Fire Officer 2

Chapter 16

Knowledge Check

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