4 - Unit review exercises

Question 1

70. (835) Which organization is responsible for the overall management of the Confined Space Program?
    a. Public health (PH).
    b. Ground safety.
    c. Fire and emergency services (FES).
    d. Bioenvironmental engineering (BE).

Answer 1

Ground safety.

Question 2

71. (835) Before a worker can perform verification testing of a confined space, they must be
    a. able to identify and evaluate hazards in the space using specific testing equipment.
    b. able to evaluate hazards in the space and perform emergency rescue procedures.
    c. be trained and certified on the specific testing equipment and emergency rescue procedures.
    d. be trained and certified on the specific testing equipment and qualified to interpret the results.

Answer 2

be trained and certified on the specific testing equipment and qualified to interpret the results.

Question 3

72. (836) Which atmospheric characteristics classify a confined space as permit-required?
    a. No recognized safety or health hazards.
    b. The oxygen level is between 19.5 percent and 23.5 percent.
    c. No credible potential for hazardous atmosphere engulfment or entrapment.
    d. Contains a material that has the potential for a hazardous atmosphere to develop.

Answer 3

Contains a material that has the potential for a hazardous atmosphere to develop.

Question 4

73. (837) Which gas should be used to ventilate a confined space?
    a. Air with more than 23.5 percent oxygen.
    b. Pure nitrogen.
    c. Pure oxygen.
    d. Normal air.

Answer 4

Normal air.

Question 5

74. (837) If workers or other people could inadvertently enter a permit-required confined space, what action must be taken?
    a. Post an observer at the entrance to redirect people.
    b. Post a danger sign at the entrance of the space.
    c. Place a barrier at the entrance of the space.
    d. Increase atmospheric testing frequency.

Answer 5

Post a danger sign at the entrance of the space.

Question 6

75. (838) Entry permits must be approved by the installation
    a. bioenvironmental engineering (BE), public health (PH), and civil engineering (CE).
    b. BE, commander, and CE.
    c. ground safety office, BE, and fire department personnel.
    d. ground safety, public health, and CE.

Answer 6

ground safety office, BE, and fire department personnel.

Question 7

76. (839) Which situation is most likely to require immediate communication?
    a. You have identified conditions that are immediately hazardous to life or health.
    b. Routine health risk assessment (HRA).
    c. Special health risk assessment.
    d. All of the above.

Answer 7

You have identified conditions that are immediately hazardous to life or health.

Question 8

77. (840) All of these are goals of risk communication except for
    a. frightening workers into personal protective equipment (PPE) donning and doffing compliance.
    b. informing and improving decision making.
    c. raising awareness of potential hazards.
    d. motivating action.

Answer 8

frightening workers into personal protective equipment (PPE) donning and doffing compliance.

Question 9

78. (840) In developing your message and determining how to deliver it, what question should you
    ask about the audience?
    a. What is their experience with risk and scientific understanding?
    b. What questions can you anticipate from them?
    c. What is their reading level?
    d. All of the above.

Answer 9

All of the above.

Question 10

79. (841) AFI 90–821, Hazard Communication (HAZCOM) Program, describes the requirements of
    which federal regulation?
    a. Title 29 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 1903.
    b. Title 30 CFR 75.1903.
    c. Title 30 CFR 75.1200.
    d. Title 29 CFR 1910.1200.

Answer 10

Title 29 CFR 1910.1200.

Question 11

80. (841) To which of the following items do AFI 90–821, Hazard Communication (HAZCOM)
    Program, requirements not apply?
    a. Hazardous wastes regulated under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).
    b. Tobacco or tobacco products.
    c. Biological hazards.
    d. All of the above.

Answer 11

All of the above.

Question 12

81. (841) Select the best option for items to which hazard communication (HAZCOM) labeling
    requirements do apply.
    a. Any chemical substance when subject to the labeling requirements of the Toxic Substances
    Control Act (TSCA).
    b. Any Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) expanded standard.
    c. Any pesticide when subject to labeling requirements of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
    Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).
    d. Distilled spirits.

Answer 12

Any Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) expanded standard.

Question 13

82. (842) Which individual/office has the primary responsibility of documenting worker hazard
    communication (HAZCOM) training completion?
    a. Bioenvironmental engineering (BE).
    b. Public health (PH).
    c. Wing/installation commander.
    d. Work area/shop supervisor.

Answer 13

Work area/shop supervisor.

Question 14

83. (843) Upon your arrival, the hazard communication (HAZCOM) program manager for the shop
    provides you with the chemical inventory. Which chemicals should be listed on this inventory?
    a. Every chemical used on the base.
    b. Every chemical used in the wing.
    c. Every chemical used in the shop.
    d. Every chemical used in the unit.

Answer 14

Every chemical used in the shop.

Question 15

84. (844) Written notification of exposures exceeding the action level or occupational exposure limit
    (OEL) must be provided to the worker by bioenvironmental engineering (BE) within how many
    days of receiving analytical data?
    a. 2.
    b. 7.
    c. 15.
    d. 30.

Answer 15

15.

Question 16

85. (845) How do supervisors obtain authorization for first time use of hazardous material
    (HAZMAT) in their area?
    a. Submit Air Force (AF) Form 3952.
    b. No authorization is required.
    c. Submit Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Form 8700–12.
    d. None of the above.

Answer 16

Submit Air Force (AF) Form 3952.