Test Your Knowledge: The Ultimate Hearing Protection Quiz

This test evaluates your understanding of workplace noise levels, hearing protection techniques, and safety measures. It covers various aspects, from understanding the equipment for measuring sound intensity to recognizing potential risks and suitable responses to excessive noise levels.

Whether you are an employee, employer, safety professional, or just curious about this critical aspect of occupational health and safety, this quiz is for you. So, brace yourself, test your knowledge, and learn more about the essentials of hearing protection. Let’s begin!

Hearing Protection Quiz

Which type of measurement instrument measures sound intensity at a given moment?

Noise detector

Audio meter

Sound level meter

Dosimeter

Correct! Wrong!

After you conduct a walk-around survey for noise levels, you determine the average noise level in a work area is 83 dBA. What should be your next action?

Hand out hearing protection to everyone in the area

Immediately develop a hearing conservation program

Nothing, because noise levels are below the action level

Conduct additional noise monitoring

Correct! Wrong!

Which type of measurement instrument provides an average noise exposure reading for a given period of time?

Audio meter

Dosimeter

Noise detector

Sound level meter

Correct! Wrong!

In which part of the ear does injury occur due to excessive workplace noise?

Ear drum

Incus

Cochlea

Semicircular ducts

Correct! Wrong!

No matter what the scale of measurement, you will get _____ sound level drop for every doubling of distance.

Doubling of the

4X reduction in

6.02 decibel

2.06 decibel

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Which of the following is defined as any modification or replacement of equipment, or change at the noise source or along the transmission path that reduces the noise level at the employee's ear?

Interim measures

Engineering controls

Equipment controls

Administrative controls

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Each of the following is an example of a engineering control for hearing protection, EXCEPT _____.

Installing sound-absorbing material

Enforcing hearing protection rules

Installing a muffler

Erecting acoustical enclosures

Correct! Wrong!

The extent of damage to the ear from excessive noise mostly depends on the _ and the _.

Frequency of the sound; direction of exposure

Rate of vibration; length of noise level

Intensity of the noise; duration of the exposure

dBA rating; distance from the noise source

Correct! Wrong!

When must the employer institute a hearing conservation program?

Whenever employee noise exposures are determined to be more than 85 decibels during any work shift

Whenever the employer determines employees are exposed to 80 decibels or more during any part of the work shift

Whenever employee noise exposures are at or above an 8-hour TWA of 85 decibels or a dose of 50 percent

Whenever employees are exposed to noise are at or above an 90 decibels or more.

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Employee responsibilities regarding hearing protection include all of the following, EXCEPT _____.

Changing the type of hearing protectors to ensure comfort

Reporting changes in noise exposure to supervisors

Cooperating during noise surveys

Operating machines with noise controls in place

Correct! Wrong!

You can be pretty sure there's too much noise in your workplace when _____.

Other can't hear you from the next work station

The music in your earphones makes it hard to hear

You must shout at a co-worker 3 feet away to be heard

The dust vibrates on the top of work surfaces

Correct! Wrong!

What should you do if your earplugs can't provide adequate reduction in noise levels?

Wear two sets of earplugs

Wear hearing bands with earmuffs

Wear hearing bands with earplugs

Wear earmuffs with earplugs

Correct! Wrong!

Which type of monitoring process may be best to estimate noise exposure when noise levels are constant and employees are not mobile?

Position monitoring

Area monitoring

Long-term monitoring

Personal monitoring

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Which of the following is TRUE regarding the use of hearing protection?

Employees must generally pay for additional pairs of hearing protectors.

Hair within the outer ear must be removed prior to insertion of earplugs.

Employees must be allowed so select from a variety of hearing protectors.

Earplugs should be inserted as far as possible into the ear canal.

Correct! Wrong!

Which of the following strategies is best to protect employees from workplace hearing loss?

Place a barrier between the source and the employee

Wear approved noise protection devices

Eliminate the source of the noise

Eliminate exposure to the source of the noise

Correct! Wrong!

Hearing Protection Quiz

Which type of measurement instrument measures sound intensity at a given moment?

After you conduct a walk-around survey for noise levels, you determine the average noise level in a work area is 83 dBA. What should be your next action?

Which type of measurement instrument provides an average noise exposure reading for a given period of time?

In which part of the ear does injury occur due to excessive workplace noise?

No matter what the scale of measurement, you will get _____ sound level drop for every doubling of distance.

Which of the following is defined as any modification or replacement of equipment, or change at the noise source or along the transmission path that reduces the noise level at the employee's ear?

Each of the following is an example of a engineering control for hearing protection, EXCEPT _____.

The extent of damage to the ear from excessive noise mostly depends on the _____ and the _____.

When must the employer institute a hearing conservation program?

Employee responsibilities regarding hearing protection include all of the following, EXCEPT _____.

You can be pretty sure there's too much noise in your workplace when _____.

What should you do if your earplugs can't provide adequate reduction in noise levels?

Which type of monitoring process may be best to estimate noise exposure when noise levels are constant and employees are not mobile?

Which of the following is TRUE regarding the use of hearing protection?

Which of the following strategies is best to protect employees from workplace hearing loss?

The extent of damage to the ear from excessive noise mostly depends on the _ and the _.