Hearing Conservation Quiz #1



Hearing Conservation Quiz #2

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1. Factors that affect your hearing are your age, the length of exposure to a sound, and the loudness of a sound.

| |a. True | |b. False | |

2. Excessive exposure to noise can cause:

| |a. High blood pressure, ulcers, and headaches. | | | |

| |b. High blood pressure, ulcers, and sleeping disorders. | | | |

| |c. Tiredness, irritability, and sleeping disorders. | | | |

| |d. All of the above. | | | |

3. Having a periodic hearing test is the best way to detect hearing loss.

| |a. True | |b. False | |

4. Hearing protection is important to wear when working in noisy situations on the job and at home.

| |a. True | |b. False | |

5. Noise-induced hearing loss usually starts with hearing threshold shifts in the higher frequencies.

| |a. True | |b. False | |

6. The extent of damage caused by exposure to noise mostly depends on:

| |a. The intensity of the noise and the duration of exposure. | | | |

| |b. The pitch and frequency of the noise. | | | |

| |c. Loudness alone. | | | |

| |d. The source of the noise. | | | |

7. The department supervisor usually conducts the audiometric testing.

| |a. True | |b. False | |

8. The employee is required to provide her/his own hearing protective devices when needed.

| |a. True | |b. False | |

9. Factors to consider when selecting hearing protection include fit and comfort, appearance, noise hazard, and noise reduction rating.

| |a. True | |b. False | |

10. Arranging work schedules to cut down on the time each worker spends in a noisy area:

| |a. Is not allowed. | | | |

| |b. Is an administrative measure to reduce worker exposure to noise. | | | |

| |c. Is not effective in reducing worker exposure to noise. | | | |

| |d. Is always more effective than reducing the noise levels at their source. | | | |

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