Volume 2

Question 1

The process of determining the level of risk to health is called

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health risk assessment (HRA).

Question 2

What are the four aerospace medicine enterprise (AME) mission areas?

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Promote and sustain a medically ready force, prevent illness and injury, restore health, and optimize and sustain human performance.

Question 3

Which publication provides foundational instructions and implementation procedures for the overall Air Force Occupational and Environmental Health (OEH) Program?

Answer 3

Air Force Instruction (AFI) 48–145, Occupational and Environmental Health Program.

Question 4

According to Air Force Instruction (AFI) 48–145, Occupational and Environmental Health Program, a work place is defined as

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any occupational environment where a potential occupational and environmental health (OEH) exposure may occur.

Question 5

What is the main objective of the Air Force Occupational and Environmental Health (OEH) Program?

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Protect health while enhancing combat and operational capabilities.

Question 6

Which title of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) deals with protecting human health and welfare as related to the work place?

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Title 29, Labor.

Question 7

How are the four modules of the Defense Occupational and Environmental Health Readiness System (DOEHRS) organized?

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Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Health, Radiation, and Incident Reporting.

Question 8

Bioenvironmental engineering (BE) personnel use the Defense Occupational and Environmental Health Readiness System (DOEHRS) for the primary purpose of

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documenting all information relating to occupational and environmental health (OEH) health risk assessments.

Question 9

Which term refers to the Defense Occupational and Environmental Health Readiness System (DOEHRS) data stored on an individual worker’s history of pre-deployment, deployment, and post-deployment exposures?

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Longitudinal exposure record.

Question 10

Health risk assessments (HRA) are performed to

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estimate the level of damage or injury to human health that may result from exposure to a hazard.

Question 11

Providing personal protective equipment (PPE) is a potential action that might take place during which step of the risk management (RM) process?

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Implement controls.

Question 12

Which is not a role of bioenvironmental engineering (BE) in the health risk assessment and health risk management (HRA/HRM) process?

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Evaluate personnel on compliance of personal protective equipment (PPE) and safety procedures.

Question 13

What type of occupational and environmental health (OEH) process assessment are you conducting when it is a qualitative workplace assessment to identify and scope the processes employed to execute the unit’s mission?

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Routine.

Question 14

The workplace categorization process is a method for

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scheduling routine occupational and environmental health (OEH) assessments.

Question 15

Which is a characteristic of a Category 1 High Hazard Area?

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Hazards poorly defined or poorly controlled.

Question 16

What is the minimum assessment frequency for a Category 3 Low Hazard Area?

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Frequency locally determined.

Question 17

When performing basic hazard characterization, what should be done before visiting the workplace?

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Review existing occupational and environmental health (OEH) assessment data.

Question 18

In what step of an occupational illness investigation does bioenvironmental engineering (BE) identify the conditions or circumstances that caused or contributed to the occupational illness?

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Exposure assessment.

Question 19

When performing a pregnant worker evaluation, the depth of the investigation depends on the

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risks and existing information concerning the agents the individual encountered.

Question 20

What is bioenvironmental engineering’s (BE) role in conducting pregnant worker evaluations?

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Research, identify, and document hazards.

Question 21

What is the primary focus of the Air Force Inspection System (AFIS)?

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Assess unit readiness to execute assigned missions.

Question 22

Which inspection is a “no notice” inspection performed by Air Force Inspection System (AFIS)?

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Radioactive material (RAM) permit inspection.

Question 23

Which command function allows a commander (CC) to determine appropriate training requirements, evaluate wing readiness, and formulate command welfare strategies?

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Internal inspection.

Question 24

What is the purpose of a self-assessment checklist (SAC)?

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Improve compliance with published guidance.

Question 25

What is the purpose of reviewing local work order requests?

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To assess long-term impact and hazards that may be generated.

Question 26

What type of building projects normally require the use of the Department of Defense (DD) Form 1391?

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Military construction.

Question 27

When is the best time to review construction plans and introduce engineering controls for a facility?

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In the design phase.

Question 28

Which is not a direct function of the occupational and environmental health site assessment (OEHSA)?

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Identifies personal protective equipment (PPE) required for a particular task.

Question 29

The mode by which a health threat interacts with a human being is called

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route of exposure.

Question 30

The defining element of an occupational and environmental health site assessment (OEHSA) is the

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conceptual site model (CSM).

Question 31

What is the primary guidance document for performing an occupational and environmental health site assessment (OEHSA) in a deployed location?

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Air Force Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (AFTTP) 3–2.82_Interservice Publication (IP), Occupational and Environmental Health Site Assessment.

Question 32

Why is it beneficial to conduct pathway screening sampling with direct reading instruments (DRI)?

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It can rule out the presence of high-potential threats.

Question 33

Controls are the fundamental method used for protecting workers because they

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eliminate or minimize the OEH hazard and provide a healthier work environment.

Question 34

Which is not a form of substitution?

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Personnel. | form of substitution Process. Materials. Equipment.

Question 35

Which type of occupational exposure control changes a process to make it less hazardous?

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Engineering.

Question 36

Which occupational exposure control should be used in conjunction with other controls?

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Personal protective equipment (PPE).

Question 37

It is important to know the composition of the personal protective equipment (PPE) as well as the chemical used during operations, making sure the PPE

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continues to provide suitable protection.

Question 38

When a pair of gloves becomes discolored and the fabric becomes softer, this is a result of

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degradation.

Question 39

Who is responsible for formulating and executing policy in personal protective equipment (PPE) guidance?

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Headquarters Air Force Safety Center.

Question 40

Which is a responsibility of bioenvironmental engineering (BE) regarding personal protective equipment (PPE) controls?

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Certifying PPE for use in a work center.

Question 41

Which must be included when bioenvironmental engineering (BE) provides personal protective equipment (PPE) training?

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The limitations of the PPE.

Question 42

Bioenvironmental engineering’s (BE) role of selecting the correct personal protective equipment (PPE) is essential to

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effectively control workplace hazards.

Question 43

Why should face shields be used in conjunction with eye goggles?

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Face shields do not provide adequate protection against liquid splashes.

Question 44

When selecting personal protective equipment (PPE), one of the physical properties to consider is whether

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the article is comfortable and properly fits the worker.

Question 45

The three steps in determining a health-related risk assessment code (RAC) are to first determine the health hazard severity category (HHSC), then determine the illness probability category (IPC), and then

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use the health-related RAC matrix to determine the RAC.

Question 46

Which form should be used when assigning health-related risk assessment codes (RAC)?

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AF Form 1118, Notice of Hazard.

Question 47

Which microorganisms are totally dependent on their hosts for replication?

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Viruses.

Question 48

Anthrax is an example of which biohazardous agent?

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Bacteria.

Question 49

Which route of exposure is the most commonly encountered cause of occupational disease?

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Absorption.

Question 50

A period that can last for days, weeks, or months when a biological threat can be transmitted from person to person is known as

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the communicability period.

Question 51

What process can be used to identify potential biological threats associated with the mission and the workplace?

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Occupational and environmental health site assessment (OEHSA).

Question 52

Which piece of equipment would be used to take up to six solid, liquid, and/or wipe samples and six biological samples?

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QuickSilver.

Question 53

Which piece of equipment would be used to detect and identify a maximum of 10 biological warfare agents simultaneously in approximately 25 minutes?

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Portal Shield.

Question 54

What is the goal of control measures?

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Break the chain of infection.

Question 55

Which type of controls typically attacks the chain of infection at the means of transmission or susceptible host?

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Administrative.

Question 56

A solvent is a

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liquid that a solute can be dissolved in.

Question 57

How do solvent vapors mainly enter the body?

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Inhalation.

Question 58

If a safety data sheet (SDS) is not provided with the initial shipment of a hazardous material (HAZMAT), who must request it?

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Workplace supervisor.

Question 59

What document would specifically address actions that must be taken for regulated chemicals considered very hazardous?

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Substance specific standard.

Question 60

When identifying inhalation hazards of chlorine, you would infer from its vapor density of 2.47 that high concentrations of chlorine would

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sink to the ground.

Question 61

Which type of control is air sampling?

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Administrative.

Question 62

Which control removes the hazard from the work area?

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Elimination.

Question 63

Your sampling determines workers are exposed to hazardous chemicals that exceed allowable exposure limits; therefore, if stated in the relevant standard, what should be established?

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Regulated area.

Question 64

Who is responsible for providing guidance so the work place will be in compliance with the substance specific standard?

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Bioenvironmental engineering (BE).

Question 65

Upon conducting a noise survey of an Air Force (AF) industrial workplace, identifying concerns, and developing questions about noise characteristics on a new piece of equipment, who would you consult for information on this noise source?

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United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine (USAFSAM).

Question 66

Who is responsible for the proper fitting of hearing protection devices (HPD)?

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Public health (PH).

Question 67

Which office is responsible for conducting noise surveys and dosimetry?

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Bioenvironmental engineering (BE).

Question 68

The distance from one point of a sound wave to an identical point on the next wave is known as the

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wavelength.

Question 69

The amount of sound power per unit area is known as sound

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Intensity.

Question 70

The characteristic of sound that we measure and report when quantifying sound is called the sound

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pressure.

Question 71

What weighting is used to measure sound when assessing hazardous noise?

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A-weighting.

Question 72

Whole body effects are also known as

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non-auditory effects.

Question 73

On what two factors are hazardous noise exposure limits based?

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Sound levels and duration of exposure.

Question 74

What type of survey is used to classify whether a particular piece of noise-producing equipment exceeds the criterion level of 85 A-weighted decibels (dB[A]) and could present a potential exposure hazard to workers?

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Noise source.

Question 75

What sound level meter response time would you select to determine the average noise levels for industrial type operations and when taking Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) compliance measurements?

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Slow.

Question 76

When performing a noise source survey, at what weighting and response time should you set your sound level meter?

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A-weighting, slow response.

Question 77

What environmental factors may affect the performance of noise measurement instruments and their readings?

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Temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, and magnetic fields.

Question 78

At what angle to the sound source must you hold a random incidence microphone when collecting sound level readings?

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70 degrees.

Question 79

What can be used to evaluate the whole body effects of sound?

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An octave band analysis.

Question 80

What parameters must you set the octave band analyzer before performing the octave band survey?

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Z-weighting, fast, sound pressure level (SPL).

Question 81

How often are audiometric test booths monitored when all measurements taken are within the Air Force (AF) criteria?

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Annually.

Question 82

At what exchange rate in decibels (dB) should a noise dosimeter be set for measurements to be compared to Air Force (AF) standards?

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3 dB

Question 83

Which is the conversion needed by noise dosimeters that indicate the daily dose as a percentage?

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Daily equivalent sound level.

Question 84

What type of noise control should be considered first?

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Source.

Question 85

What type of machine treatment control at the source is the most direct method used to reduce noise hazards associated with equipment vibration?

Answer 85

Reduce the driving force.

Question 86

How is attenuation estimated to combine the noise reduction rating (NRR) for earplugs and earmuffs worn together?

Answer 86

Add 3 dB to the highest NRR of the plug or earmuff.

Question 87

What occupational illness gradually develops from chronic exposure to poor ergonomic conditions in the workplace?

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Work-related musculoskeletal disorder (WMSD).

Question 88

How can the presence of ergonomic risk factors affect the likelihood of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSD)?

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Elevating.

Question 89

What is the first step in performing an ergonomic assessment?

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Gather information about the work place.

Question 90

Which type of ergonomic control is implementing a preventive maintenance (PM) program for equipment?

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Administrative.

Question 91

What would be considered an indicator of long-term ergonomic hazard control success?

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Reductions in musculoskeletal disorder incidence rates.

Question 92

Reversible freezing of superficial skin layers usually marked by numbness, whiteness of the skin, and possible itching or pain is known as

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frostnip.

Question 93

Provided with the fighter index of thermal stress (FITS) zone, which office is responsible for determining the zone applicability within the aircrew working environment and provide appropriate warnings to the aircrew?

Answer 93

Squadron operations flight.

Question 94

Which office is responsible for the determination of wind chill index zones and notifying the installation command post of the resulting frostbite risk level (FRL)?

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Bioenvironmental engineering (BE).

Question 95

The thermal components used to assess heat stress are air temperature,

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humidity, air speed, and radiant heat.

Question 96

Which is an important precaution with the black globe thermometer before the measurements are taken?

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Exposed for 25 minutes before reading.

Question 97

When calculating a wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT) index, which situation requires the formula that does not use the dry bulb temperature?

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Indoors/outdoors without solar load.

Question 98

What is the hierarchy of thermal stress controls?

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Engineering, administrative, and personal protective equipment (PPE).

Question 99

What type of administrative control includes a schedule of increasing exposure and occurs during the first 10 to 14 days of heat exposure?

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Acclimatization.

Question 100

What illnesses can Airmen potentially suffer from when working hard while wearing the chemical protective over garment (CPO) with heavy, cold weather clothing?

Answer 100

Heat exhaustion.