8-Question Trial Quiz

1Following major hydrocarbon explosions at Texas City and Buncefield in 2005, in what year was the UK Process Safety Leadership Group (PSLG) established to form management guidelines?

• A2001
• B2005
• C2007
• D2012

2How is a 'Root Cause' defined in process safety incident investigation terminology?

• AThe unsafe act or condition that leads directly to the consequence
• BAn underlying circumstance that allowed an unsafe condition or act to exist
• CThe immediate physical trigger that causes a release
• DA planned temporary modification to equipment

3In Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA), what does the abbreviation 'RPN' represent?

• ARisk Priority Number
• BRelative Protection Network
• CReactive Parameter Notation
• DResidual Process Number

4According to key terms in the course book, how is 'Asset Integrity' defined?

• AThe total financial evaluation of a plant's physical machinery
• BThe ability of an asset to operate as intended effectively and efficiently over its entire lifespan while ensuring health and safety
• CThe procedure for issuing work permits to external service providers
• DThe process of isolating a pipeline using two inline valves

5In automated control loops that regulate process variables (such as pressure), what does the acronym 'PID' stand for?

• AProcess and Instrumentation Diagram
• BProportional-Integral-Derivative
• CPressure-Inspection-Device
• DPrimary-Interlock-Detector

6What term describes the generation of an electrostatic charge caused by mechanical stress applied to certain crystals?

• ATribocharging
• BPyroelectric effect
• CPiezoelectric effect
• DStreaming current charge

7In barrier models and bow-tie diagrams for risk mitigation and emergency measures, what does the acronym 'EER' stand for?

• AEmergency Environmental Recovery
• BEscape, Evacuation and Rescue
• CEssential Equipment Replacement
• DExothermic Explosion Response

8In the 1992 Allied Colloids fire in Bradford, UK, which thermally unstable reducing agent was misclassified as an oxidising agent and stored near a heater?

• ASodium persulphate (SPS)
• BAzodiisobutyronitrile (AZDN)
• CPyrophoric iron sulphide
• DLiquefied propane gas (LPG)