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Safety, Quality Control & Risk Management Flashcards

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  1. What is the primary function of a project's Quality Management Plan (QMP)?

    Answer: Define how quality policies, procedures, and standards will be implemented and verified on the project

    The QMP establishes the quality standards, roles, responsibilities, processes, and documentation methods that govern how quality will be planned, assured, and controlled throughout the project.

  2. A construction manager performs a 'residual risk' analysis after implementing risk controls. Residual risk is best defined as:

    Answer: The risk remaining after all planned risk responses have been implemented

    Residual risk is the level of risk that remains after mitigation, transfer, or avoidance measures have been applied—it must be evaluated to determine if further action or contingency reserve is needed.

  3. Under OSHA's Excavation Standard (29 CFR 1926.650-652), a competent person must inspect excavations:

    Answer: Daily before workers enter and after any event that could affect stability

    OSHA requires a competent person to inspect excavations daily before worker entry and after any event (rain, frost, vibration) that could affect the stability of the excavation.

  4. Which contract clause specifically protects a contractor who encounters subsurface conditions that differ materially from those indicated in the contract documents?

    Answer: Differing Site Conditions clause

    A Differing Site Conditions (DSC) clause entitles the contractor to an equitable adjustment in contract price and/or time when actual subsurface conditions differ materially from those represented in the contract.

  5. In construction quality assurance, the purpose of a 'hold point' in an Inspection and Test Plan (ITP) is to:

    Answer: Require mandatory review and approval by a specified party before work may proceed

    A hold point in an ITP is a mandatory stop where work cannot continue until a designated party (owner, engineer, or third-party inspector) reviews and formally approves the completed work or test results.

  6. The concept of 'secondary risk' in risk management refers to:

    Answer: A new risk that arises as a direct result of implementing a risk response

    Secondary risks emerge as unintended consequences of risk responses; for example, using temporary shoring to mitigate excavation collapse risk may create a secondary risk of shoring failure.

  7. A CPC candidate is reviewing a project's safety performance. The Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) formula is:

    Answer: (Number of recordable incidents × 200,000) ÷ Total hours worked

    TRIR = (Number of OSHA recordable incidents × 200,000) ÷ Total employee-hours worked; the 200,000 factor represents 100 full-time employees working 2,000 hours per year.