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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

Which of the following element of Business continuity is called Contingency?

  1. It is defined as a business supporting infrastructure.

  2. It is used to recover or restore critical and less critical business functions that fail for some reason.

  3. This is what the organization establishes a generalized capability and readiness to cope effectively with whatever major incidents and disasters occur.

  4. It determines the Business specific resources.

  5. Both (1) and (4)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

This is correct about 'Contingency' factor in Business continuity. It allows to check the recent incidents in the businesses.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is/are applicable for Risk Mitigation?

  1. It includes the reduction of such potential factors that effect the businesses, resources and the environment.

  2. Development of a business continuity plan with recovery strategies is another method of risk mitigation.

  3. It involves the business techniques to check the presence of unauthenticated resources.

  4. It involves the business interruption coverage is available to reimburse profits.

  5. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

All are  correct statements.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is/are correct about Drills in Disaster Recovery Plan?

  1. They refer to checking the necessary changes in the plans for the organisations.

  2. They include the written policies and specific communication with employees to ensure about the occurrence of a disaster.

  3. They include the controls and protections that are put in place to ensure that data is not damaged, altered or destroyed during this process.

  4. All of the above

  5. Both (1) and (2)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Drills plan periodically determines how effective the plan is and to determine what changes may be necessary.

Multiple choice

'The Vertical Velocity' is considered as one of the scariest rides in the world. In the last 30 years, there have been a few mishaps involving this ride, which resulted in a total of 6 deaths. People have been protesting for years that the ride should be shut down, but authorities seem to have ignored these protests and have decided to keep the ride open. In fact, they have reduced the admission tickets for the scary rides such as 'The vertical velocity'.

What if true, would explain the disinclination of the authorities to close down 'The Vertical Velocity'?

  1. The scare is more psychological than physical.

  2. As many as 60 thousand people have taken 'The Vertical Velocity' over the past 30 years.

  3. Similar other rides have witnessed higher fatality rates.

  4. Some of the deaths were due to cardiac arrest.

  5. The advisory boldly displayed at the site specifically forbids people with weak hearts to take the ride.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

The argument does not mention the nature of mishaps and deaths. We don’t know whether the rides were directly and only because of the ride. Scary rides have thrill value. While some weak-hearted people are scared to take the ride, others look for such thrill. Those who are scarred need not take the ride, especially when the company specifically has put a notice.

Multiple choice

The recent decline in the number of accidents involving collisions on intersections in the city of Wreckville has brought a wave of cheer among the residents. They have thanked the mayor of the city for getting traffic signals installed at major intersections in the city and outskirts. The neighboring city of Havocville also plans to invest highly in traffic lights to bring the accident rate down in the near future.

Which of the following is an assumption inherent in the move by the mayor of Havocville?

  1. The road mishaps will not drop in number unless traffic lights are installed at major locations.

  2. With a drop in the number of road-wrecks, the traffic police will have their hands free to focus on other safety related issues.

  3. Traffic lights play a major role in reducing the accidents at night.

  4. The mishaps occurring at intersections are the main constituent of road accidents and traffic lights will go a long way in curbing the menace.

  5. The existing traffic management system in Havocville is similar to what it was in Wreckville before the traffic signals were installed.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

is the obvious assumption because Havocville will consider to follow suit only if mishaps at intersections are a major problem and traffic lights are the only or the main solution.

Multiple choice

Which of the following statements are correct about the earthquake hazard mitigation measures that can be taken?

a. Earthquake monitoring centres can be established for regular monitoring and fast dissemination of information among the people in vulnerable areas. b. GPS can be of great help in monitoring the movement of tectonic plates. c. A vulnerability map of the country can be prepared for sharing risk information among the people and educating them about the ways to minimise the adverse impacts of disasters. d. Earthquake-resistant designs and light materials should be used in major construction activities in vulnerable areas.

  1. a, b, c and d

  2. a, b and c

  3. a, c and d

  4. b, c and d

  5. a and d
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer as all these statements are correct.

Multiple choice

“A” category items in an inventory control system

  1. should be monitored very closely

  2. should not be reviewed

  3. should be stocked

  4. none of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

In ABC analysis, 'A' category items represent a small percentage of total items but account for the highest value, requiring strict control and close monitoring.

Multiple choice

Why is one advised to throw a blanket over a burning object during an incident of fire?

  1. To cut off the contact between oxygen and the burning object

  2. To cut off the contact between nitrogen and the burning object

  3. To cut off the contact between noble gases and the burning object

  4. To cut off the contact between water vapours and the burning object
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The  process of combustion cannot take  place in the absence of oxygen. Hence fire can be extinguished by cutting off the supply of oxygen which is the supporter of combustion. 

Multiple choice

Any serious strategy deliberation about tolerable levels of risk in connection with radiation leakage is not well served if the participants fail to use the words “radiation leakage” and use the phrase “undesirable exposure” instead. In fact, the words “radiation leakage” elicit desirable responses, such as a raised level of alertness, whereas the substitute phrase does not. Therefore, of the two terms, “radiation leakage” is the one that should be used throughout deliberations of this sort. Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument above depends?

  1. In the kind of deliberations at issue, the advantages of desirable responses to the term “radiation leakage” outweigh the drawbacks, if any, arising from undesirable responses to that term.

  2. The phrase “undesirable exposure” has not so far been used as a substitute for the word “radiation leakage” in the kind of discussion at issue.

  3. In any serious strategy deliberation, what is said by the participants is more important than how it is put into words.

  4. The only reason that people are using “undesirable exposure” in place of “radiation leakage” is to render any impossible serious policy discussion concerning leakages.

  5. The phrase “undesirable exposure” is not necessarily out of place in describing a controlled rather than an accidental leakage.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

If we have to really discuss risks related to radiation leakage, we need to call the leakage 'radiation leakage' and not something else, because only the word ‘radiation leakage’ generates in audience responses like raised level of alertness which is required for serious deliberations of the sort mentioned. Hence option (1) is correct.

Multiple choice

The bridges in our town are highly unsafe for commuters because of low railings. The number of deaths, as a result of fall from a bridge, is reported to have increased many-fold. The deceased were mostly in the age group 18-24. The warning signs don’t clearly indicate the hazard. The management is, therefore, the one to be blamed for the deaths caused by fall from the bridge.

Which of the following, if true, would pose a serious doubt on the author’s conclusion?

  1. Bridges have been a preferred location for committing suicides in the city.

  2. The sidewalks of the bridge have become slippery for lack of regular cleaning but go unnoticed causing accidents.

  3. Glow-in-the-dark signs and reflectors are dysfunctional and have not yet been replaced by the management.

  4. Warning signs, if properly placed, help a lot in preventing accidents like falling off a bridge.

  5. Since the accident rate is much higher in the case of youngsters, the possible reason could be over speeding.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

1: Correct; management can’t be held responsible for people committing suicides. People will find another way if bridges weren’t there.

Multiple choice

In a disaster, who takes command and dictates the job to firemen?

Directions: Read the passage and answer the question that follows.

Firefighters
Fire is to blame for countless lives and billions of rupees each and every year. Firefighters help protect people and their property from injury and damage. Firefighters put their life on the line every time they respond to a call.
While on duty, firefighters must be ready to respond in a matter of minutes to just about any disaster that may occur. At every fire scene, superior fire officer takes command and dictates the jobs of all the personnel at the scene. Some personnel man hose lines to hydrants. Others manually operate the pumps to send water to the hoses. Teams of firefighters also operate ladders used to reach distances high in the air.

  1. Any person working there

  2. Superior fire officer

  3. Junior person

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Superior fire officer “dictates the job of all the personnel at the scene”.

Multiple choice

Which object is used to reach distances high in the air?

Directions: Read the passage and answer the question that follows.

Firefighters
Fire is to blame for countless lives and billions of rupees each and every year. Firefighters help protect people and their property from injury and damage. Firefighters put their life on the line every time they respond to a call.
While on duty, firefighters must be ready to respond in a matter of minutes to just about any disaster that may occur. At every fire scene, superior fire officer takes command and dictates the jobs of all the personnel at the scene. Some personnel man hose lines to hydrants. Others manually operate the pumps to send water to the hoses. Teams of firefighters also operate ladders used to reach distances high in the air.

  1. Ladders

  2. Sticks

  3. Cars

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Ladders are used by the firefighters.

Multiple choice

In how much time must firefighters be ready to respond?

Directions: Read the passage and answer the question that follows.

Firefighters
Fire is to blame for countless lives and billions of rupees each and every year. Firefighters help protect people and their property from injury and damage. Firefighters put their life on the line every time they respond to a call.
While on duty, firefighters must be ready to respond in a matter of minutes to just about any disaster that may occur. At every fire scene, superior fire officer takes command and dictates the jobs of all the personnel at the scene. Some personnel man hose lines to hydrants. Others manually operate the pumps to send water to the hoses. Teams of firefighters also operate ladders used to reach distances high in the air.

  1. Minutes

  2. Hours

  3. Seconds

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

They “must be ready to respond in a matter of minutes”.

Multiple choice dash and hyphen punctuation english

The review team, besides conducting staff evaluations, conducted on site visits to check safety measures.

Choose the option that best corrects the sentence.

  1. The review team - besides conducting staff evaluations - conducted on site visits to check safety measures.

  2. The review team, besides conducting staff evaluations - conducted on-site visits to check safety measures.

  3. The review team, besides conducting staff evaluations, conducted on-site visits to check safety measures.

  4. NO CHANGE
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
According to general rule, a hyphen is used to connect two words to make it clear to readers that the words work together as a unit of meaning. In the given sentence, 'on-site' is one such word.
A comma must be used to set off non essential information in a sentence.
Thus, the correct answer is Option C. The other remaining options are incorrect, according to the rules.