Occupational Safety Review: Verified Questions
and Answers on OSHA, RCRA, and CERCLA
Which of the following is not an employee right under OSHA?
a. Upon your request, to see copies of the results of any air testing performed on you
b. To shut down a job you believe is unsafe
c. To receive training about the hazards of the job
d. To be provided approved PPE at no cost when your employer requires you to wear it - ✔✔To shut
down a job you believe is unsafe
A Safety Data Sheet (SDS)...
a. Must be provided for chemicals used at a facility
b. Need not present information on chronic health effects
c. Must be provided for each hazardous was drum
d. Contains exactly the same information as the container label - ✔✔Must be provided for chemicals
used at a facility
The term "Superfund" is another name for which of the following?
a. CERCLA
,b. RCRA
c. EPCRA
d. TSCA - ✔✔CERCLA
(comprehensive environmental response, compensation, and liability act)
To protect the worker from exposure, which does OSHA indicate should happen first?
a. Use common sense
b. Engineering controls
c. Decontamination of exposed areas before eating, drinking, or smoking
d. Proper selection and utilization of PPE - ✔✔Engineering controls
Operations that employ workers who must comply with the 29 CFR 1910.120 regulations do not include
which of the following?
a. Risk analysis of hazardous chemical releases
b. Emergency response involving the spill or release of hazardous substances
c. Treatment, storage, and disposal (TSD) facilities at RCRA hazardous waste sites
d. Cleanup at uncontrolled hazardous waste sites - ✔✔Risk analysis of hazardous chemical releases
,Which governmental body is responsible for safety at a hazardous waste site?
a. OSHA
b. EPA
c. USCG
d. NIOSH
e. DOT - ✔✔OSHA
Complete enclosure of a sandblast operation is an example of .....
a. PPE
b. Administration
c. Work Practices
d. Engineering controls - ✔✔Engineering controls
Is the use of "common sense" a good practice to protect a worker from exposure to hazards?
True
False - ✔✔False
, Using steam cleaning instead of solvent-based cleaning is an example of....
a. PPE
b. Common sense
c. Engineering
d. Work practice - ✔✔c. Engineering
Wearing a respirator to remove toxic vapors from your breathing air is an example of which of the
following?
a. Common sense
b. Work practice
c. PPE
d. Engineering - ✔✔PPE
Which of the following is not an element of the Hazard Communication Standard?
a. Respirator training
b. Employee training about hazards and proper use of chemicals
c. Chemical inventory
and Answers on OSHA, RCRA, and CERCLA
Which of the following is not an employee right under OSHA?
a. Upon your request, to see copies of the results of any air testing performed on you
b. To shut down a job you believe is unsafe
c. To receive training about the hazards of the job
d. To be provided approved PPE at no cost when your employer requires you to wear it - ✔✔To shut
down a job you believe is unsafe
A Safety Data Sheet (SDS)...
a. Must be provided for chemicals used at a facility
b. Need not present information on chronic health effects
c. Must be provided for each hazardous was drum
d. Contains exactly the same information as the container label - ✔✔Must be provided for chemicals
used at a facility
The term "Superfund" is another name for which of the following?
a. CERCLA
,b. RCRA
c. EPCRA
d. TSCA - ✔✔CERCLA
(comprehensive environmental response, compensation, and liability act)
To protect the worker from exposure, which does OSHA indicate should happen first?
a. Use common sense
b. Engineering controls
c. Decontamination of exposed areas before eating, drinking, or smoking
d. Proper selection and utilization of PPE - ✔✔Engineering controls
Operations that employ workers who must comply with the 29 CFR 1910.120 regulations do not include
which of the following?
a. Risk analysis of hazardous chemical releases
b. Emergency response involving the spill or release of hazardous substances
c. Treatment, storage, and disposal (TSD) facilities at RCRA hazardous waste sites
d. Cleanup at uncontrolled hazardous waste sites - ✔✔Risk analysis of hazardous chemical releases
,Which governmental body is responsible for safety at a hazardous waste site?
a. OSHA
b. EPA
c. USCG
d. NIOSH
e. DOT - ✔✔OSHA
Complete enclosure of a sandblast operation is an example of .....
a. PPE
b. Administration
c. Work Practices
d. Engineering controls - ✔✔Engineering controls
Is the use of "common sense" a good practice to protect a worker from exposure to hazards?
True
False - ✔✔False
, Using steam cleaning instead of solvent-based cleaning is an example of....
a. PPE
b. Common sense
c. Engineering
d. Work practice - ✔✔c. Engineering
Wearing a respirator to remove toxic vapors from your breathing air is an example of which of the
following?
a. Common sense
b. Work practice
c. PPE
d. Engineering - ✔✔PPE
Which of the following is not an element of the Hazard Communication Standard?
a. Respirator training
b. Employee training about hazards and proper use of chemicals
c. Chemical inventory
