OSHA general industry personal protective equipment practice questions

1. When employees provide their own protective equipment, what does 1910.132(b) make the employer responsible for?

• A. Assuring its adequacy, including proper maintenance and sanitation
• B. Nothing, because the employee owns the equipment
• C. Only reimbursing the purchase price
• D. Only recording the brand name of the equipment

2. When the hazard assessment finds hazards, what does 1910.132(d)(1)(ii) require the employer to do with its PPE selection decisions?

• A. File them with the OSHA area office
• B. Keep them confidential from employees
• C. Communicate them to each affected employee
• D. Post them only in the employer's head office

3. What does 1910.132(c) require of the design of all personal protective equipment?

• A. It must be made in the United States
• B. It must be bought from a list published by OSHA
• C. It must be the most expensive model available
• D. It shall be of safe design and construction for the work to be performed

4. An employer replaces the type of face shields its trained employees use, and the earlier training no longer fits the new equipment. What does 1910.132(f)(3) require?

• A. Nothing, because the employees were already trained once
• B. Retraining of each such employee
• C. A new written hazard assessment certification, with no training
• D. A memo describing the new face shields, with no training

5. Under 1910.132(g), the hazard assessment and training paragraphs of 1910.132 (paragraphs (d) and (f)) apply only to certain sections. Which section is one of them?

• A. 1910.134, Respiratory protection
• B. 1910.137, Electrical protective equipment
• C. 1910.136, Foot protection
• D. 1910.95, Occupational noise exposure

6. When is an employer not required to pay for replacement PPE?

• A. When the employee has lost or intentionally damaged the PPE
• B. When the PPE wore out through normal use
• C. When the PPE was replaced within the first year
• D. When the employee works fewer than 40 hours a week

7. Under 1910.132(h), which of these is the employer not required to pay for?

• A. Protective helmets required by 1910.135
• B. Respirators required by 1910.134
• C. Replacement PPE after normal wear
• D. Sunscreen used solely for protection from weather

8. When may an employer require an employee to provide or pay for their own PPE?

• A. Whenever the employee agrees in writing
• B. Only when the PPE is excepted by paragraphs (h)(2) through (h)(5)
• C. Whenever the employee is in a probationary period
• D. Whenever the PPE will also be used at home

9. What does 1910.133(a)(4) require for eye and face PPE?

• A. It is marked with the employee's name
• B. It is distinctly marked to facilitate identification of the manufacturer
• C. It is marked with the date of the hazard assessment
• D. It is marked with the OSHA inspector's initials

10. Eye protection must give side protection when there is a hazard from flying objects. What does 1910.133(a)(2) say about detachable side protectors such as clip-on or slide-on side shields?

• A. They are never acceptable
• B. They are acceptable only for visitors
• C. They are acceptable only on prescription glasses
• D. They are acceptable if they meet the pertinent requirements of the section

11. A protective helmet was not built to any of the ANSI Z89.1 editions listed in 1910.135(b)(1). When does 1910.135(b)(2) still deem it in compliance?

• A. When the employer demonstrates it is at least as effective as head protection constructed in accordance with one of those standards
• B. When it costs less than a listed helmet
• C. When the employee signs a waiver
• D. When it has been in use for more than a year

12. Besides falling, rolling or piercing objects, in which situation does 1910.136(a) require protective footwear?

• A. Whenever the floor is carpeted
• B. Whenever the employee walks more than one mile per shift
• C. When the footwear will protect the employee from an electrical hazard, such as a static-discharge or electric-shock hazard, that remains after the employer takes other necessary protective measures
• D. Whenever the employee works outdoors in the rain

13. On what must employers base their selection of hand protection?

• A. An evaluation of the hand protection's performance characteristics relative to the tasks, conditions, duration of use and hazards
• B. The lowest available price
• C. The glove color the employee prefers
• D. Whatever brand was used at the employee's last job

14. In controlling diseases caused by breathing contaminated air, what does 1910.134 name as the primary objective?

• A. Giving every employee a dust mask
• B. Limiting shifts to 4 hours
• C. Testing employees' lungs every month
• D. Preventing atmospheric contamination, as far as feasible by accepted engineering control measures

15. An employee's only respirator use is the voluntary use of filtering facepieces (dust masks). What does 1910.134 say about including that employee in the written respiratory protection program?

• A. The employee must be included and fit tested annually
• B. The employee must be included after 30 days of use
• C. Employers are not required to include that employee in the written program
• D. The employee must be included only if they work night shifts

16. If an employer determines that voluntary respirator use is permissible, what must the employer give the respirator users?

• A. A copy of the employer's insurance policy
• B. The information contained in appendix D to 1910.134
• C. A NIOSH certification card
• D. A list of OSHA inspectors in the area

17. How does 1910.134(e)(4)(i) require the respirator medical questionnaire and examinations to be administered?

• A. Confidentially, during the employee's normal working hours or at a time and place convenient to the employee
• B. In a group session with the supervisor present
• C. Only on the employee's own time, away from the workplace
• D. By posting the questionnaire on the break-room notice board

18. After passing a fit test, an employee tells the program administrator that the respirator's fit is unacceptable. What does 1910.134(f)(4) require?

• A. The employee keeps using the same respirator until the next annual fit test
• B. The employee is removed from all work that needs a respirator
• C. The employee pays for a different respirator
• D. The employee is given a reasonable opportunity to select a different respirator facepiece and to be retested

19. An employee who must wear a tight-fitting respirator also wears corrective glasses. What does 1910.134(g)(1)(ii) require?

• A. The employee takes off the glasses and works without them
• B. The employee switches to contact lenses
• C. The employer ensures the glasses are worn in a manner that does not interfere with the seal of the facepiece to the face
• D. The glasses may break the seal as long as the employee performs a user seal check

20. An employee wearing an air-purifying respirator detects vapor breakthrough. What does 1910.134(g)(2) require?

• A. The employee tightens the straps and keeps working
• B. The employee leaves the respirator use area, and the employer replaces or repairs the respirator before the employee returns to the work area
• C. The employee finishes the task and reports the problem at the end of the shift
• D. The employee keeps working but takes shorter breaths