CSP Certified Safety Professional (CSP) Comprehensive 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Under OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard (HazCom 2012), which section of a Safety Data Sheet (SDS) contains information about first-aid measures?
- Section 4 (Correct answer)
- Section 6
- Section 8
- Section 11
Correct answer: Section 4
Section 4 of the GHS-aligned SDS covers first-aid measures for exposures via inhalation, skin, eyes, and ingestion.
Question 2: A safety professional is calculating the Hazard Ratio (HR) for a chemical exposure. If the measured airborne concentration is 150 ppm and the OSHA PEL is 200 ppm, what is the HR?
- 0.75 (Correct answer)
- 1.33
- 50
- 300
Correct answer: 0.75
Hazard Ratio = exposure concentration / OEL = 150/200 = 0.75, indicating exposure is below the PEL.
Question 3: Which hierarchy of controls level is considered MOST effective at reducing workplace hazards?
- Engineering controls
- Elimination (Correct answer)
- Administrative controls
- Personal protective equipment
Correct answer: Elimination
Elimination physically removes the hazard from the workplace and is the most effective level of the hierarchy of controls.
Question 4: The ANSI Z10 standard on Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems requires organizations to use which management model?
- Six Sigma DMAIC cycle
- Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle (Correct answer)
- ISO 9001 quality loops
- Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Correct answer: Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle
ANSI Z10 is structured around the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) continuous improvement cycle for OHSMS.
Question 5: When conducting a Job Hazard Analysis (JHA), which step comes FIRST?
- Identify hazards associated with each step
- Select the job to be analyzed (Correct answer)
- Break the job into sequential steps
- Determine preventive measures
Correct answer: Select the job to be analyzed
The first step in a JHA is selecting the job to analyze, typically prioritizing high-risk, high-frequency, or incident-prone tasks.
Question 6: Which OSHA standard requires employers to provide workers with the right to access their own exposure records and medical records?
- 29 CFR 1910.120
- 29 CFR 1910.1020 (Correct answer)
- 29 CFR 1910.132
- 29 CFR 1910.147
Correct answer: 29 CFR 1910.1020
29 CFR 1910.1020 (Access to Employee Exposure and Medical Records) gives workers the right to review their personal exposure and medical records.
Question 7: In fault tree analysis (FTA), what does the symbol for an OR gate indicate?
- All input events must occur simultaneously for the output event to occur
- Any one of the input events is sufficient to cause the output event (Correct answer)
- The event is a basic initiating failure requiring no further development
- A transfer to another part of the fault tree
Correct answer: Any one of the input events is sufficient to cause the output event
An OR gate in FTA means the top event occurs if ANY one of the input events occurs, representing parallel failure paths.
CSP Certified Safety Professional (CSP) Comprehensive 2
Under OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard (HazCom 2012), which section of a Safety Data Sheet (SDS) contains information about first-aid measures?