NEBOSH Diploma Unit B ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
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NEBOSH Diploma Unit B ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
State the five categories of health hazards. Give an example for each - CORRECT
ANSWER- - Physical (eg. noise)
- Chemical (eg. lead, dust)
- Biological (eg. Legionella)
- Psycho-social (s)
- Ergonomic (eg. repetitive handling)
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NEBOSH Diploma Unit B ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
State the five categories of health hazards. Give an example for each - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- - Physical (eg. noise)
- Chemical (eg. lead, dust)
- Biological (eg. Legionella)
- Psycho-social (eg.stress)
- Ergonomic (eg. repetitive handling)
Outline some of the main sources of data used by the HSE to compile occupational ill-health
statistics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - RIDDOR - which requires the reporting of specific
occupational diseases by the employer
- Labour Force Survey (LFS) - a national survey of private households in the UK each
quarter. The survey is managed by the office for National Statistics
- The Health and Occupation Reporting (THOR) network - a voluntary surveillance scheme
for work-related ill health under which specialist doctors systematically report all new cases
that they see in their clinics
- The Industrial Injuries Scheme - administered by the Department of Work and Pensions
(DWP) to compensate workers who have been disabled by a prescribed occupational disease
- Death certificates - as a source of deaths from asbestos-related and other occupational lung
diseases
Give three examples of occupations where there are defined fitness-to-work standards -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - Vehicle driving eg. forklift trucks (FLT), Large Goods Vehicles
(LGV), cranes, buses, trains etc.
- Working in confined spaces
- Emergency service workers
,- Night shift workers
- Divers
- Working at heights
Define what the Equality Act 2010 means by a disabled person - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
a person is disabled if they have "a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial
and long-term adverse effect on their ability to carry out normal dat-to-day activities".
What is the bio-psyshosocial model? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A way of considering ill
health as being more than simply a case of a biological disease.
It takes a more holistic view that includes:-
- Biological - refers to the physical or mental health condition
- Psychological - recognises that personal/ psychological factors also influence functioning
and the individual must take some measure of personal responsibility for his or her behaviour
- Social - recognises the importance of the social context, pressures and constraints on
behaviour and functioning
Outline the meaning of vocational rehabilitation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the process of
returning a worker back to meaningful work as a way of aiding their recovery and return to
health, following a period of physical or mental ill health.
It can also be a way of improving the health of an individual through getting them into work
and keeping them in work
,Outline the typical functions of an occupational health service - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -
Pre-employment screening - general health assessment of both general fitness and specific
job fitness.
- Health surveillance - routine checks or tests focusing on specific aspects of health as a result
of exposure to a specific hazard
- Return-to-work rehabilitation programme - management of the rehabilitation of specific
workers back into work.
- Sickness absence management - recording and analysis of absence data and involvement in
sickness absence procedures
- Counselling - formal or informal listening service with in-house or external referral as
required
- Risk assessments - involvement in some general workplace assessments and conducting
specific assessment, such as those for pregnant women.
- Health education and promotion -running campaigns and providing support on various
public health issues
- Providing advice - to employers and workers on specific health issues and queries
- Treatment services and first aid - such as management of maintenance treatment facility and
assessment and management of first-aid provision
When is health surveillance a legal requirement under MHSWR 1999? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Where the following criteria are met
- there is an identifiable disease or adverse health condition related to the work concerned
- valid techniques are available to detect indications of the disease or condition
, - there is a reasonable likelihood that the disease or condition may occur under the particular
conditions of work
- surveillance is likely to further the protection of the health and safety of the employees to be
covered
What is the purpose of carrying out a workplace health needs assessment (HNA)? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- carried out to identify the occupational health priorities that are
of concern to the workplace so that an appropriate occupational health service response can
be planned and implemented
What is SEQOHS? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Safe, Effective, Quality Occupational
Health Service
A set of standards and a voluntary accreditation scheme for occupational health services
established by the Faculty of Occupational Medicine.
It provides an assurance to service users that service providers achieve the minimum
standards established under the scheme.
Describe how oxygen enters the bloodstream - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Inhaled air passes
through the nose or mouth, down the trachea, bronchi and bronchioles, into alveoli.
Here, the very thin lining of alveoli and blood vessels flows oxygen to diffuse into the
bloodstream where it then diffuses into red blood cells and is bound to haemoglobin. Carbon
dioxide is excreted by the same process
Identify the main purpose of the circulatory system - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- To deliver
oxygen to all parts of the body and remove impurities and waste products
What are the three essential components of the circulatory system - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- - The heart (the pump
- Blood vessels (pipes for carrying the fluid)
- Valves within the heart (valves for regulating the fluid flow)
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