1.
(Points: 1)
Regarding workplace violence, most
homicides occur when:
a. the perpetrator has no legitimate
relationship to the business.
b. the perpetrator has a relationship to
the business (such as a customer).
c. the perpetrator is another worker.
d. the perpetrator has a personal
relationship with the intended victim.
e. none of the above
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2.
(Points: 1)
The most disabling type(s) of nonfatal
workplace injury (the one that results in
the most days away from work) is
(are):
a. carpal tunnel syndrome.
b. contusions, abrasions, and
hematomas.
c. lacerations, punctures, amputations,
and avulsions.
d. fractures.
e. burns.
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3.
(Points: 1)
Which of the following statements is
(are) true concerning how hazardous
agents can reach the population outside
of the worksite?
a. soil and groundwater contamination
with solids and liquids
b. clothing and vehicle contamination
c. air pollution with industrial gases and
dusts
d. all of the above statements are
true
e. just A and C are true
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4.
(Points: 1)
The industry with the highest rate of
fatal injuries is:
a. agriculture, forestry, fishing and
hunting.
b. mining.
c. transportation and warehousing.
d. construction.
e. health and education.
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5.
(Points: 1)
The highest job-related death rates are
found among:
a. fisherman.
b. construction workers.
c. farmers.
d. race car drivers and pilots.
e. none of the above are correct
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6.
(Points: 1)
Which state was first to pass laws
concerning hazards in the workplace in
1835?
a. Virginia
b. Ohio
c. Indiana
d. Massachusetts
e. Illinois
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7.
(Points: 1)
The National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health:
a. recommends occupational safety
and health standards.
b. is a legislative body.
c. conducts worksite inspections.
d. sets penalties for failure to meet
regulations.
e. is located in the Department of
Labor.
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8.
(Points: 1)
Which of the following is not true?
a. Women make up nearly half the
workforce.
b. Women account for two-thirds of
all workplace injuries and illnesses.
c. The occupational death rate for men
is high than for women.
d. Women make up a higher proportion
of days away from work because of
anxiety and stress.
e. Working women are more likely to
receive certain types of health
education than nonworking women.
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9.
(Points: 1)
Occupational diseases and injuries
result from:
a. spending too much time at work.
b. exposure to something
associated with employment.
c. illegal use of substances in the work
place.
d. overexposure to some substance.
e. none of the above are correct
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10.
(Points: 1)
Strategies to prevent workplace
violence include the following categories
of actions:
a. environmental designs
b. administrative controls
c. behavioral strategies
d. all of the above
e. only A and B
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11.
(Points: 1)
The best source of information about
unintentional injury deaths in the
workplace (and the source cited in your
text) is the:
a. Bureau of Labor Statistics'
Census of Fatal Occupational
Injuries.
b. U.S. Department of Transportation's
Traffic Safety Facts.
c. National Safety Council's Injury Facts.
d. U.S. Department of Commerce's
Statistical Abstract of the United States.
e. U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services' NIOSH Annual Report.
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12.
(Points: 1)
The leading type(s) of workplace
nonfatal injuries requiring a visit to an
emergency department is (are):
a. burns.
b. contusions, abrasions, and
hematomas.
c. lacerations, punctures, amputations.,
and avulsions.
d. sprains and strains.
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13.
(Points: 1)
All of the following European Union
countries have occupational fatality
rates lower than that of the U.S.
except:
a. Austria
b. Portugal
c. Spain
d. France
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14.
(Points: 1)
Poisonings are an important type of
workplace disorder. Poisoning agents
include:
a. heavy metals.
b. toxic gases.
c. organic solvents.
d. pesticides.
e. all of the above
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15.
(Points: 1)
The leading cause of occupational injury
deaths is:
a. electricity.
b. falls.
c. highway incidents.
d. machinery.
e. homicides.
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16.
(Points: 1)
Workers in stone quarries, in sand and
gravel operations, and in abrasive
blasting operations are at high risk for:
a. byssinosis.
b. asbestosis.
c. black lung disease.
d. brown lung disease.
e. silicosis.
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17.
(Points: 1)
The occupational health professionals
most concerned with environmental
factors that might cause disease are:
a. safety engineers.
b. certified safety professionals.
c. health physicists.
d. industrial hygienists.
e. nuclear engineers.
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18.
(Points: 1)
What do Bhopal, India; Three Mile
Island in the United States; and
Chernobyl, Russia, all have in common?
a. All had great loss of life due to an
industrial disaster.
b. All were sites of industrial
disasters that became
communitywide risks.
c. All were impacted by the meltdown of
nuclear reactors.
d. All were sites of industrial disasters
with United States companies involved.
e. All of the above are correct
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19.
(Points: 1)
A serious health risk to nurses and
other health care providers is exposure
to antineoplastic drugs. These are drugs
used for:
a. drug-resistant infections.
b. HIV/AIDS treatment.
c. cancer treatment.
d. open heart surgery.
e. plastic surgery.
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20.
(Points: 1)
Each year in the United States:
a. more people die from occupational
injuries than occupationally-related
diseases
b. more people die from
occupationally-related diseases
than occupational injuries
c. deaths from occupational injuries is
about equal to the number of deaths for
occupationally-related diseases
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21.
(Points: 1)
All of the following can be considered
risk factors for workplace violence
except:
a. delivering goods or people (taxi cab
drivers).
b. working in a convenience store alone
at night.
c. working in a public setting and
handling money.
d. working in a drug treatment facility
or "psych ward".
e. working on a family farm.
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22.
(Points: 1)
Training employees in nonviolent
response and conflict resolution is an
example of which approach to violence
prevention in the workplace?
a. environmental design
b. administrative control
c. behavioral strategy
d. all of the above
e. none of the above
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23.
(Points: 1)
The safety worker that is most
concerned about radiation safety in the
workplace is:
a. safety engineers.
b. certified safety professionals.
c. health physicists.
d. industrial hygienists.
e. nuclear engineers.
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24.
(Points: 1)
Which of the following is true about
occupational injuries?
a. Female workers are injured more
than male workers.
b. Younger workers have the highest
occupational injury fatality rate.
c. White Americans have higher
occupational death rates than nonwhite
Americans.
d. Asian Americans have the lowest
occupational injury rates.
e. All of the above are true statements.
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25.
(Points: 1)
The goals of worksite health promotion
programs include all except:
a. reducing absenteeism.
b. lowering health insurance premiums.
c. increasing productivity and employee
morale.
d. identifying and terminating
unsafe workers.
e. enhancing the company's image.
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26.
(Points: 1)
Which of the following is not true about
the Occupational Safety and Health Act
of 1970?
a. It established the Occupation Safety
and Health Administration.
b. It allows employees the right to
request an OSHA inspection.
c. It made OSHA responsible for
recommending occupational and
safety standards.
d. It established the National Institute
of Occupational Safety and Health.
e. It requires employers to follow
specific safety and health standards.
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27.
(Points: 1)
Exposure to blood or body fluids is a
risk factor for those in the health care
industry. The major route of exposure
to these fluids is by:
a. percutaneous exposure (injuries
through the skin).
b. inhalation.
c. direct contact.
d. transfusion.
e. donating blood.
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28.
(Points: 1)
Byssinosis (brown lung disease) is
acquired by breathing:
a. cotton fibers.
b. silicon dust.
c. coal dust.
d. asbestos fibers.
e. none of the above
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29.
(Points: 1)
The portions of the workplace health
and safety program aimed at reducing
the number and seriousness of
unintentional injuries on the job are:
a. health promotion programs
b. safety programs
c. disease prevention programs
d. employee assistance programs
e. worksite programs
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30.
(Points: 1)
Which of the following was (were)
created by the Occupational Safety and
Health Act of 1970?
a. Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA)
b. National Institute of Occupational
Safety and Health (NIOSH)
c. Department of Labor
d. just A and B
e. just A and C
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31.
(Points: 1)
The leading cause of unintentional farm
injury deaths is:
a. grain elevator injuries.
b. tractor deaths.
c. thrasher incidents.
d. chemical poisoning.
e. hog manure.
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32.
(Points: 1)
Alice Hamilton (1869-1970), a true
pioneer of occupational health, led
crusades to reduce occupational
poisonings from:
a. coal dust.
b. heavy metals such as lead and
mercury.
c. textile dust.
d. machine oil in the cotton mills.
e. all of the above are correct
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33.
(Points: 1)
True or false? With tighter and tighter
economic restraints on industry,
worksite health promotion programs are
slowly being eliminated.
TrueFalse
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34.
(Points: 1)
True or false? Corporations view
worksite health promotion programs as
a means to control health care costs, to
show concern for the employees, to
recruit new employees, and to retain
current ones.
TrueFalse
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35.
(Points: 1)
True or false? The leading type of
workplace homicides is one that
involves the perpetrator having a prior
relationship with the victim.
TrueFalse
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36.
(Points: 1)
True or false? The Occupational Safety
and Health Act was passed in 1935 as
part of the Social Security Act.
TrueFalse
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37.
(Points: 1)
True or false? Occupational injuries
cause more deaths than occupational
diseases.
TrueFalse
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38.
(Points: 1)
True or false? There is a seasonality to
work-related deaths.
TrueFalse
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39.
(Points: 1)
True or false? The age group of workers
with the highest occupational death
rates are those 65 years of age and
older.
TrueFalse
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40.
(Points: 1)
True or false? After home, Americans
spend the next largest portion of their
time at work.
TrueFalse
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41.
(Points: 1)
True or false? Of the more than 4
million nonfatal workplace injuries and
illnesses reported in private industry
each year, the vast majority are
classified as injuries.
TrueFalse
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42.
(Points: 1)
True or false? Industrial hygienists have
primary responsibility for assuring
radiation safety in the workplace.
TrueFalse
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43.
(Points: 1)
True or false? The purpose of the
Occupational Safety and Health Act of
1970 was to provide a working
environment free of hazards that are
causing or likely to cause death or
serious physical harm.
TrueFalse
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44.
(Points: 1)
True or false? The most comprehensive
occupational health legislation was
passed at the beginning of the twentieth
century.
TrueFalse
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45.
(Points: 1)
True or false? In recent years, the
number of cases of black lung disease
has increased.
TrueFalse
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46.
(Points: 1)
True or false? Before prevention
strategies can be implemented, a
workplace violence prevention policy
should be in place.
TrueFalse
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47.
(Points: 1)
True or false? Younger workers
experience more days away from work
due to occupational injury or illness
than older workers.
TrueFalse
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48.
(Points: 1)
True or false? The leading route of
health care worker exposure to
infectious agents in health care settings
is through inhalation.
TrueFalse
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49.
(Points: 1)
True or false? All tractors manufactured
since 1985 are fitted with safety belts
and rollover protective structures.
TrueFalse
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50.
(Points: 1)
True or false? Under the Occupational
Safety and Health Act of 1970, an
employee has the right to request an
OSHA inspection.
TrueFalse
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51.
(Points: 1)
True or false? Industry with the lowest
numbers of nonfatal injuries was
manufacturing.
TrueFalse
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52.
(Points: 1)
True or false? Antineoplastic drugs
(drugs used in cancer treatments) are
considered nonhazardous.
TrueFalse
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53.
(Points: 1)
True or false? A health disorder
resulting from a work-related event or
single, instantaneous exposure is a
workplace illness.
TrueFalse
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54.
(Points: 1)
True or false? Women are at greater
risk for workplace fatalities than men.
TrueFalse
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55.
(Points: 1)
True or false? Owners of family farms
experience the highest rates of pesticide
poisonings.
TrueFalse
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56.
(Points: 1)
True or false? The highest incidences of
skin disorders were reported in
agriculture, forestry, and fishing.
TrueFalse
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57.
(Points: 1)
True or false? The United States has the
lowest workplace fatality rates among
developed nations.
TrueFalse
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58.
(Points: 1)
True or false? The leading type of
disabling injury or illness is carpel
tunnel syndrome.
TrueFalse
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59.
(Points: 1)
True or false? Byssinosis is a form of
pneumoconiosis.
TrueFalse
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60.
(Points: 4)
Identify and define the four categories
of workplace violence.
Answer:
legitimate relationship with the business
and becomes violent; (2)
Customer/Client (Type II)-the
perpetrator has a legitimate relationship
with the business and becomes violent
while being served; (3) Worker-onWorker (Type III)-the perpetrator is an
employee or past employee of the
business who attacks or threatens
another employee or past employee of
the workplace;(4) Personal Relationship
(Type IV)-the perpetrator usually does
not have a relationship with the
business but has a personal relationship
with the intended victim.
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61.
(Points: 4)
What are four types of occupational
lung disorders and what causes them?
Answer:
(1) coal workers' pneumoconiosis (black
lung disease) from the inhalation of coal
dust; (2) asbestosis from the inhalation
of asbestos fibers; (3) silicoses (dust on
the lungs) from the inhalation of silica
(dust from grinding rocks); (4)
byssinosis (brown lung disease) from
inhalation of cotton fibers.
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62.
(Points: 4)
What are some of the risk factors for
becoming a victim of workplace
violence?
Answer: (1) Working with the public,
(2) working around money or valuables,
(3) working alone, and (4) working late
at night. Also, delivering people or
goods, working in a liquor store,
convenience store or gas station, or in
protective or detective services.
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63.
(Points: 5)
What are the top five child labor
violations related to minors engaged in
prohibited hazardous work?
Answer: (1) working alone in a cashbased business without supervision; (2)
working in construction; (3) working
with power-driven machinery; (4)
driving on public roads or operating a
forklift; (5) roofing
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64.
(Points: 1)
Why are companies spending their
resources on worksite health promotion
programs?
Answer: To reduce absenteeism, lower
health care costs, increase productivity,
improve employee morale, reduce
worker compensation costs, retain
employees, attract new employees, and
enhance the company's image.
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65.
(Points: 5)
Why are migrant farm workers at such
high risk for health problems?
Answer: (1) exposure to chemical and
biological hazards, (2) poor water
quality, (3) long exposure to the sun,
(4) poor access to health care, and (5)
many children working
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66.
(Points: 1)
Why do the estimates on occupational
injuries and injury deaths vary
considerably?
Answer: Several different
organizations/agencies (National Center
for Health Statistics, National Safety
Council, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and
the National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health) provide statistics on
the topic.
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