OSHA 510 UPDATED EXAMS TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔If the CSHO does not find that a company qualifies for a focused inspection, they
will receive a ______ inspection - ✔✔comprehensive
✔✔the purpose of an OSHA compliance directive (CPL) is to insure ____ -
✔✔consistent enforcement of OSHA regulations
✔✔the four types of employers in a multi-employer situation are - ✔✔creating
exposing
correcting
controlling
✔✔an employer that caused or created a hazardous condition - ✔✔creating employer
✔✔an employer whose own employees are exposed to the hazard - ✔✔exposing
employer
✔✔an employer responsible fore correcting the hazard, must exercise reasonable care
in preventing and directing violations - ✔✔correcting employer
✔✔general supervisory authority with power to correct or require other to correct by
contract or in practice - ✔✔controlling employer
, ✔✔for an employer to provide a defense against a citation in a multi-employer situation,
the employer must show the following: (4) - ✔✔-the employer didn't cause the problem
to exist
-the employer didn't directly control conditions causing the hazard
-the employer has taken reasonable steps to notify the party(s) charged with cause and
control of the problem
-the employer has taken reasonable steps to keep their employees away from the
hazard
✔✔OSHA defines an excavation as any man made cut, cavity, trench, or depression in
the earth's surface formed by ____ removal - ✔✔earth
✔✔a trench is defined as a narrow underground excavation that is ____ than it is wide -
✔✔deeper
✔✔a trench cannot be wider than ____ feet - ✔✔15
✔✔cave in protection is required for all excavations greater than ____ feet in depth
unless they are entirely in solid stable rock - ✔✔
✔✔a ladder must be provided every ____ feet for excavations greater than ____ feet in
depth - ✔✔25
4
✔✔spoil piles, material, and equipment must be kept ____ feet from the excavation -
✔✔2
✔✔excavation inspections must be conducted ____ and before the start of work -
✔✔daily
✔✔excavation inspections must be conducted to determine soil ____ - ✔✔classification
✔✔cave in protection includes (4) - ✔✔sloping
shoring
shielding
benching
✔✔natural solid mineral material that can be excavated with vertical sides - ✔✔stable
rock
✔✔type A: cohesive soils with an unconfined compressive strength of ____ tons per
square foot (tsf) - ✔✔1.5
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔If the CSHO does not find that a company qualifies for a focused inspection, they
will receive a ______ inspection - ✔✔comprehensive
✔✔the purpose of an OSHA compliance directive (CPL) is to insure ____ -
✔✔consistent enforcement of OSHA regulations
✔✔the four types of employers in a multi-employer situation are - ✔✔creating
exposing
correcting
controlling
✔✔an employer that caused or created a hazardous condition - ✔✔creating employer
✔✔an employer whose own employees are exposed to the hazard - ✔✔exposing
employer
✔✔an employer responsible fore correcting the hazard, must exercise reasonable care
in preventing and directing violations - ✔✔correcting employer
✔✔general supervisory authority with power to correct or require other to correct by
contract or in practice - ✔✔controlling employer
, ✔✔for an employer to provide a defense against a citation in a multi-employer situation,
the employer must show the following: (4) - ✔✔-the employer didn't cause the problem
to exist
-the employer didn't directly control conditions causing the hazard
-the employer has taken reasonable steps to notify the party(s) charged with cause and
control of the problem
-the employer has taken reasonable steps to keep their employees away from the
hazard
✔✔OSHA defines an excavation as any man made cut, cavity, trench, or depression in
the earth's surface formed by ____ removal - ✔✔earth
✔✔a trench is defined as a narrow underground excavation that is ____ than it is wide -
✔✔deeper
✔✔a trench cannot be wider than ____ feet - ✔✔15
✔✔cave in protection is required for all excavations greater than ____ feet in depth
unless they are entirely in solid stable rock - ✔✔
✔✔a ladder must be provided every ____ feet for excavations greater than ____ feet in
depth - ✔✔25
4
✔✔spoil piles, material, and equipment must be kept ____ feet from the excavation -
✔✔2
✔✔excavation inspections must be conducted ____ and before the start of work -
✔✔daily
✔✔excavation inspections must be conducted to determine soil ____ - ✔✔classification
✔✔cave in protection includes (4) - ✔✔sloping
shoring
shielding
benching
✔✔natural solid mineral material that can be excavated with vertical sides - ✔✔stable
rock
✔✔type A: cohesive soils with an unconfined compressive strength of ____ tons per
square foot (tsf) - ✔✔1.5
