ORM Fundamentals

Question 1

What level of ORM is most often used in the workplace?

Answer 1

Strategic

Question 2

Why does the Preliminary Hazard Analysis require that you identify potential hazards in every event of the opration/task?

Answer 2

To overcome the tendency to focus only on immediately obvious risks

Question 3

What are the four different aspects of hazard exposure?

Answer 3

Time, proximity, volume, and repetition

Question 4

Why do you have to create an account before using TRACS?

Answer 4

To gather appropriate information on TRACS users. This information will not be shared with unauthorized sources

Question 5

The probability of a single hazard occurring is…

Answer 5

proportional to the cumulative probability of all the causes listed for that hazard

Question 6

Step Six of the ORM process calls for feedback. Which is not a function of feedback?

Answer 6

To serve as a record of expenditure of organizational resources

Question 7

how does the last step of the ORM process add value to the ORM process?

Answer 7

costs versus benefits are reviewed focusing on improvements in mission performance

Question 8

What is a hazard?

Answer 8

Any real or porential condition that can cause mission degradation; injury, illness, or death to personnel; or damage to or loss of equipment or property

Question 9

Within risk control development, how might an action plan promote the involvement of personnel directly involved in the operation/task?

Answer 9

By re-assessing the controls when changes occur

Question 10

In making control decisions the decision maker must have authority to do what?

Answer 10

Determine whether the benefits of the mission outweight the reduced level of risk

Question 11

The six steps of ORM are:

Answer 11

1) identify hazards
2) Assess Risks
3) Analyze risk control measures
4) make control decisions
5) Implement risk controls
6) supervise and review

Question 12

What is NOT one of the goals the USAF expects through its policy on ORM?

Answer 12

To eliminate all major hazards and only perform missions with little or no risk

Question 13

What are two of the three actions for analyzing risk control measures?

Answer 13

Determine control effects and prioritize risk controls

Question 14

What does the acronym TRACS stand for and what is its purpose?

Answer 14

The total risk assessment and contrl system used for ORM assessments

Question 15

The six step ORM process works best when you…

Answer 15

remember that each step is a building block for the next step

Question 16

How many principles of ORM are there?

Answer 16

4

Question 17

why would considering the 5Ms aid in identifying hazards within a mission?

Answer 17

You consider how Mission Mishaps Might Motivate Management to review overall operation risk

Question 18

What is the first action in Step 1, Hazard Identification?

Answer 18

perform an operations analysis to determine what is at risk

Question 19

what is the goal when making risk control decisions?

Answer 19

the best level of risk for the total mission

Question 20

what type of risk is acceptable in the ORM process?

Answer 20

A necessary risk with benefits that outweight the costs

Question 21

What is the difference between a hazard and a risk?

Answer 21

a hazard is a condition that can impair mission accomplishment and a risk is a hazard that has been quaitified by how much it affects the mission

Question 22

who can use RMIS?

Answer 22

anyone with access to the “.mil” network

Question 23

which is one of the four principles of ORM?

Answer 23

make risk decisions at the appropriate level

Question 24

within control measure analysis, how might a control be mission-compatible?

Answer 24

if impact of coordinating the control with another will be stronger than each of their impacts individually

Question 25

what does RMIS stand for?

Answer 25

Risk Management Information System