Ind. Hygiene: Test 1 Review

Front 1

Enviornmental stress has no effect on the aging process T or F ?

Back 1

False

Front 2

The first vital component to an effective health and safety program is the commitment of senior line management T or F ?

Back 2

True

Front 3

It is possible that the responsibilities of a safety proffessional and an industrial hygienist can be found in the same person T or F ?

Back 3

True

Front 4

In many cases it is extremely difficult to differentiate between the symptoms of occupational and nonoccupational disease T or F ?

Back 4

True

Front 5

The majority of occupational health hazards arise from living organisms that can cause adverse responses in humans T or F ?

Back 5

False, arise from inhaling chemical agents

Front 6

Solvent vapors enter the body mainly by skin absorption, although some inhalation may occur T or F ?

Back 6

False, vapors enter mainly by inhalation

Front 7

Storage of dangerous chemicals should be limited to one week's supply T or F ?

Back 7

False, should be limited to one day supply

Front 8

The ________ must draw upon specialized knowledge in the physical and social sciences, including knowledge of engineering, physics, chemistry, statistics, mathematics, and principles of measurement and analysis?

Back 8

Safety proffessional

Front 9

The _______ provides the critical link between the employee's health status, the work process, and the determination of employee ability to do this job?

Back 9

Occupational health nurse

Front 10

The primary goal of the ________ is to prevent occupational illness and, when illness occurs, to restore employee health within the context of a healthy and safe workplace

Back 10

Occupational medicine physician

Front 11

Joint labor-management safety and health committees are often used where employees are represented by a ________?

Back 11

Union

Front 12

In what year did the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) come into official existence?

Back 12

April 28, 1971

Front 13

What is the principle federal agency engaged in occuptional health and safety research?

Back 13

National Institute of Occupational Health and Safety (NIOSH)

Front 14

________ are capable of destroying living tissue and have a destructive effect on other substances, particularly on combustible materials?

Back 14

Corrosives

Front 15

_______ are chemicals that decompose rapidly under certain conditions to yeild oxygen?

Back 15

Oxidizing materials

Front 16

Science devoted to the anticipation, evaluation, recognition, and control of enviornmental factors arising in or around the workplace

Back 16

Industrial Hygiene

Front 17

Hazard is the capacity of a material to produce injury or harm when the chemical has reached a sufficient concentration at a certain site in the body T or F ?

Back 17

False, toxicity

Front 18

People function efficiently in a very narrow body tempature range, measured on the skin or at body extremities?

Back 18

False

Front 19

The body attempts to counteract the effects of high tempature by increasing the heart rate T or F ?

Back 19

True

Front 20

Allergy is usually a factor in primary irritation dermatitis?

Back 20

False, its usually a factor in sensitization dermatitis

Front 21

Alpha-particle do not penetrate thin barriers such as paper, cellophane, or skin T or F ?

Back 21

True

Front 22

Broadcast radio waves can produce heating of the body?

Back 22

True

Front 23

Sick-building syndrome is a clinically diagnosed disease in one or more building occupants T or F ?

Back 23

False

Front 24

According to the Hearing Conservation Amendment, in all cases when the sound levels exceed _______ dBA on an eight-hour time-weighted average, a continuing, effective hearing conservation program shall be administered

Back 24

85

Front 25

Humidity, or the moisture content of the air, is generally measured with a _______?

Back 25

psychrometer

Front 26

_______ is an important mechanism for increasing body tempature by causing metabolic heat production to increase to several times the resting rate?

Back 26

Shivering

Front 27

Of the following types of radioactivity, which is not used in ordinary manufacturing operations?

Back 27

neutron

Front 28

A barrier such as concrete or lead is required to stop _______?

Back 28

X-rays

Front 29

Which device measures accumulated amounts of radiation?

Back 29

dosimeter

Front 30

________ are the volatile form of substances that are normally in the solid or liquid state at room tempature and pressure?

Back 30

Vapors

Front 31

When sampling air, where should the sample be taken from?

Back 31

breathing zone

Front 32

On- the- job investigations of reported work exposures requested by employer, employee, or employee represenative?

Back 32

Health Hazard Evaluation

Front 33

The nose serves only as passageways for air going to and from the lungs T or F ?

Back 33

False

Front 34

Breathing is controlled by a series of respiratory centers in the nervous system T or F ?

Back 34

True

Front 35

The two lungs are mirror images of each other T or F ?

Back 35

False

Front 36

An emphysema patient can breathe in, but cannot breathe out efficiently?

Back 36

True

Front 37

The common term for trachea is throat?

Back 37

False, pharnyx is throat

Front 38

What are the vocal cords?

Back 38

folds of membranes

Front 39

Approximately how many air sacs, or alveoli, does the human respiratory tract have?

Back 39

300 million

Front 40

How many pairs of ribs does the human body have?

Back 40

12

Front 41

What are the last two pairs of ribs called?

Back 41

floating ribs

Front 42

What is the common term for pharnyx?

Back 42

Throat

Front 43

The process through which the body combines oxygen with food substances and thus produces energy?

Back 43

metabolism

Front 44

Inflammation of the bronchial tubes?

Back 44

bronchitis

Front 45

What is the average rate of respiration per minute in a relaxed state?

Back 45

10-14 breaths per minute, with each breath lasting 4-6 seconds

Front 46

The organ of voice is the larynx T or F ?

Back 46

True

Front 47

Only the skin has a more extensive and intimate contact with the ambient atmosphere than do the lungs T or F ?

Back 47

False

Front 48

Significant impairment of respiratory function can exist even though the patient can perform the tests of ventilatory function normally T or F ?

Back 48

True

Front 49

Constriction of the bronchial tube muscles in response to irritation, allergy, or other stimulus is called rhinitis T or F ?

Back 49

False

Front 50

Carbon monoxide is a toxic gas that is transfered from the lungs into the bloodstream but does not damage the lungs?

Back 50

True

Front 51

What is the structure that guards the opening of the trachea?

Back 51

epiglottis

Front 52

What are the anterior nares?

Back 52

the nostrils

Front 53

What does spirometry mean?

Back 53

measurement of air

Front 54

What is the typical vital capacity of the lungs?

Back 54

3-4 liters

Front 55

Two passageways at the bottom of the throat?

Back 55

esophagus and trachea

Front 56

hairlike filaments in the nasal cavity and nasopharnyx?

Back 56

cilia

Front 57

Two forms of pnuemonocosis?

Back 57

silicosis and asbestosis

Front 58

When it is injured, the epidermis can form tissue, a scar, to repair itself T or F ?

Back 58

False, dermis

Front 59

Ulcerations are the most frequent causes of occupational skin disease?

Back 59

False

Front 60

The skin is the largest organ of the body T or F?

Back 60

True

Front 61

Chlor-acne can be accompanied by systemic toxicity and is often resistant to therapy T or F?

Back 61

True

Front 62

For workers to keep their skin free of injurious agents, they must use washing facilities at least 3 times a day, before lunch, after lunch, and before leaving the facility T or F?

Back 62

False, 4 times a day

Front 63

Where is the epidermis the thickest?

Back 63

on the soles of the feet

Front 64

Which industry group has the highest incidence of occupational dermatoses?

Back 64

agriculture

Front 65

Which of the folllowing can sensitize the skin to light?

Back 65

coal tar

Front 66

When absorbed through the skin, which of the following can cause central nervous system depression?

Back 66

carbon tetrachloride

Front 67

Which of the following helps to prevent contact with acids, alkalis, and some types of metallic acids

Back 67

Water repellent cream

Front 68

Which of the following is not a basic requirment of industrial skin cleansers?

Back 68

They should be relatively abrasive in order to quickly remove industrial soil

Front 69

For some people, contact with natural rubber latex can result in generalized urticaria, angioedema, asthma, vascular collapse, and even death?

Back 69

True

Front 70

Most of the body's 2 to 3 million sweat glands are concentrated on the forehead and neck T or F?

Back 70

False

Front 71

Detergents are classified as strong, or absolute, primary skin irritants T or F?

Back 71

False

Front 72

Anthrax can produce granulomas, or chronic, indolent areas of inflammation that can be localized or generalized T or F?

Back 72

true

Front 73

Most workers' compensation claims for occupational skin disease involve temporary total or permanent partial disability T or F?

Back 73

true

Front 74

Skin is the chief rate-limiting barrier against ________?

Back 74

aqueous solutions

Front 75

The highest percentage of dermatological injuries is due to _______?

Back 75

lacerations and punctures

Front 76

What percentage of occupational dermatoses are caused by primary irritants?

Back 76

80 percent

Front 77

Which of the following types of ionizing radiation cannot injure the skin?

Back 77

alpha-radiation

Front 78

Which of the following classes of skin disorders implies intermittent confinement at home or at another domicile?

Back 78

class 4

Front 79

A _________ burn is almost always deep and often extensive, with the type of clothing being a major factor in severity

Back 79

flame

Front 80

Heat rash caused by working in hot, humid conditions

Back 80

miliaria

Front 81

A process to regulate body tempature?

Back 81

Thermoregulatory sweating

Front 82

Means "outside"

Back 82

Epi

Front 83

Having no skin pigment

Back 83

Albinism

Front 84

A material that can cause an allergic reaction to the skin or respiratory system?

Back 84

Sinsitizer

Front 85

Studies the pattern of rigids of the hands

Back 85

Dermatoglyphics

Front 86

Irritation of the skin caused by cutting oils, creatode, and oils.

Back 86

Foliculitis

Front 87

A skin conddition caused by PCB's

Back 87

Chlore-acne

Front 88

An oily substance

Back 88

sebum

Front 89

Has the ability to penetrate the skin and reacts with calcium. In the bone it turns to phosphoric acid and to prevent it is to get calcium and lime water shots?

Back 89

Hydroflouric acid

Front 90

Urinal block

Back 90

paradichlorobenzene

Front 91

Substances that sensitize the skin to light

Back 91

photosensitizer

Front 92

"Brown lung disease" caused by exposure from dust from cotton processing

Back 92

byssinosis

Front 93

Highly vilerant bacteria infection from animals and by products

Back 93

anthrax

Front 94

An infection caused by breathing in spores of a fungus often found in bird and bat droppings

Back 94

histoplasmosis

Front 95

A pnuemonicosis caused by rhe inhalation of dust from sugar cane.

Back 95

bagasossis

Front 96

Fat

Back 96

addipose tissue

Front 97

Caused by an irrritant

Back 97

Irritant contact dermatitis

Front 98

An allergic reaction on the skin caused by sensitizer?

Back 98

Allergic contact dermatitis

Front 99

A disorder normally caused by organic substances that is wholly or partially due to a persons occupation?

Back 99

Occupation skin disease

Front 100

An organ system consisting of the skin, hair, nails, and exocrine glands. It protects the body from various kinds of damage, such as loss of water or abrasion from outside

Back 100

Integumentary system

Front 101

Pertaining to or affecting the skin

Back 101

cutaneous

Front 102

Anything with a PH of 2 or <

Back 102

Acid

Front 103

a PH of 12 or >

Back 103

Body corrosive

Front 104

The bodily system that performs the maintenance of a consistent internal tempature?

Back 104

Thermoregulatory system

Front 105

The maximum concentration of a chemical that you maybe exposed to 8hrs a day and 40hrs a week over your working lifetime with no ill effects for nearly all workers?

Back 105

PEL's / TLV's

Front 106

A substance that can cause unconsiousness or death by suffocation?

Back 106

asphyxiant

Front 107

Short term

Back 107

acute

Front 108

Long term

Back 108

chronic

Front 109

Infection that is highly contagious.

Back 109

Staphylococci

Front 110

Gases that irritate the eyes, and throat for example

Back 110

Irritant gases

Front 111

Affects the part of the body it touches?

Back 111

local toxins

Front 112

A substance that dissolves another substance. Usually refers to organic solvents?

Back 112

Solvent

Front 113

Any substance or material that could adversly affect the safety of the public, handlers, or carriers

Back 113

Dangerous materials

Front 114

Any chemical that has a flash point less than 100° F and combustible liquid as those that have a flash point greater than 100° F

Back 114

flammable liquid

Front 115

Suggested baseline of noise tolerance, which, if not exceeded, should result in no hearing loss due to noise?

Back 115

Damage Risk Criteria