BBC Safety and Compliance 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: According to LA County policy, what must an employee do if they witness workplace violence or a credible threat?
- Handle it privately to avoid embarrassing the involved parties
- Report it immediately to their supervisor or security (Correct answer)
- Wait until an official investigation is underway
- Document it only in their personal notes
Correct answer: Report it immediately to their supervisor or security
LA County's workplace violence prevention policy requires immediate reporting to supervisors or security to ensure prompt intervention.
Question 2: Which of the following is a key requirement of California's Illness and Injury Prevention Program (IIPP)?
- Posting OSHA posters in the break room only
- Maintaining a written program that includes hazard identification and correction (Correct answer)
- Conducting annual fire drills exclusively
- Providing safety shoes to all employees
Correct answer: Maintaining a written program that includes hazard identification and correction
California law (CCR Title 8, Section 3203) mandates a written IIPP covering hazard identification, correction, training, and recordkeeping.
Question 3: What is 'phishing' in the context of information security compliance?
- Unauthorized physical access to server rooms
- A deceptive attempt to obtain sensitive information via fraudulent electronic communication (Correct answer)
- Installing unlicensed software on work computers
- Sharing passwords between co-workers
Correct answer: A deceptive attempt to obtain sensitive information via fraudulent electronic communication
Phishing uses fraudulent emails or messages to trick employees into revealing credentials or sensitive data.
Question 4: Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a clerical employee requests an ergonomic chair for a documented back condition. The employer's correct response is to:
- Deny it because ergonomic chairs are a personal preference
- Engage in an interactive process to determine if the accommodation is reasonable (Correct answer)
- Require the employee to purchase the chair themselves
- Transfer the employee to a less demanding role
Correct answer: Engage in an interactive process to determine if the accommodation is reasonable
The ADA requires employers to engage in an interactive process with employees to determine reasonable accommodations for documented disabilities.
Question 5: How should confidential county documents be disposed of when no longer needed?
- Placed in the regular recycling bin
- Shredded using a cross-cut or micro-cut shredder (Correct answer)
- Torn in half and discarded in the trash
- Stored indefinitely in a personal desk drawer
Correct answer: Shredded using a cross-cut or micro-cut shredder
Cross-cut or micro-cut shredding renders confidential documents unreadable and is the accepted method for secure disposal.
Question 6: What is the purpose of a 'chain of custody' procedure for documents or evidence in a county office?
- To speed up document retrieval times
- To ensure accountability and integrity by tracking who handled materials (Correct answer)
- To allow multiple employees to edit the same file simultaneously
- To reduce the number of physical copies made
Correct answer: To ensure accountability and integrity by tracking who handled materials
Chain of custody documents each transfer of materials, preserving integrity and providing an auditable trail.
Question 7: When using county-issued computer equipment, employees are generally prohibited from:
- Saving work-related files to the local drive
- Using the device for unauthorized personal purposes or installing unapproved software (Correct answer)
- Logging off at the end of the workday
- Reporting IT issues to the help desk
Correct answer: Using the device for unauthorized personal purposes or installing unapproved software
County acceptable-use policies restrict government-issued equipment to official business, prohibiting personal use and unapproved software.
BBC Safety and Compliance 3
According to LA County policy, what must an employee do if they witness workplace violence or a credible threat?