Knowledge Assessment for

Hazard Awareness and Risk

Assessment

Please write your answers on the separate answer paper

provided

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1. One of the following does not recognized as work place hazards

Hazardous chemicals
A

Fire
B

Falling from Hight

C

D Recording Data

2. Successful hazard recognition depends on?

A Ability to notice what is out of the ordinary in your area

B Call for help

C Find solutions

D Contact your employer

3. the most common causes of injuries and illnesses in the workplace are

Contact with objects and equipment and Fall from heights

A
B Overexertion due to improper lifting
C Harmful substances and environments
D All the above

4. If you are using hazardous chemicals in your area you must:

A Wear PPE and start using them

check the condition of the container, Check the container's label carefully. Is it readable, including the

B name and hazard identification number of the material, and Is there a safety data sheet available for
the chemical
There are no hazards relevant with using Chemicals, they are safe to use
C

D Ask for permission from your supervisor to use the chemical

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 5. What are the ways that harmful substance enters the body

A Inhalation, Absorption, Ingestion, Injection

B Stomach, observation, penetration

C harmful substance cannot enter the human body

D Head, nose, skin, lunges

6. For a fire to start or an explosion to occur, three things must be present:

A Air, wood, cigarette

B Combustible gases, wind, fire

C H2S, benzene, oxygen

D Oxygen, Fuel, Source of ignition

7. The main causes of falls from height are

A Failing to recognize the risk

B Not providing adequate information, training, instruction, or supervision

C Not using lifting equipment properly

D All the above

8. There are two main causes of hearing damage:

A Explosion and gunfire

B Loud music and loud machinery

the long-term, cumulative effect of exposure to loud noise, and short-term Exposure to one-off loud
C
bangs or extreme noise

D high noise and low noise

9. What are some of the ways that Moving machinery can cause injuries to workers:

A People can be struck and injured by moving parts of machinery or ejected material

B Sharp edges can cause cuts and severing injuries

C People can be crushed, both between parts moving together or towards a fixed part of the machine

D All the above

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10. Most transport-related accidents involve people being injured because of:

Being hit or run over by moving vehicles, being struck by objects falling from vehicles, falling from
A vehicles while loading or unloading

B Driver behaviour, Road condition

C Wet or slippery surfaces, bad transportation technique

D Time rush, speed

11. Exposure to vibration at work can occur in two main ways:

A Using allot of tools at the work place, not using PPE

B Vehicle vibration, machinery vibration

C Earthquakes, and hurricanes

D Hand–arm vibration (HAV), Whole-body vibration (WBV)

12. A confined space is defined as:

A fully or partially enclosed space where there is a risk of serious injury from hazardous substances
A
or conditions within or nearby.

B The inside of tanks with low amount of oxygen (O2)

C Any fully closed space that are present at your work area

D An open area with good ventilation

13. Recognizing hazards would help in?

A Reduce Employees injury and illness

B Increasing the percentage of death

C High levels of pollution

D Destroy the organization

14. Risk is described as:

A the likelihood (or chance) of harm and the severity (how bad) its consequences

B The frequency and time of exposure

C The likelihood of that harm occurring

D The potential severity of that harm

15. What is the first step of a Risk Assessment

A Control Risk

B Evaluate Risks

C Hazard Identification

D Engineering Controls

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16. To control a risk, you must think about? (Hierarchy of Control)

A Eliminating the risk, Substitute the Risk, Engineered controls, Administrative controls, PPE

B Know the risk, find controls, use controls

C Get away from the risk

D Make other workers deal with the risk not you

17. Carrying out a risk assessment needs? (RA stages )

A identify the risk

B Estimate, and evaluate the risk

C Record and review your findings

D All the above

18. The main purpose of risk control is to?

A Eliminating or minimising the risk

B Develop the risk

C Solving the problems that produced the risk

D None of the Above