CHST EXAM PREP 2025/2026 || QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS || 100% GUARANTEED PASS BRAND NEW VERSION

CHST EXAM PREP 2025/2026 || QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS || 100% GUARANTEED PASS BRAND NEW VERSION 1. Four areas where personal protective equipment is a major factor in accident prevention - ANSWER head protection, face and eye protection, feet protection, and hand protection 2. ANSI - ANSWER American National Standards Institute 3. What is instructor led training? - ANSWER material presented by an instructor typically in the classroom 4. What is self paced learning? - ANSWER student learns at their own pace (computer based training modules) 5. What is structured on the job training? - ANSWER typically done by a supervisor who acts a coach or guide in the training. Establish clear set of goals and objectives 6. True or False: Adult learners are autonomous and self-directed, have a foundation of life experiences and knowledge, are goal oriented are practical in nature and need to be shown respect. - ANSWER True 7. True or False: A training needs analysis is the first step in developing a training program. - ANSWER True 8. True or False: Pretests are administered prior to the presentation of course information and are designed to provide the starting point of knowledge. - ANSWER True 9. What does training program development include? - ANSWER performance analysis, instructional design, materials acquisistion, training delivery, evaluation 10. What is Maslow's hierarchy of needs? - ANSWER physiological, safety, love and belonging, esteem, self-actualization 11. What is Mcgregor's theory x? - ANSWER Negative outlook on people. main source of motivation is monetary and then security. 12. What is maslow's theory y? - ANSWER employees are otivated primarily at the esteem and self actualization levels. 13. Herzberg Motivational Theory - ANSWER identifying and satisfying needs, desires, and aims. motivation split into hygiene and motivation factors 14. HEPA - ANSWER highly efficient particular air 15. MUC - ANSWER Maximum use concentration 16. What does MUC refer to? - ANSWER the air quality point at which respirators can be used to protect from respiratory hazards 17. What type of respirator does not protect against gases? - ANSWER Air purifying respirator 18. For a full 8-hour work day, a worker must not be exposed to a noise level greater than what? - ANSWER 90 decibel level 19. If a worker is exposed to a noise decibel level of 115, how long does OSHA permit exposure? - ANSWER 15 minutes 20. Safety Analysis - ANSWER The analytical study of the interacting components of a process 21. What is CHEMTRAC? - ANSWER a 24hr. "hotline" which provides advice and assistance to transporters of hazardous materials 22. NIOSH - ANSWER National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health 23. What are the 3 evaluation methods? - ANSWER Fault tree, Probabilistic Risk Assessment, MORT Analysis 24. Fault tree - ANSWER data can be fed into this program to predict the likelihood of future accidents and injuries 25. Probabilistic Risk Assessment - ANSWER Consists of 2 elements: The severity of adverse events like injury or deaths; the likelihood that injury, illness. or death should occur. 26. MORT Analysis - ANSWER a combination of the fault tree and a probabilistic risk assessment to provide overview of injury causes and areas of possible weakness in safety plans 27. As a safety professional what are the main hazards that should can be observed on a walk-through? - ANSWER Impact, penetration, roll-over, chemical, heat/cold, harmful dust, light (optical radiation), biologic, and electrical 28. Class I Standpipe - ANSWER For professional Fire Fighters. Hose is 2 1/2 inches in diameter. Typically found in stairwells 29. Class II Standpipe - ANSWER Hose is 1 1/2 inches in diameter. For occupants in the building and intended for all spaces in building. Typically found in cabinets and spaced according to the hose length. 30. Class III Standpipe - ANSWER Both firefighters and occupants. Adjusts to 1 1/2 or 2 1/2 in diameter. 31. How far from electrical power lines must a scaffold be? - ANSWER 10 feet 32. The refuge area must have a fire-resistance rating of at least how much? - ANSWER Minimum one hour fire resistance for walls protecting refuge area from inside of building 33. Standpipe System - ANSWER An arrangement of piping, valves, and hose connections installed in a structure to deliver water for fire hoses. 34. Metal Fume Fever - ANSWER What results from the inhalation of fumes, like iron, nickel, copper, zinc. Often results from welding without proper ventilation/respiratory protection. Resembles flu like symptoms 35. Symptoms of Metal Fume Fever - ANSWER Flu like symptoms such as headaches, fever, chills, muscle aches/weakness, thirst, nausea, vomiting, chest pain, fatigue, stomachaches. 36. Employees who work with what substance(s) tend to have higher incidents of Metal Fume Fever? - ANSWER Zinc Oxide, Chromium (stainless steel), nickel, manganese, cobalt, lead, arsenic, copper platinum, selenium, gold and silver 37. What can prevent Metal Fume Fever? - ANSWER local or exhaust ventilation and personal respirators 38. What are the safe operating procedures for utility and service lines PRIOR to demolitions? - ANSWER 1. Conduct survey report 2. Document specific hazards 3. Evaluate utility functions servicing the building 39. What utilities must be cut PRIOR to demolition? - ANSWER Electric, water, gas, sewer and any other service 40. What should the (preliminary) demolition survey report include? - ANSWER 1. Whether there are dangers posed to workers 2. Whether there are dangers posed to the environment Ex: Chemicals, gases, explosives, flammables, or any other hazardous materials in storage tank(s) 41. When can materials be dropped through floor openings? - ANSWER 1. When the drop area is completely enclosed and barricaded. 42. What requirements must barricades meet before material can be dropped through floor openings? - ANSWER Barricades must be at least 42 inches high and no closer to the drop area than 6 feet. 43. At what height must a chute be used when removing waste from upper levels of buildings? - ANSWER 20 feet 44. State and local government workers are protected by: 1) Federal OSHA Safety and Health standards. 2) Safety and health standards and programs enacted by the state, county and/or city. 3) Federal OSHA Safety and Health standards along with state, county and/or city standards. 4) The rules and procedures enacted by their supervisors. - ANSWER 2) Safety and health standards and programs enacted by the state, county and/or city. 45. Federal regulation of worker safety and health is: 1)Affected by a number of federal agency standards. 2)Only covered under the Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards. 3)The responsibility of the employee. 4)Only covered by the Occupation and Health Administration and Environmental Protection Agency. - ANSWER 1)Affected by a number of federal agency standards. 46. A general contractor is responsible for the safety of its employees. When a general contractor subcontracts for work to be accomplished: 1) The general contractor no longer has an employer/employee relationship with the workers. The general contractor can not be issued an OSHA citation for safety violations related to the workers. 2) The general contractor no longer has an employer/employee relationship with the workers. The general contractor no longer has responsibility for the safety of the workers. 3) The general contractor no longer has an employer/employee relationship with the workers. Responsibility for the safety of the workers becomes a complex issue. 4) The general contractor no longer has an employer/employee relationship with the workers. General contactor has no control over how work is accomplished. - ANSWER 3) The general contractor no longer has an employer/employee relationship with the workers. Responsibility for the safety of the workers becomes a complex issue. 47. A number of OSHA standards require that a competent person be designated by an employer. A competent person is one that: 1) Has been trained in employee safety and health and has passed a certification test. The person is authorized to take prompt corrective action. 2) Has been appropriately trained and is capable of identifying hazards related to the work at hand. The person is authorized to take prompt corrective action. 3) Has been trained and authorized by management to be the site safety and health professional with the necessary authority to fix problems. 4) Has a safety certificate for construction safety and is authorized to stop work. - ANSWER 2) Has been appropriately trained and is capable of identifying hazards related to the work at hand. The person is authorized to take prompt corrective action. 48. Workers' compensation laws exist throughout the United States. Which of the following is most accurate? 1) Workers' compensation laws are very similar and provide the same level of coverage in each state. 2) Workers' compensation laws are enacted at the state level and are not uniform from state to state. 3) Workers' compensation laws protect employers who willfully ignore safety regulations. 4) Some workers' compensation laws do not provide coverage for medical treatment of job related injuries. - ANSWER 2) Workers' compensation laws are enacted at the state level and are not uniform from state to state. 49. The purpose of workers' compensation is to provide workers with compensation of medical expenses and lost wages that result from work related injuries. Which of the following is most accurate? 1) Workers' compensation provides for full reimbursement of an employee's lost wages resulting from a permanent disability. All medical expenses are covered and rehabilitation is provided. 2) Workers' compensation generally covers compensation for temporary and permanent disability and benefits to the spouse and dependents of workers who are fatally injured on the job. Lost wage compensation is often provided at some percentage of the employee's wage. 3) Worker's compensation for a permanent disability, such as the loss of a hand is approximately the same throughout the United States. A single nation-wide schedule of compensation is followed by the states. 4) Worker's compensation for a temporary total disability is provided f - ANSWER 2) Workers' compensation generally covers compensation for temporary and permanent disability and benefits to the spouse and dependents of workers who are fatally injured on the job. Lost wage compensation is often provided at some percentage of the employee's wage. 50. The OSH Act of 1970 established the Occupational Safety and Health Administration "to assure so far as possible every working man and woman in the nation safe and healthful working conditions and to preserve our human resources." The OSH Act covers: 1) Most employers in all geographical areas under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Government. 2) All employers in the 50 states plus the District of Columbia. 3) All employees of large companies, federal government along with local and state governments. However, self employed persons are not covered. 4) All employees of large companies, federal government along with local and state governments. Coverage includes coal mines and government employees. - ANSWER 1) Most employers in all geographical areas under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Government.