Managing Safely – Mock assessment 1
1. Insert the most appropriate word from the options below into each of the two
statements:
financial moral legal social strategic
financial
Reducing the likelihood of fines and personal injury claims are ___________________
reasons to manage safely.
It is not acceptable for workers to suffer injury and ill health as a result of doing their job.
moral
This is a _______________________ reason to manage safely.
2. Think about reducing risk in terms of likelihood and consequence.
Which statement is correct? (Select one answer only from the following.)
a) you should only look at reducing the consequence of the hazardous
event
b) reducing the likelihood of the hazardous event happening will reduce
the risk ✔
c) reducing both the likelihood and consequence will have no effect on
reducing the risk
d) it is always possible to reduce risk to zero
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Managing Safely – Mock assessment 1
3. Look 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. collect data 2. review performance 3. planning 4. do
inual Improvement
Cont
Policy Risk profiling
planing Plan do
Implement plan
Cont
inual Improvement
inual Improvement
Leadership
Cont
Learn lessons
Act Check collect
review
Measure performance
Cont
inual Improvement
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Managing Safely – Mock assessment 1
4. Which two of the following are true? (Put a ✔ opposite the two statements you think
are correct.)
a) if your work brings you into contact with the public, you are at a lower
risk of attack
b) manual handling activities are a major cause of musculoskeletal
disorders
c) a fire can be started when only oxygen and heat are present
d) falls from height are the most common cause of fatal injury
5. Give one example of how chemicals can enter the body:
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