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1. The following 5 steps are Risk Management Techniques. Please choose the first step.

Develop Systems

Monitor Efforts

Assess Risk

Evaluate/Modify Systems

Implement Programs

In the HR body of knowledge most processes will start with an assessment and end with an evaluation. p 6-6

Explanation

In the HR body of knowledge most processes will start with an assessment and end with an evaluation. p 6-6

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This is a multiple choice quiz that is covering the first 3 sections of module 6 in the SHRM learning system. � This module is on risk management... see moreand actually has the least amount of questions on the test. � This is the reason we are starting on this module, we will be working towards the modules that have the most weight and questions on the test. see less

2. This type of insurance provides employers with protection against claims of discrimination, wrongful termination, sexual harassment, or other employment-related issues made by employees, former employees, or potential employees.

General Liabiltiy Insurance

Automobile Insurance

Errors and omissions insurance (E&O)

Employment Practices Liability Insurance (EPLI)

Directors' and officer's liability insurance (D&O)

As you read your material please remember to see if they use an acronym because the test could very well just use the acronym and not spell out the words. p 6-11

Explanation

As you read your material please remember to see if they use an acronym because the test could very well just use the acronym and not spell out the words. p 6-11

3. Which answer below is not a role that HR should take in safety?

Gain Managment support for safety programs

Develop a safety reporting system

Provide training for line managers

Accept ultimate responsibility for safety of employees

Assist in coordinating safety programs

p 6-58

Explanation

p 6-58

4. Module 6 is primarily focused on...

Strategic Planning

Worker's Comp Issues

Risk Management

Employee Relations

None of the above

Worker's comp is a part of risk management but this module covers much more than that aspect.

Explanation

Worker's comp is a part of risk management but this module covers much more than that aspect.

5. The objectives of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) established in 1970 does not include...

Encourage employers and employees to reduce safety and health hazards

Authorize the secretary of labor to establish mandatory occupational health and safety standards

Discover the causal connections between diseases and work and establish appropriate standards to eliminate industrial disease

Provide health and safety research through the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

Mandate that Employers create a safety team to find all aspects of unsafe work habits

p 6-18,19

Explanation

p 6-18,19

6. The General Duty Clause states...

That each employee has a "general duty" to stay safe while employed

That employers have a "general duty" to keep all employees safe at all times

The duty of all is to stay away from anything that might cause any problems for any body

None of the above

p 6-19

Explanation

p 6-19

7. Following are the violations of OSHA please mark the one that has no penalty.

Willful

De Minimus

Other-Than-Serious

Repeat

Serious

P 6-42

Explanation

P 6-42

8. Following is a list of best known OSHA standard. Please mark the one that is not correct...

Emergency Exit Procedures

Occupational Noise Exposure

Drug-Free Workplace

Confined Space Entry

Hazard Communication

p 6-24,25,26

Explanation

p 6-24,25,26

9. An analysis based on research that uses open-ended interviewing to explore and understand the attitudes, opinions, feelings, and behavior of individuals or a group of individuals.

Qualitative Analysis

Data Collection

Quantitative Analysis

Experiment

None of the above

Even though Qualitative and Quantitative analysis are located and defined in Module 1 (strategic management) they are also used in risk management...p 6-6

Explanation

Even though Qualitative and Quantitative analysis are located and defined in Module 1 (strategic management) they are also used in risk management...p 6-6

10. OSHA provides employees with a number of specific rights. Which answer below is not one of the specific rights?

The right to demand safety and health on the job

The right to be informed of workplace hazards

The right to file a complaint

The right to leave work at any time they feel threatened

The right to receive training

Leaving work is not spelled out as a specific right of employees in OSHA. p 6-20

Explanation

Leaving work is not spelled out as a specific right of employees in OSHA. p 6-20

Submit

12. Workers' compensation insurance is provided by each _______, paid for by the employer, and designed to protect workers in case of a work-related injury or disease.

Employee

State

City

Employer

None of the above

Each state is different in how they handle Workers' comp. You will not need to know state differences unless you take the California test and then you would need to know what California does. p 6-13

Explanation

Each state is different in how they handle Workers' comp. You will not need to know state differences unless you take the California test and then you would need to know what California does. p 6-13

13. The USA Patriot Act (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism) of 2001 gives certain rights. Please mark the incorrect answer below.

Seeks to further close our borders to foreign terrorists and to detain and remove those within our borders

Vests the vice president with regulatory powers to combat corruption of U.S. financial institutions for foreign money laundering purposes.

Triples the number of Border Patrol agents and Customs and Immigration inspectors at the northern border of the United States.

Creates new crimes, penalties, and procedural efficiencies for use against domestic and international terrorists.

P 6-45

Explanation

P 6-45

14. Please mark the third priority in OSHA inspections

Follow-up Inspections

High-Hazard industries

Catastrophes and fatal accidents

Imminent danger

Employee Complaints

Page 6-39

Explanation

Page 6-39

15. For every dollar lost in direct costs in employee accidents how much can be lost in indirect costs?

3-10 dollars

1 - 2 dollars

12-15 dollars

7 - 25 dollars

25 - 30 dollars

p 6-56

Explanation

p 6-56

16. Which is the First Priority for employers when addressing health and safey issues?

Provide Personal Protection

Train and Instruct

Use Warning Signs

Use Safeguards

Eliminate hazard completely

p 6-57

Explanation

p 6-57

17. When assessing risk which of the following factors are not part of the process?

Review company goals and objectives

Anticipate business opportunities on the horizon

Identify resources available

Complete a SWOT analysis

Recognize differences in international laws and regulations

A full SWOT analysis is done in strategic planning and parts will be done in risk analysis. p 6-6

Explanation

A full SWOT analysis is done in strategic planning and parts will be done in risk analysis. p 6-6

Submit

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