NEBOSH IGC1 Model Exam 1

1. (a) Identify types of emergency in the workplace for which persons may need to be evacuated. (4)

(b) Outline why it is important to develop emergency procedures in order to evacuate persons from the
workplace. (4)

(c) Outline the possible content of a workplace emergency procedure. (12)

2. (a) Outline economic reasons for promoting good standards of health and safety at work. (4) (b) Other
than economic reasons, identify barriers to achieving good standards of health and safety at work. (4)

3. Identify when health and safety training would be provided to a worker. (8)

4. Outline circumstances that would require a health and safety policy to be reviewed (8).

5. Outline factors that should be considered in order to determine the frequency of health and safety
inspections in the workplace. (8)

6. Human behavior can be influenced by organizational factors, job factors and individual factors.

(a) Outline job factors that may be the reason why a worker did not follow a safe system of work when
operating a production machine. (5)

(b) Outline individual factors that may be the reason why a worker did not follow a safe system of work
when operating a production machine. (3)

7. a) Give the meaning of term motivation. (2) (DEC 2011)

b). Outline how an organization can motivate their workers to adopt safe working practices (6)

8. Outline the factors to be considered when developing a program of health and safety training (8)

9. Outline, with the examples, the general hierarchy of controls that should be applied in order to
control health and safety risks in the workplace (8).

10. a) Outline why it is important for an organization to consult with its workers on health and safety
issues.(4) Dec 2011

b. Outline the factors that may determine the effectiveness of safety committee (4).

11. Outline the reasons for maintaining and promoting good standards of health and safety in the
workplace (8)
 NEBOSH IGC1 Model Exam 2

1. A worker has been seriously injured after being struck by fork lift truck in loading bay area.

a) Give the meaning of term Accident (2) dec 2011

b) Outline the actions that should be taken immediately after the accident has occurred (4)

c) Outline the process of investigation accident (6)

d) Outline the principles of good interviewing techniques to be used when interviewing the witnesses (8)

2. Outline the purposes of following sections of health and safety policy

i) Statement of intent (2) Ii) Organization (2) iii) Arrangements (2)

3. Outline the issues that are typically included in the arrangements section of H&S Policy (8)

4. There has been significant deterioration of H&S culture of an organization.

a) Give the meaning of term health and safety culture (2)

b) Identify the factors that could have contributed to the deterioration of H&S culture within an
organization (6)

5. Human behavior can be influenced by organizational factors, job factors and individual factors.

(a) Outline job factors that may be the reason why a worker did not follow a safe system of work when
operating a production machine. (5)

(b) Outline individual factors that may be the reason why a worker did not follow a safe system of work
when operating a production machine. (3)

6. Outline the possible content of a workplace emergency procedure (8).

7. Give the meaning of term “Risk” (3)

b) Identify the key stages of Risk assessment (5)

8. Identify the advantages and disadvantages of

i) External Audit (4) ii) Internal Audit (4)

9. You are developing a training program for accident reporting for all workers. Outline the content to
be included in the training (8)

10. Outline how an audit finding helps in improving H&S performance of an organization. (8)

11. Outline the key elements of H&S Management systems (8).