ASP - Associate Safety Professional Risk Assessment and Control Questions and Answers

Question 1

A safety professional is conducting a risk assessment for a new manufacturing process.
After identifying hazards, the next step is to analyze and evaluate the risk.
Which of the following is the BEST representation of the fundamental components of risk analysis?

Accepted Answer

The probability of an event occurring and the severity of its consequences

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Hazard identification and control implementation

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Cost-benefit analysis and resource allocation

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Regulatory compliance and documentation review

Question 2

A maintenance team is tasked with replacing a faulty valve on a chemical processing line. To control the hazard of chemical exposure, the supervisor ensures the line is drained, flushed with water, and then air-gapped before the work begins. According to the hierarchy of controls, this approach is an example of which control measure?

Accepted Answer

Elimination

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Substitution

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Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

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Administrative Controls

Question 3

When performing a Job Hazard Analysis (JHA), what is the correct sequence of steps?

Accepted Answer

Prioritize jobs, break the job into steps, identify hazards, recommend controls.

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Identify hazards, recommend controls, break the job into steps, prioritize jobs.

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Prioritize jobs, identify hazards, break the job into steps, recommend controls.

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Break the job into steps, recommend controls, prioritize jobs, identify hazards.

Question 4

A safety manager at a construction site observes workers using a solvent with a high volatile organic compound (VOC) content for cleaning tools. To reduce the risk of respiratory irritation and long-term health effects, the manager sources and provides a low-VOC, water-based cleaner that performs the same function. This action is an example of which type of control from the hierarchy of controls?

Accepted Answer

Substitution

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Engineering Control

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Elimination

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Administrative Control

Question 5

Which of the following risk assessment techniques is a graphical method that visualizes the pathways from the causes of an event to its consequences, including the preventative and mitigative barriers?

Accepted Answer

Bowtie Analysis

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Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)

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Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)

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Job Hazard Analysis (JHA)

Question 6

During a risk assessment of an automated warehouse, a safety professional identifies that the primary risk for a specific task is a collision with a robotic shuttle. The team determines that the likelihood of this event is 'Possible' and the severity would be 'Major'. Using a risk matrix, these two factors are used to determine the:

Accepted Answer

Risk priority level

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Control effectiveness

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Root cause of failure

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Acceptable risk tolerance

A safety professional is conducting a risk assessment for a new manufacturing process.After identifying hazards, the next step is to analyze and evaluate the risk.Which of the following is the BEST representation of the fundamental components of risk analysis?

A safety professional is conducting a risk assessment for a new manufacturing process.
After identifying hazards, the next step is to analyze and evaluate the risk.
Which of the following is the BEST representation of the fundamental components of risk analysis?