Sample 10 Questions with high difficulty level: 1. The reason that British Midland airplane pilots did not know which engine was on fire was _____________. (a) (b) (c) (d) proper maintenance checks had not been performed before takeoff the pilots were old and they could not read the tiny LCD dials on the newer plane the engine vibration dials were hard to see the pilots had been trained to ignore the gauge on the older airplane models
2. Which of the following can be categorized under physiological responses as described in class? (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) cardiovascular disease heart rate anxiety bone fracture all of the above
3. Work analysis of the meat processors showed that the best meat cutters made half as many motions as the worst in the plant. Based on these findings, other employees were trained with the cutting technique used by the best cutters. Which of the following risk factors is/are reduced by this approach? (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) external force frequency awkward posture biomechanical load all of the above
4. Johnson Controls integrates the latest findings in the area of cognitive ergonomics into the product development process for its controls. They do this because they realize: (a) a control should be easily usable and intuitively understandable (b) we all differ in cognitive abilities (c) their products should reach the market with lower costs required for rework or additional development (d) (a) and (b) (e) (a), (b) and (c)
5. To improve intelligibility (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) keep vocabulary small use logical reversals use embedded relationships (a) and (c) (a), (b) and (c)
6. With warnings it's most important to: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) place a warning near other information that will be needed to perform a task put a warning close to the hazard make it very conspicuous have good contrast none of the above
7. According to human factors guidelines, room temperature in a facility or office should typically be set up between 6872 degrees. What temperature should be chosen so that it is "comfortable" and "acceptable" for all office workers? (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) 65 degrees 69 degrees 73 degrees 78 degrees none of the above would be an optimum temperature to satisfy everyone
8. Which of the facts is NOT true with respect to the S.A. Healey disaster? (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) workers were not trained to deal with the emergency situation the underground monitoring system failed to detect the presence of methane the workers detected presence of high percentage of methane a few days before the accident there was no spark proof equipment installed inside the tunnel none of the above
9. Even though we know that it's dangerous to climb an electric pole, there are hundreds of cases every year in which people get electrocuted. Which of the following is the most practical way to prevent this? a. Create an electric field around the high voltage poles so that if someone tries to come near it, s/he gets a mild electric shock that gives them a warning. b. Hire people to guard each pole electric and do not let people get near it. c. Put a fence, with spiked wire and alarms that are triggered when someone tries to climb the fence. d. (a) and (c) e. All of the above 10. An employee gets injured while working on a maintenance job on a conveyor belt. Investigators found that the employee, although trained, did not follow lockouttagout procedure in order to save time, which led to the accident. This human error was a result of? (a) omission
(b) (c) (d) (e)
commission poor timing inadequate knowledge bad equipment
10 Sample Questions with low difficulty level
1. (a) (b) (c) (d)
Ergonomics is the study of _________. fitting work to people fitting people to work fitting people to people fitting people to the community
2. (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
Which part(s) of the human body does carpal tunnel syndrome affect? shoulder wrist knee foot all of the above
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Work organization factors can act as ergonomic risk factors. Which of the following factors are related to the organizational element of the work system? (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) lack of control work pressure work load (a) and (b) only (a), (b) and (c)
4. (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
To reduce the ergonomic hazards of working with a hand tool: ensure that your power tool is well maintained and in good repair consider wearing antivibration gloves use techniques of reducing vibration from the tool (a) and (b) (a), (b) and (c)
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One of the biggest drawbacks of the scientific management theory, proposed by Taylor, was that __________.
(a) it took away the autonomy from the employees (b) it made tasks more complex due to the increase in simplified jobs (c) although it increased individual performance and efficiency, the overall efficiency of the system decreased due to increased repetition (d) it reduced management scope of control over empl...