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Continuing Education — "The Action Level!®"

VOLUME 9(10), October 2012
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene


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CASE STUDIES:

Using Death Certificates and Medical Examiner Data for Adolescent Occupational Fatality Surveillance and Research: A Case Study
Kimberly J. Rauscher, Carol W. Runyan and Deborah Radisch

1. Compared to death certificates, medical examiner records
    are more likely to capture cases of adolescent occupational
    fatalities. True or False?

True
False
2. Both medical examiner records and death certificates
    commonly misclassify the occupation of adolescents who
    died from work-related injuries as:
a. teenager
b. student
c. part-time worker
d. does not work
Occupational Exposures to Noise Resulting from the Workplace Use of Personal Media Players at a Manufacturing Facility
Daniel A. Autenrieth, Delvin R. Sandfort, Tiffany Lipsey and William J. Brazile

3. What effect did personal media player use have on the
    number of workers overexposed to noise in high-background
    noise exposure areas?

a. The number of overexposed workers remained
          the same.
b. The number of overexposed workers doubled.
c. The number of overexposed workers was cut
          in half.
d. No high-background noise exposed workers
          were overexposed to noise.
4. How many workers were overexposed to noise in
    low-background noise exposure areas when personal media
    player use was considered?
a. 0
b. 1
c. 6
d. 12
Characterization of Endotoxin Collected on California Dairies Using Personal and Area-Based Sampling Methods
John Garcia, Deborah H. Bennett, Daniel Tancredi, Marc B. Schenker, Diane Mitchell, Stephen J. Reynolds, Rona Silva, Gregory P. Dooley, John Mehaffy and Frank M. Mitloehner

5. Which of the following states appears to have the lowest
    inhalable endotoxin levels based upon these kinds of agricultural
    exposures?

a. California
b. Colorado
c. Nebraska
d. Eastern Colorado
6. When these authors noted dairy concentrations were
    considerably higher than rural and urban backgrounds this
    could signify that the dairies themselves are likely sources
    for endotoxin. True or False?
True
False
Real-Time Fit of a Respirator During Simulated Health Care Tasks
Jessica Hauge, Marc Roe, Lisa M. Brosseau and Craig Colton

7. Which of the following statements is true of this study's
    findings regarding SWPF?

  1. Overall SWPF and scenario SWPF varied significantly
    among subjects.
  2. Scenario SWPF varied significantly within subjects.
  3. Scenario SWPF data were bimodal for some subjects; data
    for those subjects with better fit were more likely to exhibit
    bimodality.
  4. Initial measures of fit appeared predictive of fit measured
    during the simulated exercises.
a. i and ii
b. i, iii, and iv
c. i, ii, and iii
d. i, ii, iii, and iv
8. In this study, the instruments used to collect SWPF data were
    _______________.
a. TSI Portacount Plus with N95 Companion
b. TSI Portacount Pro
c. TSI N95 Companion
d. TSI Portacount Pro with N95 Companion
e. TSI Portacount Plus
Effects of Covered Solid Sorbent Tube Sample Holders on Organic Vapor Measurements
B.S. Marpoe, W.A. Groves, E.G. Lee, J.E. Slaven and M. Harper

9. On average the concentrations measured using the covered
    sample holders differed from the open tube sample results by
    more than 15%. True or False?

True
False
10. While factors such as the nature of the exposure/
      concentration profile, sampling flow rate, and the type of
      sample holder used can influence agreement with open-tube
      measured concentrations, the magnitude of these effects are
      relatively small. True or False?
True
False
Hearing Conservation and Noise Management Practices in Professional Orchestras
Ian O'Brien, Tim Driscoll and Bronwen Ackermann

11. The need for use of personal protective devices in professional
      orchestras can be avoided through control measures implemented
      via a comprehensive hearing conservation strategy. True or
      False?

True
False
12. In an orchestra, which of the following is an effective method
      to balance artistic, financial, and hearing conservation
      concerns?
a. A comprehensive hearing conservation strategy
b. A range of control measures
c. Regular company meetings
d. A dedicated noise management group

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