage of asphalt concrete surface.

Traffic Signs

Device mounted on a fixed support (permanent signs) or portable support (temporary signs) whereby a specific message is conveyed by means of words or symbols placed or erected for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding traffic.

Bollard

Device used in place of rigid cones with a minimum of 450 mm by 50 mm wide with alternate bands of contrasting color as seen by approaching traffic for delineation of traffic.

Faulting

Elevation differences between adjacent slabs at transverse joints. It is usually the result of pumping and is a major source of Portland Concrete pavement structure.

Covered workplace

Establishments, projects sites, and all other places where work is being undertaken wherein the number of employees, nature of operations, and the risks or hazards involved in the business required compliance with the provisions of RA 11058.

4 hrs/day, 3 days/wk

How many hours per day and days per week does a part-time OH personnel should report to the construction site.

2000 vph

Ideal capacity of a road is:

Employer

If an OSH committee was to be formed, who will act as the chairperson?

Spring tide

In many parts of the world, the high waters reach their greatest height and the low waters at the least height, soon after the time of full moon and new moon. These tides are called:

Risk Control

Introduction of measures which will eliminate or reduce the risk of a person being exposed to a hazard.

Risk

It is the probability of harm actually being done.

Rigging

It is the process where a load is prepared for lifting using a lifting machine. The main part of this process is the tying up of the load with sling and other connecting devices so that the load could be hooked onto a crane.

Poisson's Ratio

It is the ratio of the lateral strain to longitudinal strain.

Occupational Safety and Health

It is the recognition and control of hazards in the workplace.

Installing Edges Lines

It is to discourage travel on road shoulders.

Installing Edges Lines

It is to prevent parking at or near intersections.

Installing Edges Lines

It makes driving safer and more assure particularly at night and during inclement weather conditions.

Workability

It refers to how easily freshly mixed concrete can be placed, consolidated and finished with minimal loss of homogeneity.

Safety

It refers to the physical or environmental conditions of work or employment,

Transverse Joints

Joints placed in concrete pavements at right angles to the center line of the pavement is called:

Construction Joint

Joints placed in concrete pavements, which are usually placed transversely across the pavement width to provide suitable transition between concrete placed at different times or on different days.

Contraction Joint

Joints placed in concrete pavements, which are usually placed transversely regular intervals across the width of the pavement to release some of the tensile stresses that are due to a decrease in temperature.

Expansion Joint

Joints placed in concrete pavements, which are usually placed transversely, at regular intervals, to provide adequate expansion space for the slab to expand when the pavement is subjected to an increase in temperature.

Delineators

Light retro-reflecting devices mounted at the side of the roadway, in series, to indicate the roadway alignment.

Blowups

Localized upward buckling and shattering of the slabs at transverse joint or cracks. They can occur when transverse joints are filled with incompressible solid materials.

Risk Assessment

Looking at the possibility of injury or harm occurring to a person if exposed to a hazard.

Surface polish

Loss of original texture due to the traffic action.

Diagonal Markings

Markings which are placed on sealed shoulders or other sealed portion of the road where traffic is not desired. The spacing between bars is generally 6 meters.

Age of the tide

Owing to retardation of the tidal wave in the ocean by frictional force, as the earth revolves daily around its axis and as the tide tends to follow the direction of the moon, the highest tide for each location is not coincident with conjunction and opposition but occurs at some constant time after new and full moon. This interval which may amount to as much as two and a half days is known as:

Sub-Base

Part of road structure which is immediately above the sub-grade and composed of stone boulders or superior soil.

Ocean Ports

Ports of call for large ships or ocean liners.

Inland Port

Ports which are located at the entrance of a river.

Drip Track Raveling

Progressive disintegration of the surface between the wheel paths caused by dripping of gasoline or oil from vehicles.

Quaywall or Bulkhead

Protection walls for quay and wharves for retaining and protecting embankments or retaining fill.

Hazard Identification

Recognizing of things which may cause injury or harm to a person.

Regulatory Signs

Signs that inform road users of the traffic laws and regulations which is disregarded will constitute an offense.

Special Instruction Signs

Signs that instruct road users to meet certain traffic rule requirements on road condition.

Chevron Signs

Signs used to guide drivers through a change in horizontal alignment of the road.

Guide Signs

Signs which inform and advise road users of directions, distances, routes and the location of services for road users and point of interest.

Warning Signs

Signs which warn road users of condition on or adjacent to the road maybe unexpected or hazardous.

Roadwork Signs

Signs which warns or advise temporary hazardous conditions that could endanger road users or the men and equipment engaged on roadworks.

Personal protective equipment

Specialized clothing or equipment designed to protect workers against safety and health hazards that may cause serious workplace injuries and illness, i.e., protection for the body, eyes, head, face, hands, feet, ears, etc.

Equilateral triangle

Standard sign shape for GIVE WAY sign.

Octagon

Standard sign shape for STOP sign.

Resilence

The ability of a material to absorb or store energy without permanent deformation.

Ductility

The ability of a material to undergo plastic deformation without failure under high tensile stresses.

Traffic Capacity

The ability of a roadway to accomodate traffic volume. It is expressed as the maximum number of vehicle in a lane or a road that can pass a given point in unit time.

Mean Sea Level

The average height of the sea for all stages of the tide obtained from systematic observations of sea levels at equal intervals over a long period of time along a given coastline.

Joint spalling

The breakdown or disintegration of slab edges at joints or cracks, usually resulting in the loss of sound concrete and the progressive widening of joint or crack.

Fetch

The distance that the wind blows over the sea in generating the waves is known as:

Bleeding or Flushing

The extruding of bitumen onto the pavement surface, causing a reduction in skid resistance. It is generally caused by excessive amounts of asphalt in the mix or low air voids content. It occurs when asphalt fills the voids in the mix during hot weather and then exudes out onto the surface of the pavement.

Ebb Tide

The falling tide is known as:

Wearing course

The layer in a road pavement which provides resistance to wear and tear due to traffic.

Sub-Grade

The layer of the pavement which finally carries the load from the road.

Pavement

The layered structure placed over a soil sub-grade for forming road.

Practical Capacity

The maximum number of passenger cars that can pass a given point on a lane or roadway during one hour without traffic density being so great as to cause unreasonable delay, hazard, or restrictions to the driver's freedom to maneuver under traffic conditions.

3:1

The most important criteria to consider to avoid safety hazards created by the drainage ditches is the actual reconnaissance survey during wet weather to identify the natural run-out locations. Slopes on the side nearest the road should not be steeper than and preferable flatter as this will minimize accident severity. The slope farthest from the road may be as steep as the ground will permit.

Traffic Volume

The number of vehicles moving in a specified direction on a given lane or roadway that pass a given point during specified unit time.

2.5 seconds

The reaction time used for road safety design.

Tide

The regular periodic rise and fall of the surface of the seas, observable along their shores.

Shared turning and through lane, Flaring and tape, Separate lane for deceleration and storage

The safety of an intersection can be improved by the provision of right and left auxiliary turning lanes. Turning lanes also improve intersection capacity and traffic flow. They are particularly important if the volume of traffic making these moves is high or if the through or oncoming traffic flows are high. Provision for turning lanes can generally be provided in the following ways:

Dikes or Training Wall

These are employed to direct the flow of current in rivers with a view to the establishment of the more favorable and fixed channel and often also to prevent scour and erosion and the carrying away of river banks.

Lighthouse

They are tall tower structures with a marine beacon-light camera lantern on top. They are usually erected on points along the shore to guide ships to a nearby port as well as on reefs, shoals or other points of danger to shipping.

Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)

This entity is responsible for the conduct of continuing studies and research to develop innovative methods, techniques, and approaches for dealing with occupational safety and health problems.

DOLE Secretary

This entity may collect reasonable fees for the inspection of steam boilers, pressure vessels and pipings and electrical installations, the test and approval for safe use of materials, equipment and other safety devices and the approval of plans for such materials, equipment, and devices.

Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)

This entity shall be solely responsible for the administration and enforcement of OSH laws, regulations and standards in all establishments and workplaces.

DOLE Secretary

This entity shall set and enforce mandatory occupational safety and health standards to eliminate or reduce occupational safety and health hazards in all workplaces.

DOLE Department Order no. 198, s. 2018

This policy issuance defines and enumerates the implementing rules and regulations of the act strengthening compliance with OSH standards.

Curing

This should be done during the first seven days in order that the expected development of strength will be obtained and the occurrence of plastic cracks will be prevented or minimized.

Diurnal tide

Tides which occurs only one high tide a day is called:

Raveling

Wearing way of the pavement surface caused by dislodging of aggregated particles and binder. This is usually a result of insufficient asphalt binder in the mix or stripping of asphalt from particles of aggregate.

Orange

What color should be used for alert to designate dangerous parts of machines or energized equipment which may cause injury/hazard?

Red

What color should be used for safety signs relating to fire protection and combustion warning?

White

What color should be used to direct traffic in the workplace?

Seiri, Seiton, Seiso, Seiketsu, Shitsuke

What do the 5S's mean in 5S of good housekeeping?

Neap tide

When the lines connecting the earth with the sun and the moon form a right angle, that is the moon is in its quarters, then the actions of the moon and sun are subtractive, and the lowest tides of the month occur, this is called:

III, IV, and VII only

Which of the above are the minimum requirements for a Safety Officer 3? I. 8-hour OSH orientation II. 2-hour OSH trainer's training III. 40-hour basic OSH training course IV. 48-hour advanced OSH training course V. 80-hour advanced OSH training course VI. 320-hour OSH-related training or experience VII. At least 2-year experience as Safety Officer VIII. At least 4-year experience as Safety Officer 3

III, V, VI, and VIII only

Which of the above are the minimum requirements for a Safety Officer 4? I. 8-hour OSH orientation II. 2-hour OSH trainer's training III. 40-hour basic OSH training course IV. 48-hour advanced OSH training course V. 80-hour advanced OSH training course VI. 320-hour OSH-related training or experience VII. At least 2-year experience as Safety Officer VIII. At least 4-year experience as Safety Officer 3

I and II only

Which of the above are the minimum requirements to be accredited as Safety Officer 1? I. 8-hour OSH orientation II. 2-hour OSH trainer's training III. 40-hour basic OSH training course IV. 48-hour advanced OSH training course V. 80-hour advanced OSH training course VI. 320-hour OSH-related training or experience VII. At least 2-year experience as Safety Officer VIII. At least 4-year experience as Safety Officer 3

Safety Officer

Who should be the secretary of the OSH committee?