Sample Questions Unit 3 and 4

         Unit 3

1) True or false

a) Risk factors can be classified into three groups: Safety conditions, environmental conditions and workload and work organization.

b) The law that regulates the Occupational Health and Safety states is the 13/1995 law from 8^th November.

c) Damages derived from the work are: “any illness, pathology or injury which is contracted as a result of an exposure to risk factors arising from work activity”.

d) Accidents are classified into three groups: Incidents, commuting accidents and intentional accidents.

            2) Relates the following words with their meanings: Safety conditions, Psycho-social elements, incidents, Labour Risk:

                a) The likelihood that a worker may be harmed in their job. In order to classify different kinds of risks, two factors should be jointly taken into account: the probability of the harm being realized and the severity of the harm involved.

b) All the material conditions which may cause working accidents.

c) Communication, interpersonal relationship workers involvement in the company.

d) There is no visible injury or damage, but the outcome could be a minor injury, a serious injury or even fatal injury.

3) Fill the blanks with the following words: workers, deteriorated, periodically, company, assessment, PPE.

The ________ is to be used wherever there exits risks for the ________ which cannot be adequately controlled or diminished in any other way.

The ________ must have a procedure to replace the PPE´s which are ________ or in bad conditions. The PPE ________ should be documented and ________ reviewed.

Unit 4

1) True or false

a) In the Risk Assessment process there are two main steps: first of all the hazards in the workplace are identified; secondly, the risk level is quantified.

b) For a tolerable risk additional controls are required.

c) The probability of occurrence: slightly harmful, harmful and extremely harmful.

d) Any dangerous item mustn´t be replace by another which involves minor or no risk.

2) Relate risks with the measures to be taken: trivial risk, tolerable risk, moderate risk, substancial risk, intolerable risk.

a) Work should not be started until the risk has been reduced.

b) No action is required and no documentary records need to be kept.

c) Work should not be started or continued until the risk has been reduced.

d) Efforts should be made to reduce the risk, but the costs of prevention should be carefully measured and limited.

e) No additional controls are required.

3) Fill the blanks with the following words: health and safety, occupational, assessment, workers, diseases, workplace.

The main aim of Risk ______ is not just to assess the ______ risks, but also to make arrangements for implementing the ______ measures identified as necessary by the risk assessment, and therefore preventing ______ from getting hurt at work or ill through work. It is also an important aim to cut back on the costs which _______ accidents and ______ involved.

Solutions:

UNIT 3

1) a) true, b) false, c) true, d) false

2) a) labour risk, b) safety conditions, c) psycho-social elements, d) incidents

3) PPE, workers, company, deteriorated, assessment, periodically

UNIT 4

1) a) true, b) false, c) false, d) false

2) a) substancial risk, b) trivial risk, c) intolerable risk, d) moderate risk, e) tolerable risk

3) assessment, workplace, health and safety, workers, occupational, diseases.