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Basic Orientation Plus Study Questions with
Answers
1. Fall Protection: a system designed to minimize injury from falling when the work height is 6
feet or greater
2. OSHA: Occupational Safety & Health Administration
3. Hazard Prevention and Control: Which of the following is a key element to recognizing
hazards
4. Management Commitment and Employee Involvement: Which of the following is a key element to
recognizing hazards
5. Worksite Analysis: Which of the following is a key element to recognizing haz- ards
6. Safety and Health Training: Which of the following is a key element to recogniz- ing hazards
7. Clarifying a problem or doubt: You are encouraged to ask your supervisor for information
whenever you have a problem or are in doubt about what to do on a job
8. Safety Regulation: It is your responsibility to follow all safety regulations, inform your
employer of any unsafe condition; report all injuries (no matter how minor they seem); and wear the proper personal protective equipment
9. PPE: Personal Protective Equipment
10. Danger Signs: Used only where an immediate life threatening hazard exists
11. Barricade: Obstacles that discourage the passage of persons or vehicles
12. Warning Signs: Used where immediate non-life threatening hazards exist
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13. Barriers: Physical devices that are designed to prevent entry into an area where hazards are
present
14. Caution Signs: Used to warn against potential hazards or to caution against unsafe
practices
15. Bending: Whan lifting or setting down a load, bend at the knees
16. Injury: If you experience pain or discomfort as a result sof your work activities, you should
report it to your supervisor as soon as possible
17. Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV): common disease caused by blood- borne pathogens
in the workplace
18. Hepatitis B virus (HBV): common disease caused by bloodborne pathogens in the workplace
19. Hepatitis C virus (HCV): common disease caused by bloodborne pathogens in the workplace
20. Universal Precautions: an infection control approach where you treat all blood and body
fluids as if they are known to be infectious for bloodborne pathogens
21. GHS: Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals
22. GHS 5: Least severe rating
23. GHS 1: Most severe rating
24. Fire (NFPA): Red
25. Health (NFPA): Blue
26. Reactivity (NFPA): Yellow
27. Other hazards and special precautions (NFPA): White
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46. Yellow Cartridge: used for acid and organic vapors
47. Magenta (purple) cartridge: used for Ammonia gas
48. Air-purifying respirators (APRs): Supply clean breathing air from an external source
49. Atmosphere-supplying respirators: Filter out particulates or chemically ab- sorb relatively
small amounts of toxic vapors or gases, but are only effective against a specific chemical or class of chemical
50. Respirator Wear and Use: Before wearing respiratory protection you must have a medical
evaluation and fit test.
51. Respirator Maintenance and Care: Clean respirator after each use, properly store your
respirator, inspect and repair when necessary
52. SCBA (Scenario): A chlorine leak was reported from a gas cylinder, weighing about 650 kg,
which affected laborers, port workers, and fire fighters
53. Filtering Facepiece (scenario): An employee in a grain mill is exposed to dust generated from
wheat, oats, and barley. Grain dust is a complex mixture of husk
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54. Supplied Air (SAR) (scenario): An employee applying a primer that contains 1,1,1-
trichloroethane to the inside concrete walls of a 5'x5' planter boxes with varying depths of 8', 12' and 16'
55. Gas and Vapor (scenario): An employee was exposed to anhydrous ammonia at the
permissible exposure limit from a pressure relief valve while working from a scaffold on a corridor outside of a building
56. NIHL: Noise-Induced Hearing Loss is a temporary hearing impairment resulting from
prolonged exposure to high levels of noise.
57. Hearing Protection: required when you are exposed to noise over 85 decibels
58. Ear Plugs: Hearing Protection Device
59. Ear muffs: Hearing Protection Device
60. Non-Qualified Person (electrical): has little or no training in identifying electri- cal hazards
61. Qualified Person (electrical): has received training in and has proven skills and knowledge in
the construction and operation of electric equipment
62. Arc Flash: occurs when a flashover of electric current leaves its intended path and travels
through the air to ground or from one conductor to another
63. Current (electrical): The factor that determines the severity of electrical shock
64. Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI): Monitors the amount of current flow- ing from hot to
neutral and trips the circuit if an imbalance happens
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77. lockout/tagout order (step 5): release stored energy
78. lockout/tagout order (step 6): verification of isolation
79. Group Lockout: each authorized employee will apply a personal lockout/tagout device to a
group lockbox and remove it once the maintenance/repair work is complete.
80. Floor Hole: Opening in the floor, platform or pavement measuring less than 12 inches, but
more than 1 inch through which materials, but not people may fall
81. Floor Opening: Opening in the floor, platform or pavement measuring 12 inches or more, and
through which people may fall
82. Standard Railing: vertical barrier erected along exposed edges of a floor open- ing, wall
opening, ramp, platform, or runway to prevent falls of persons
83. Toe Board: Vertical barrier at floor level erected along exposed edges of a floor opening,
wall opening, platform, runway, or ramp to prevent falls of materials
84. Metal Ladders: Never use near electrical equipment
85. 4:1: angle ratio of a non-self supporting ladder
86. Minimize Falls: when climbing a ladder always maintain three points of contact
87. Basic Fall Arrest System: includes anchorage, a full-body harness, and a connecting
device
88. Scaffold user: worker who performs work from a scaffold
89. scaffold erector: worker who is trained to erect, modify, and dismantle scaffold- ing
90. competent person (scaffold): one who is capable of identifying existing and predictable
hazards in the surroundings or working conditions, which are unsanitary, hazardous to employees, and who has the authorization to take prompt corrective measures to eliminate
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91. qualified person (scaffold): someone who has a recognized degree, certificate or professional
training, or who has extensive knowledge, training and experience and who has demonstrated his or her ability to solve problems related to the subject matter or work
92. In an emergency, you should call emergency response with the:: exact location of the incident,
number of victims, and any special hazards at the location
93. JSA: Job Safety Analysis
94. Emergency Evacuation: always travel downwind and crosswind from any re- lease
95. Everyone: has a responsibility to read and understand the Emergency Action Plan
96. Fire Elements: Heat, Fuel, Oxygen
97. Explosive: substance that has a tendency to explode, resulting in a sudden and violent
release of energy that can be extremely destructive
98. Olfactory: refers to the sense of smell
99. Pyrophoric: a chemical that is capable of self-ignition (spontaneously) when it is exposed to
air
100. Toxic: substance that is harmful to human health, poisonous
