VOL VCA proefexamen in het Engels

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1. Question 1 of 12 · Regulations and safety rules What is the difference between VCA* and VCA**?

   A. VCA** is only intended for companies that work in the petrochemical industry. Correct answer Your answer B. VCA* is intended for clients and VCA** for contractors. Correct answer Your answer C. With VCA**, the company's safety structures and systems are also assessed on top of VCA*. Correct answer Your answer

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   The correct answer is C: With VCA**, the company's safety structures and systems are also assessed on top of VCA*.

   Explanation: VCA* focuses on direct SHE care in activities in the workplace. With VCA**, the safety structures and systems within the company are also assessed on top of that. VCA Petrochemical sets additional requirements for companies that carry out complex high-risk work in the petrochemical industry. For clients there is VCO.

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2. Question 2 of 12 · Working safely, consultation and inspections An employee knows the rules for fall protection and knows how to use the harness. Yet he deliberately does not wear it, because he finds it a nuisance. Which cause of unsafe behaviour is this?

   A. Not knowing. Correct answer Your answer B. Not wanting to. Correct answer Your answer C. Not being able to. Correct answer Your answer

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   The correct answer is B: Not wanting to.

   Explanation: Unwillingness is not wanting to. Not knowing is a lack of knowledge or information. Not being able to is a lack of skills, for example because tasks have been assigned incorrectly. Behaviour concerns the human factor, policy concerns technology and organisation.

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3. Question 3 of 12 · Prevention What determines the size of a risk?

   A. Only the number of employees at the workplace. Correct answer Your answer B. Only the cost of the measures. Correct answer Your answer C. The probability that a hazard causes an accident and the extent of the damage. Correct answer Your answer

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   The correct answer is C: The probability that a hazard causes an accident and the extent of the damage.

   Explanation: Risk = probability x effect. The risk is determined by the probability that a hazard causes an accident and by the extent of the damage.

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4. Question 4 of 12 · Workplace You are having a warning sign made for a dangerous zone in the factory. Employees who speak other languages also work there. What is the best design for the sign?

   A. A detailed explanation in the local language, without a pictogram. Correct answer Your answer B. An unambiguous pictogram with as little text as possible. Correct answer Your answer C. Several pictograms with different meanings on one sign. Correct answer Your answer

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   The correct answer is B: An unambiguous pictogram with as little text as possible.

   Explanation: Signs must be unambiguous and their design must make the meaning clear to everyone concerned. Preferably use pictograms with as little text as possible.

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5. Question 5 of 12 · Personal protective equipment (PBM's) You are going to work in construction. Which safety shoes are compulsory there?

   A. Shoes with only a non-slip sole. Correct answer Your answer B. Ordinary rubber boots. Correct answer Your answer C. Shoes with a reinforced toe cap and a reinforced sole. Correct answer Your answer

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   The correct answer is C: Shoes with a reinforced toe cap and a reinforced sole.

   Explanation: In construction, safety shoes with a reinforced toe cap and a reinforced sole are compulsory. The toe cap protects against falling objects, the sole against sharp objects.

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6. Question 6 of 12 · Work Equipment A forklift truck is lifting a heavy load. The back of the truck lifts slightly. The driver wants to put extra weights on the counterweight. Which of these is correct?

   A. That is allowed if the weights are properly fixed. Correct answer Your answer B. The counterweight must never be made heavier. Correct answer Your answer C. That is allowed if a colleague stands on the back. Correct answer Your answer

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   The correct answer is B: The counterweight must never be made heavier.

   Explanation: The counterweight of a forklift truck must never be made heavier. Otherwise the load may fall or the truck may tip over.

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7. Question 7 of 12 · Specific work and circumstances You are working from the platform of an aerial work platform just below a concrete beam. What is a hazard?

   A. Getting trapped between the beam and the platform. Correct answer Your answer B. Suffocation due to a lack of oxygen. Correct answer Your answer C. Frostbite on your hands. Correct answer Your answer

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   The correct answer is A: Getting trapped between the beam and the platform.

   Explanation: Hazards with an aerial work platform include getting trapped between the object and the platform, electrocution, collisions, falling objects, tipping over and falling out of the platform.

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8. Question 8 of 12 · Hazardous substances You have been working for years with paint containing organic solvents in a poorly ventilated room. What can this cause in the long term?

   A. Damage to the brain. Correct answer Your answer B. White fingers. Correct answer Your answer C. Permanent hearing damage. Correct answer Your answer

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   The correct answer is A: Damage to the brain.

   Explanation: Breathing in organic solvents, for example in paint, can cause headaches in the short term and damage the brain in the long term.

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9. Question 9 of 12 · Electricity and radiation Which voltage may, as a guideline, be regarded as a safe voltage?

   A. A maximum of 50 V alternating voltage and 120 V direct voltage. Correct answer Your answer B. A maximum of 120 V alternating voltage and 50 V direct voltage. Correct answer Your answer C. A maximum of 230 V alternating voltage and 400 V direct voltage. Correct answer Your answer

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   The correct answer is A: A maximum of 50 V alternating voltage and 120 V direct voltage.

   Explanation: As a guideline, 50 V alternating voltage and 120 V direct voltage count as safe voltages. Direct voltage is generally less dangerous than alternating voltage, which is why the limit for direct voltage is higher.

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10. Question 10 of 12 · Fire and explosion How does foam put out a fire?

    A. It slows down the combustion reaction through negative catalysis. Correct answer Your answer B. It displaces the oxygen as a gas, but hardly cools. Correct answer Your answer C. It cuts off the oxygen supply at the seat of the fire and cools. Correct answer Your answer

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    The correct answer is C: It cuts off the oxygen supply at the seat of the fire and cools.

    Explanation: Foam cuts off the oxygen supply at the seat of the fire and has a cooling effect. Extinguishing powder slows down the combustion reaction (negative catalysis). Carbon dioxide displaces the oxygen and has only a limited cooling effect.

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11. Question 11 of 12 · Accidents What is the purpose of an accident investigation?

    A. Finding out the causes and making proposals to prevent similar accidents. Correct answer Your answer B. Establishing who is to blame, so that they can be sanctioned. Correct answer Your answer C. Determining how much the damage to materials costs. Correct answer Your answer

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    The correct answer is A: Finding out the causes and making proposals to prevent similar accidents.

    Explanation: The purpose of an accident investigation is to find out the cause or causes of the accident and to make proposals to prevent similar accidents in the future. You look for causes, not for people to blame.

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12. Question 12 of 12 · Emergencies A temporary employee comes onto the company site for the first time. Which information from the company emergency plan must they receive?

    A. The accident figures for the past year. Correct answer Your answer B. What the alarm sounds like and which escape routes there are. Correct answer Your answer C. The company's annual H&S plan. Correct answer Your answer

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    The correct answer is B: What the alarm sounds like and which escape routes there are.

    Explanation: Operational and temporary employees receive information from the company emergency plan, such as a floor plan with escape routes, warning devices and the alarm, drills, the location of emergency equipment, first aid and how to report emergencies.

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