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2024 APHR CERTIFICATION HEALTH, SAFETY, AND SECURITY EXAM WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
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2024 APHR CERTIFICATIONHEALTH, SAFETY, AND SECURITY
EXAM WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
3. Security risks in the workplace (for example: data, materials, or equipment
theft, equipment damage or destruction, cyber crimes, password usage)
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) - CORRECT ANSWERS-protect
American workers' safety on the job.
This act "requires employers to provide their employees with working
conditions that are free of known dangers."
The act created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Financial assets - CORRECT ANSWERS-include cash, securities, inventory,
and accounts receivable.
The greatest security threats to financial assets are theft and embezzlement;
developing plans to protect financial assets is typically the responsibility of a
company's chief financial officer.
Functional Area 6 tests knowledge of: - CORRECT ANSWERS-1. Applicable
laws and regulations related to workplace health, safety, security, and
privacy (for example: OSHA, Drug-Free Workplace Act, ADA, HIPAA,
Sarbanes-Oxley Act)
2. Risk mitigation in the workplace (for example: emergency evacuation
procedures, health and safety, risk management, violence, emergencies)
Physical assets - CORRECT ANSWERS-include buildings, plant and machinery,
vehicles, and office equipment.
There is a wide range of threats that could apply to physical assets, ranging
from fire to natural disaster (e.g., earthquake or flood) to industrial sabotage.
,In assessing the risk to these assets, the HR function should be focused on
protecting people from these risks—by developing a fire safety plan, for
instance, or a tornado safety plan.
information assets - CORRECT ANSWERS-include any data stored on the
company's servers (including payroll, personnel files, etc.) as well as
intellectual property, such as trade secrets and patents.
Computer hacking is the most obvious threat to information assets, but
these assets can also be endangered by industrial espionage and even
indiscreet conversations that inadvertently betray trade secrets.
In assessing risks to these assets, managers need to pay particular attention
to the organization's internal vulnerabilities, particularly its vulnerability to
hackers.
Protecting the integrity of data is the responsibility of the IT function; for the
HR function, the most important goal is to protect the privacy of employees'
personal information.
human assets - CORRECT ANSWERS-the people who work for the
organization.
To a great extent, plans for protecting physical assets also help to protect
employees; other important steps include safety training and health and
wellness programs.
Two particular threats that relate exclusively to human (rather than physical)
assets are:
- workplace violence
- substance abuse.
In addition, companies that do business overseas may face added challenges
in protecting employees, including political instability, an increased threat of
terrorism, and the need to protect executives from kidnapping.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) - CORRECT
ANSWERS-sets and enforces protective workplace safety and health
standards.
since 1971, has helped to reduce workplace-related deaths by 60 percent
and workplace-related injuries by 40 percent.
organizational scorecard - CORRECT ANSWERS-a tool for measuring factors
that effect or are effected by a certain thing (such as process or campaign)
to be studied.
, can be used to correct behavior or strategy if the metrics display sub-optimal
performance.
takes into account multiple measures to determine safety and health
program effectiveness.
These measures may include:
- incident reports
- audit scores
- perception survey results as administered to both
- management and workers
- dollar costs (claims, total costs of safety programs, etc.)
Whistleblower Protection Program - CORRECT ANSWERS-part of OSHA, seeks
to protect employees from retaliation and possible termination after they
have aided OSHA in identifying violations in employee health and safety.
organizations exempt from OSHA: - CORRECT ANSWERS-those that are
deemed low risk, or that employ 10 or fewer individuals.
According to the OSHA Industry Profile, some potential hazards and their
sources include: - CORRECT ANSWERS-Struck by- falling/moving pipe; tongs
and/or spinning chain, kelly, rotary table, etc.; high-pressure hose connection
failure causing employees to be struck by whipping hose; tools/debris
dropped from elevated location in rig; vehicles
Caught in/Between- collars and tongs, spinning chain, and pipe; clothing gets
caught in rotary table/drill string
Fire/Explosion/High Pressure release- well blowout, drilling/tripping
out/swabbing etc. results in release of gas which might be ignited if not
controlled at the surface; welding/cutting near combustible materials,
uncontrolled ignition sources near the well head, e.g., heater in the
doghouse, unapproved or poorly maintained electrical equipment; above
ground detonation of perforating gun
Rig Collapse- overloading beyond the rated capacity of the rig; improper
anchoring/guying; improper raising and lowering the rig; existing
maintenance issues with the rig structure which impacts the integrity
Falls- fall from elevated areas of the rig, i.e., stabbing boar, monkey board,
ladder, etc.; fall from rig floor to grade
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