KNOWLEDGE TEST
1. Which of the following sentence regarding health hazard in agriculture is not true:
Health hazard for farmers in particular includes:
- Exposure to farm chemicals, such as pesticides and fertilizers, as well as toxic gases which may be produced from common farm practices
- Falls from ladders, grain bins, falls from farm equipment, or other heights
- Exposure to continuous stress through daily contact with the customer
- Exposure to ultraviolet rays from the sun, which can effect skin cancer
- Exposure to high levels of dust, which can contain mold, bacteria, and animal droppings
- Joint and ligament injuries, which can result in arthritic conditions affecting mobility
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2. Which accidents don't happen or happen very sneakily in agriculture:
- falling from a height
- struck by moving or falling objects
- asphyxiation / drowning
- spinal pains caused by continuous work in front of a computer
- contact with machinery
- livestock related fatalities
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3. Which phrase is false:
Work hazard in agriculture includes
- chemical agents (plant protection products and fertilizers)
- biological agents (infectious microorganisms, parasites as well as sensitizing)
- machinery related to the maritime industry (Fish-fishing machines, fish-fedding machines)
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4. Choose the correct definition of occupational health:
- should aim at: the promotion and maintenance of the highest degree of physical, mental and social well-being of workers in all occupations; the prevention amongst workers of departures from health caused by their working conditions; the protection of workers in their employment from risks resulting from factors adverse to health; the adaptation of work to man and of each man to his job
- is the method of pest management where crops are genetically altered to release chemicals when consumed
- is the category of pest management where crops are genetically altered to produce more.
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5. Which of the below accident rarely happen on the farm:
- Fall of farm structures (barns, sheds, agricultural equipment). Many farmers are seriously injured by the fall of grain containers, ladders, haystacks, agricultural equipment or other farm buildings.
- Farm workers can be seriously injured and disfigured when they are hit by a train in the city.
- Farm workers may be trapped in a grain container or silo, in enclosed spaces which do not have adequate oxygen levels or are contaminated with silo gas or manure and farmers may suffocate.
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