OSHA 500 LATEST 2026 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔specific statements that define observable, measurable learner performance under
prescribed conditions - ✔✔instructional objectives
✔✔cognitive levels of test questions should match - ✔✔instructional objectives/desired
outcomes
✔✔employers must report to OSHA any workplace incident that results in: - ✔✔fatality
(8hrs)
hospitalization for treatment (24 hrs)
amputation (24 hrs)
loss of an eye (24hrs)
✔✔Purpose of OSH Act - ✔✔protect the safety and health of America's workers
✔✔How has OSHA made training available to OSHA inspectors, employers, and
public? - ✔✔DTE (Dept of Training and Ed)
OTIs (Outreach Training Centers)
✔✔2 partial exemption criteria for record keeping - ✔✔-10 or fewer workers
-low hazard
but still must report FatCats
✔✔General Duty Clause - ✔✔Employer has a duty to recognize hazards and take
appropriate steps whether it's in the regs or not
✔✔requirements for record retention and document updates - ✔✔OSHA 300 and 301
kept for 5 years
300A (summary)
✔✔OSHA inspection process - ✔✔1. Credentials
2. Opening meeting
3. Walk thru
4. Closing conference
✔✔OSHA's inspection priorities - ✔✔1. immediate danger
2. fatality
3. Complaint/referral
4. Planned inspection
✔✔Violations (5 types) - ✔✔1. serious- substantial probability of death
, 2. willful-intentional
3. repeat
4. other-than-serious
5. failure to abate
✔✔multi-employer citation policy (4) - ✔✔creating- created hazard
exposing-workers are exposed to hazard
controlling- in charge of site
correcting- authority to correct hazard
✔✔3 methods OSHA uses to provide info to employers and employees about worksite
safety and regulation compliance - ✔✔Directives
Letters of Interpretation
Compliance Assistance
✔✔OSHA Requirement for providing egress when excavation is greater than 4' -
✔✔egress every 25' (ladder every 50 feet)
✔✔4 excavations and trench hazards - ✔✔falls
falling loads
hazardous atmospheres
mobile equipment
✔✔types of protective systems (3) - ✔✔sloping/benching 1:1 (not for C)
shoring
shielding
✔✔depth OSHA requires a protective system for excavations - ✔✔5'
✔✔when must a competent person inspect the excavation, areas around it, and
protective system (3) - ✔✔1. before work starts and as needed throughout shift
2. after any compromising event (weather, wind, etc.)
3. expected that employee will be exposed to hazard
✔✔what are the primary means of protecting employees from hazards (2) - ✔✔1.
engineering control
2. administrative control
✔✔PPE required - ✔✔when engineering and administrative controls do not provide
sufficient protection
✔✔1st Step to developing a comprehensive safety and health program - ✔✔hazard
assessment
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔specific statements that define observable, measurable learner performance under
prescribed conditions - ✔✔instructional objectives
✔✔cognitive levels of test questions should match - ✔✔instructional objectives/desired
outcomes
✔✔employers must report to OSHA any workplace incident that results in: - ✔✔fatality
(8hrs)
hospitalization for treatment (24 hrs)
amputation (24 hrs)
loss of an eye (24hrs)
✔✔Purpose of OSH Act - ✔✔protect the safety and health of America's workers
✔✔How has OSHA made training available to OSHA inspectors, employers, and
public? - ✔✔DTE (Dept of Training and Ed)
OTIs (Outreach Training Centers)
✔✔2 partial exemption criteria for record keeping - ✔✔-10 or fewer workers
-low hazard
but still must report FatCats
✔✔General Duty Clause - ✔✔Employer has a duty to recognize hazards and take
appropriate steps whether it's in the regs or not
✔✔requirements for record retention and document updates - ✔✔OSHA 300 and 301
kept for 5 years
300A (summary)
✔✔OSHA inspection process - ✔✔1. Credentials
2. Opening meeting
3. Walk thru
4. Closing conference
✔✔OSHA's inspection priorities - ✔✔1. immediate danger
2. fatality
3. Complaint/referral
4. Planned inspection
✔✔Violations (5 types) - ✔✔1. serious- substantial probability of death
, 2. willful-intentional
3. repeat
4. other-than-serious
5. failure to abate
✔✔multi-employer citation policy (4) - ✔✔creating- created hazard
exposing-workers are exposed to hazard
controlling- in charge of site
correcting- authority to correct hazard
✔✔3 methods OSHA uses to provide info to employers and employees about worksite
safety and regulation compliance - ✔✔Directives
Letters of Interpretation
Compliance Assistance
✔✔OSHA Requirement for providing egress when excavation is greater than 4' -
✔✔egress every 25' (ladder every 50 feet)
✔✔4 excavations and trench hazards - ✔✔falls
falling loads
hazardous atmospheres
mobile equipment
✔✔types of protective systems (3) - ✔✔sloping/benching 1:1 (not for C)
shoring
shielding
✔✔depth OSHA requires a protective system for excavations - ✔✔5'
✔✔when must a competent person inspect the excavation, areas around it, and
protective system (3) - ✔✔1. before work starts and as needed throughout shift
2. after any compromising event (weather, wind, etc.)
3. expected that employee will be exposed to hazard
✔✔what are the primary means of protecting employees from hazards (2) - ✔✔1.
engineering control
2. administrative control
✔✔PPE required - ✔✔when engineering and administrative controls do not provide
sufficient protection
✔✔1st Step to developing a comprehensive safety and health program - ✔✔hazard
assessment
