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Question 1 of 10
A population is normally distributed with a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10. The probability that a randomly-selected variable from this population falls between 35 and 40 is:
(A) 0.90
(B) 0.09
(C) 0.62
(D) 0.12
Question 2 of 10
A cooling water pump on a reactor with an exothermic reaction has failed 6 times in the past 3 years. What is the probability that this pump would fail twice in the next 6 months?
(A) 18.39%
(B) 8.36%
(C) 12.93%
(D) 32.72
Question 3 of 10
If a device has a failure rate of 2 x 10-6 failures/hour, what is its reliability in an operating period of 500 hours?
(A) 0.999
(B) 0.989
(C) 0.978
(D) 0.950
Question 4 of 10
Using the table below from 29 CFR 1926, which of the following is the acceptable size of cross braces for a trench in Type A soil 13 feet deep and 5 feet wide? The cross braces are to be spaced at 6 feet horizontally and 4 feet vertically.
(A) 4 × 6
(B) 4 × 4
(C) 6 × 6
(D) 6 × 8
Question 5 of 10
A worker works continuously indoors (no solar load) on a job that is classified as “heavy” on a day when the natural wet bulb temperature is 24 °C and the globe temperature is 31 °C. Which of the following statements is correct?
(A) The worker is exposed to excessive heat.
(B) The worker is not exposed to excessive heat.
(C) The data presented is for outdoors only with solar load and cannot be used for indoor heat stress calculations.
(D) Depending on the relative humidity, the worker may or may not have been to excessive heat.
Question 6 of 10
Water is flowing through a 10-inch inside diameter pipe at a rate equal to 2,000 gpm. The velocity pressure in the pipe is equal to:
(A) 0.448 psi
(B) 0.200 psi
(C) 0.753 psi
(D) 0.176 psi
Question 7 of 10
A liquid mixture contains 40% (by weight) heptane, 20% methyl chloroform, and the balance perchloroethylene. Assuming that all of this liquid evaporates, and that the atmospheric composition is similar to that of the original liquid. The TLV for the gaseous mixture generated from this liquid is equal to which of the following? The TLV for individual components are:
heptane: TLV = 1,600 mg/m3
methyl chloroform: TLV = 1,900 mg/m3
perchloroethylene: TLV = 335 mg/m3
(A) 723 mg/m3
(B) 1,232 mg/m3
(C) 645 mg/m3
(D) 957 mg/m3
Question 8 of 10
A volatile chemical with a TLV of 50 ppm is used in a laboratory that has an effective dilution ventilation rate of 4,000 cfm. The maximum allowable vapor generation for this chemical is:
(A) 0.8 cfm
(B) 0.5 cfm
(C) 0.2 cfm
(D) 0.9 cfm
Question 9 of 10
The effective ventilation rate for an actual ventilation rate of 16,000 cfm with a factor of safety of 8 is:
(A) 128,000 cfm
(B) 48,000 cfm
(C) 2,000 cfm
(D) 4,000 cfm
Question 10 of 10
The first step in determining whether a safety training program in a particular area is needed is to identify the safety and health hazards. Effective action must be preceded by a logical and meaningful assessment of the problem to be addressed. The technique which is used to apply problem assessment to safety training is called:
(A) THERP
(B) What If Analysis
(C) Job Hazard Analysis
(D) Management Oversight Risk Tree (MORT)
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