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Post-Test #6
Construction Occupational Safety and Health

Answer Key

1. What is the primary cause of accident that is characterized by the

human action that departs from a standard or written job procedure or
common practice, safety rules, regulations, or instructions.
A. Unsafe Act
B. Unsafe Condition
C. Safety Hazard
D. Health Hazard

2. What is the engineering control that protects you after you fall which
is characterized by stopping the fall before you hit the surface?
A. Fall alert system
B. Fall-proof system
C. Fall arrest system
D. Fall protection system

3. This is the vertical member of shoring and timbering which directly

resists pressure from side of an excavation.
A. Strut
B. Toeboard
C. Wale
D. Sheathing

4. It is the longitudinal member of shoring and timbering which directly

resists pressure from sheathing.
A. Strut
B. Toeboard
C. Wale
D. Sheathing

5. A risk associated with poorly guarded or dangerous equipment and

machinery that may cause injury.
A. Unsafe Act
B. Unsafe Condition
C. Safety Hazard
D. Health Hazard

6. In demolition safety, what control is characterized by ensuring

separation between the public and the demolition activities?
A. Isolation
B. Elimination
C. Substitution
D. Engineering Control

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Construction Occupational Safety and Health

7. The maximum number of persons employed in a workroom area shall not

exceed one person per how many cubic meters?
A. 11.5
B. 13.5
C. 12.5
D. 10.5

8. At what height shall workers be required to use fall arrest equipment?

A. Over 10m
B. Over 12m
C. Over 14m
D. Over 16m

9. Fall protection equipment shall be required when working at what minimum

height?
A. 2m
B. 3m
C. 4m
D. 5m

10. Timber/bamboo scaffoldings shall be limited to a height of how many

meters from the ground or base?
A. 25m
B. 20m
C. 15m
D. 10m

11. Which control is demonstrated by the use of power shears, in place of

grinding or oxy-acetylene cutting, where there is a risk of fire?
A. Isolation
B. Elimination
C. Substitution
D. Engineering Control

12. The physical or chemical property of a material, machine or the

environment which could result in injury to a person, damage or
destruction to property or other forms of losses.
A. Unsafe Act
B. Unsafe Condition
C. Safety Hazard
D. Health Hazard

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13. A risk associated with exposure to dangerous substance or conditions

that may cause illness/disease.
A. Unsafe Act
B. Unsafe Condition
C. Safety Hazard
D. Health Hazard

14. A formal process to identify potential hazards related to an activity

or operation, analyze the level of risk associated with those hazards,
and propose controls to reduce the level of risks.
A. OSH
B. HIRAC
C. Job hazard analysis
D. Risk management

15. It is the transverse member of shoring and timbering which directly

resists pressure from sheathing or wales.
A. Strut
B. Wale
C. Sheathing
D. Toeboard

16. A scaffold bracing, which extends horizontally from standard to

standard forming right angles with the putlogs and forms a tie between
the standards.
A. Brace
B. Putlogs/Bearer
C. Ledger/Stringer
D. Standard/Upright

17. A scaffold member that holds standards or uprights in a fixed position

to prevent any lateral movement.
A. Brace
B. Putlogs/Bearer
C. Ledger/Stringer
D. Standard/Upright

18. Where the rooms are air-conditioned, and the process allows free
movement; existing heights of not less than how many meters may be
allowed?
A. 3.3m
B. 3.0m
C. 2.7m
D. 2.4m

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Construction Occupational Safety and Health

19. What is the maximum number of persons allowed to work in a 4.6 m by

7.5 m workroom with a 4 m clear height?
A. 9
B. 10
C. 11
D. 12

Space = L x W x H (max:3m)

Space = 7.5 x 4.6 x 3 = 103.5 cu.m.

No. of person = 103.5/11.5 = 9 persons

20. The minimum width of passageways between machinery or equipment should

not be less than how many meters?
A. 0.90
B. 0.80
C. 0.70
D. 0.60

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