CSP Domain 1: Advanced Math And Sciences

Question 1

What is the reduction in atomic mass and atomic number when an element emits an alpha particle?

Answer 1

Atomic mass will reduce by 4, atomic number will reduce by 2

Question 2

Difference between the highest and lowest values in a data set?

Answer 2

Range

Question 3

The rate of convective heat transfer can be calculated as which of the following?

Answer 3

Q= hA (Ts-Tb)

Question 4

Contracted from ingestion, inhalation, or contact with infected animals, cuts and scratches

Common in meat packing plants

Answer 4

Brucellosis

Question 5

Class of laser that has an output power of 500 mW, enough to cause permanent eye damage)

Answer 5

Class 3 (have an output power up to 500mW)

Question 6

What does the equation VP (duct velocity pressure) + he (overall hood entry loss) calculate?

Answer 6

Static pressure of the hood

Question 7

Used to calculate the significance of observed differences between the means of two samples

Answer 7

The t-test

Can also be used to determine if there is a difference between two population parameters

Question 8

What does anhydrous mean?

Answer 8

Containing no water

Question 9

Defined as the flow of electrical charge or the rate of electrical charge

Answer 9

Current

Question 10

What is the Ideal Gas Law?

Answer 10

All internal energy is in kinetic energy form and any change causes a change in temperature

Question 11

Plus or minus one standard deviation from the mean encompasses what percentage of a data set?

Or

Ones standard deviation is equal to?

Answer 11

68% of the data set

Question 12

When two noise sources with identical decimal levels are side by side, how do you calculate the sum of the sound levels?

Answer 12

Apply 3 dB as a doubling effect (add 3 dB)

Question 13

What is formula for PEL of Noise?

Answer 13

T= 8/2(L-90/5)exp

Question 14

Contracted by entrance breaks in the skin from penetrating or crushing trauma

Common in persons handling jute or contact with manure

Answer 14

Tetanus

Question 15

What is the Combined Gas law?

Answer 15

Combines Charles’ and Boyle’s Laws.

The ratio of the product of pressure and volume and the absolute temperature of a gas is equal to a constant.

Question 16

Examples of Non Contact Forces:

Answer 16

Gravitational
Electrical
Magnetic Forces

Question 17

Charges of atoms…

Answer 17

Protons are positively charged
Neutrons have a neutral charge
Electrons are negatively charged

Question 18

Formula for lifting index:

Answer 18

LI= object weight/ recommended weight limit

Question 19

What is the constant ratio of gravity?

Answer 19

9.8 m/s 2squared

Question 20

How many feet are in one meter?

Answer 20

3.281

Question 21

When polonium emits an alpha particle, which of decay product is the result?

Answer 21

Lead

Question 22

The degree to which variables in a data set are spread out

Answer 22

Variance

Question 23

How many samples should be collected in an employee group of 11 or 12

Answer 23

10

Question 24

What type of study involves observation of some subset of a population of items all at the same time, in which groups can be compared at different ages with respect to independent variables

Answer 24

Cross-sectional studies

Question 25

Contracted by inhalation or contact with lesions Common in silica workers, people exposed to heat and organic dusts, medical employees, animal caretakers

Answer 25

Tuberculosis

Question 26

Can be described as the number of scores that are free to vary

Answer 26

Degrees of freedom

Question 27

Formula for Impedence

Answer 27

I=V/A Voltage / Amperage

Question 28

Under what conditions is the following equation used to measure Wet Bulb Globe Temperature 0.7WB + 0.2GT + 0.1DB

Answer 28

Outdoors w/ a solar load

Question 29

What is Boyles Law?

Answer 29

States that when pressure exerted by a gas is reduced, the volume increases At a constant TEMPERATURE, a fixed mass of gas occupies a volume that is inversely proportional to the pressure exerted on it.

Question 30

How many feet in a mile?

Answer 30

5280 ft = 1 mile

Question 31

Under what conditions is the following equation used to measure wet bulb globe temperature 0.7WB + 0.3GT

Answer 31

Indoors or outdoors without a solar load

Question 32

Defined as the rate at which electrical energy is transferred between circuits

Answer 32

Power

Question 33

How is minimum sample volume calculated?

Answer 33

LOQ multiplied by 1000 divided by contamination target concentration

Question 34

What is the reference value (reference level) used for sound power calculations?

Answer 34

10 -12 W

Question 35

How many samples should be collected in a employee group of 8

Answer 35

7

Question 36

What is Charles’ law?

Answer 36

At a constant PRESSURE, the volume occupied by a fixed mass of gas is directly proportional to the absolute temperature.

Question 37

What type of study is used to determine the degree of associations between various risk factors and outcomes

Answer 37

Case-control study

Question 38

Reflection of correlation between two sets of numbers

Answer 38

Spearman rank (or rho)

Question 39

Defined as the amount of electrical force that drives the current between two points

Answer 39

Voltage

Question 40

Defined as the measure of opposition to the flow of steady electrical current

Answer 40

Resistance

Question 41

Contacted through fecal-oral transmission Most common in health care workers and oral surgeons

Answer 41

Viral hepatitis

Question 42

How many possible permutations are there for a combination of 3 number code consisting of the possible numbers of 0-9?

Answer 42

1000

Question 43

How do you convert degrees Celsius to degrees Kelvin

Answer 43

Add 273 degrees

Question 44

Useful in comparing observed distributions to theoretical ones

Answer 44

Chi-square statistic

Question 45

The average of a set of data

Answer 45

Mean

Question 46

Middle value in a list of data?

Answer 46

Median For example if a list has nine numbers, the middle number would the median

Question 47

Defined as the probability of obtaining a result as extreme as the one observed, assuming that the null hypothesis is true

Answer 47

P-value * the lower the p-value, the less likely the result

Question 48

An equation used to calculate the correlation between variables

Answer 48

Correlation coefficient

Question 49

Force is measured in:

Answer 49

Newtons

Question 50

Variable that occurs most often in a set of data

Answer 50

Mode

Question 51

Kinetic energy is typically measured in what unit?

Answer 51

Joules

Question 52

What method should be utilized when determining how many samples to collect

Answer 52

Enough Samples should be taken to determine, with a 90% confidence interval, that at least one of the samples is an employee who represents the 10% highest exposure

Question 53

What type of study involves subjects who currently have the condition or receive a particular treatment who are then followed over time and compared with a another group who are not affected by the condition

Answer 53

Cohort studies

Question 54

How many samples need to be collected for an employee group of 50

Answer 54

22 minimum

Question 55

Part of the cochlea

Answer 55

Corti Organ in inner ear