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Occupational Health and Safety

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Occupational health and safety involve identifying workplace hazards, implementing protective equipment, and establishing administrative controls to prevent accidents. These questions cover mitigation measures, risk reduction, and safety best practices. This material is useful for RRB, SSC, and state-level technical or general awareness exams.

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Occupational Health and Safety Questions

Multiple choice technology testing

What are the 2 major components taken into consideration with risk analysis?

  1. The probability the negative event will occur

  2. The potential loss or impact associated with the event

  3. Both a and b

  4. Neither a nor b
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Risk analysis fundamentally evaluates two dimensions: likelihood and impact. The probability of a negative event occurring (Option A) must be weighed against the potential loss or damage that would result if it did happen (Option B). This probability-impact matrix forms the basis of all risk assessment frameworks - without knowing both factors, you cannot prioritize risks effectively.

Multiple choice technology testing

What determines the level of risk

  1. The cost of dealing with an adverse event if it occurs

  2. The probability that an adverse event will occur

  3. The amount of testing planned before release of a system

  4. The likelihood of an adverse event and the impact of the event
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

To understand what determines the level of risk, the user needs to know what risk is and how it is measured. In general, risk is the likelihood that an event will occur and its potential impact.

Now, let's go through each option and explain why it is right or wrong:

A. The cost of dealing with an adverse event if it occurs: This option is partially correct but incomplete. The cost of dealing with an adverse event is a factor in determining the level of risk, as it is related to the impact of the event. However, it does not take into account the likelihood of the event occurring.

B. The probability that an adverse event will occur: This option is partially correct but incomplete. The probability of an adverse event occurring is a factor in determining the level of risk, as it is related to the likelihood of the event. However, it does not take into account the potential impact of the event.

C. The amount of testing planned before release of a system: This option is incorrect. While testing is an important aspect of risk management, the amount of testing planned does not determine the level of risk. Testing helps to identify and mitigate potential risks, but it does not impact the inherent risk level.

D. The likelihood of an adverse event and the impact of the event: This option is correct. The level of risk is determined by both the likelihood of an adverse event and the potential impact of the event. The likelihood and impact are often combined to create a risk rating or score, which is used to prioritize risk mitigation efforts.

Therefore, the correct answer is: D. The likelihood of an adverse event and the impact of the event.

Multiple choice technology testing

Quality Assurance Methods are usually considered :

  1. Detective

  2. Preventive

  3. Corrective

  4. Protective
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Quality Assurance (QA) focuses on preventing defects through process improvement, standards, and guidelines implemented BEFORE testing begins. QA methods like audits, reviews, and training are preventive by nature. This distinguishes QA from Quality Control (QC), which detects defects through testing.

Multiple choice technology testing

Quality Assurance Methods are usually considered :

  1. Detective

  2. Preventive

  3. Corrective

  4. Protective
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

This is an exact duplicate of question 159088. Quality Assurance (QA) focuses on preventing defects through process improvement, standards, and guidelines implemented BEFORE testing begins. QA methods like audits, reviews, and training are preventive by nature. This distinguishes QA from Quality Control (QC), which detects defects through testing.

Multiple choice technology testing

Which of the following is not covered in Incident Management?

  1. Status of incident

  2. Solution to the Incident

  3. References to Incident

  4. Expected and actual results
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Incident Management covers tracking incident status, maintaining references to related incidents, and documenting expected versus actual results. However, finding the solution to an incident is typically handled by Problem Management, which investigates root causes.

Multiple choice

Directions: Answer the following question with the appropriate information from the reading passage. Mark

True, if the statement agrees with the information False, if the statement contradicts the information Not Given, if there is no information given in the passage

An injury due to which an employee takes leave for more than three consecutive days must be reported.

Directions: Choose the most correct answer based on the given reading.

Every employer has a duty to protect his employees and inform them about health and safety issues that may affect them. He also has a legal obligation to pay his employees statutory sick pay, or contractual sick pay if they are entitled to the same. Apart from this, every employer needs to report serious work-related accidents, diseases and dangerous incidents to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) of the Incident Contact Centre. He must report all deaths, major injuries (for example, a broken arm or broken ribs) and an injury/disease which hinders an employee’s normal functioning at his job for more than three days.

Every employer has to carry out a risk assessment in order to address health and safety issues of his employees and visitors. He should make sure that sufficient first aid equipment is made available. Employees themselves must also take reasonable care over their own health and safety.

Any injury even if it is minor should be recorded in employer’s 'accident book'. All employers, except those owning very small companies, must keep an accident book. It's mainly for the benefit of employees, as it provides a useful record of happenings and events occurring in an organization.  It is also beneficial in cases where an employee needs to take some time off the work and subsequently wishes to claim compensation. Moreover, it helps the employer in taking action to stop accidents in future.

In case an employee needs some time off because of an accident at work, he will have the right to apply for statutory sick pay only. However, an employer may have a scheme for paying more for leave due to accident, or may even decide to pay extra at his discretion.

In case an employee gets injured at work place and wants to make a claim for compensation, the claim must be made within three years of the date of the accident. For that, he may need the services of a lawyer. In case, the employee is a member of a trade union, he may also take the help of its legal services.

 

  1. True

  2. False

  3. Not Given
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The passage does not specify whether the days of leave should be consecutive

Multiple choice

Directions: Answer the following question with the appropriate information from the reading passage. Mark

True, if the statement agrees with the information False, if the statement contradicts the information Not Given, if there is no information given in the passage

Risk assessment has to be carried out using first aid equipment, in order to settle health and safety related issues of employees.

Directions: Choose the most correct answer based on the given reading.

Every employer has a duty to protect his employees and inform them about health and safety issues that may affect them. He also has a legal obligation to pay his employees statutory sick pay, or contractual sick pay if they are entitled to the same. Apart from this, every employer needs to report serious work-related accidents, diseases and dangerous incidents to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) of the Incident Contact Centre. He must report all deaths, major injuries (for example, a broken arm or broken ribs) and an injury/disease which hinders an employee’s normal functioning at his job for more than three days.

Every employer has to carry out a risk assessment in order to address health and safety issues of his employees and visitors. He should make sure that sufficient first aid equipment is made available. Employees themselves must also take reasonable care over their own health and safety.

Any injury even if it is minor should be recorded in employer’s 'accident book'. All employers, except those owning very small companies, must keep an accident book. It's mainly for the benefit of employees, as it provides a useful record of happenings and events occurring in an organization.  It is also beneficial in cases where an employee needs to take some time off the work and subsequently wishes to claim compensation. Moreover, it helps the employer in taking action to stop accidents in future.

In case an employee needs some time off because of an accident at work, he will have the right to apply for statutory sick pay only. However, an employer may have a scheme for paying more for leave due to accident, or may even decide to pay extra at his discretion.

In case an employee gets injured at work place and wants to make a claim for compensation, the claim must be made within three years of the date of the accident. For that, he may need the services of a lawyer. In case, the employee is a member of a trade union, he may also take the help of its legal services.

 

  1. True

  2. False

  3. Not Given
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The passage does not seek to relate risk assessment and first aid equipment

Multiple choice

Directions: Answer the following question with the appropriate information from the reading passage. Mark

True, if the statement agrees with the information False, if the statement contradicts the information Not Given, if there is no information given in the passage

The 'accident book' needs to be maintained solely to provide a record of minor accidents.

Directions: Choose the most correct answer based on the given reading.

Every employer has a duty to protect his employees and inform them about health and safety issues that may affect them. He also has a legal obligation to pay his employees statutory sick pay, or contractual sick pay if they are entitled to the same. Apart from this, every employer needs to report serious work-related accidents, diseases and dangerous incidents to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) of the Incident Contact Centre. He must report all deaths, major injuries (for example, a broken arm or broken ribs) and an injury/disease which hinders an employee’s normal functioning at his job for more than three days.

Every employer has to carry out a risk assessment in order to address health and safety issues of his employees and visitors. He should make sure that sufficient first aid equipment is made available. Employees themselves must also take reasonable care over their own health and safety.

Any injury even if it is minor should be recorded in employer’s 'accident book'. All employers, except those owning very small companies, must keep an accident book. It's mainly for the benefit of employees, as it provides a useful record of happenings and events occurring in an organization.  It is also beneficial in cases where an employee needs to take some time off the work and subsequently wishes to claim compensation. Moreover, it helps the employer in taking action to stop accidents in future.

In case an employee needs some time off because of an accident at work, he will have the right to apply for statutory sick pay only. However, an employer may have a scheme for paying more for leave due to accident, or may even decide to pay extra at his discretion.

In case an employee gets injured at work place and wants to make a claim for compensation, the claim must be made within three years of the date of the accident. For that, he may need the services of a lawyer. In case, the employee is a member of a trade union, he may also take the help of its legal services.

 

  1. True

  2. False

  3. Not Given
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

It is not 'solely' for keeping record of minor accidents

Multiple choice

Directions: Answer the following question with the appropriate information from the reading passage. Mark

True, if the statement agrees with the information False, if the statement contradicts the information Not Given, if there is no information given in the passage

Serious accidents in workplace need to be reported to the Incident Contact Centre.

Directions: Choose the most correct answer based on the given reading.

Every employer has a duty to protect his employees and inform them about health and safety issues that may affect them. He also has a legal obligation to pay his employees statutory sick pay, or contractual sick pay if they are entitled to the same. Apart from this, every employer needs to report serious work-related accidents, diseases and dangerous incidents to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) of the Incident Contact Centre. He must report all deaths, major injuries (for example, a broken arm or broken ribs) and an injury/disease which hinders an employee’s normal functioning at his job for more than three days.

Every employer has to carry out a risk assessment in order to address health and safety issues of his employees and visitors. He should make sure that sufficient first aid equipment is made available. Employees themselves must also take reasonable care over their own health and safety.

Any injury even if it is minor should be recorded in employer’s 'accident book'. All employers, except those owning very small companies, must keep an accident book. It's mainly for the benefit of employees, as it provides a useful record of happenings and events occurring in an organization.  It is also beneficial in cases where an employee needs to take some time off the work and subsequently wishes to claim compensation. Moreover, it helps the employer in taking action to stop accidents in future.

In case an employee needs some time off because of an accident at work, he will have the right to apply for statutory sick pay only. However, an employer may have a scheme for paying more for leave due to accident, or may even decide to pay extra at his discretion.

In case an employee gets injured at work place and wants to make a claim for compensation, the claim must be made within three years of the date of the accident. For that, he may need the services of a lawyer. In case, the employee is a member of a trade union, he may also take the help of its legal services.

 

  1. True

  2. False

  3. Not Given
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Refer sentence 3.

Multiple choice

Directions: Read the following information carefully and answer the question given below.

A high level of safety in aircraft landing system depends upon by the level of synchronization between the ground control computer and the onboard computer system. To ensure the safety of the aircraft, the aircraft landing system would have to synchronize the two gadgets at regular intervals, and determine that the two are synchronous enough, to make the landing of the aircraft safe. Despite technological advances, every internal computerized system has, during use, proved to have serious limitations, which in certain circumstances would bring about significant failure.

Which of the following can be inferred from the statements above?

  1. If designers are diligent in planning the internal computer systems to be used for aircraft landing system, there is an exceptionally good chance that the given system ensures a high level of safety if and when it is needed.

  2. Techniques for decreasing the number of errors in building on board computer monitoring systems on aircrafts will not be discovered.

  3. Automotive braking systems instead can provide a better viable option.

  4. The safety of aircraft landing system cannot be ensured during synchronization.

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Because the onboard computer system is not glitch free during use, it can be inferred that the sychronization between the onboard computer and the ground control computer will not always be error free. Hence, it can be inferred that the safety of the aircraft cannot be ensured.

Multiple choice

Among the workers who are employed by industry like coal mining, steel and textiles the injuries to the back or the lungs are among the most common health risks, because of the activities involved and environmental conditions of their work places. Among the work force employed in the service sector, job related injuries are more likely to involve damage to eyes, which are fixed for hours on computers, or to fingers and wrists, which are forever twisting above, dragging across or pressing on keyboards and control panels.

The information above best supports which of the following conclusions?

  1. Occupational injuries are becoming less serious among those employed by service sector than those by mining and heavy industries.

  2. The relative frequency with which various body parts are injured on the job is related to the type of technology being employed.

  3. Coal mining is a safer job than computer programming.

  4. The risks involve in coal industry, steel industry and textile industry are exactly the same.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The people working in mining and other industries like steel and mining suffer mostly from injuries caused to backs and lungs owing to the kind of activity they are involved in. On other hand most injuries are caused to body parts like hands by machines found in the service sector, because people now work on computers. Thus (B) the frequency with which injuries occur to different body parts is related to the type of technology being used on the job is valid.

Multiple choice

Which of the following tools of risk identification highlights situations, which may present no risk on themselves but which could endanger the organisation, if they were to exist together?

  1. Fault tree analysis

  2. Hazards and operability studies

  3. Flowcharts

  4. Safety audit

  5. Dow index
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Fault tree analysis is a top down, deductive failure analysis in which an undesired state of a system is analyzed using Boolean logic to combine a series of lower-level events. This tool of risk identification highlights situations, which may present no risk on themselves but which could endanger the organisation, if they were to exist together.

Multiple choice

The Cartagena Protocol is regarding safe use, transfer and handling of

  1. radioactive isotopes

  2. living modified organisms

  3. hazardous chemicals and inflammable by-products

  4. invasive alien species
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Cartagena Protocol on bio-safety to the Convention on Biological Diversity is an international treaty governing the movements of living modified organisms (LMOs) resulting from modern biotechnology from one country to another. (Hence, option '2' is correct).

Multiple choice

PERT is a technique used in which one of the following ?

  1. Electric power transmission

  2. Project management

  3. Railway safety

  4. Internet
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

PERT (Program Evaluation and Review Technique) is a project management tool used for scheduling, organizing, and coordinating tasks within a project. It was developed by the US Navy in the 1950s for managing complex projects. PERT uses three time estimates (optimistic, most likely, pessimistic) to calculate expected completion time.