1- Self-test questions

Question 1

What AF program is designed to restore health while optimizing and sustaining human performance?

Answer 1

AF OEH program.

Question 2

Why is AFI 48–145 considered the foundational document for the overall AF OEH program?

Answer 2

The AFI provides foundational instructions for overall AF OEH program implementation procedures that
focus BE efforts toward capturing, analyzing, documenting, and communicating information regarding
OEH hazards and risks in the work place.

Question 3

What is BE’s role in executing the AF OEH program?

Answer 3

(1) Identifying OEH hazards.
(2) Assessing the significance of the health risk.
(3) Determining appropriate control measures.
(4) Effectively communicating health risk information and control recommendations to leadership.

Question 4

What are BE’s specific responsibilities within the AF OEH program as outlined in AFI 48–145?

Answer 4

BE’s responsibilities within the OEH program include:
(1) Assisting commanders and supervisors with integrating OEH input into RM bases decision processes.
(2) Accomplishing OEH risk assessments.
(3) Executing an OEHSA for AOR.
(4) Providing incident response.
(5) Using DOEHRS-IH to manage data.
(6) Completing deployment specific OEH exposure documentation.
(7) Assessing and documenting OEH exposure data.
(8) Providing consultation and technical expertise to work areas/workplaces.
(9) Providing consultation on OEH exposures.
(10) Serving as OEH program liaison to regulating authorities.
(11) Participating member of the HMMP team.

Question 5

Why are agencies within the federal government such as EPA, OSHA, NRC, DOT, and others, called regulatory agencies?

Answer 5

These agencies are empowered to create and enforce rules and regulations that carry the full force of the
law.

Question 6

If you needed to research a topic dealing with protecting human health and welfare related to a work place, which CFR title would you need?

Answer 6

2. Title 29 CFR, Labor

Question 7

Within which AF publication series would you find most of the BE-related publications?

Answer 7

3. 48 series

Question 8

Which US agency publishes chemical hazard risk assessments and technical guides that provide MEGs used to assess field exposures to OEH chemical hazards?

Answer 8

4. USAPHC

Question 9

What does the acronym DOEHRS-IH stand for?

Answer 9

DOEHRS.

Question 10

List the eight features of the DOEHRS-IH system.

Answer 10

The DOEHRS-IH system automates the following:
(1) Capture comprehensive, operational and work task potential exposures based medical and
environmental surveillance recommendations.
(2) Track DOD lifetime personnel exposure data.
(3) Capture workplace practices, use, and recommendations of protection equipment, and occupational and
environmental data in support of military operations worldwide.
(4) Capture environmental surveillance data for deployed and garrison locations.
(5) Capture PH information related to food safety, general sanitation, entomology, and waste management.
(6) Capture and maintain environmental exposure registries.
(7) Capture and track industrial ventilation system performance.
(8) Capture individual training/certifications, quantitative or qualitative respirator fit test results.

Question 11

Which of the four DOEHRS-IH modules is used to record complete/potentially complete exposure pathways?

Answer 11

Environmental Health.

Question 12

What is the primary tool BE uses for identifying and evaluating OEH threats not captured in Industrial Hygiene?

Answer 12

4. The OEHSA survey.

Question 13

What is contained in and individual’s LER?

Answer 13

5. A history of the following:
   (1) Pre-deployment.
   (2) Deployment.
   (3) Post-deployment exposure.

Question 14

What is the difference between an HRA and HRM?

Answer 14

The HRA is the process of identifying and defining dose-response relationships and hazard criteria,
collecting all relevant and reliable exposure information to refine the hazard criteria and to characterize the
risks associated with realistic combinations of hazards and exposures. It can further be described succinctly
as a science-based evaluation of risk, while HRM is the process of identifying, evaluating, and
implementing courses of action to reduce risk to human health.

Question 15

Why are the terms HRA and HRM used interchangeably?

Answer 15

Individuals who assess OEH risks both evaluate the risk (HRA) and implement courses of action and
conduct follow-up assessments.

Question 16

What five actions make up the AF HRA and HRM framework?

Answer 16

The five components of the AF Risk Assessment/RM framework are:
(1) Identify hazards.
(2) Assess hazards.
(3) Develop controls and make decisions.
(4) Implement controls.
(5) Supervise and evaluate.

Question 17

What are the four principles for implementing RM?

Answer 17

The four principles of RM implementation are:
(1) Accept no unnecessary risk.
(2) Make risk decisions at the appropriate level.
(3) Accept risk when benefits outweigh the costs.
(4) Anticipate and manage risk by planning.

Question 18

What is the ultimate goal of the HRA?

Answer 18

The ultimate goal of the HRA is to provide leadership with concise COA that clearly articulates health
related impacts and advises on how to minimize health risks.