Exam 1 Study Guide

Exam 1 will be composed of multiple-choice (MC), fill-in-the-blank (FIB), true/false (TF), matching, and long-answer questions. MC, FIB, and TF exam questions are randomly selected from pools of questions for each section.

💡 Tip: Copy and paste the study guide into a Word document, print it, and use it to take notes as you go through the content in Modules 1-6. Remember, any handwritten notes can be used on the exam. 

When it comes to the matching and long-answer portions of the exam, focus on the following topics:

  • The definitions for common terms related to safety and the law
  • The four factors of safety
  • Hazard analysis
  • EDITH

Additional topics to study for the exam:

  • Definitions of common terms provided in the chapters and lectures
  • The two main categories that safety is broken into when looking at risks people encounter
  • The hierarchy of controls for hazards
  • Examples of accident prevention and mitigation
  • The ABCs of safety
  • The different aspects of accident causation theory
  • The goals of an accident investigation
  • What/who each governmental agency regulates and their main function
  • The importance of and concerns regarding data collection
  • Difference between agencies and organizations and what they can do
  • Who creates, enforces, and interprets laws
  • The components of a personal hazard and vulnerability assessment and how it’s calculated
  • The phases of emergency management
  • Fire statistics related to how many people die in fires annually and the leading causes
  • EDITH requirements for egress from sleeping rooms
  • Why and how often product recalls occur
  • The most common location where fires start in a home
  • The steps in safety management
  • The different CPSC recommendations to protect infants
  • Factors that contribute to an accident occurring
  • How to use a fire extinguisher, the classes of extinguishers, and what each class of extinguisher is used on
  • How to mitigate the potential for fire started by the top causes
  • Spread of fire in a home today versus pre-1970
  • Leading causes of home and campus fires
  • What fire is and the components that lead to it
  • How to fight a fire and when you should leave
  • The frequency and predictability of different natural disasters
  • What factors contribute to the impact of a natural disaster
  • Dangers related to driving through flood waters
  • The basic items that should always be present in an emergency kit
  • The different ways disasters occur, where they occur, and precautions that should be taken for each
  • The natural disaster that creates the most damage
  • The different types of alerts that are provided when adverse weather conditions are present