1.

The right to safety and health at work is enshrined in the UN Universal

Declaration
of Human Rights (1948) which states that……………………………………………
(a) Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just
and favourable conditions of work
(b) Enhancing the health promotion potential and well-being of the
workforce is not the responsibility o the employer
(c) Employers have every right to place the worker anywhere within the
enterprise to carry out the work regardless of the status or condition of
the worker
(d) Employees have no obligation whatsoever in ensuring their safety at the
place of work

2. WHO describes Occupational Health and Safety as:

(a) The promotion and maintenance of the highest degree of physical,
mental and social well-being of workers in all occupations
(b) The protection of workers in their employment from risks resulting from
factors which are detrimental to health
(c) The placement and maintenance of the worker in an occupational
environment
adapted to his/her physical and psychological conditions
(d) All of the above

3. Which of the following is the most accurate statement?

(a) Concentrations of dust not visible to the eye are not injurious to the
lungs
(b) Respirable particles are visible to the eye without assistance.
(c) Dust clouds visible to the eye do not pose a potential health hazard
(d) The visual appearance of a dust cloud will vary with the angle of
viewing
relative to the light source

4. Which of the following is the most accurate statement?

(a) Most cases of silicosis are sudden in onset
(b) Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by overexposure to dusts
composed of or containing free crystalline silica
(c) Only underground miners develop silicosis
(d) New onset tuberculosis can always be detected by chest x-ray in workers
with silicosis

5. Optimal establishment of hazard control programs requires (choose the best

answer):
(a) Political will and commitment from top management
(b) Adequate human and financial resources
 (c) Technical knowledge and experience
(d) All of the above

6. Development of risk management policy should not include:

(a) Clear working procedures
(b) Development of performance indicators
(c) Development of continuous improvement processes
(d) Unilateral decisions by management

7. The proper order for hazard recognition is (choose the best answer):
(a) Collection of information on the process, detailed observation, analysis of
the
observations '
(b) Detailed observation, collection of information on the process, analysis of
the
observations
(c) Workplace intervention, detailed observation, analysis of the observations
(d) Review of medical surveillance data, workplace intervention, and analysis
of
the intervention

8. Examples of isolation (containment) methods include all of the following except:

(a) Establishing a barrier between the hazard source and the work
environment
(b) Enclosing the worker in a ventilated cabin
(c) Enclosure of conveyor systems used during mineral processing
(d) Use of water sprays to reduce airborne dust

9. Education and training of the workforce should include information on:

(a) Hazards in the workplace
(b) Safe work practices and good housekeeping
(c) Proper use and maintenance of protective equipment
(d) All of the above

10. Personal protective equipment programmes should address all of the following
except:
(a) Educating the worker on the consequences of exposure
(b) Fit-testing prior to use of respiratory protective equipment
(c) Appropriate cost to the employee for use of respiratory protective
equipment
(d) Providing suitable storage facilities for the respiratory protective equipment

11. Health surveillance should be used for which purpose(s) (choose the best
answer):
 (a) As a substitute for primary prevention
(b) To detect problems or failures in control systems
(c) To identify hyper-susceptible individuals
(d) (Both b) and (c)

12. Good housekeeping practices include all of the following except:

(a) Using compressed air to remove, settled dust
(b) Using damp sweeping or vacuum systems
(c) Rapid clean-up of spills
(d) Incorporating housekeeping tasks as part of the job

13. Sources of information on workplace hazards include (choose the best answer):
(a) International Labour Organization (ILO)
(b) International Occupational Hygiene Association (IOHA)
(c) Various national institutions
(d) All of the above

14. Which one of the following department in the mining industry of Zambia is
responsible for investigating all accidents and their causes, and identifies steps
to
remedy them?
(a) Ventilation department
(b) Accident prevention department
(c) Rescue team department
(d) All of the above

15. The main needs of the Copper Mine Health Service as an enterprise were to
provide an ordinary clinical service and to control diseases in order to establish
a
healthy living environment. Which one of the following functions has been taken
on
board as an added important function of this enterprise?
(a) Legislative
(b) inspections and audits
(c) Rehabilitation
(d) None of the above

16. Which of the following wings government deals with child labor in Zambia?
(a) Ministry of Local Government
(b) Minisry of Labour and Social Security
(c) Ministry of Community, Mother and Child Health
(d) Ministries (a) and (b)

17. How does compensation and rehabilitation work by law in Zambia?

 (a) Through Social Security System
(b) Through Monitoring and Evaluations of Companies
(c) Through Labour Unions
(d) Through Cooperatative Groups

18. What is the ideal situation of placement of the worker that has just been
discharged
from the hospital where he/she was rehabilitated and treated due to an injury
emanating from the workplace?
(a) Give the worker back the same job
(b) Relocate the worker to the adaptable job
(c) Compensate the worker and lay him/her off from working
(d) None of the above

19. Which of the following departments in the mining industry help injured workers to
get
back to work or find suitable alternative employment.
(a) Physiotherapy department
(b) Health and Safety department
(c) Accident prevention department
(d) All of the above

20. High smoke stacks, efficient precipitators, scrubbers and improvements in the
metallurgical processes have all been adopted by the mining industry to minimize
problems of………………………….
(a) Poor ventilation underground
(b) Atmospheric pollution
(c) Noise induced defeaness
(d) Pneumoconiosis

21. One of the following is a source which can produce noise and vibrations. Which
one?
(a) Flow of air
(b) Fires and explosions
(c) Force
(d) Pressurized vessels

22. A condition known as ‘dead hand’ can result from one of the conditions:
(a) Repetitive movements of hands and forearms
(b) Cramps tenosynovilities
(c) Sprains and fractures
(d) Monotonous and continuous alertness
23. Harassment and conflict both at work and outside work are some of the sources
of
which occupational hazard?
(a) Physiological hazards
(b) Mechanical hazards
(c) Psychosocial hazards
(d) Social hazards

24. Non- ionizing radiation such as from the sun, radio nuclides, microwave ovens,
RF
Heaters is one of the sources under mentioned occupational hazard……………
(a) Radiation
(b) Pressure
(c) Electricity
(d) Ultra-violet light

25. The principal areas of prevention and control of occupational health risks include
one or more of the following:
(a) The source of the hazard
(b) The air path
(c) The receiver
(d) All of the above

26. Which one of the following source(s) has high potential for inducing heat stress in
a
work place?
(a) Iron and steel foundries
(b) Brick-firing and ceramic plants
(c) Bakeries
(d) All of the above

27. In the mines, for example, the generation of heat is dependent on geothermal
gradient. What does this mean to you as an expert occupational health hazards?
(a) The deeper the mine is the less ventilation
(b) The deeper the mine is the more ventilation
(c) The shallower the mine is the more ventilation
(d) The deeper you go underground the less ventilation systems you employ

28. What does yellow colour represent in the Heat Index Chart?
(a) Extreme danger
(b) Danger
(c) Extreme caution
(d) Caution
29. For workers working within the the colour code “Green” in the Heat Index Chart,
What type of action you would you recommend as supervisor?
(a) All workers must stop work immediately
(b) All workers must continue to work provided that observation of work
schedules such as rotation of workers, split up dose etc. are instituted
(c) All workers must continue to work normally according to their shift
schedule
(d) All workers must rebel against management

30. Which one of the following is not one of the factors to be considered when it
comes
to inducing heat stress in a work environment that produces high temperatures?
(a) Plain water
(b) Alcohol beverages
(c) Carbonated/caffeinated drinks
(d) Drinks that contained high sugar content