Deck 9: Stress and Safety

Question 1

Shift work can require some employees to work when the majority of people are resting.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

M. Selye's three stages of the human stress response are which of the following?

A) Overload, temper, and reaction
B) Alarm, resistance, and exhaustion
C) Resistance, reaction, and alarm
D) Alertness, resistance, and alarm

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Psychosomatic reaction to stress may eventually lead to autoimmune disease.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

All sources of stress on the job can be eliminated, if precautions are taken.

Question 5

Sources of on the job stress involve all of the following except:

A) Physical working conditions
B) Work overload
C) Personal and family problems
D) Job enrichment

Question 6

Psychosocial questionnaires evaluate workers' productivity on the job.

Question 7

A pathological, and generally undesirable, human reaction to psychological, social, occupational, or environmental stimuli is which of the following?

A) Heart disease
B) Nervous disorder
C) Stress
D) Back problems

Question 8

One of the most important factors with stress is learning to recognize its symptoms and taking the symptoms seriously.

Question 9

A poll for a life insurance company shows an epidemic of industrial stress.

Question 10

The human response to stress may be likened to that of a rubber band being stretched.

Question 11

Stress has been defined as the response that occurs when the requirements of the job do not match the capabilities, resources, or needs of the workplace.

Question 12

Workplace stress involves a worker's feelings resulting from a perceived difference between the demands of the job and a person's capacity to cope with these demands.

Question 13

Which of the following is not a strategy for stress reduction?

A) Increasing employees' hourly pay rate
B) Employees can work flexible hours
C) Employees are given information on how to cope with stress
D) Employees work spaces are not crowded

Question 14

The best policy regarding stress is which of the following?

A) Learn to do away with all stress
B) Learn to adapt to it
C) Avoid all stressful situations
D) Learn to adapt to being sick because of stress

Question 15

Unions view stress as the result of excessive demands, poor supervision, or conflicting demands.