System Safety

Practice Exam Questions - Bank 7

1. TAFS take this approach to the diagnosis of causal factors associated with industrial mishaps: (Pope, p. 322)

a. toxicological
b. epidemiological
c. logical
d. triadic

2. What component does Pope's Triadic Analysis of Flawed Systems (TAFS) approach add to traditional safety management? (Pope, Chap. 6)

a. Correction of observable phenomenon of unsafe acts and conditions
b. Define methods of determining unsafe acts and conditions
c. Objective thinking about the direction and control of management
d. Use of inspections to gather objective evidence

3. Pope states that the actions taken in response to an accident are determined by its impact on four factors. Which of the following is not one of the factors? (Pope, p. 162)

a. employee(s) involved
b. expense to the corporation
c. regulatory compliance
d. disruption of the work process

4. Pope's Triadic Analysis of Flawed Systems (TAFS) studies the impact of human error and flawed management practices on what three systems? (Pope, p. 165)

a. social, physical, biological
b. organizational, environmental, social
c. social, mechanical, organizational
d. physical, biological, organizational

5. There are four principles to the theory of error-free performance (EPS). Which of the following statements does not reflect these principles? (Pope, p. 192)

a. equipment design should consider capabilities and limitations
b. greatest gains come from improving man, machine and management systems
c. management defines safety performance in light of personal flaws
d. errors are evidence of ineffective operations and management incompetence

6. According to Pope, McGregor's Theory X and Theory Y is considered within which management school? (Pope, p. 281)

a. Contingency management
b. Participative management
c. Human relations theory
d. Scientific management

7. Which of the following is not a recognized system safety measure to protect power sources? (Brauer, p. 546 )

a. warning signs
b. redundant subsystems
c. physical separation
d. physical separation

8. This person is considered the father of the scientific approach to safety? (Pope, p. 36)

a. Dan Petersen
b. H.W. Heinrich
c. Nestor Roos
d. W. Edwards Deming

9. This safety approach identifies and controls hazards throughout the life cycle of a system, project, program or activity:

a. Reliable
b. Primary
c. Proactive
d. Reactive

10. This organization recognized that a building's fire safety could benefit from a systems analysis: (Brauer, p. 563)

a. OSHA
b. ASSE
c. AFA
d. NFPA

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