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CSP 11 Work Environments Study Questions

1. Which angle is appropriate for stairways?

A. 20o
B. 40o
C. 60o
D. 80o

2. What is the required overlap on the sections of a 50 foot extension ladder?

A. 3 ft
B. 4 ft
C. 5 ft
D. 6 ft

3. A 12 foot fixed industrial ladders is required to

A. have a cage.
B. have a landing at the 8 ft height.
C. be at a 90o angle.
D. have uniform spaced rungs.

4. A scaffold must be inspected by

A. a competent person.
B. a professional engineer.
C. a certified safety professional.
D. OSHA.

5. The front edge of a scaffold shall be no more than ______ from the work surface.

A. 20 inches
B. 18 inches
C. 16 inches
D. 14 inches

6. Supported scaffold must

A. be plumbed and braced.

B. have a height to base ratio of 6:1.
C. tied off to a support every 5 feet.
D. have a fire escape.
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7. An important consideration for a two-point swing scaffold is

A. personal protective equipment.

B. sunscreen protection.
C. the stability of the soil.
D. the length of rope and the height of the building.

8. Which color is generally used to indicate a state of caution?

A. Red
B. Yellow
C. Green
D. Magenta

9. Plant walkways should be constructed from

A. Wood
B. Gravel
C. Plastic
D. Concrete

10. The organization that sets standards for plant railways is

A. AREA
B. ASME
C. ACGIH
D. ANSI

11. Name common risk factors for MSDs of common home office set ups.

A. Repetitive motion, Mold, Joint Deviation

B. Repetitive motion, Joint Deviation, Space Confinement
C. Excess Force, Joint Deviation, Space Confinement
D. Excess Force, Mold, Space confinement

12. Repetitive motions of the hand or wrist are likely to cause which MSD?

A. DeQuervain’s Syndrome
B. Epicondylitis
C. Tendosynovitis
D. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

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13. What motions may cause epicondylitis?

A. Extreme vibration in the hands and wrists

B. Impacting or jerking throwing motions
C. Total body vibration
D. Gripping and hand twisting motions

14. Name precautions necessary to minimize lower back pain.

A. Maintain an upright posture, use chair with lumbar support, get up and walk
throughout the day
B. Sit for prolonged periods, use chair with lumbar support, sleep on a water
mattress
C. Maintain an upright posture, avoid gripping and hand twisting motions, use chair
with lumbar support.
D. Use chair with lumbar support, visit a chiropractor annually, get up and walk
throughout the day.

15. Name the significant parts of an ergonomics program.

A. Establish ergonomics team, hire an outside consultant, correct problems identified

by consultant.
B. Train personnel on ergonomics, identify, evaluate workplace, submit identified
problems to management.
C. Establish ergonomics team, train personnel, find a new job at a place without
ergonomic issues
D. Establish ergonomics team, train personnel, identify, evaluate and correct
problems

16. Work stations should be designed to:

A. maximize required static forces of the operator.

B. fit the body size for people in the 5th percentile of the population.
C. require persons sit in a specific (good) posture.
D. minimize required static forces of the operator.

17. What is the best viewing angle for the center of a computer video monitor?

A. 15 degrees above the horizontal

B. 30 degrees above the horizontal
C. 15 degrees below the horizontal
D. 30 degrees below the horizontal

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18. Computer keyboards should be

A. placed slightly off center to the right.

B. placed slightly off center to the left.
C. placed directly in front.
D. placed slightly below elbow height.

19. A job task requires employees to manually load 40 lb. bags of grain onto pallets. It is
difficult to get a good grip on each bag. The bags must be lifted from the floor to the
pallet. The maximum height of the bags on the pallet is 36”. Employees are able to pick
up the bags directly in front of them. The bags are 10” in front. There are 40 bags per
pallet, and employees spend 2 hours each shift loading pallets. Each employee loads 5
pallets per shift. What is the NIOSH lifting index?

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20. A job task requires employees to manually inspect finished parts. The part must be
picked off the conveyor belt and closely examined on an inspection table. The belt is 75
cm off the floor. The inspection table is 90 cm off the floor. Employees must reach
about 15 degrees to the side to pick up each part. The conveyor belt is about 25 cm in
front of the employees. Employees must inspect 500 parts during each 8 hour shift. Each
part weighs 10 kg. What is the NIOSH lifting index?

Extra review:

21. A substance is stored in a pressurized container at normal temperatures has a vapor

pressure of 5168 mm Hg and a vapor density of 2.4. How is this substance likely to
behave if the container is damaged and the contents are released?

A. The contents will rise and disperse easily into the atmosphere.
B. The contents will sink and stay low to the ground.
C. The contents will solidify into a powder on the ground.
D. The contents will mix easily with the air neither rising into the atmosphere nor
sinking and staying low to the ground.

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22. A room is 100 ft x 50 ft x 20 ft. There is an open vat of toluene (C7H8 ) solvent in the
room evaporating at 2 pints/minute. The room has a mixing factor of 2. Toluene has a
specific gravity of 0.87. The OSHA PEL for toluene is 200 ppm. What is the minimum
required airflow to stay within the OSHA regulations?

Molecular weight of carbon = 12.0

Molecular weight of hydrogen = 1.0

A. 38,100 cfm
B. 76,200 cfm
C. 162,000 cfm
D. 832,000 cfm

23. An industrial hygienist samples for asbestos with a pump pulling 1 liter/min for 4 hours
35 minutes. The lab counted a total of 3500 asbestos fibers on the filter. What is the
asbestos concentration in the room?

A. 0.01 f/cc
B. 1.2 f/cc
C. 12 f/cc
D. 120 f/cc

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