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Health and Safety Quick Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

what does HASAWA stand for?

a)

The health & safety wear act

b)

The health & safety at work act

c)

The hygiene & safety at work act

d)

The help & safety at work act

2.

Who does the HASAWA cover?

a)

Employers

b)

Employees

c)

Everyone

d)

Clients

3.

Which one of these symbols means 'flammable'?

a)
b)
4.

What does this symbol mean?

a)

Acute toxicity

b)

Gas under pressure

c)

Corrosive

d)

Health hazard/Hazardous to the ozone layer

5.

What is meant by 'PPE'?

a)

personal protective equipment

b)

person to person equivalent

c)

personal protective evacuation

6.

How do you lift safely?

a)

Straight back, bend knees

b)

Just grab the object and lift it

c)

Bend back, straight knees

7.

What is the purpose of a risk assessment?

a)

To generate more paperwork

b)

Create work for the designated safety officers

c)

Proportion blame in the event of an accident occurring

d)

To evaluate hazards and to minimise the levels of its risk

8.

What is a hazard?

a)

The likelihood and severity of harm occurring

b)

An unexpected incident resulting in an injury

c)

A control measure to prevent harm

d)

Anything that can cause harm to a person / people

9.

What is a risk?

a)

The likelihood and severity of harm occurring

b)

An unexpected incident resulting in an injury

c)

A control measure to prevent harm

d)

Anything that can cause harm to a person / people

10.

What is a control measure?

a)

A legal requirement from the HSE

b)

A model form for completing the risk assessment on

c)

A precaution that is put in place to reduce the risk

d)

An engineering only safety measure

11.

Risk assessments are a legal requirement?

a)

True

b)

False

12.

What does PUWER stand for?

a)

Provision Use and Wearing Equipment Regulation 1998

b)

Protection Understanding and Working Regulation 1998

c)

Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulation 1998

d)

Political and Understanding of Work Regulation 1998

13.

What does RIDDOR stand for?

a)

Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations

b)

Reporting of Internal Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations

c)

Reporting of Injustices in Disastrous and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations

d)

Reporting of Important Disasters and Disturbances Regulations

14.

In Health and Safety, a blue sign means...

a)

Mandatory

b)

Emergency

c)

Warning/Take Care

d)

Advisory

e)

Danger/Prohibition

15.

Which of the following are methods of fire prevention? (Select all that apply.)

a)

Keeping sources of heat away from fuel and oxygen

b)

Following regulations for handling volatile, flammable, and combustible chemicals

c)

Checking the safety data sheets (SDSs) for specific flammability hazards

d)

Ensuring that activities such as welding do not take place near flammable liquids or vapors

16.

Which of the following are the four elements that are necessary to produce and sustain a fire?

a)

Fuel, carbon dioxide, heat, oxygen

b)

Fuel, oxygen, carbon dioxide, chemical chain reaction

c)

Oxygen, carbon dioxide, heat, chemical chain reaction

d)

Fuel, oxygen, heat, chemical chain reaction

17.

You should only fight a fire as a last resort.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

What action should be taken after an accident involving injury?

a)

Nothing as long as the injured person is ok

b)

First aid

c)

First aid should be given, the accident should be recorded in the accident book and a full investigation should be completed

d)

Report it to your manager

19.

What does this sign mean?

a)

do not enter

b)

first aid

c)

flammable

d)

emergency exit

20.

What is COSHH?

a)

Control of something Hazardous and Healthy

b)

Capture of Substances Hazardous to Health

c)

Control Of Substances Hazardous to Health

d)

Containment of Something Hazardous to Health