Risk Management

PIO Stands for Publicly informed organization

False (public information officer)

A fact sheet is a chronological list of information as it is obtained by the PIO

True

An act outside of the duties of your job

Ultra Vires Act

Wrongdoing that leads to injury

Tort

An emergency action plan (EAP) does NOT assist in managing which of the following activites

The preincident

Which of the following elements is NOT four components of negligence

Tortuous behavior

Which of the following models represents a paradigm shift in organizational culture, one in which it is assumed that the normal environment is associated with dangerous situations and environments

HRO

Which of the following is not a consideration of equal employment opportunity

education

Broken and uneven surfaces, sharp edges, design defects, and defective fences are examples of

infrastructure hazards

which of the following is an act of Commission

A park ranger tells some visitors that it is safe to use the rope swing into the river, when one of the visitors uses it, the rope breaks, and the visitor breaks and arm

which of the following is an example of general supervision

a police officer is watching the crowd at a concert

the three components of supervision that the supervisor should be aware of while conducting and activity include all except which of the following

the mood of the supervisor

respondeat superior refers to

the responsibility the employer has for the acts of its employees

an ultra vires act is

an act outside the duties of your job

the purchase of property insurance is an example on

a risk transfer strategy

if you are injured by another citizen, and no crime has been committed, you are normally tried in a criminal court

false

laws dealing with negligence are normally federal laws

false

negligence is a part of civil law

true

in negligence cases, the defendant is the injured party

false

commission is a breach of the standard of care in which you acted, but you acted incorrectly

true

a lifeguard with an invalid drivers license is charged with incorrectly holding a drowning victim during a rescue that results in an injury. The invalid drivers license is a good indication of proximate cause to the injury received.

False

Respondeat superior is the Latin term for acting outside the scope of your authroity

False

Foreseeability is a concept that says a professional is expected to anticipate any and all potential outcomes and then plan contingencies for them.

False

In general, a professional practicing his profession will be held to a higher standard of care then a layperson

true

You are NOT expected to know all of the common practices of your activity

False

Joining a trade organization that represents your activity or industry is helpful in determining the common practices of your activity area

true

The instructor or leader must be alert to the maturity and the physical and psychological state of the participants. This means that if a leader notices fatigue in participants, she needs to modify or end the activity before injury occurs.

true

Which of the following is not one of the four elements of negligence

Tortuous behavior

which is an act of commission

A park ranger tells some visitors that is is safe to use the rope swing into the river; when one of the visitor uses it, the rope breaks, and the visitor breaks and arm.

Historical overview of safety management heinrich’s approach to safety management focused on what the leader or programmer should do rather than what a safety manager should do for the entire organization

false

Accident sequence 2 bird and Germain make the point that, to be effective, the safety manager needs to implement change at the lack-f-control level

true

Accident sequence in the heinrich domino model, lack of control deals with the organizational culture and the underlying management practices of the organization

true

Bird and germain advocate that a safety manager in the organization carry our safety implementation within the organization

false

In the human error management approach, the focus of accident prevention is on the organization, its systems, and its management culture.

true

which of the following tips is NOT useful for dealing with the media

Answer negative questions negatively

as part of the process of controlling and managing events surrounding the crisis, the PIO must do which of the following

create a fact sheet, interview key people, craft and official statement (all of the above)

what three players are involved in the crisis management process

the PIO, the organization and the media

it is okay to respond to hypothetical questions from the media

false

when responding to questions from the media, simple yes and no responses are good

False

even if the victim’s family has not yet been notified, the PIO should release the name of the victim

false

a fact sheet is a chronological list of information as it is obtained by the PIO

true

when interviewing people involved in a crisis, a good method for gathering the necessary information is cross-examination

false

it is good to go off record in order to supply information to the media that you can’t state publically

false

it is appropriate for more than one spokesperson to communicate with the media during a crisis

false

how the PIO manages a crisis has been influences very little by the internet, blogs, and social media

false

PIO stands for publicly informed organization

public information officer

which of the following elements is NOT included when writing the EAP statements

why they will take the action

the victim is removed from the source of the injury or harm to a site where she can be stabilized. This statement best describes which of the following

Rescue

Which of the following activities is NOT part of managing the incident

visiting the victim in the hospital

EAPs focus on which of the following

caring for the victims, protecting the organization, returning the organization to normalcy (all of the above)

an emergency action plan does NOT assist in managing which of the following activities

the precident

an emergency action plan is defined as the plan of action that your organization enacts once an incident occurs

true

a risk management plan and the emergency action plan are the same thing

false

one important purpose of an EAP is to return the organization to normalcy

true

protecting the organization refers to returning the organization and its operations to its condition prior to the incident

false

the care of the victim includes not only the medical care at the site of the incident but also the long-term care after the initial incident

true

if a crisis is handled well, growth of an organization’s personnel, its brand and its public image can result

true

As a general rule, the chain of notification should always follow the chain of command, particularly in highly reliable organizations

false

it is important to have legal counsel review the EAP through the eyes of the plaintiff considering a lawsuit

true

laws dealing with negligence are normally federal law

false (state)

Negligence is part of criminal law

false (civil)

in negligence cases, the defendant is the injured party

false

commission is a breach of the standard of care in which you acted, but you acted incorrectly

true

respondeat superior is the Latin term for acting outside the scope of your authority

false

which would be a risk reduction strategy for a youth baseball program

require the use of protective equipment

Connection between breach and damage

proximate cause

an act outside the duties of your job

ultra vires act

wrongdoing that leads to injury

tort

the responsibility the employer has for the acts of its employees

respondeat superior