HSE Question Bank
for Exam preparation

Q2. The most dangerous place to use electrical equipment is:

1. Near a ladder
2. Outdoors
3. Near water
4. Near other electrical equipment

Q3. In the Checking and Corrective Action process, you track specific EMS parameters that help _____.

1. ensure conformance with related OSHA environmental regulations
2. answer basic questions about EMS implementation
3. determine if you are meeting our objectives and targets
4. establish EMS aspects and related impacts

Q4. Carbon dioxide is primarily called a greenhouse gas because

1. Traps heat
2. Traps light
3. Traps warm currents
4. None of the above

Q5. To ensure that EMS roles are established, and associated activities take place, _____ should become a part of each individual's job description.

1. individual task strategies
2. job-specific EMS responsibilities
3. EMS goals and objectives
4. each employee’s impact on EMS

Q6. Action taken to eliminate the cause of a nonconformity or an incident and to prevent its recurrence is called ____________

1. Preventive action
2. Correction
3. Corrective action
4. Elimination

Q7. When the audit evidence suggest that the audit objectives are unattainable the audit team leader should report the reason to _________

1. Audit client
2. Audit client and auditee
3. Audit program leader and auditee
4. Audit management

Q8. What is the leading cause of death on construction sites?

1. Struck by object
2. Falls
3. Caught-in or -between
4. Electrocutions

Q9. Ladders should be angled so that its base is one foot out from the wall for each ____ feet of a ladder’s height.

1. 2
2. 4
3. 8
4. 10

Q10. Which of the following is not true about powder-actuated tools?

1. If a powder-actuated tool misfires, you should try to fire it again immediately.
2. They are so dangerous they can only be powered by specially trained employees.
3. They should never be loaded unless they are being used immediately.
4. They require two separate motions for firing -- one to bring to tool into position and another to pull the trigger.