CONSTRUCTION OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY & HEALTH

(COSH)
Pre Test

NAME : HERNIE W. VERGEL DE DIOS SCORE: ______/ 20__

DATE : 02-01-2021

True or False:

TRUE 1.Safety is the control of hazards to attain an acceptable level of risk.

FALSE 2.Initiative is the willingness of the worker to expend energy to achieve a goal or a reward.
FALSE 3.A body of persons representing management and the laboring group, which is in charge with the
development, implementation and maintenance of safety and accident prevention measures in the work
area is called a Labor Union.
FALSE 4.Inspection identifies hazardous conditions and actions before they result in accidents.
FALSE 5.Occupational Health is the promotion & maintenance of the highest degree of physical, mental
and social well-being of workers in all occupations.
TRUE 6.Noise is a harmful, unwanted sound.
TRUE. 7.Accident is usually the result of contact of man with a source of energy above the threshold limit of
the body or structure.
FALSE 8. Risks are unsafe acts and conditions, which, if not corrected, may contribute to the occurrence of
an accident.
FALSE 9.Barbed wire provides a personal protective barrier between the worker and the hazard.
FALSE 10.Research is what we do to give and get understanding.
FALSE 11.Metabolism is the result of the chemical combination of combustible materials with oxygen in the
presence of enough heat.
TRUE 12.First Aid is an immediate care given to a victim who have been injured or suddenly taken ill.
FALSE 13.Speculation identifies the root cause of the accident so that similar accidents can be prevented
from happening again.
FALSE 14.Accident is an undesired event, which, under slight different circumstances, could have resulted
in harm to people, damage to property or loss to process.
FALSE 15.Fate is a chance of physical or personal loss.
FALSE 16.The key management communicator for a group is called the foreman; he has the closest, most
frequent contact with the workers.
FALSE 17.Class A is a type of fire that involves flammable liquids.
FALSE 18.D.O. 15 is the Dept. Order requiring the need for health & safety in construction.
FALSE 19.Tag-Out is blocking the flow of energy from the power source to the equipment and keeping it
blocked out.
TRUE 20.Welding, although hazardous, can still be carried out safely.