Managing safely revision questions: 13 practice questions for managers (UK)
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Health and safety for managers in 13 questions: hazard and risk, the principles of prevention, records, competent help, Plan-Do-Check-Act, monitoring, investigating incidents and directors' liability. Free quiz with instant feedback and a short explanation citing the rule for every answer. Based on the law of Great Britain (Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999) and HSE guidance (HSG65, HSG245). Practice material written by Quizhat: these are not the questions of any official test, course or assessment, and Quizhat is not affiliated with IOSH, NEBOSH, HSE or any training provider; it is not the material or the assessment of any branded course. Sources: Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, ss. 2 and 37; Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, regs 3, 4, 5 and 7 and Schedule 1; HSE, Managing risks and risk assessment at work; HSE, Managing for health and safety (HSG65); HSE, Investigating accidents and incidents (HSG245).
The likelihood that someone will actually be harmed
An accident that has already happened
A control measure that has failed
Something with the potential to cause harm
Question 2 · Single choice · 60s · 1 pt
What is risk?
Anything at work that has the potential to cause harm
How likely harm is, and how serious it could be
The total cost of accidents in a year
The number of near misses reported
Question 3 · Single choice · 60s · 1 pt
Which of these comes first in the general principles of prevention?
Avoiding risks
Providing personal protective equipment
Giving instructions to employees
Adapting to technical progress
Question 4 · Single choice · 60s · 1 pt
Under the principles of prevention, how do collective and individual measures compare?
Individual measures take priority
Collective measures take priority
They always have equal priority
The employee chooses which to use
Question 5 · Single choice · 60s · 1 pt
An employer has five or more employees. What must it record from the risk assessment?
Every hazard anyone has noticed, however trivial it may be
Only the hazards that already caused injury
Nothing at all: records are always optional
The significant findings and any group at special risk
Question 6 · Single choice · 60s · 1 pt
With five or more employees, what else must the employer record under regulation 5?
Each worker's home address and age
The training wishes of each employee
Its health and safety arrangements
The rating given by its insurer
Question 7 · Single choice · 60s · 1 pt
Whom must every employer appoint to help it comply with health and safety law?
An auditor registered with HSE
One or more competent persons
A trade union safety representative
A safety officer approved by HSE
Question 8 · Single choice · 60s · 1 pt
What approach does HSE's guide HSG65 use for managing health and safety?
Assess, Avoid, Accept, Audit
Report, Record, Review, Repeat
Plan, Do, Check, Act
Stop, Look, Assess, Manage
Question 9 · Single choice · 60s · 1 pt
Which is an example of active monitoring, done before things go wrong?
Planned inspections of the workplace
Investigating an accident after it happens
Counting the days lost to injuries
Analysing last year's insurance claims
Question 10 · Single choice · 60s · 1 pt
In HSE's guide to investigating incidents, what is a near miss?
An injury that needs only first aid and no time off
A hazard listed in a risk assessment
An accident that was reported late
An event that caused no harm but could have
Question 11 · Single choice · 60s · 1 pt
According to HSG245, what are root causes generally?
The agent of injury, such as a blade or a substance
Management, planning or organisational failings
Unsafe acts by one careless worker
Pure bad luck that nobody can predict
Question 12 · Single choice · 60s · 1 pt
A company commits a health and safety offence through a director's neglect. Who can be prosecuted?
Only the company, never any individual person
Only the employee who was hurt
Only the supervisor on that shift
The director as well as the company
Question 13 · Single choice · 60s · 1 pt
What does section 2(3) of the 1974 Act ask employers to prepare and bring to employees' notice?
A written health and safety policy statement
A list of every employee's medical history and allergies
An annual league table of accidents
A rota of fire marshals for each floor
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