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According to NFPA 99-1999, Lo which branch of the the essential clectrical system are the medical gas alarm panels connected? a) Life Safety b) Critical c) Equipment d) Non-essential - ANS Ek -a) Life Safety In accordance with the interim Lilo Saloty Measures, when temp fire alarm sysloms are provided, how often must they be tested? a) Weekly b) Monthly c) Semi-anually Which of the following should not be included in a capital budget for replacement of a central chiller? a) Design Fees b) Cost of removal of the old chiller c) Commissioning d) Service Contract - ANS A SS SS SS ac The emergency PA system has just announced a code blue in the area which you are working. What is the best course of action? a) Evacuate the area in which you are working and leave all tools behind. b) Move al work equipment and tools out of the travel paths and keep travel paths clear. c) Continue to work and advice the the hospital's project manager. d) Evacuate and remove all equipment and tools from the area An project requres that the piped gas system be shut down and 02 supplied by portable cylinders. A storage area has been set aside for cylinders (23.5 cu ft per cylinder). What is the max number of cylinders that can be stored in the unit? a) 10 b) 12 I ! o) 14 H d16-/ I A multiphase project will require you to alter ogress palterns for several units, the ICU, TCU, and MICU. In some instances, required oxisis will lead to an aclive construction site. What I ILSM’s are most appropriate. a) Provide temp oxil signage in affected arcas and monitor ogress paths to ensure that they remain clear. b) Develop and identify new exit routes, train staff in affected areas, and increase fire drills. I c) Provide temp exit signage, implement a fire watch, and document all activities. d) Provide temp exi the fire department, and form additional fire drills. - ANSWER, ty Develop an identi nw eit rates brain laff in afte arcs, an increase Sire a) Cease work contract the facility manager for more details, and resume work if adequate power is available. b) Contract the owner's representative and ask for further instructions. c) Cease work, contract inspection Preventionist for instructions. d) Cease ork, secure materials and tools as possible, wait for further instructions. - ANSWER - In which of the following stages of a construction project is an infection control risk assessment best initiated? a) Programming b) Project Mobilization ¢) Construction Phase AN d) Commissioning - Which 1996 Act of Congress requires thal paliont information remain confidential? a)Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act b)Health Insurance Protection and Profitability Act c) Health Information Protection and Portability Act d) Health Information Protection and Portability Act. - Which of the following is the proper tubing to install in a hospital type 1 oxygen sy: a) ASTM 8819 Hard drawn seamless medical gas tubing b) AST MG327 medical gas copper hubing c) Hard drawing seamless coper high pressure rated tubing ac d) ASGRAW 189 medical gas copper tubing - ANSWER. a) ASTM 8819 Hard drawn seamless Based on the following which is the lowest priority for replacement? a) Acute Care Hospital b) MOB ¢) Children’s Hosptial d) Behavior Health Hospital - ANS ER -b) MOB Which of the following OR’s in the smallest OR meeting the minimum requirements of the 2010 FGI guidelines for design and construction of health care facilities for a class C OR in a general hospital? a) 17°9x22'9 b) 19°6x19°6 ¢) 19°3x21'3 4) 20°x20°6 - ANS Rd) 20°x20"6 Asmoke compartment of a hospital built in 2001 is approximately 125x130". You are asked to refil Lhe nursing resource, break room and medication supply arcas on one unit which measurcs approximately 30'x75’. Which is more likely? a) The AHJ will consider this a major rchabilitation and require compliance to chapter 18 of the NFPA 101 (2000 Edition) b)The AHJ will consider this a major rehabilitation and require compliance to chapter 18 of the NFPA 101 (2000 Edition) c) The AHJ will consider this a minor rehabilitation and require compliance to chapter 18 of NFPA 101 (2000 Edition) A SS SS SS b) Inspect your worksite to ensure that the projects impact on infection control is minimized. c) Gather ILSM records for review by the survey team d) Reduce work level to the minimum possible, sending as many workers home as possible. - ANSWER.-c) Gather ILSM recards for review by the survey team Before beginning work in a BMT, you are asked to verify room pressures with a smoke generator. Standing on the corridor side of the door to a patient room, which way should the smoke trail flow? a) Neither into the room nor out of the room b) into the patient room >) Away from the patient room d) Either direction is acceptable Which of the following is he most likely source of Legionella bacterium in a hospital setting? a) Hot water sysloms b) Ductwork ¢) Oxygen Sysloms d) Sanitary Sewer - ANSWER -a) Hot water systems NIOSH recommends an 8hr time weighed noise exposure limit of 8adbBA with a 3dBA exchange rato. Your workers are near an ambulance access routc. The Ambulances running hot generate a sound pressure of 120dBA, how long should construction workers work in this area without hear protection? a) 85 mins b) 8.5 mins ¢) 8.5 seconds a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 4 A SS oo ll ac ac d) 85 seconds - ANSWER -SISBRGanes Which of the following offers the best chronological order for a hospital construction project? a) Functional program, architectural program, design development, construction drawings. b) Arch program, functional program, design development, construction drawings. c) Design development, architectural program, construction drawings, functional program. d) Arch program, consiniction drawings, design development, functional program. - Al You current project is in L&D, next to the NICU, and taking place over the hospitals BMT. Your next phase calls for demolition of a portion of floor slab. Which statement best describes the risk. a) Noise and vibration in the L&D and NICU. b) Dust generation in L&D and noise and vibration in the NICU c) Noise and vibration in BMT and NICU d) Dust generation in the BMT and noise and vibration in the NICU. Which of following OR’s is the smallest OR meeting the minium requirements of the 2010 FGI for Hoalth Care facilities for a class COR in outpatient surgical facility? a) 17°9x22'9 b) 19°6x19°6 ¢) 19°3x21°3 4) 19'9x20°0 - ANSWER SoS EROS aan A SS oo ll b)2 br I I ! ¢) 1-L2hr ! I woe: I I d) 45 min - I Which of the following distinguishes a capital expense from an operational expense? I a) Cost info and life expectancy b) fixed vs mavable ¢) fully funded depreciation d) non-emergency replacement - H Ventilation in an OR Lypically has H I a) low air changes per hour and negative pressure relative to surrounding areas. I I I b) low air change per hour and positive pressure relative to surrounding areas. c) high air changes per hour and negative pressure relative to surrounding areas. d) high air changes and positive pressure relative to surrounding areas. While working on a hospital project, you witness and underground oil tank that has been ruptured during excavation. What is your best course of action after ensuring immediate safety of those in the area? a) Notify the hospitals safety officer and then the contractors safety officer. b) Nolily the contractors safely officer and then the hospitals safety officer. c) Notify the contractors safety officer and then the state department of environment. I d) Nolily the hospitals safely officer and then the sale department. of public safoty. - ANSWER - I ! I ! Which of the following types of facilities must operate 24 hrs per day? ! ! I I a) Ambulatory care center I H b) radiation therapy center H c) ambulatory surgery center d) critical access hospital - Arenovation project includes replacing casework in a hospital pharmacy. The pharmacy cannot I be relocated while the work is taking place. Which of the following would be the best measures I to implement? a) Use of temp containment, create negative pressure with air exhausted outside the pharmacy, H and perform work when no one is in the pharmacy. H I b) Use temp containment, verify thal the pharmacy is positively pressured, and perform the work I I when the pharmacist is present. I I . . eye . I I c) use Lemp containment, creale negative pressure wilh air cxhausled outside the pharmacy, and I perform work when the pharmacist is present. d) Remove the existing casework without creating dust, verify that the pharmacy is positive d, and perform the work when no one is in the pharmacy H You are developing plans to renovate an existing nursing unit. The project will last approximately 3 months and will require that the automatic fire alarm system be removed and H replaced. What is the best approach for the ILSM. H a) Notify the fire department, implement a fire watch for all house during which work is being I performed, and document these activities. I b) Instal a temp fire detection system, test is weekly, and document t c) Implement a fire watch for all hours, and document these activities. ac d) Required exit doors can be opened at all times in the direction of egress. - ANSW RB Which of the following are all elements of a capital budget? a) New PET Scanner. imaging. =xpansion of the imaging department, nuclear material used for RFT b) New MRI, expansion of the physical therapy department, and replacement of a chiller. c) Expansion of the physical therapy department, construction of a new central plant, and staffing the central plan for the first year. d) New MRI, construction of a new central plant. and cryogens for the MRI. - A university teaching hospital is planning a renovation of the PACU. When preparing a phasing plan, which is the mast important Lo plan around the ratio lo PACU beds? a) birthing rooms b) omergency exam rooms c) medical surgical roams d) operating rooms. - Al Based on the following information, which building has the highest priority for replacement? ACH, Differed Maint Cost=30M, Replacement Cost=100M. CH, Dilfered Maint. © 5M, Replacement Cost=50M MOB, Differed Maint Cost=700,000, Replacement Cost =7M BHH, Differed Maint Cast=4M, Replacement Cosl=7M A SS SS SS a) Acute Care Hospital I ! b) MOB I I ¢) Children’s Hospital ANSWER SCRE ! d) Behavioral Hospital. Which of the following have a positive pressure relationship with respect to the corridor? a) OR Room, C-Section Room, Protective Environinent, b) C-Section, Airborne Infection Isolation Room, Central Sterile Processing. c) OR Roams, Protective Environment, Bronchoscopy Room d) Central S ing, Bronchoscopy Room, Airborne Infectious Isolation Room. - I ERSWES_-2) OR Room, C-Soction Room, Protective Environment An exhaust fan serving Airborne Infectious isolation Room (AID room is on the roof of the hospital. The fan is to be replaced as part of a construction project. Which of the following is the best process for completing his lask? a) Plan the removal and replacement of the fan so that it does not take more than 90 mins to complete. b) Coordinate a shutdown and replacement of the fan with the hospital. ¢) Selup a temp fan and [lox unbing that can be connected to Lhe curb as soon as the exhaust fan is removed to provide temp exhaust. d) Contact wilh a remediation oxperl to remove and replace the fan. - ANS A hospital which has 24 operating rooms plans to upgrade them in 3 phases. Surgical procedures are scheduled Monday through Friday from 7AM to 7PM and at least 2 rooms are held in reserve for emergencies at all times. Which statement below is the best approach to completing the project? b) Surgery air powered instruments, the laboratory automated analyzer, physical therapy, and intensive care. c) NICU, ability to calibrate reparatory therapy equipment, critical care, and coronary care. to calibrate respiratory therapy equipment, and d) HVAC controls. coronary care, abili Which of the following is required for protective environment rooms? a) Positive Air pressure relative to adjoining spaces with all air supply passing through HEPA filters with 95% cfficieney. b) Negative Air pressure relative to adjoining spaces with all air supply passing through HEPA filters with 99.97% clficieney. c) Positive air pressure relative to adjoining spaces with a min of 15 outside air changes. orclated to adjoining spaces with all air supply passing Lthrough HEPA, filters with 99.97 efficiency. - ANS\ER EI)OSI=InDssiieselstalielneiOiInEEEnees d) Posilive air pres: The central sterile processing and supply department needs to be shut down from 6PM-6AM due to an electrical upgrade. Which departments operation would be most affected by this utility shutdown? a) Patient admission b) surgical servi c) plant operations d) diagnostic imaging - A 12x12x10 Inpatient ATI room has the following airflow measurements at the diffusers SA1=350 CFM SA2=100 CFM, EA1=230 CFM, EA2=30 CFM This room has... a) Asulficient air change rale, bul is incorrectly pressurized. A SS SS SS ac b) Insufficient air change rate and is incorrectly pressurized. I I ! c) A sufficient air change rate and may not be be correctly pressurized. I d) Appropriate pressurization but an insufficient air change rate. - I vithin its Behavioral Health Unit. Due to the extremely high census, the work will have to be performed while patient remain on the unit. The hospital is planning to refurbish space: What I is the best strategy for overall safety? I a) Perform the work during period when patients are normally involved in activities and out of I I their rooms. I b) Do the project in small sections of work that can be complete in entirely one day. I c) Construct temporary partitions to secure the work site, secure all tools, and have security ! : I I escort the team to and from the site. I H d) Use the buddy system Lo ensure worker and patient safoly, meet regularly with the the unit H ANS ecure all hazardous material: R.-d) Use the buddy to identify changing risk: Maria: I I ! . cae . 7 . I I A renovation project is required to develop 2 ACH to create sufficient negative pressure. The I I site is 23'x40’ with a 12’ ceiling. The anteroom is inboard of the work site and is 3’x7°x8’. What is I the minimum size construction air handling unit to achieve this rale? a) 400 CFM I 1 I b) 410 CFM 1 I ) 400 CEM 1 H ¢) 420 CFM H 4430 CFM-, A14’x10'x10’ Inpatient PE room has the following air flow measurements at the diffusers SA1=250 CFM, SA2=50 CFM, EA1=150 CFM, EA2=50 CFM. This room has... a) A sufficient air change rate b) Insufficient air change rate and is incorrectly pressurized. c) Asufficient air change rated and may be correctly pressurized d) Appropriate pressurization be an insufficient air change rate. What is the primary purpose for the separation of branches in a hospital essential electrical syslom? a) Allows maintenance personnel to isolate section of the system for scheduled maintenance purposes. b) Allows maintenance personnel to quickly reduce system load without jeopardizing life safety. c) Reduces the available fault current and minimizes the risk of are flash during maintenance purposes. d) Reduces the load on emergency A SS SS SS ac During some demolition, you uncover asbestos that was not identified in the hazards assessment. een found to hold 3 oz of asbestos fiber for every 101b sample. Which is Similar materials have b the most appropriate action? a) Take immediate clean-up action as class 1 asbestos work. b) Advise the owner and plan for class 1 asbestos work. ¢) Take immediate clean-up action as a class 11 asbestos work. d) Advi = owner and plan for a class II asbestos work. - ANSWER b) Advise the owner and A general hospital is constructing a new emergency department and must relocate the entry of the e relocated Lo be near the temporary public entrance