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KAMPALA INTERNATIOINAL UNIVERSITY W-C

FACULTY OF CLINICAL MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY

BMS Supplementary

Section A

Instructions
Circle the correct answer only
Multiple choice questions 1-50 (50 marks)
Time allowed 0.5 Hour

1. All these are reasons for a special practice model in occupational medicine expect.
a. Economic implications of maintaining a healthy workforce are large
b. Occupational diseases are hard to distinguish from ones unrelated to the workplace
c. Absences from work has multiple causes (not all are medical)
*d. Occupational diseases are hard to assess and evaluate.

2. Occupational Health services includes all the following except.

a. Emergency response d. Disability management and
b. Work-life management accommodation
*c. Palliative care

3. ----------------------is known as the father of occupational medicine.

*a. Bernardino Ramazzini c. Sir Humphrey Davey
b. Percival Pott d. Bernardino George

4. Occupational health and safety management systems must have the following components
except.
a. Constant participation of the workers in determining objectives and measures of occupational
health and safety.
b. Consultation concerning workers’ experience with existing health risks.
c. Increase in workers’ salaries and allowances as well as compensation laws.
*d. Ideas for improving the assignment of duties, the procedural sequences and the concrete
working conditions in the activities and at the workplaces.

5. Which of the following is a goal of occupational health and safety?

a. To carry out competent and effective supervision of workers
b. An employee should not have to risk injury at work
*c. To achieve maximum human and machine efficiency
d. To manage compensation claims and force concessions from management

6. Which of the following suggests the first step employed in risk assessment in an organization?
a. Documentation, monitoring and review c. Deciding on preventive action -T-O-P
b. Evaluating and prioritising risks *d. Identifying hazards and those at risk
7. Which of the following isn’t an advantage of occupational health care?
a. Estimates employees working ability and monitors their health status
b. Reduce absenteeism due to sickness
*c. Many organizations would not act upon their implied moral obligations without an extra
encouragement.
d. Prevents premature incapacity for work, reduces pension cost

8. Risk avoidance, risk retention, risk transfer and risk reduction are strategies involved in
a. Risk assessment c. Risk evaluation
b. Risk analysis *d. Risk management

9. To establish good occupational health and safety, which is the role of a supervisor?
a. Allocate sufficient resources for the effective implementation of occupational health and
safety programmes.
b. Must not willfully damage anything provided for the health and safety of themselves and
others at the place of work
*c. Effectively implement documented occupational health and safety risk management systems
in consultation with employees.
d. Effectively develop documented occupational health and safety risk management in
consultation with employees

10. …………………………….investigated problems of mine explosions and developed the

first miners safety lamp
a. Dr. Alice Hamilton c. Pliny the Elder
*b. Sir Humphrey Davy d. Percival Pott

11. The objective of occupational health care is

a. Promotion of employee’s health c. Maintenance of employees working
b. A well-functioning working environment ability and functional capacity
*d. All of the above

12. The indication for a special medical examination includes

*a. Prolonged absence from work
b. To maintain health of employees
c. Determine the suitability for a particular job looking at risk to applicant’s health and safety of
other workers
d. It is for permanent employees

13. The overall responsibility for determining and assessing risks at the workplace lies with
a. Supervisors *d. Occupational health and safety
b. Occupational physicians specialists
c. Employers

14. All these are types of occupational environments except

a. Man and man *c. Man and employer
b. Man and machine d. Man and biological agents
15. Lowering the threats from known hazards whilst maximizing any related benefits and
avoiding disproportionate bureaucracy is a property of
a. Risk transfer *c. Risk management
b. Risk retention d. Risk assessment

16. ………………………..is regarded as the first line of defense in the control of work place
hazards
a. Administrative control strategy c. Effective and competent supervision
b. Personal protective equipment strategy strategy
*d. Engineering strategies
17. Mining, abrading, blasting, smelting and milling can be said to be sources of
*a. Airborne hazards c. Mist and sprays
b. Organic dust d. Musculoskeletal hazards

18. What are the two types of silicosis?

*a. Accelerated and acute silicosis c. Normal and chronic silicosis
b. Acute and intermittent silicosis d. Moderate and diffuse silicosis

19. Symptoms of complicated coal workers pneumoconiosis involves all the following except
a. Cor-pulmonale *c. Bronchitis from fumes
b. Pulmonary hypertension d Lung dysfunction

20. A confined space with an oxygen deficient content below 19.5% by volume is associated
with
a. Chemical hazard *c. Airborne hazards
b. Physical hazard d. Biological hazard

21. Best known as the father of toxicology…………………………….he described lung

diseases among miners and attributed the cause to vapours and emanation from metals
a. Agricola c. Hippocrates
b. De re Metallica *d. Paracelsus

21. When considering the linkage of a disease to wok activities, one of the important
characteristics to consider is
a. Accountability *c. Specificity
b. Relativity d. Accessibility

22. …………………………….is a component of occupational health services

a. To reduce industrial accidents d. It represents a dynamic equilibrium
b. To reduce sick absenteeism between the worker and his occupational
*c. Special medical examination environment

23. ……………………………..was a London physician and was the first to link occupational
exposure to cancer
a. Dr Alice Hamilton *c. Percival Pott
b. Ulrich Ellenborg d. Hippocrates
24. One of the work place disaster in the early times that led to subsequent legislation to protect
workers includes
a. Lead poisoning among miners and *c. The triangle shirtwaist fire
metallurgists d. Georgia bridge disaster
b. Problems of mine explosions

25. Injuries that cause disorders of the muscle, bones, blood vessels, tendons and other soft
tissues can be classified under
a. Psychosocial hazards *c. Ergonomic hazards
b. Psychological hazards d. Physical hazards

26. The main aim of the Work health and safety Act is to:
a. Protect the general public c. Protect the employer
*b. Ensure the health, safety and welfare of d. Provide WHS&S rules and regulations
employees

27. ……………………………..and…………………..are the basic treatment services provided

by occupational health officers in a work environment
a. General treatment services and emergency treatment services
b. Emergency treatment services and special treatment services
*c. Special treatment services and general treatment services
d. Routine treatment services and emergency treatment services

28. It is defined as the sum of the external conditions and influences which prevail at the place of
work and which have a bearing on the health of the working population
a. Occupational environment hazards c. Occupational environment conditions
b. Workplace hazards *d. Occupational environment

29. Pneumoconiosis are a group of occupational diseases that can lead to subsequent lung issue
reaction to dust examples of such conditions includes all the following except
*a. Bronchitis c. Berylliosis
b. Asbestosis d. Silicosis

30. The employees role and responsibilities to establish good occupational health and safety
includes
a. Must ensure the workplace under their control is safe and without risk to health
*b. Must wear any protective equipment provided
c. Provide adequate information, training and information where hazards have been identified
d. To carry out adequate and efficient risk assessment

31. The workplace hazard excessive noise may be controlled by

a. Air conditioning c. Shift work
b. Ventilation *d. PPE
32. A workplace emergency evacuation plan is the responsibility of
a. Company management *c. The Health and safety committee
b. The government d. Individual employees

33. An emergency that could arise and cause a risk to Health & safety could include.
a. Fire c. Chemical spill
b. Explosion *d. All of the above

34. Prevention of back injury resulting from manual handling may be achieved by:
a. Use mechanical aids wherever possible c. Practicing good housing keeping
b. Learning the correct methods of lifting *d. All of the above
and carrying

35. Which of the following would not be classified as a chemical hazard?

a. Gases *c. Occupational overuse syndrome
b. Vapours d. Fibres

36. A workplace emergency evacuation plan is the responsibility of.

a. Company management b. The d. Individual employees

government * c. The Health and safety
committee

37. 1.Prevention of back injury resulting from manual handling may be achieved by:

a. Use mechanical aids wherever possible

b. Learning the correct methods of lifting and carrying
c. Practicing good housing keeping
*d. All of the above

38. Which of the following would not be classified as a chemical hazard?

a. Gases b. Vapours * c. Occupational Overuse Syndrome d. Fibres

39. Chemical may enter the body through:

a. Ingestion through the mouth c.The skin
b. The eyes and mucous membranes *d. All of the above

40. The workplace hazard excessive noise may be controlled by

a. Air conditioning c. Shift work
b. Ventilation *d.PPE

41. From the hazards listed below ,select a potential chemical workplace hazard
a. Occupational overuse syndrome *c. Paint
b. Bacteria d. Stress

42. An emergency that could arise and cause a risk to Health & safety could include.
a. Fire b. Explosion
c. Chemical spill *d. All of the above

43. Employees’ obligations in relation to work, Health &safety legislation include.

a. Co-operating with employers in their efforts to comply with their WH&S responsibilities
b. Not endangering others by their actions
c. Not interfering with or misusing materials or equipment provided for work health and safety
*d. All of the above

44. From the list below select the first thing you should do when lifting an 18kg box from the
floor onto a 1.5 meters high shelving
a. Keep feet apart,bend knees and maintain a c. Get a second person to give you a lift
straight back *d. Check if the shelf can accommodate the
b. Use a mechanical lifting device box

45. Factors that contribute to stress in the workplace are.

a. Fear of job loss c. Unpredictable working hours
b. Technological change *d. Any of the above

46. A safety and health management system cost an employer more money but it's worth it
*a. True b. False

47. One benefit of implementing an effective safety and health management system is that
employee moral goes up
*a. True b. False

48. To be most effective, safe and health must be balanced with, and incorporated into,
an organization's other core business processes
*a. True b. False

49. The Goal of ergonomics is" fit the person to the job," rather than making the job fit the
person.
a. True *b. False

50. The OHS Law requires those in authority to provide adequate supervision, information,
instruction and training.
*a. True b. False

Section B

Instructions
Attempt all questions
All questions carry equal marks (Total 10)
Time allowed 1.5 Hour

Q.1 How do you conduct medical examination for your staff and what treatment services
supposed to provide by Occupational Health Worker?

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Q.2. Give the classification of work hazards and describes the principles of occupational
hygiene.

Q3. List the most common occupational diseases in Sub-Sahara Africa and which others
occupational diseases commonly affect health worker?

Q.4. Describe the functions of occupational health service.

Q.5. Define the followings.

a. Goals of occupational health and safety

b. Risk
c. Major strategies in controlling of hazards
d. Biological hazard (with examples)
e. Physical hazard (with examples)