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CONSTRUCTION HEALTH AND SAFETY
TECHNICIAN (CHST) EXAM 2025
TESTBANK ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND DETAILED CORRECT ANSWERS
WITH RATIONALES | CHST
When guard rails or fall arrest systems are not provided, the front
edge of the scaffold must be ___________ away from the face of
the structure, with few exceptions.
1) Flush.
2) 12 inches.
3) 14 inches.
4) 18 inches. Correct Answer The Correct Answer is: 3
The front edge of a scaffold must be within 14 inches of the
face of the structure. Alternatively, guard rails or fall arrest
systems may be used. Outrigger scaffolds are required to be
within 3 inches and scaffolds for plastering and lathing are
allowed up to 18 inches.
A widely recognized protocol utilized to prevent the transmission
of the HIV virus is called:
1) Aids quarantine.
2) Universal precautions.
3) Aids awareness.
4) HBV vaccination. Correct Answer The Correct Answer is: 2
The terminology "universal precautions" is a set of work
practices adopted by health care and related workers to
prevent the spread of the HIV and other pathogenic
organisms.
PRP is an acronym for:
,1) Perpetually Responsible Party.
2) Potentially Responsible Party.
3) Principal's Responsibility Provision.
4) Person Receiving Prison (Sentence) Correct Answer The
Correct Answer is: 2
PRP has become a common term in the discussion of
responsibility for environmental contamination. In the United
States, the EPA allows the use of the word "potentially" in
front of the term "responsible party" in the CERCLA context.
Joint and several liability defines a scope of liability in the United
States. The practical meaning of joint and several liability is best
described as:
1) All responsible parties must jointly contribute to clean-up costs,
to the extent of their volumetric share of the wastes at the site.
2) Each and every responsible party could be held individually
liable for the entire cost of the clean-up.
3) NPL sites where there are multiple responsible parties must act
jointly, through generator committees, to severally apportion costs
amongst themselves.
4) EPA must allocate costs among responsible parties in a
manner that reflects both the volume and toxicity of their wastes,
as well as the difficulty of clean-up. Correct Answer The Correct
Answer is: 2
The liability provisions under Section 107 of CERCLA are
strict, joint and several, and retroactive in application.
Strict liability can refer to the standard of liability in the United
States. The practical implications of strict liability in cases of
environmental contamination are best described as:
1) The liability applies regardless of fault, and the government
does not have to prove intent or negligence on the part of the
responsible party.
2) Compliance with laws and regulations in effect at the time of
disposal does not matter.
,3) The government does not need to prove that a responsible
party's waste at the site actually was released or caused harm.
4) All of the above Correct Answer The Correct Answer is: 4
The liability provisions of CERCLA are found at Section 107,
and are strict, joint and several, and retroactive.
A standard that specifies an objective to be obtained but does not
require a specific method is called a:
1) Design standard.
2) Performance standard.
3) Vertical standard.
4) Horizontal standard. Correct Answer The Correct Answer is: 2
A performance standard sets the objective to be obtained but
leaves the details of how to achieve the objective up to the
company or organization.
You have been assigned to supervise a construction project in a
state other than your own. You have never worked in the state
before and ask a colleague what you should know about
occupational safety regulations in the state. Your colleague tells
you not to worry, "the state has an approved state plan with
OSHA." This means that:
1)The state has been granted authority to accept and approve
safety and health plans from companies working within the state.
As long as a company has an approved plan, OSHA will not
inspect the company's work sites.
2)The state has been granted authority to enact regulations,
independent of federal regulations and enforce those regulations.
3)State employees and work sites are exempt from federal OSHA
regulations when the state has an approved state plan.
4)The state has been granted authority to implement and enforce
an occupational safety and health program in place of the federal
pro Correct Answer The Correct Answer is: 4
The state has been granted authority to implement and
enforce an occupational safety and health program in place
, of the federal program. The state is required to implement
regulations that are equal to the federal regulations. States
are also required to apply the state occupational safety and
health programs to state employees and work sites.
The United States federal agency tasked with responsibility for
overseeing and enforcing safety and health in businesses is:
1)OSHA.
2)FDA.
3)EPA.
4)MSHA. Correct Answer The Correct Answer is: 1
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
is the federal agency tasked with overseeing and enforcing
safety and health in U.S. businesses.
Most countries have an equivalent government organization.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is the federal
agency tasked with overseeing and enforcing safety and
health of food and drug products.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is the federal
agency tasked with overseeing and enforcing protection of
the environment.
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is tasked
with overseeing and enforcing safety and health of U.S.
miners.
There are a number of United States federal agencies that
regulate the use of radioactive materials in the work environment.
These agencies include:
1) FDA, OSHA, EEOC
2) EPA, OSHA, USAID
3) CFTC, NRC
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