SENG 312 EXAM 1 | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
2026 UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
System Answer - A set of interacting or interdependent component parts
forming a complex or intricate whole.
System Answer - A group of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent
elements forming or regarded as forming a collective unity.
System Answer - A composite of people, procedures, and equipment that are
integrated to perform a specific operational task or function within a specific
environment.
Every system is delineated by its ________and ________________ boundaries,
surrounded and influenced by its environment, described by its structure and
purpose and expressed in its ____________. Answer - spacial, temporal,
functioning.
Systems thinking Answer - the use of various techniques to study and
understand systems of many kinds.
Systems Engineering Answer - a discipline that applies systems thinking to
design, build, operate, and maintain complex engineered systems.
Subsystem Answer - Represents an element of a system that may constitute a
system itself
,Safety Answer - A measure of the degree of freedom from risk or conditions
that can cause death, physical harm, or equipment or property damage
System Safety Answer - The application of engineering and management
principles, criteria, and techniques to achieve acceptable mishap risk, within
the constraints of operational effectiveness and suitability, time, and cost,
throughout all phases of the system life cycle.
Risk Answer - probability of occurrence * consequence
Workplace hazards regulated by another Federal agency are not covered by the
OSH Act Answer - True
Hazard Answer - "Any real or potential condition that can cause injury, illness,
or death to personnel, damage to or loss of a system, equipment or property,
or damage to the environment"
Hazard Answer - To risk, to put in danger of loss or injury
Hazard Answer - A Chemical or Physical condition that has the potential for
causing damage to people, property, or the environment.
Accident Answer - Any unplanned act or event that results in damage to
property, material, equipment, or cargo, or personnel injury or death when not
the result of enemy action.
Mishap Answer - An unfortunate accident.
, Risk Answer - Hazard, peril, jeopardy
Swiss Cheese Model Answer - Hazards - fallible decisions, latent failures,
preconditions, unsafe acts, system barrier failures
Input - Top level decision makers; designers, planners; line management;
operators, maintenance
How do accidents happen Answer - HE->IM->T/T
HE: Hazardous Element
IM: Initiating Mechanism
T/T: Target and Threat
Hazard to Mishap Answer - Hazard -> (hazard casual factors) -> mishap (hazard
outcome)
OSH Act Answer - Occupational safety and health act of 1970- basic acts
OSHA Answer - Regulations, standards, recommended practices and guideline
Top 10 cited OSHA standards violated Answer - 1. Fall protection
2. Hazard communication standard
3. Scaffolding, general requirements
4. Respiratory protection
5. Powered industrial trucks
6. Control of hazardous energy
7. Ladders
8. Electrical, wiring methods, components and equipment
2026 UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
System Answer - A set of interacting or interdependent component parts
forming a complex or intricate whole.
System Answer - A group of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent
elements forming or regarded as forming a collective unity.
System Answer - A composite of people, procedures, and equipment that are
integrated to perform a specific operational task or function within a specific
environment.
Every system is delineated by its ________and ________________ boundaries,
surrounded and influenced by its environment, described by its structure and
purpose and expressed in its ____________. Answer - spacial, temporal,
functioning.
Systems thinking Answer - the use of various techniques to study and
understand systems of many kinds.
Systems Engineering Answer - a discipline that applies systems thinking to
design, build, operate, and maintain complex engineered systems.
Subsystem Answer - Represents an element of a system that may constitute a
system itself
,Safety Answer - A measure of the degree of freedom from risk or conditions
that can cause death, physical harm, or equipment or property damage
System Safety Answer - The application of engineering and management
principles, criteria, and techniques to achieve acceptable mishap risk, within
the constraints of operational effectiveness and suitability, time, and cost,
throughout all phases of the system life cycle.
Risk Answer - probability of occurrence * consequence
Workplace hazards regulated by another Federal agency are not covered by the
OSH Act Answer - True
Hazard Answer - "Any real or potential condition that can cause injury, illness,
or death to personnel, damage to or loss of a system, equipment or property,
or damage to the environment"
Hazard Answer - To risk, to put in danger of loss or injury
Hazard Answer - A Chemical or Physical condition that has the potential for
causing damage to people, property, or the environment.
Accident Answer - Any unplanned act or event that results in damage to
property, material, equipment, or cargo, or personnel injury or death when not
the result of enemy action.
Mishap Answer - An unfortunate accident.
, Risk Answer - Hazard, peril, jeopardy
Swiss Cheese Model Answer - Hazards - fallible decisions, latent failures,
preconditions, unsafe acts, system barrier failures
Input - Top level decision makers; designers, planners; line management;
operators, maintenance
How do accidents happen Answer - HE->IM->T/T
HE: Hazardous Element
IM: Initiating Mechanism
T/T: Target and Threat
Hazard to Mishap Answer - Hazard -> (hazard casual factors) -> mishap (hazard
outcome)
OSH Act Answer - Occupational safety and health act of 1970- basic acts
OSHA Answer - Regulations, standards, recommended practices and guideline
Top 10 cited OSHA standards violated Answer - 1. Fall protection
2. Hazard communication standard
3. Scaffolding, general requirements
4. Respiratory protection
5. Powered industrial trucks
6. Control of hazardous energy
7. Ladders
8. Electrical, wiring methods, components and equipment
