Safety Risk Management Quiz - Insight into Chemical Engineering

RSM Quiz – 1

Q 1. What is an Accident?

A) an event that results in injury

B) an event not causing harm

C) an unplanned happening

D) a & c

E) a & c

Ans is D)

Explanation:

Q 2. Why all accidents should be reported immediately?

A) to investigate

B) to determine cause

C) to attend injuries

D) all of these

Ans is D)

Explanation:

Q 3. Why you should not wear a ring while working on a machine?

A) because you are away from your wife

B) it may increase the risk of an accident

C) it may make a minor accident worse

D) a, b & c

E) b & c

Ans is E)

Explanation:

Q 4. In 1984, 34 people died in an explosion in a water pumping station in Abbeystead in the U.K. What gas was responsible for causing the explosion?

A) Chlorine

B) Methane

C) methyl isocyanate

D) a & c

Ans is B)

Explanation:

Q 5. What do you mean by rupture disc in a reactor?

A) safety devices with a undefined breaking point

B) a relief device that disable the venting of the process when a predetermined pressure and temperature are exceeded in the process

C) a type of sacrificial part because it has a multiple-time-use membrane

D) an emergency relief device consisting of a thin metal diaphragm carefully designed not to rupture at a predetermined pressure

E) All of the above

F) None

Ans is F)

Explanation:

Q 6. In a mixture of alcohol and water, which liquid will be on top

A) alcohol

B) water

C) Neither

D) All of above

Ans is C)

Explanation:

Q 7. Meaning of the following chemical terms in the chemical industry: aqueous, immiscible, inert, and emulsion.

A) aqueous (contains water), immiscible (mixes), inert (non-reactive), emulsion (suspension in liquid)

B) aqueous (contains water), immiscible (does not mix), inert (reactive), emulsion (suspension in liquid)

C) aqueous (contains water), immiscible (does not mix), inert (non-reactive), emulsion (suspension in liquid)

D) aqueous (contains water), immiscible (does not mix), inert (non-reactive), emulsion (suspension in gas)

Ans is C)

Explanation:

Q 8. What is the difference between hazard and hazardous?

A) Hazard (potentially harmful), Hazardous (potential to cause harmful effects)

B) Hazard (potential to cause fruitful effects), Hazardous (potentially harmful)

C) Hazard (potential to cause harmful effects), Hazardous (potentially harmful)

D) a & c

Ans is C)

Explanation:

Q 9. What does LD 50 signify?

A) lethal dose 50

B) amount of a material, given all at once, which causes the death of one half of a group of test animals

C) Median lethal dose

D) a & b

E) a, b & c

Ans is E)

Explanation:

Q 10. Both sodium and phosphorus ignite spontaneously in the air. How they should be stored?

A) Sodium (under paraffin), phosphorous (under water)

B) Sodium (water), phosphorous (under paraffin)

C) Sodium (under water), phosphorous (under water)

D) None

Ans is A)

Explanation:

Q 11. What is the main constituent of natural gas?

A) Propane

B) butane

C) Methane

D) Hydrogen

Ans is C)

Explanation:

Q 12. What causes static electricity?

A) Rapid heat change

B) Movement of materials

C) High energy radiation

D) All of above

Ans is D)

Explanation:

13. What is meant by class C fire?

A) fires involving flammable or combustible liquids, extinguishing agent dry powder or foam

B) fires involving energized equipment , extinguishing agent dry powder or carbon dioxide

C) fires involving solid materials, extinguishing agent water

D) All of above

Ans is B)

Explanation:

Q 14. What is Hypothermia?

A) rise in body temperature

B) drop in body temperature

Ans is B)

Explanation:

Q 15. Which color code is used for the air pipeline?

A) Red

B) Green

C) Blue

D) White

Ans is C)

Explanation:

Q 16. What is the symbol used for radioactivity?

A) skull-and-crossbones symbol

B) exploding bomb

C) three bladed fan

D) a & c

Ans is C)

Explanation:

Q 17. Where does lead accumulate in the body?

A) Kidney

B) bones

C) lungs

D) none

Ans is B)

Explanation:

Q 18. Which way are emergency doors supposed to open?

A) inwards

B) outwards

C) downwards

D) upwards

Ans is B)

Explanation:

Q 19. Where should the inlet and outlet be positioned if a room is being vented for fumes lighter than air?

A) low inlet & high outlet

B) high inlet & low outlet

C) high inlet & high outlet

D) low inlet & low outlet

Ans is A)

Explanation:

Q 20. One of the most crucial jobs for a ___________ is risk management.

A) CEO

B) production manager

C) project manager

D) worker

Ans is C)

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