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ASP/CSP 13 Work Environments Study Solutions

1. Which angle is appropriate for stairways?

A. 20o
B. 40o
C. 60o
D. 80o

2. What is the required overlap on the sections of a 50 foot extension ladder?

A. 3 ft
B. 4 ft
C. 5 ft
D. 6 ft

3. A 12 foot fixed industrial ladder is required to:

A. have a cage
B. have a landing at the 8 ft height
C. be at a 90o angle
D. have uniform spaced rungs

4. Which color is generally used to indicate a state of caution?

A. Red
B. Yellow
C. Green
D. Magenta

5. Name common risk factors for MSDs of common home office set ups

A. Repetitive motion, Mold, Joint Deviation

B. Repetitive motion, Joint Deviation, Excessive Force
C. Thermal Stress, Noise, and Excessive Force
D. Excess Force, Mold, Space Confinement

6. Repetitive motions of the hand or wrist are likely to cause which MSD?

A. DeQuervain’s Syndrome
B. Epicondylitis
C. Tendosynovitis
D. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

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7. What motions may cause epicondylitis?

A. Extreme vibration in the hands and wrists

B. Impacting or jerking throwing motions
C. Total body vibration
D. Gripping and hand twisting motions

8. Name precautions necessary to minimize lower back pain.

A. Maintain an upright posture, use chair with lumbar support, get up

and walk throughout the day
B. Sit for prolonged periods, use chair with lumbar support, sleep on a water
mattress
C. Maintain an upright posture, avoid gripping and hand twisting motions, use
chair with lumbar support
D. Use chair with lumbar support, visit a chiropractor annually, get up and
walk throughout the day

9. Name the significant parts of an ergonomics program.

A. Establish ergonomics team, hire an outside consultant, correct problems

identified by consultant
B. Train personnel on ergonomics, identify, evaluate workplace, submit
identified problems to management
C. Establish ergonomics team, train personnel, find a new job at a place
without ergonomic issues
D. Establish ergonomics team, train personnel, identify, evaluate and
correct problems

10. Work stations should be designed to:

A. maximize required static forces of the operator

B. fit the body size for people in the 5th percentile of the population
C. require persons sit in a specific (good) posture
D. minimize required static forces of the operator

11. What is the best viewing angle for the center of a computer video monitor?

A. 15º above the horizontal

B. 30º above the horizontal
C. 15º below the horizontal
D. 30º below the horizontal

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12. Computer keyboards should be

A. placed slightly off center to the right

B. placed slightly off center to the left
C. placed directly in front
D. placed slightly above elbow height

13. A job task requires employees to manually load 40 lb. bags of grain onto pallets.
It is difficult to get a good grip on each bag. The bags must be lifted from the
floor to the pallet. The maximum height of the bags on the pallet is 36”.
Employees are able to pick up the bags directly in front of them. The bags are
10” in front. There are 40 bags per pallet, and employees spend 2 hours each
shift loading pallets. Each employee loads 5 pallets per shift. What is the
NIOSH lifting index?

RWL = LC x HM x VM x DM x AM x FM x CM

LC = 51 lbs
HM = 10/H = 10/10 = 1
VM = 1-(0.0075|V-30|) = 1 – (0.0075|0-30|) = 0.775
DM = 0.82 + 1.8/D = 0.82 + 1.8/36 = 0.87
AM = 1 – 0.0032A = 1
FM 200 bags/120 min = 1.67 lifts/min
FM = 0.84
CM = 0.90

RWL = 51 lbs x 1 x 0.775 x 0.87 x 0.84 x 0.90 = 26 lbs

40 lbs
LI = =1.54
26 lbs

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14. A job task requires employees to manually inspect finished parts. The part must
be picked off the conveyor belt and closely examined on an inspection table.
The belt is 75 cm off the floor. The inspection table is 90 cm off the floor.
Employees must reach about 15 degrees to the side to pick up each part. The
conveyor belt is about 25 cm in front of the employees. Employees must inspect
500 parts during each 8 hour shift. Each part weighs 10 kg. What is the NIOSH
lifting index?

RWL = LC x HM x VM x DM x AM x FM x CM

LC = 23 kg
HM = 25/H = 25/25 = 1
VM = 1-(0.003|V-75|) = 1 – (0.003|90-75|) = 0.955
DM = 0.82 + 4.5/D = 0.82 + 4.5/15 = 1.12  1
AM = 1 – 0.0032A = 1 - 0.0032(15) = 0.952
FM 500 bags/480 min = 1.04 lifts/min
FM = 0.75
CM = 1

RWL = 23 kg x 1 x 0.955 x 1 x 0.952 x 0.75 x 1 = 15.7 kg

10 kg
LI = =0.64
15.7 kg

Extra review:

15. A substance is stored in a pressurized container at normal temperatures has a

vapor pressure of 5168 mm Hg and a vapor density of 2.4. How is this
substance likely to behave if the container is damaged and the contents are
released?

A. The contents will rise and disperse easily into the atmosphere.
B. The contents will sink and stay low to the ground.
C. The contents will solidify into a powder on the ground.
D. The contents will mix easily with the air neither rising into the atmosphere
nor sinking and staying low to the ground.

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16. A room is 100 ft x 50 ft x 20 ft. There is an open vat of toluene (C7H8 ) solvent in
the room evaporating at 2 pints/minute. The room has a mixing factor of 2.
Toluene has a specific gravity of 0.87. The OSHA PEL for toluene is 200 ppm.
What is the minimum required airflow to stay within the OSHA regulations?

Atomic Mass of carbon = 12.0

Atomic Mass of hydrogen = 1.0

A. 38,100 cfm
B. 76,200 cfm
C. 162,000 cfm
D. 832,000 cfm

The solution for this problem uses the following formula found on the sheet given with
the exam:

Q = airflow cfm
SG = specific gravity of contaminant
403x106 xSGxERxK
ER = evaporation rate (pints/minute) Q
K = mixing factor for the room MWxC
MW = molecular weight of the contaminant (g)
C = concentration (ppm)

The molecular weight is calculated from the formula C7H8.

403 x 106 x 0.87 x 2.0 x2
7 carbons x 12.0 g/carbon = 84 g Q
92 x 200
8 hydrogens x 1.0g/hydrogen = 8g
Total 92 g Q  76,200 cfm

17. An industrial hygienist samples for asbestos with a pump pulling 1 liter/min for 4
hours 35 minutes. The lab counted a total of 3500 asbestos fibers on the filter.
What is the asbestos concentration in the room?

A. 0.01 f/cc
B. 1.2 f/cc
C. 12 f/cc
D. 120 f/cc

 275 min  = 275 liters 

liter 1000 cc 
Volume of air sampled = 1  = 275,000 cc
min  liter 
fiber count 3500 fibers
Concentration = = = 0.012 fibers/cc
air volume 275,000 cc

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