AIChE CCPS Process Safety Professional Certification Sample Questions:
1. Workforce involvement metrics can involve (select all that apply):
A) Nuisance alarm rate
B) Number of comments submitted on the content and frequency of refresher training
C) Number of safety suggestions submitted
D) Number of Past Due PHA action items
E) Number of Loss of Primary Containment Incidents
2. Contractors were installing a heating coil in a small tank. When the job was nearly complete, the workers went on break, but one of them stayed behind and entered the tank alone. It is believed that while doing so, he inadvertently bumped open the nitrogen supply line lever-operated valve. He was later found dead inside the tank. Based only on the information provided in this brief description, which of the RBPS (Risk Based Process Safety) elements most directly apply to this event? (Select all that apply)
A) Measurement and Metrics
B) Emergency Management
C) Contractor Management
D) Management Review and Continuous Improvement
E) Auditing
F) Safe Work Practices
3. Which of the following statements are true with respect to Compliance with Standards? (select all that apply)
A) Existing equipment must always comply with the most recent edition of the relevant standard
B) It is permissible to deviate from the requirements of the standard if compliance requires complex equipment modifications
C) Compliance with applicable codes and standards may not be sufficient to ensure safe plant operations
D) Standards should be updated to reflect new knowledge as it is acquired
E) Company internal standards are required to be updated before each process hazard analysis revalidation
F) It is valid for a company to develop its own internal standards
4. To maintain a dependable Operational Readiness practice (select all that apply):
A) Focus the procedure on major process changes
B) Determine scope of readiness reviews
C) Involve competent personnel
D) Ensure consistent implementation
5. A pilot operated relief device operates when: (select all that apply)
A) the valve is opened manually by the operator
B) a regulator opens and releases the pressure behind the valve seat
C) the set pressure is reached even when there is high back pressure
D) when the valve diaphragm ruptures
Solutions:
| Question # 1 Answer: B,C | Question # 2 Answer: C,F | Question # 3 Answer: C,D,F | Question # 4 Answer: B,C,D | Question # 5 Answer: B,C |
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