Managing safely – Assessment 1
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Marks
Malik Muhammad 16/06/2023
Name Date
Abdullah Riaz
Training provider
1. Insert in the space provided the most appropriate option from the three listed below:
financial moral legal
Reducing the likelihood of fines and personal injury claims are ___________________
reasons to manage safely.
2. Think about a manager’s responsibilities and accountabilities for safety in the
workplace. Which statement is correct? (Select one answer only from the following.)
a) a manager is not accountable for assessing and managing the
risks the employee is exposed to
b) a manager can delegate responsibility but cannot give away their
accountability
c) a manager is not responsible for making decisions about local safety
practice
d) a manager can delegate accountability but cannot give away their
responsibility
3. What is meant by the term hazard? (Select one answer only from the following.)
a) anything that could cause offence
b) the chance that something will happen
c) anything that has the potential to cause harm
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d) the outcome of an accident
4. Insert in the space provided the most appropriate option from the three listed below.
people anything failure
A risk assessment is a careful examination of ________________________________ in
the work environment that could cause injury or ill health.
5. Think about the definitions of the terms likelihood and consequence. Which two of the
following are true? (Put a ✔ opposite the two statements you think are correct.)
a) consequence is a measure of uncertainty about the hazardous
event
b) likelihood is the chance that a hazardous event will occur
c) consequence is the outcome of the hazardous event
d) likelihood is the expected level of harm from the hazardous event
6. Think about the first three steps to risk assessment. Which statement is correct?
(Select one answer only from the following.)
a) estimate the risk, review your findings, evaluate the risk
b) identify the hazards, record your findings, review your findings
c) identify the hazards, estimate the risk, evaluate the risk
d) evaluate the risk, review your findings, record your findings
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) meet your legal requirements
b) get information needed for insurance claims
c) gather information about accidents and ill health
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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:
TIME
effort
9. Insert in the space provided the most appropriate option from the three listed below:
foreseeable residual manageable
The level of risk that is left after control measures have been introduced is called
_____________________________ risk.
10. List three of the five controls from the hierarchy of risk control:
Eliminate hazard
Reduce hazard
Prevent contact
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11. Think about the term ‘reasonably foreseeable’ risk. Which one of the
following is true? (Put a ✔ opposite one statement you think is correct.)
a) it means that employers are responsible for every possible risk
in the workplace.
b) employers are always responsible for risks that are not
reasonably foreseeable.
c) it is a risk that a reasonable person could predict
d) it is a risk that no-one will ever be able to predict
12. Insert in the spaces provided the most appropriate option from the five listed below:
scientific managerial public industry expert
The three knowledge tests to apply to determine reasonably foreseeable risk are common
knowledge, __________________knowledge and _________________ knowledge.
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a) Paying worker compensation
c) imprisonment
Review
performanc
e
leadership check
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15. Insert in the space provided the most appropriate option from the
three listed below.
Leadership
Planning Reviewing
_____________________ is an essential part of a health and safety management system
because attitudes to safety and health are determined by top management.
16. 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 health and safety risks
b) it avoids the legal requirement for a written health and safety
policy
c) it provides the business with a competitive edge
d) it removes the necessity for external inspections and audits
17. Hazards generally fall into six broad groups. Give two examples below:
Mechanical hazards
Environmental hazards
18. Think about stress in the workplace. Which two of the following are true? (Put a ✔
opposite the two statements you think are correct.)
a) tiredness is a physiological effect of stress
b) stress can be caused by not having enough work to do
c) an emotional effect of stress is aching neck and shoulder
muscles
d) a work factor that can create stress is financial worries
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19. Which two of the following are true? (Put a ✔ opposite the two statements you think
are correct.)
a) footwear needs to be suitable for the work environment and
can play a key part in preventing slips and trips
b) hazardous substances are the most common cause of injuries
at work
c) guarding offers a viable solution for mechanical hazards
d) the main type of harm from electricity is electrical burns
20. Insert in the spaces provided the most appropriate option from the four listed below.
incident accident event Condition
An _____ accident____ can be described as an undesired ___ incident_ that has
caused or could have caused damage, death, injury or ill health.
21. Insert in the space provided the most appropriate option from the three listed below:
Event accident Occurrence
An _________________ can be described as an incident which results in injury to
someone or damage to property.
22. Insert in the spaces provided the most appropriate option from the five listed below:
Root Obvious Underlying Immediate Effective
____ Obvious ___ causes are unsafe actions or lack of action and unsafe conditions ___
Immediate___ causes are factors that allow the unsafe actions and conditions to happen
____ Effective____ causes are factors that may cause conditions that could result in an
undesirable event.
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23. Which of the following are reasons to investigate incidents? (Put a ✔ the
two statements you think are true.)
a) to improve workers’ morale
b) to prevent business losses from disruption, down-time and
lost business
c) to find out the cost of an accident
d) to identify the cause of the incident to stop it happening
again
24. Which of the are characteristics of a good performance indicator?
(Put a ✔ opposite the two statements you think are correct.)
a) they should be objective and easy to measure
b) they should be relevant to any organisation or group
c) they should include information from other organisations
d) they should be cost-effective in terms of the effort needed
to gather the information
25. Number the six actions listed below in the order they should be carried out following
an accident:
assemble the investigation team
4
report the accident 3
handle external relations
6
investigate using a structured
approach 5
preserve the scene of the accident 2
make sure the injured person is
looked after 1
26. When an incident occurs which of the following two statements are true? (Put a ✔
opposite the two statements you think are correct.)
a) you must always inform the enforcing authority
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b) make 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
27. Think about the three essential principles for good safety and health performane.
Match each of the following statements with the principle it describes. (Put a ✔ in the
correct column opposite each statement)
Strong and
Worker Assessment
active
involvement and review
leadership
Integration of good safety and
health management systems
with business decisions
Effective ‘upward’
communication
Accessing and following
competent advice
28. Insert in the space provided the most appropriate option from the three listed below:
Effective
Proactive
Reactive
____________________________indicators give us information about the current
situation that might impact on future performance.
29. Insert in the spaces provided the most appropriate option from the five listed below:
Evidence Policy Investigating Auditing Measures
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_________ Auditing _______ aims to find objective ____ Evidence ___
for whether the current way of managing health and safety meets the organisations health
and safety
____ Policy ______
30. Insert in the spaces provided the most appropriate option from the four listed below:
Effective Internal Compulsory External
______ 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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