CUFE, CHP, Fall 2009 Final Exam (maximum marks 40)

Gen N 210: Risk Management and Environment

Time 2 hours. Closed Book Exam. No document or Laptop is allowed!
The exam has 5 pages

Answer All Questions. Review all first. Select. Re-read after!

Check the proper answer inside ( )

Put your answers on these sheets. For more space, use the back

The following (items a through h) are sources of or exposed to hazards (follow the example "a,"
put x under the appropriate location)
The hazard

a. humans

example

sources of
hazards

exposed to
hazards

causes
UDE

caused by
UDE

b. creatures
c. fire
d. electricity
e. compressed butane bottle
f. culture
g. wind
h. children
(UDE: undesired events)

A chain is no stronger than its weakest link

( ) true and has applications
in Risk Management

( ) true and has applications in

Management

( ) true as an absolute
argument

( ) False

Teamwork at its best synergy

( ) reduces probability
( ) reduces severity
( ) reduces both

( ) has no influence on both

The following are the upper tip of the Risk Iceberg
( ) Hazard
( ) Health
( ) Opportunity
( ) Severity
( ) Safety

( ) Economics
The Global Risk System has
( ) a- 4 inter-related components
( ) b- 8 inter-related components
( ) both a & b
( ) can have up to 56 possible relationships

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Check lists can be sufficient and should exclude system definition

as a first step for Risk Assessment
( ) is not a logical statement
( ) is a wrong statement
( ) can be dangerous statement, if it is followed blindly
A risk situation lies in a red square when plotted on the global risk matrix
( ) represents an acceptable situation
( ) represents an inacceptable situation by risk specialist such as firemen
( ) is absolutely an inacceptable situation for any profession

( ) acceptable or not is relative based on the situation of the place

Give in the space below one example of "risk transfer"

Using the safety belt is a way to

( ) reduce severity
( ) reduce probability
( ) reduce probability of accidents
( ) reduce probability of incidents or near miss
( ) mitigate risk
( ) for engineering

and/or

( ) administrative mitigate risk

10 Cost of accidents according to the iceberg concept

(

) is much higher than the hidden cost of the same accident

) is much higher than the proven cost of same accident

) is not realistic because it cannot be evaluated

) is representative of the social cost of the accident

11 The following items affect risk parameters p

and s of a probable fire situation. Put "x"
under the appropriate location.
a

d
e

Environmental conditions

Severity
(S)

Both P x S

Number of persons exposed

Poor organization and housekeeping of the
place
Risk awareness and training of persons
exposed
Position of the hazard relative to people

Probability
(P)

Use the back of this sheet to justify your answer for lines 11.b and 11.e

12 Evolution of time
( ) increases the components of the risk number
( ) increases risk with time
( ) does not affect risk at all because risk is defined once for the system
( ) is not controllable but it does not affect the components of the system

13 The green house effect

( ) increases in Greater Cairo in cloudy days and nights
( ) is mostly caused by automobile emissions
( ) is mainly due to the presence of combination of CO2 and other gases beyond the
natural elimination processes
( ) is most obvious during the summer or the dusty days

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14 For a fire scenario

Fire starters probability of
happening
Select the logical gate of the
fire starter scenario:
Calculated probability of
starting the fire based on the
selected gate is

starter 1

starter 2

starter 3

0.5

0.5

0.5

( ) AND

( ) OR

15 Put A and/or B, E in the column "Answer"

Question
A
B
a

c
d

The purpose of the EIA

process is to predict
.
consequences of a proposed
construction activity
The study of risk assessment
included in the EIA falls under
the following chapter of the
report
The EIA study needs
expertise in the following
disciplines
Who should use the results of
EIA studies?
The risk control action in the
EIA is included in the
following chapter

social

economic

environmenta
l

cultural

All of these

Project
Description

Baseline

Laws &
Legislation
s

Environmental
and Social
Impacts

Alternatives

Engineering

Environmental

Many

Social

Medical

Government

Industry

Project
Description

Laws &
Legislations

Institutions every one

all engineer

Environmenta
l and Social
Impacts

Environmental
Action Plan

Alternatives

16 Mark the following as true or false

TRUE

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a tool used to identify the environmental,

social and economic impacts of a project prior to decision-making.

In preparing an EIA, experts address only environmental benefits

The chapter on "Alternatives" in the EIA discusses different ways of implementing the
project. It also addresses the "no-project" possibility if it seems very expensive from the
environmental point of view.

The EIA study addresses specialist and does not include public, since they are not
specialized any way.

In the EIA the Environmental Action Plan should include a mitigation plan and a
monitoring plan.

17 Photosynthesis requires which of the following to occur?

( ) Glucose and Oxygen
( ) Sunlight, Glucose and Oxygen
( ) Sunlight, Water and Carbon Dioxide
( ) Sunlight, Water, Carbon Dioxide and Glucose and Oxygen

18 Using bio-fuels as a source for driving automobiles might

( ) Drives food prices up
( ) Drives food prices down
( ) Has no impact on food prices
( ) Raises the oil price

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Answer

FALSE

19 Mark the following as true or false

a
b
c

TRUE

FALSE

Human activities are the only cause for air pollution.

CO2 is produced by microorganisms from fermentation and cellular respiration.

Tertiary pollutants are more dangerous than primary ones.

The social environment compromises hydrosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere.

Decay: producing CO2 if oxygen is present, Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) if it is not.

All Substances naturally found in the air are referred to as pollutants.

20 In any EIA study, base line of the system is identified? Give 3 examples of collected baseline information.
1.
2.
3.

21 Fill-in the following table

Hazard(s)

Source of hazard
a
b
c
d
e

22

Consequences

Control

Electric box in wet place

Working near a noisy
operation
Willing to do Welding in a gas
atmosphere
Using
mobile while walking in
a busy normal street in
planning excavations &
earthwork
Give one example of hazard for the following control methods
prevention: ..
protection: ..
mitigation: ..
transfer: ..

23 Put A and/or B, E in the column "Answer"

Question
A
a

The following are main

sources of water pollution:

City sewage
discharged into
the river

Industrial waste
CO2
discharged into the river

Heavy & toxic

metals

E
Release of
fertilizer into a
water stream

wastes of
sugar mills

None of these

Copper

Mercury

Inorganic contaminants that

cause water pollution:
.. Is most dangerous of
heavy metal pollutants
The following are sources of
pollution in water

Cadmium

The removal of organic

pollutants in water is done in

Primary sewage
treatment only

Secondary sewage
treatment only

Closed
circuits

Freshwater resources are

threatened by:

Exploitation

poor management

ecological
All of these
degradation

b
c
d

g
h

De-forestation are due to:

The chief medium for the
spread of the disease is

Soap & detergent

Lead
sewage

Manure

Acid rain

Rain
Water

organic substances

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commercial
All of these
wastes

Chemicals
inorganic
chemicals

None of these

water pollution
Toxic
substances

Answer