CPE 045: Basic Occupational Health and Safety 1st Period: QUIZ 1.1

Question 1

It is a discipline with a broad scope involving protecting and improving the health of people at their workplace.

Answer 1

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY

Question 2

It deals with understanding the causes of accidents at work and ways to prevent unsafe act and unsafe conditions in any workspace.

Answer 2

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY

Question 3

A broad concept which explains how the different hazards and risks at work may cause an illness and emphasizes that health programs are essential in controlling work-related and/or occupational diseases.

Answer 3

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Question 4

A source or situation with a potential to cause harm in terms of injury, ill health, damage to property, damage to the environment or a combination of these.

Answer 4

HAZARD

Question 5

This is referred to as “any human action that violates a commonly accepted safe work procedure or standard operating procedure”.

Answer 5

UNSAFE / UNHEALTHY ACT

Question 6

These are materials that ignite easily and burn rapidly at relatively low temperatures such as gasoline, alcohol and acetone.

Answer 6

FAMMABLE MATERIALS

Question 7

. A condition where broken stairs, slippery surfaces, or loose cables create tripping hazards.

Answer 7

UNSAFE CONDITIONS

Question 8

It is an unexpected, unforeseen, unplanned and unwanted occurrence or event that causes damage or loss of materials or properties, injury or death.

Answer 8

ACCIDENT

Question 9

There are three classifications of accident, where does death, injury, pain, disease, damage, loss or fear belong to?

Answer 9

IMMEDIATE

Question 10

The type of hazard that includes improper storage of combustible materials or faulty electrical wiring.

Answer 10

FIRE HAZARD

Question 11

Accumulated clutter in a workspace that presents fire, tripping or health hazards.

Answer 11

POOR HOUSEKEEPING

Question 12

This is defined as the physical or chemical property of a material, machine or the environment which could possibly cause injury to people, damage to property, disrupt operations in a plant or office or other forms of losses.

Answer 12

UNSAFE / UNHEALTHY CONDITION

Question 13

This type of fire extinguisher can extinguish fire class A, B, C and D.

Answer 13

ABC FIRE EXTINGUISHER OR ABC POWDER

Question 14

There are three classifications of accident, where does disability, suffering and lost income belong to?

Answer 14

LONG TERM

Question 15

According to Herbert William Heinrich, there are three direct causes of accidents namely unsafe conditions, unsafe acts and ___________.

Answer 15

ACTS OF GOD or NON-PREVENTABLE

Question 16

This type of fire results from igniting cooking oils or fats and requires specialized extinguisher.

Answer 16

CLASS K

Question 17

Activities undertaken to create or maintain an orderly, clean, tidy and safe working environment.

Answer 17

WORKPLACE HOUSEKEEPING

Question 18

This term describes the three elements – heat, fuel and oxygen that sustains a fire.

Answer 18

. FIRE TRAINGLE

Question 19

Flammable materials such as paper, wood, or fabric are categorized as hazards under what fire class?

Answer 19

CLASS A

Question 20

Open flame, smoking, hot surfaces and static charge are all sources of?

Answer 20

HEAT

Question 21

These are materials that ignite easily and burn rapidly at relatively low temperatures such as gasoline, alcohol and acetone.

Answer 21

FAMMABLE MATERIALS

Question 22

A source or situation with a potential to cause harm in terms of injury, ill health, damage to property, damage to the environment or a combination of these.

Answer 22

HAZARD

Question 23

. A Japanese concept that aims to optimize time for production, is a very practical, simple and proven approach to improving housekeeping in a workplace.

Answer 23

5S

Question 24

Failing to report hazard.

Answer 24

UNSAFE ACT

Question 25

Accumulation of waste and debris.

Answer 25

HOUSEKEEPING

Question 26

Using equipment for purposes other than intended.

Answer 26

UNSAFE ACT

Question 27

. Improperly discarding smoking materials.

Answer 27

FIRE SAFETY

Question 28

Operating machinery without proper training.

Answer 28

UNSAFE ACT

Question 29

Overloading electrical circuits.

Answer 29

USAFE CONDITION

Question 30

. Spills and leaks not cleaned up promptly.

Answer 30

HOUSEKEEPING

Question 31

In adequate ventilation.

Answer 31

UNSAFE CONDITION

Question 32

. Improper storage of flammable materials.

Answer 32

FIRE SAFETY

Question 33

Cords and hoses running across walkways.

Answer 33

UNSAFE CONDITION