1- Unit Review Exercises

Question 1

The process of determining the level of risk to health is called
a. health risk assessment (HRA).
b. risk management (RM) principles.
c. Air Force risk management.
d. combat and operational capability control.

Answer 1

a. health risk assessment (HRA)

Question 2

What are the four aerospace medicine enterprise (AME) mission areas?
a. Prevent casualties, provide workplace safety and fitness programs, develop and deliver
occupational preventive measures, and optimize human performance.
b. Manage risk, administer occupational and environmental health (OEH) programs, prevent
casualties, and promote and sustain a healthy and fit force.
c. Promote and sustain a medically ready force, prevent illness and injury, restore health, and
optimize and sustain human performance.
d. Administer health risk assessments (HRA), restore health, optimize human performance, and
manage risk.

Answer 2

C) Promote and sustain a medically ready force, prevent illness and injury, restore health, and optimize and sustain human performance

Question 2

Which publication provides foundational instructions and implementation procedures for the
overall Air Force Occupational and Environmental Health (OEH) Program?
a. Air Force Manual (AFMAN) 48–154, Occupational and Environmental Health Site Assessment.
b. Air Force Instruction (AFI) 48–145, Occupational and Environmental Health Program.
c. AFMAN 91–203, Air Force Occupational Safety, Fire, and Health Standards.
d. AFI 90–802, Risk Management.

Answer 2

b. Air Force Instruction (AFI) 48–145, Occupational and Environmental Health Program.

Question 3

According to Air Force Instruction (AFI) 48–145, Occupational and Environmental Health
Program, a work place is defined as
a. a place where people work.
b. any environment where mission-related activities are taking place.
c. any environment where military personnel have been charged to perform tasks.
d. any occupational environment where a potential occupational and environmental health (OEH)
exposure may occur.

Answer 3

d. any occupational environment where a potential occupational and environmental health (OEH)
exposure may occur.

Question 4

What is the main objective of the Air Force Occupational and Environmental Health (OEH)
Program?
a. Evaluate risks related to environmental health issues and resulting adverse outcomes.
b. Emphasize workplace safety, fitness, and preparedness to enhance Air Force (AF) resources.
c. Identify hazards, assess the significance of each risk, and control every hazard.
d. Protect health while enhancing combat and operational capabilities.

Answer 4

d. Protect health while enhancing combat and operational capabilities.

Question 5

Which title of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) deals with protecting human health
and welfare as related to the work place?
a. Title 10, Energy.
b. Title 29, Labor.
c. Title 49, Transportation.
d. Title 40, Protection of Environment.

Answer 5

b. Title 29, Labor.

Question 6

How are the four modules of the Defense Occupational and Environmental Health Readiness
System (DOEHRS) organized?
a. Industrial Hygiene, Workplace Assessment, Workplace Monitoring, Personal Protective
Equipment (PPE).
b. Industrial Hygiene, Potential Health Hazards, Radioactive Materials, and Personal Profiles.
c. Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Health, Radiation, and Incident Reporting.
d. Industry Records, Environmental Health, Records, and Compliance.

Answer 6

c. Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Health, Radiation, and Incident Reporting.

Question 7

Bioenvironmental engineering (BE) personnel use the Defense Occupational and
Environmental Health Readiness System (DOEHRS) for the primary purpose of
a. updating personnel occupational duty records.
b. recommending disciplinary action for workplace noncompliance.
c. documenting all information relating to occupational and environmental health (OEH) health
risk assessments.
d. reviewing new processes or operations at the earliest feasible stage to prevent or control
potential OEH hazards.

Answer 7

c. documenting all information relating to occupational and environmental health (OEH) health
risk assessments.

Question 8

Which term refers to the Defense Occupational and Environmental Health Readiness System
(DOEHRS) data stored on an individual worker’s history of pre-deployment, deployment, and
post-deployment exposures?
a. Routine exposure record.
b. Vertical record of exposure.
c. Longitudinal exposure record.
d. Historical exposure data record.

Answer 8

c. Longitudinal exposure record.

Question 9

Health risk assessments (HRA) are performed to
a. estimate the operational risk for equipment damage from exposure to hazards.
b. determine whether in-garrison or deployed control standards should be implemented.
c. estimate the level of damage or injury to human health that may result from exposure to a
hazard.
d. record data for annual reporting to Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
and federal authorities for review.

Answer 9

c. estimate the level of damage or injury to human health that may result from exposure to a
hazard.

Question 10

Providing personal protective equipment (PPE) is a potential action that might take place
during which step of the risk management (RM) process?
a. Anticipate and identify hazards.
b. Supervise and evaluate.
c. Implement controls.
d. Assess hazards.

Answer 10

c. Implement controls.

Question 11

Which is not a role of bioenvironmental engineering (BE) in the health risk assessment and
health risk management (HRA/HRM) process?
a. Determine appropriate control options.
b. Identify and analyze occupational and environmental health (OEH) risks.
c. Communicate information through the appropriate chain of command.
d. Evaluate personnel on compliance of personal protective equipment (PPE) and safety
procedures.

Answer 11

d. Evaluate personnel on compliance of personal protective equipment (PPE) and safety
procedures.