Fire Officer 2

Chapter 16

Knowledge Check

1. Research into the root cause of job-related illnesses and exposures can be accomplished through:
2. If an accident analysis shows that stress was the root cause of an injury or fatality, company officers should recommend an increase in:
3. Company officers should compare the __ of implementing risk reduction strategies.
4. Developing and implementing training policies and procedures that are dedicated to safety can mitigate the:
5. Root causes are the most basic reason an accident will:
6. The likelihood of personnel injuries can be reduced and their severity mitigated by managing organizational risk through:
7. Revisions to a risk management plan should be made:
8. Which situation illustrates the accident-causing human factor of improper attitude?
9. When identifying organizational risks, consider the worst of possible conditions or potential events as well as operations that:
10. Lost time away from work and the cost of medical treatment can measure the:
11. Workplace accidents are investigated to identify the __ that were the accident's root cause.
12. The narrative portion of the accident investigation report should include:
13. Emergency incident scenes, emergency responses, training exercises, arid daily activities are common situations for unsafe acts due to personnel:
14. If during the life cycle of a risk management plan there is a decrease in overall risk, the plan:
15. Which situation would indicate that a risk management plan needs to be revised?
16. Which resource can be used to compile a list of organizational accidents, injuries, illnesses, and fatalities?
17. Which job-related illness and health exposure can result from noise and from situations involving fatalities or casualties?
18. If a particular injury has a high incidence rate, it will likely continue to occur until:
19. Accidents caused by physically unsuitable personnel can be mitigated by assigning these responders to tasks in which their limitations are:
20. Which event would initiate an accident investigation?
21. An accident in which members are exposed to toxic fumes at an incident due to receiving inadequate training on the use of personal protective equipment has its root cause in a(an):
22. What is a potential response to an accident's root cause?
23. Which type of risk should be considered a high-priority item within a risk management plan?
24. What type of general incident information should be collected as part of an accident investigation?
25. Human factors are an individual's attributes or personal characteristics that cause the individual to be: