SAFETY, HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT
TEST #1
NAME: ____________________________
DATE: ____________________________
1. List the 8 industries that are a part of the process industry.
2. List the 3 types of pollution found in the processing industry.
3. Match the following hazard types with their associated agent.
_____ Chemical
_____ Physical
_____ Ergonomic
_____ Biological
a. A piece of equipment that operates at a noise level over 80 decibels.
b. Prolonged work at a computer
c. Resin Dust
d. Lack of potable water at a work site
4. Match the following scenarios with the most likely route of entry that a hazardous agent will take.
_______ A process technician fails to wear a respirator when dumping lead oxide into a mixer.
_______A glass filled with kerosene is accidentally mistaken as a glass of water.
_______ A medical technician fails to properly sterilize syringes that will be used for vaccinations.
_______ A leaking container of mercury is handled by a worker who is not wearing any personal protection equipment.
a. Injection
b. Inhalation
c. Absorption
d. Ingestion
5. Briefly describe the difference between lethal dose and lethal concentration.
6. List the four characteristics of acute effects/exposures.
7. Which of the following adequately describe the relationship of doses and responses?
a. Acute effect, dose threshold, and lethal determinant
b. Concentration, duration of exposure, and constant
c. Chronic effect, concentration and dose threshold
d. (T) x (K) = C
8. The minimum dose required to produce a measurable effect is known as:
a. a lethal dose
b. a lethal concentration
c. the dose threshold
d. an acute exposure
9. List the four characteristics of chronic effects/exposures.
10. Match the following hazardous materials with the route it would most likely take to enter the human body.
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