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.