Transcript Settler: Code Breaker - North Birmingham Academy

Monday, 06 July 2015
Health & Safety
Examination Practice
Under section 2 of the Health & Safety at work
act 1974 the employer is required to prepare
an issue a written statement of general safety
policy where number of workers employed is:
A.
B.
C.
D.
1
2
4
5
To determine liability in negligence the
employee must prove that the accident was.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Serious
Reasonably foreseeable
A natural consequence
Avoidable
An employee is injured after slipping on an icy
path leading to the workplace, the employer
was negligent because:
A. The path was not permanently covered
B. The path was made from concrete
C. Employees should have been given the
day off
D. It is reasonably foreseeable someone may
have slipped
Employees seeking guidance on Health &
safety should contact:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Their local Councillor
The HSE
The Police
Their MP
Section 7 of the Hasawah 1974 requires:
A. Employee take reasonable care of themselves and
others
B. Contractors take care of their employees
C. Visitors to take care of themselves while on site
D. Employers to ensure the safety of employees
Legal obligations with a regard to safety at
work concerns:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Only the employer
Only the employee
Both employer and employee
Neither employer nor employee
Under the workplace Health and Safety and
welfare regulations 1992, glass doors must be:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Tinted Green
Smoked Glass
Double Glazed
Clearly Marked
Employers must provide:
A.
B.
C.
D.
A choice of hot meals
Suitable facilities for employees to eat
Hot drinks machines in all work areas
Only cold food
All work equipment must be:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Maintained
Replaced every 6 months
Replaced annually
Returned to the supplier every 6 months
The main reason for regular safety checks on
work equipment is to:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Avoid prosecution
Maintain safety records
To ensure the safety of workers
Reduce maintenance cost
Portable electrical equipment must be:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Test as soon as it is purchased
Tested annually
Tested every 6 months
Tested to ensure it is safe
Display screen equipment users must be
provided with:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Regular breaks or changes of activity
Comfortable clothing
Up to date software programs
Separate office accommodation
Induction training should always include
information on:
A.
B.
C.
D.
How to administer basic First Aid
How to obtain First Aid treatment
Using the contents of a first Aid Box
Resuscitation technique
To ensure effective communication instructions
should be:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Written
Verbal
A mixture of written and verbal
Appropriate to the receiver
When employees have to wear protective
clothing, provisions must be made for them to:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Keep it clean
Change on the shop floor
Change in a changing room
Keep it in their work area
Employees can be protected from excessive
machine noise by:
A. Encouraging them to bring in radios
B. Providing advice and guidance on the use
of PPE
C. Providing ear defenders
D. Providing a safety helmet
Safety glasses must be worn by:
A. Employees operating machinery
B. Everyone on the premises
C. Anyone in a workshop area where
machinery is being used
D. Students working on placement
PPE is used to:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Enhance employee’s appearance
Keep down insurance premiums
Ensure employers don’t get prosecuted
Prevent employees being injured
Accident statistics must be produced by an
organisation to:
A. Monitor effectiveness of control
measures
B. Produce safety committee reports
C. For inclusion in the annual reports
D. Publish in newsletters
One of the two fundamental causes of
accidents is:
A.
B.
C.
D.
The introduction of new machinery
Changes to working practices
Unsafe acts
Change in working environment
The correct procedure to follow if a colleague
has lost consciousness following an accident is
to:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Cover with a blanket
Put in the recovery position and get help
Help to sit up and then get help
Give reassurance and sips of fluid
A correct procedure when applying mouth to
mouth artificial respiration is to:
A. To ensure the patients tongue is forward and the
airway is clear
B. Keep your arms stiff and rock forward so that your
weight depresses the patients chest
C. Depress the patients chest 5 times at 1 sec intervals
D. Support the patients neck and press the top of the
head forward
Minor accidents which are not reportable to
the HSE:
A. Should not be reported because it inflates the
organisations accident rate.
B. Must be reported and investigated to ensure Health
and Safety controls are adequate
C. Must be reported in the internal Accident book but
no further action taken
D. Should be ignored as no serious harm has occurred
It is a legal requirement under Ridor to report:
A. All accidents which result in person injury
B. Any minor injury which requires First Aid
C. Incidents which result in a person losing one days
pay of work
D. Incidents which cause a person to be off work for at
least three days
When fire risk assessments are undertaken
they must consider:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Measured control room temperature
Appointment of fire Marshalls
Assessment of emergency stock controls
Conditions of doors and windows
The factors which allow a fire to start are:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Oxygen, heat and fuel
Fuel, oxygen and steam
Electricity, fuel and heat
Carbon, heat and dust
Fire escape routes must be equipped with:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Hose reels
Fire fighters axes
Emergency lighting
First aid boxes
Induction information for all new staff must
include:
A. Specific details relating to machine guarding
B. What to do in the advent of hearing a fire
alarm
C. The MELS for all chemical sorted in the
organisation
D. How to lift heavy loads
A fire induction program must include
information on:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Where to obtain First Aid
What to do if the alarm is heard
Smoking policies
Portable electrical equipment testing
When fire risk assessments are undertaken
they must consider:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Assessment of emergency stocks controls
Condition of windows and doors
Amount of fire warning notices
Measures to control room temperature
Under COSHH regulations employers must
assess risk from:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Insects and bugs
Radioactive material
Flies and wasps
Microbiological agents
The legislation that applies to controlling risk
would create a statutory nuisance is:
A. The work place, Health and safety and
welfare (regulations 1999)
B. The controlled substance hazardous to
health (regulations 1994)
C. The construction design and management
(regulations)
D. Environmental protection act 1990
Under COSHH stocks of toxic chemicals used in
laboratory work must be stored:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Under the laboratory bench
In general storage with cleaning materials
Locked in secure and control areas
Outside the building
Under COSHH regulations instruction in the use
of hazardous substances must be followed to:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Avoid high usage rates of chemicals
Safeguard against harmful effects
Minimise waste disposal costs
Ensure finished products are acceptable
Particular care must be taken when
moving/lifting containers of liquid to avoid
manual handling injuries because the:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Liquid may be corrosive
Liquid maybe highly inflammable
The centre of gravity may shift
Liquid maybe toxic
Under the requirements of the lifting
operations and lifting equipment regulations
1998 overhead cranes must be:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Marked with a safe working load
Fitted with warning lights
Tested every month
Regularly greased
Manual handling will usually be undertaken by:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Office workers
Warehouse employees
Fork lift truck drivers
Electricians
To achieve a good balance when lifting and
manually handling the feet should be placed:
A.
B.
C.
D.
As close together as possible
As wide apart as possible
With one foot on the load to steady it
With one foot slightly to the rear
The manually handling assessment must
consider:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Individual capacities
Noise levels
A persons age
Attendance of training courses
The patient hoist would be considered as:
A.
B.
C.
D.
A mechanical handling device
A aid to comfort
Protective equipment
A medical appliance
If you were manual handling what PPE would
be most appropriate ?:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Hard hat
Gloves
Apron
Steel toe capped boots
When he is the SOUL AUTHOR OF HIS
OWN MISFORTUNE.
100% to blame.
A Waste
Management
Licence
Holder.
If you were working on scaffolding which PPE
would be most appropriate ?:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Hard hat
Gloves
Goggles
Safety harness