Deck 13: Violence in the Workplace

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT a major element of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design?

A)Direct link to 911 in all departments
B)Establishment of territoriality
C)Control of access
D)Natural surveillance

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Employees injured in a workplace violence incident may be covered by workers' compensation.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT a component of workplace analysis for preventing workplace violence?

A)OSHA prescribed supervisor training
B)Trend monitoring
C)Security analysis
D)Employee surveys and focus groups

Answer 3

A

Question 4

An occupational violent crime is one in which there is unintentional abuse during the course of employment.

Question 5

An employee-related outside is someone who has no relationship of any kind with the victim of a workplace violence incident.

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT an environmental factor associated with workplace violence?

A)Role ambiguity
B)Finger pointing
C)Unattended hostility
D)Dictatorial management

Question 7

It is important for employees to be vigilant in watching for which of the following types of behaviors associated with terrorists?

A)Bizarre behavior
B)Abusive or aggressive behavior
C)Stalking of an employee
D)All of the above

Question 8

Approximately 100,000 work days are lost annually in the United States because of workplace violence.

Question 9

Employers should act prudently to protect employees and customers from workplace violence even if they have to temporarily violate an individual's rights.

Question 10

Which of the following is a broadly applicable element of OSHA's volunteer guidelines on workplace violence?

A)Management commitment/employee involvement
B)Hazard prevention and control
C)Both A and B
D)Neither A nor B

Question 11

Preventing workplace violence is a natural extension of the responsibilities of safety and health professionals.

Question 12

An important step in preventing workplace violence is to identify any high-risk factors and eliminate or mitigate those factors.

Question 13

Preventing violence in the workplace involves such activities as hazard analysis, trend monitoring, and incident analysis.

Question 14

Approximately one million people are the victims of workplace violence every year.

Question 15

Which of the following actions will NOT help prevent workplace violence?

A)Expecting employees who are in conflict to work it out for themselves
B)Providing workplace violence prevention training for all personnel
C)Supporting victims of workplace violence
D)Establishing a workplace violence policy statement

Question 16

When an individual perpetrates an act of workplace violence, he immediately loses all rights and can be dealt with accordingly.

Question 17

Which of the following is NOT an individual factor associated with workplace violence?

A)Membership in a hate group
B)No respect for privacy
C)Obsession with weapons
D)Depression

Question 18

Most workplace violence incidents involve fistfights.

Question 19

Terrorists are not likely to be internal employees of an organization.