OSHA 10 Module 1 Pretest Answers

OSHA 10 Module 1 Pretest Answers

1. The mission of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is:

• To secure fair compensation for workers who have been injured in accidents
• To enforce the federal regulations that ensure that business is conducted in an ethical manner
• To send every worker home whole and healthy every day
• To ensure that medical personnel are available for every industry in which there are

significant workplace hazards

• Electricity travels in closed circuits, and its normal route is through a conductor. Electric

shock occurs when:

• The body becomes part of the circuit
• The circuit becomes part of the conductor
• Electricity jumps its normal path and strikes a person
• Static electricity gathers outside the circuit
• Workers need to take which of the following common-sense steps to protect themselves from

falls through skylights and roof and floor openings?

• Never sit on, lean against, or step on a skylight lens or any covering placed over a hole in a

roof or floor

• Guard or securely cover all holes created or uncovered before leaving a work area
• Always use a PFAS when working over an unguarded or uncovered opening more than six

feet above a lower level

• All of the above
• The two steps for avoiding hazards that are always taken before the need for PPE is considered

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OSHA 10 Module 1 Pretest Answers

• Correct answer Special care and training incentives
• Special operations and avoidance techniques
• Workplace and engineering controls
• Alertness and reaction time testing

5. The three main scaffold types are aerial lifts, supported scaffolds and:

• Tubular scaffolds
• Bamboo scaffolds
• Suspended scaffolds
• Rope-ladder scaffolds
• Because using cranes or derricks to hoist personnel poses a serious risk to the employees being

lifted, any cranes and derricks that hoist personnel must:

• Be placed on a firm foundation and be uniformly level within 1 percent of level grade
• Move the personnel platform slowly and cautiously and have a rotation-resistant rope with a

safety factor of 10

• Have all brakes and locking devices set when the occupied personnel platform is in stationary

position

• All of the above
• If the use of a power tool can result in flying sparks, metal shavings, wood chips, splashes, or

other debris, workers should:

• Protect themselves by wearing the proper PPE
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OSHA 10 Module 1 Pretest Answers

• Wear goggles or safety spectacles
• Stop using the tool

8. OSHA defines an excavation as:

• Any man-made cavity, depression, trench or cut in the earth’s surface formed by earth

removal

• A narrow excavation made below the surface of the ground in which the depth is greater than

the width – with the width not to exceed 15 feet

• Any square or rectangular trench with a width that does not exceed 15 feet
• A hole of any shape with a depth that exceeds 15 feet

9. A training program to teach proper lifting techniques should cover:

• Knowledge of the basic anatomy of the spine, muscles, and joints of the trunk
• The use of safe lifting postures and timing
• Both A and B
• Friendly weightlifting competitions among workers to build strength

10. Mechanical demolition refers to demolition using equipment like:

• Wrecking balls or jackhammers
• Remote detonators to implode a structure
• Explosives
• Armed robots

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