PPE QUIZ
Each affected employee shall demonstrate an understanding of the training. The employer shall verify that
each affected employee has received and understood the required training.
29 CFR 1910.132(f)(2)-(4)
As the law says it’s your responsibility to ensure that your employees are ready to use PPE properly. And the
best way to measure employee comprehension is to administer a test following each training session.
The following quiz questions are merely representative of the types of questions you’ll want to devise, relative
to the material you covered in training. Note that some of the sample questions are general in nature, while
others are quire specific. Don’t be afraid to get down to brass tacks; a non-taxing quiz benefits not one.
Assuming the material was presented clearly - and that you took care to make the session as lively and
interesting as possible - then every topic covered should be open to inclusion on the wrap-up quiz.
Do take a moment at the start of each training session to let your employees know they’ll be tested on what
they learn.
PPE QUIZ QUESTIONS
1. What are the five main areas of personal protection covered by the revised PPE Standard of 1994:
a. Foot, Head, Eye, Face and Hand
b. Head, Foot, Leg, Ear and Toe
c. Big Toe, Eye, Head, Hand and Knee
d. Nose, Eye, Head, Thigh and Face
2. What does the abbreviation PPE stand for:
a. People Protecting Equipment
b. Protection Providing Equipment
c. Personal Protective Equipment
d. Personally Protected Equipment
3. It’s ok to forget to wear my PPE once in a while:
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4. Face shields are considered secondary protection and you must wear spectacles or goggles under
them:
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5. A bump cap offers the same protection as a hard hat:
6. Tennis shoes protect the feet from impact hazards:
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7. If I find a defect in my PPE I should:
a. Wear it anyway - it’s unlikely that the protection has been compromised
b. Inform my ;supervisor and get the PPE replaced
c. Use the PPE as backup equipment only
d. Repair the defect and continue use the PPE
8. According to the revised PPE Standard, I need to be retrained:
a. If I transfer to a job with different hazards
b. If I do not understand how to use the PPE properly
c. Whenever the hazards of my job change
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
9. If I forget what PPE I am suppose to wear, I should:
a. Not wear any - wearing none is better than wearing the wrong kind
b. Assess the hazards and choose the proper PPE for my job
c. Check with my supervisor, or refer to the Hazard Assessment Form for my job classification
10.
If the Hazard Assessment Form specifies goggles for my eye protection, and we run out, I can use
glasses in its place:
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Name: ____________________________________________
Title: ___________________
(Please print)
Signature: ________________________________________
Date: ____________________