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The document is an assessment for a Managing Safely course, detailing various questions and answers related to safety management principles, risk assessment, and incident investigation. It covers topics such as legal requirements, risk control hierarchy, and the importance of a health and safety management system. The assessment includes multiple-choice questions, fill-in-the-blanks, and true/false statements to evaluate understanding of safety management concepts.

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IOSH Exam

The document is an assessment for a Managing Safely course, detailing various questions and answers related to safety management principles, risk assessment, and incident investigation. It covers topics such as legal requirements, risk control hierarchy, and the importance of a health and safety management system. The assessment includes multiple-choice questions, fill-in-the-blanks, and true/false statements to evaluate understanding of safety management concepts.

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Managing Safely – Assessment 4 0

Name Date Nouh31-12-2024


Ashraf Mohamed Tarek Saad Al--Din Mohamed

Training provider Hytham Elsharkawy

1. Think about the three key reasons to manage safely. Put a ✔ opposite each reason
you think is correct. (Select three answers only from the following.)

a) moral ✔
b) strategic

c) financial ✔
d) legal ✔
e) social

2. Insert in the spaces provided the most appropriate two options from the four
listed below:

accountability tasks responsibility leadership

A manager can delegate __responsibility


_________________ to others for day-to-day safety and
health management but you can’t give away their ________________.
accountability

3. W
 hich two of the following are true? (Put a ✔ opposite the two statements you think
are correct.)

a) c onsequence is the outcome of the hazardous event ✔


b) risk is the combination of the likelihood of a hazardous event occurring
and the consequence of the event ✔

c) there is only one way to do a risk assessment

d) the likelihood of all hazardous events is the same

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4. Think about what a risk assessment is. Which statement is correct?


(Put a ✔ opposite the statement you think is correct.)

a) It’s when someone or something interacts with a hazard

b) It’s a careful examination of anything in the workplace that could


cause injury or harm ✔

c) It’s the outcome of an accident

d) It’s a company safety and health policy

5. Insert in the spaces provided the most appropriate two options from the three
listed below:

Likelihood Risk Consequence

Likelihood
________________________________________ is the chance that a hazardous event
will occur. ________________________________
Consequence is the outcome of the hazardous event.

6. Rearrange the steps of risk assessment below into the order they should be
considered:

evaluate the risk 3

identify the hazards 1

review your findings 5

estimate the risk 2

record your findings 4

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7. Think about what a risk assessment enables you to do. Which two of the following are
true? (Put a ✔ opposite the two statements you think are correct.)

a) m
 eet your legal requirements ✔
b) g
 et information needed for insurance claims

c) gather information about accidents and ill health

d) demonstrate good business practice and improve business


performance ✔

8. List two of the four considerations when reviewing risk so far as is reasonably
practicable.

The severity of potential harm

The likelihood of harm occurring

9. What is meant by residual risk? (Select one answer only from the following.)

a) a
 risk that is identified at the beginning of a risk assessment

b) a
 method of eliminating risk entirely

c) the level of risk that is left after control measures have been
introduced ✔

d) a process to choose the best risk controls

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10. Think about the hierarchy of risk control. Which statement is correct?
(Select one answer only from the following.)

a) r isk controls that are at the top of the hierarchy are the least preferred
option

b) the third most effective risk control is personal protective equipment

c) the most effective method of risk control is to completely eliminate the


hazard ✔

d) risk controls that rely on people to do something are stronger than


those that do not

11. Insert in the space provided the most appropriate option from the three listed below:

discovered determined calculated

A reasonably foreseeable risk is a risk that could be____________________


determined by referring to
the three knowledge tests.

12. Insert in the space provided the most appropriate option from the three listed below:

expert routine technical

The three knowledge tests for reasonably foreseeable risk are common
knowledge, industry knowledge and__________________
expert knowledge.
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13. Think about the consequences of not working within the law. Put a ✔ opposite the
possible outcomes that you think are correct. (Select two answers only from the
following.)

a) paying worker compensation ✔


b) being audited

c) imprisonment ✔
d) no action taken on a first offence

14. L
 ook at the incomplete diagram of the health and safety management system (shown
below). Insert into each of the four spaces the number of the most appropriate label
from the four listed.

1. Leadership 2. Policy 3. Check 4. Review performance

inual Improvement
Cont

Risk profiling
Policy

Plan Do
Planning Implement plan
Cont
inual Improvement

inual Improvement

Leadership
Cont

Check Collect data


Review performance Act

Learn lessons Measure performance

Cont
inual Improvement

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15. Think about the key benefits for you and your organisation of introducing a health
and safety management system. Which two of the following are true?
(Put a ✔ opposite the two statements you think are correct.)

a) it enables improved management of safety and health risks in the


organisation ✔
b) it means that your organisation won’t need to write a safety and
health policy

c) it helps an organisation to comply with any legal requirements ✔


d) it gives you, as a manager, less safety and health responsibility

16. Think about common hazards in the workplace. Which two of the following are true?
(Put a ✔ opposite the two statements you think are correct.)

a) sleeplessness can be a symptom of bullying ✔


b) if people work where there are vehicles, marked walkways are better
than physical separation by barriers

c) a work factor that can create stress is financial worries ✔


d) stress can be caused by not having enough work to do

17. List three examples of types of injury caused by mechanical hazards:

cutting and severing

crushing

impact

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18. L
 ist two of the four main considerations when assessing the risks of manual
handling:

Individual

Task

19. Insert in the spaces provided the most appropriate two options from the four
listed below:

incident accident event condition

incident event
An __________________can be described as an undesired ________________________
that has caused or could have caused damage, death, injury or ill health.

20. Which of the following statements describes what is meant by the term ‘accident’?
(Select one answer only from the following.)

a) an incident that results in injury to someone or damage to property ✔


b) an incident that is reasonably foreseeable in the workplace

c) an incident that results in no injury or damage, but had the potential to
do so

d) an incident that is always caused by lack of training

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21. Insert in the spaces provided the most appropriate three options from the five
listed below:

Root Obvious Underlying Immediate Effective

__________________
Immediate causes are unsafe actions or lack of action and unsafe conditions.
__________________
Underlying causes are factors that allow the unsafe actions and conditions to
happen.
__________________
Root causes are factors that may cause conditions that could result in an
undesirable event.

22. Which of the following are key benefits of incident investigation?


(Put a ✔ opposite the two statements you think are true.)

a) to improve workers’ morale ✔


b) to get information needed for an insurance claim

c) to ensure legal compliance

d) prevent more business losses from disruption, down-time and lost


business ✔

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23. Think about the first three actions to be taken following an accident in the order they
should be carried out. (Put a ✔ opposite the statement you think is correct.)

a) m
 ake sure the injured person is looked after, report the accident,
investigate using a structured approach
b) preserve the scene of the accident, report the accident, investigate
using a structured approach
c) make sure the injured person is looked after, preserve the scene of
the accident, report the accident ✔
d) assemble the investigation team, report the accident, make sure the
injured person is looked after

24. When an incident occurs, which of the following two statements are true?
(Put a ✔ opposite the two statements you think are correct.)

a) y ou must always inform the enforcing authority

b) m
 ake sure the family of any injured person is notified ✔
c) if any property has been damaged, make sure to advise the owner ✔
d) assemble the investigation team, in order to report the incident

25. Think about the stages in a structured approach to incident investigation. Which
of the following is true? (Put a ✔ opposite the statement you think is correct.)

a) r eviewing risk control measures is the first stage

b) a
 nalysing the information is the third stage

c) gathering information is the first stage ✔


d) sharing and communicating is the second stage

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26. Think about the three essential principles for good safety and health performance.
Put a ✔ opposite each statement you think is correct. (Select three answers only
from the following.)

a) worker involvement is a principle ✔


b) planning to increase profits is a principle

c) strong and active leadership from the top is a principle ✔


d) assessment and review is a principle ✔
e) reviewing from the top is a principle

27. What information do performance indicators provide us with?


(Select one answer only from the following.)

a) limited data about accidents and ill health

b) p
 otential problems or dangers that we may need to respond to ✔
c) how to audit our systems and processes

d) the level of insurance cover required

28. Insert in the space provided the most appropriate option from the three listed below:

Proactive Objective Reactive

__________________
Reactive indicators give us information on the outcomes of our actions.

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29. Insert in the spaces provided the most appropriate three options from the five
listed below:

Evidence Policy Investigating Auditing Measures

_______________________
Auditing aims to find objective ______________________
Evidence

for whether the current way of managing safety and health meets the organisation’s safety
and health _______________
Policy .

30. Insert in the spaces provided the most appropriate two options from the four
listed below:

External Internal Compulsory Optional

__________________
Internal auditing is performed by staff within the organisation in order to
evaluate the effectiveness of the current system.
__________________
External auditing is undertaken by a third party to provide an independent
view, usually for the interests of other stakeholders.

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