CEA Standards, Policies & Program Management 2 â Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which ANSI/HFES standard specifically addresses human factors engineering for electronic health records (EHR) systems?
- ANSI/HFES 200.2 (Correct answer)
- ANSI/HFES 100
- ANSI/HFES 300
- ANSI/HFES 150
Correct answer: ANSI/HFES 200.2
ANSI/HFES 200.2 addresses human factors engineering requirements for the design of electronic health records systems.
Question 2: Under OSHA's General Duty Clause (Section 5(a)(1)), an employer can be cited for ergonomic hazards when which condition is met?
- The hazard is recognized, causing or likely to cause serious harm, and a feasible abatement method exists (Correct answer)
- The injury rate exceeds the BLS national average
- More than three employees report the same symptom within 30 days
- A prior OSHA citation for the same task exists in the past 5 years
Correct answer: The hazard is recognized, causing or likely to cause serious harm, and a feasible abatement method exists
The General Duty Clause requires that the hazard be recognized, causing or likely to cause serious harm, and that a feasible means of abatement exists.
Question 3: A company's ergonomics policy statement should primarily accomplish which of the following?
- Detail specific workstation adjustment procedures for every job
- Express management commitment and assign responsibility for the program (Correct answer)
- List all ergonomic risk factors present in the facility
- Specify the budget allocated to ergonomic improvements
Correct answer: Express management commitment and assign responsibility for the program
A policy statement's primary purpose is to communicate management's commitment and clarify accountability for the ergonomics program.
Question 4: ISO 9241-11 defines usability as a product's ability to be used by specified users to achieve specified goals with effectiveness, efficiency, and which third attribute?
- Reliability
- Learnability
- Satisfaction (Correct answer)
- Accessibility
Correct answer: Satisfaction
ISO 9241-11 defines usability through three attributes: effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction in a specified context of use.
Question 5: When calculating the return on investment (ROI) for an ergonomics program, indirect costs of a musculoskeletal injury typically include which of the following?
- Medical treatment and physical therapy fees
- Workers' compensation insurance premiums
- Overtime costs, training replacement workers, and lost productivity (Correct answer)
- OSHA recordkeeping and reporting costs
Correct answer: Overtime costs, training replacement workers, and lost productivity
Indirect costsâoften 4â10 times the direct costsâinclude overtime, retraining, lost productivity, and administrative burden.
Question 6: In a ergonomics program, a 'near-miss' reporting system is best described as serving which function?
- Documenting OSHA recordable injuries for compliance
- Identifying hazardous conditions before they result in an injury (Correct answer)
- Calculating the incidence rate for benchmarking
- Satisfying insurance carrier audit requirements
Correct answer: Identifying hazardous conditions before they result in an injury
Near-miss reporting is a proactive tool that reveals hazard exposures before a musculoskeletal disorder or injury occurs.
Question 7: Which approach to ergonomics program evaluation focuses on measuring leading indicators rather than lagging indicators?
- Tracking OSHA 300 log injury rates year-over-year
- Monitoring the number of ergonomic assessments completed and hazards corrected (Correct answer)
- Comparing workers' compensation costs to industry benchmarks
- Auditing post-injury modified duty case duration
Correct answer: Monitoring the number of ergonomic assessments completed and hazards corrected
Leading indicatorsâsuch as hazard assessments completed and controls implementedâmeasure program activity before injuries occur, unlike lagging injury-rate metrics.
CEA Standards, Policies & Program Management 2
Which ANSI/HFES standard specifically addresses human factors engineering for electronic health records (EHR) systems?