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Safety judgment: applied practice: open practice pack: answer key

20 untimed questions across 4 authored sections.

This is untimed educational practice for one applied skill. It is not a clinical, diagnostic, employment, or professionally recognized assessment, it does not produce a score or credential, and for the judgement and safety families it is not a substitute for your employer's own policies, training, or legal duties.

Answer key

ItemChoiceAnswer
safety-judgement-applied-s01-q01DA hazard is something with the potential to cause harm; the risk is how likely that harm is and how severe it would be
safety-judgement-applied-s01-q02BGuard or mark the spill and get it dealt with before you leave it, even though it makes you late
safety-judgement-applied-s01-q03CReplacing the solvent with a less hazardous product that does the same job
safety-judgement-applied-s01-q04AStop the machine, report it, and do not let it be restarted until the guard is refitted
safety-judgement-applied-s01-q05BThe short duration does not change the hazard: use access that can be set level and secure, or make the base level and secure first
safety-judgement-applied-s02-q01CEliminate the hazard if you can; then substitute, then engineering controls, then procedures, with protective equipment last
safety-judgement-applied-s02-q02AIt protects only the wearer, only when correctly fitted and maintained, and it leaves the hazard fully in place
safety-judgement-applied-s02-q03DIsolating every energy source, locking and tagging each isolation, releasing stored energy, and proving it dead at the point of work
safety-judgement-applied-s02-q04BThe work is authorised only under the conditions written on it; if any of those change, work stops until it is reassessed
safety-judgement-applied-s02-q05DPlan the work so they are not in the same vertical zone at the same time, or fit physical protection between them, and coordinate through a single plan
safety-judgement-applied-s03-q01AState exactly which hazard concerns you and which control is missing, do not start, and use the defined escalation route
safety-judgement-applied-s03-q02DMaking the area safe and attending to anyone injured, then preserving the scene and reporting it
safety-judgement-applied-s03-q03BThey are the same events as injuries with the luck still attached, so they show where controls are failing while it is still cheap to fix
safety-judgement-applied-s03-q04CSpeak to them directly about that specific step and the risk it controls, and use the safety reporting route if it continues
safety-judgement-applied-s03-q05ARaise it as a question: an unnecessary question costs a minute, an unraised hazard can cost far more
safety-judgement-applied-s04-q01BCarry out the step; the deadline does not change the hazard, and if the deadline is genuinely immovable then it is the schedule that needs escalating
safety-judgement-applied-s04-q02CFollow the documented method, and if experience says it is wrong then get the method changed rather than deviating from it
safety-judgement-applied-s04-q03ATreat the fatigue as a hazard in its own right: say so, and hand the task over or leave it for the next shift
safety-judgement-applied-s04-q04DRecognise that what you do is what gets learned: stop the shortcut yourself and show them the correct method
safety-judgement-applied-s04-q05CFollow the rule while reporting the specific situation in which it increases risk, so it can be assessed and amended