Industrial Ergonomics

Question 1. Which of the following is not one of the suggested combinations of colors in displays?

Green, yellow, orange, red, and white

Grey, yellow, orange, red, and white

Blue, cyan, green, yellow, and white

Cyan, green, yellow, orange, and white

Question 2. Which of the following is the most powerful principle among the six primary types of control coding defined in human factors?

Location

Size

Labeling

Shape

4 points

Question 3. Ensuring safety in product design can be accomplished by the following except?

Engineering design

Administrative controls

Hazard communication through warning labels

Workplace design

Question 4. Flash rates of emergency displays should be __________ pulses per second.

1-2

1-3

3-5

5-6

Question 5. Which of the following is not one of the guidelines for color coding in displays?

Limit the number of colors to four if the users are inexperienced.

Do not exceed seven colors.

The colors should be widely separated from one another in wavelength.

Use various shades of the same color.

Question 6. Which of the following is not part of the minimum information necessary in a warning?

Signal word

Hazard

Warranty

Instructions

Question 7. Which of the following is not a continuous type of control?

Crank

Lever

Detent thumbwheel

Slide

Question 8. Which of the following is not one of the four possible outcomes in signal detection analyses?

Hit

False alarm

Miss

Incorrect rejection

Question 9. In the United States, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) was established by the Consumer Product Safety Act in __________.

1972

1981

1988

1991

Question 10. Which of the following is not one of the three categories of theories of product liability?

Warning

Negligence

Strict liability

Breach of warranty

Question11. Select a warning label. Evaluate it with respect to general principles for design of warning labels. How could you improve the design?

Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You. All sources used, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.