Construction Health and Safety Technician Test Preparation
EXAM LATEST 2026-2027 800 QUESTIONS AND 100% Verified
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Occupational accidents usually result from:
1) Physical limitations.
2) Personality differences.
3) Combination of factors.
4) Environmental conditions. - answer>>The correct answer is:
3 Behind every accident, there lie many contributing factors, causes and subcauses. The theory of multiple
causation states that these factors combine in random fashion, causing accidents.
The tendency for an individual to give up - to withhold any sense of emotional or personal involvement in the
situation is called:
1) Resignation.
2) Aggression.
3) Regression.
4) Reactivity. - answer>>The correct answer is: 1
Resignation is the tendency for an individual to give up - to withhold any sense of emotional or personal
involvement in the situation.
Which of the following is not an accident investigation technique?
1) STEP
2) MORT
3) RCA
4) THERP - answer>>The correct answer is: 4
THERP is not an accident investigation technique. One of the older and more widely used methods of evaluating
human performance, THERP is the Technique for Human Error Rate Prediction, and was developed by A. D. Swain
during the 1960's.
,Barrier Analysis is utilized within which of the following accident investigation techniques?
1) Sequential Time Plotting
2) Critical Incident Technique
3) Root Cause Analysis and Management Oversight and Risk Tree
4) Event Analysis - answer>>The correct answer is: 3
Root Cause Analysis utilizes Barrier Analysis as one technique to help develop information concerning event flow.
Management Oversight and Risk Tree also applies Barrier Analysis when evaluating energy flow.
Heinrich's domino theory of accidents included:
1) Worker, perception, physical, social, injury.
2) The five B's.
3) Social, fault, unsafe act, accident, injury.
4) Men, machine, money, capital, accident. - answer>>The correct answer is: 3
Heinrich's domino theory involved social, fault, unsafe act, accident, and injury.
Heinrich's ratio of no injury accidents to minor injuries to major injuries is which of the following?
1) 100-20-1
2) 200-30-10
3) 300-29-1
4) 600-58-1 - answer>>The correct answer is: 3
Heinrich wrote that for every 300 no injury accidents, there are 29 minor and 1 major injury accidents
In worker's compensation cases involving hearing loss, the term low fence is often heard. Low fence also varies by
state. What is the meaning of this term?
1)Minimum noise level the worker must be able to hear
2)Hearing threshold level at which impairment begins
3)Minimum acceptable dollar value related to the loss
4)Maximum acceptable dollar value related to the loss - answer>>The correct answer is: 2
Low fence is the minimum threshold level at which hearing impairment begins (in that particular state).
,In workers compensation cases for hearing loss the term high fence is often used. High fence also varies by state.
What is the meaning of the term high fence?
1) Point the worker must reach
2) Point of 100% hearing impairment
3) Point of 0% hearing impairment
4) Point of 50% hearing impairment - answer>>The correct answer is: 2
High fence is a term that describes the point of 100% hearing loss. High fence varies according to state law.
When an injured person's care for his own safety was less than that reasonable for a prudent person under
existing conditions, he is considered negligent and the defendant will not be held liable. This principle is known as:
1) Privity.
2) Contributory negligence.
3) Joint tort.
4) Assumption of risk. - answer>>The correct answer is: 2
The principle above describes "Contributory Negligence". The injured person contributed to the injury because he
took less than reasonable care.
When an injury is caused by two or more persons, each of which failed in a legal duty, they are in:
1) Fault.
2) Contributory fault.
3) Contributory negligence.
4) Joint tort liability. - answer>>The correct answer is: 4
When two parties contributed to an injury to another party they have "Joint Tort Liabilities".
At one time it was considered that a plaintiff could not recover damages unless injury was due to physical contact.
This principle has been modified or repudiated over the years to permit a plaintiff to collect damages for
neurological or emotional disturbances that occurred without physical injury. This principle is known as:
1) Fright without physical contact.
2) Privity without contact.
, 3) Strict liability.
4) Tort. - answer>>The correct answer is: 1
The concept of "Fright without physical contact", as the words imply, allow for damages in cases where there was
emotional or similar damage and no physical injury was made.
Non-regulatory consequences of failure to adequately clean up chemical releases include all EXCEPT:
1) Decreased property values
2) Difficulties in selling the affected property
3) Reduced collateral value of the property in borrowing situations
4) Reduced charges to waste disposal budget - answer>>The correct answer is: 4
Answers 1, 2, and 3 are possible. Answer 4 is not - most likely, costs will increase. Chemical contamination can
cause a property to have a negative economic value because the costs of remediation exceed the market value of
the property, once remediated. There are legal/regulatory consequences as well.
Any of the following are major cause(s) of electrical shock EXCEPT:
1) Ungrounded frames or inadequate grounding of frames on noncurrent-carrying parts of electrical machinery
and tools
2) Inadequate protection of exposed current-carrying parts of electrical installations
3) Inadequate insulation of electrical conductors
4) GFCI - answer>>The correct answer is: 4
Listed are the three major causes of electrical shock as reported by OSHA in their student manual "Guide to
Voluntary Compliance". The National Electric Code (NEC) provides instructions for eliminating shock hazard from
the workplace. GFCI stands for Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter and prevents electrical shocks.
What does a "Bird Cage" in a wire rope usually signify?
1)Repeated bending over sheaves
2)Jumping a sheave
3)Fatigue
4)Sudden release of tension and rebound - answer>>The correct answer is: 4
A "bird cage" signifies that the wire rope was subjected to a sudden release of tension. (per the "Accident
Prevention Manual")
EXAM LATEST 2026-2027 800 QUESTIONS AND 100% Verified
ANSWERS
Occupational accidents usually result from:
1) Physical limitations.
2) Personality differences.
3) Combination of factors.
4) Environmental conditions. - answer>>The correct answer is:
3 Behind every accident, there lie many contributing factors, causes and subcauses. The theory of multiple
causation states that these factors combine in random fashion, causing accidents.
The tendency for an individual to give up - to withhold any sense of emotional or personal involvement in the
situation is called:
1) Resignation.
2) Aggression.
3) Regression.
4) Reactivity. - answer>>The correct answer is: 1
Resignation is the tendency for an individual to give up - to withhold any sense of emotional or personal
involvement in the situation.
Which of the following is not an accident investigation technique?
1) STEP
2) MORT
3) RCA
4) THERP - answer>>The correct answer is: 4
THERP is not an accident investigation technique. One of the older and more widely used methods of evaluating
human performance, THERP is the Technique for Human Error Rate Prediction, and was developed by A. D. Swain
during the 1960's.
,Barrier Analysis is utilized within which of the following accident investigation techniques?
1) Sequential Time Plotting
2) Critical Incident Technique
3) Root Cause Analysis and Management Oversight and Risk Tree
4) Event Analysis - answer>>The correct answer is: 3
Root Cause Analysis utilizes Barrier Analysis as one technique to help develop information concerning event flow.
Management Oversight and Risk Tree also applies Barrier Analysis when evaluating energy flow.
Heinrich's domino theory of accidents included:
1) Worker, perception, physical, social, injury.
2) The five B's.
3) Social, fault, unsafe act, accident, injury.
4) Men, machine, money, capital, accident. - answer>>The correct answer is: 3
Heinrich's domino theory involved social, fault, unsafe act, accident, and injury.
Heinrich's ratio of no injury accidents to minor injuries to major injuries is which of the following?
1) 100-20-1
2) 200-30-10
3) 300-29-1
4) 600-58-1 - answer>>The correct answer is: 3
Heinrich wrote that for every 300 no injury accidents, there are 29 minor and 1 major injury accidents
In worker's compensation cases involving hearing loss, the term low fence is often heard. Low fence also varies by
state. What is the meaning of this term?
1)Minimum noise level the worker must be able to hear
2)Hearing threshold level at which impairment begins
3)Minimum acceptable dollar value related to the loss
4)Maximum acceptable dollar value related to the loss - answer>>The correct answer is: 2
Low fence is the minimum threshold level at which hearing impairment begins (in that particular state).
,In workers compensation cases for hearing loss the term high fence is often used. High fence also varies by state.
What is the meaning of the term high fence?
1) Point the worker must reach
2) Point of 100% hearing impairment
3) Point of 0% hearing impairment
4) Point of 50% hearing impairment - answer>>The correct answer is: 2
High fence is a term that describes the point of 100% hearing loss. High fence varies according to state law.
When an injured person's care for his own safety was less than that reasonable for a prudent person under
existing conditions, he is considered negligent and the defendant will not be held liable. This principle is known as:
1) Privity.
2) Contributory negligence.
3) Joint tort.
4) Assumption of risk. - answer>>The correct answer is: 2
The principle above describes "Contributory Negligence". The injured person contributed to the injury because he
took less than reasonable care.
When an injury is caused by two or more persons, each of which failed in a legal duty, they are in:
1) Fault.
2) Contributory fault.
3) Contributory negligence.
4) Joint tort liability. - answer>>The correct answer is: 4
When two parties contributed to an injury to another party they have "Joint Tort Liabilities".
At one time it was considered that a plaintiff could not recover damages unless injury was due to physical contact.
This principle has been modified or repudiated over the years to permit a plaintiff to collect damages for
neurological or emotional disturbances that occurred without physical injury. This principle is known as:
1) Fright without physical contact.
2) Privity without contact.
, 3) Strict liability.
4) Tort. - answer>>The correct answer is: 1
The concept of "Fright without physical contact", as the words imply, allow for damages in cases where there was
emotional or similar damage and no physical injury was made.
Non-regulatory consequences of failure to adequately clean up chemical releases include all EXCEPT:
1) Decreased property values
2) Difficulties in selling the affected property
3) Reduced collateral value of the property in borrowing situations
4) Reduced charges to waste disposal budget - answer>>The correct answer is: 4
Answers 1, 2, and 3 are possible. Answer 4 is not - most likely, costs will increase. Chemical contamination can
cause a property to have a negative economic value because the costs of remediation exceed the market value of
the property, once remediated. There are legal/regulatory consequences as well.
Any of the following are major cause(s) of electrical shock EXCEPT:
1) Ungrounded frames or inadequate grounding of frames on noncurrent-carrying parts of electrical machinery
and tools
2) Inadequate protection of exposed current-carrying parts of electrical installations
3) Inadequate insulation of electrical conductors
4) GFCI - answer>>The correct answer is: 4
Listed are the three major causes of electrical shock as reported by OSHA in their student manual "Guide to
Voluntary Compliance". The National Electric Code (NEC) provides instructions for eliminating shock hazard from
the workplace. GFCI stands for Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter and prevents electrical shocks.
What does a "Bird Cage" in a wire rope usually signify?
1)Repeated bending over sheaves
2)Jumping a sheave
3)Fatigue
4)Sudden release of tension and rebound - answer>>The correct answer is: 4
A "bird cage" signifies that the wire rope was subjected to a sudden release of tension. (per the "Accident
Prevention Manual")
