SSP Environmental Health & Safety 2

Question 1

Under OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard (HazCom), Safety Data Sheets must include how many sections?

Accepted Answer

16

Answer

OSHA's HazCom Standard (29 CFR 1910.1200) requires SDS documents to follow the GHS format with exactly 16 standardized sections.

Question 2

Which of the following is the primary purpose of an industrial hygiene exposure assessment?

Accepted Answer

Quantify worker exposure to health hazards and compare against OELs

Answer

An exposure assessment quantifies worker contact with chemical, physical, or biological hazards and compares results against occupational exposure limits (OELs) to determine risk.

Question 3

A facility stores 15,000 pounds of ammonia. Under EPA's RMP rule, this facility is most likely classified as which program level?

Accepted Answer

Program 3

Answer

Ammonia has a threshold quantity of 10,000 lbs under RMP; at 15,000 lbs the facility exceeds the threshold and, as a manufacturing process, typically qualifies for Program 3.

Question 4

Which engineering control method is considered most effective in the industrial hygiene hierarchy of controls for reducing chemical exposure?

Accepted Answer

Substitution

Answer

Substitution — replacing a hazardous substance with a less hazardous one — ranks above elimination only when elimination is impossible, making it the most effective feasible engineering approach when source removal isn't an option; however, substitution itself sits just below elimination in the true hierarchy.

Question 5

OSHA's permissible exposure limit (PEL) for noise is 90 dBA as an 8-hour TWA. If a worker's exposure is measured at 95 dBA, their maximum allowable exposure time per OSHA's 5-dB exchange rate is:

Accepted Answer

4 hours

Answer

OSHA uses a 5-dB exchange rate: for every 5-dB increase above 90 dBA, allowable exposure time is halved, so 95 dBA = 4 hours.

(SSP) Safety and Security Practitioner Certification Practice Test

(SSP) Safety and Security Practitioner Certification Practice Test

SSP Environmental Health & Safety 2