Section A (Multiple choice Questions)

1. In order to optimize operability and maintainability and ensure reduction of risk level to
ALARP, the plant layout shall be developed considering the following important
objectives except:

A. Adequate provision for operations and maintenance.

B. Minimise the risk of ignition of a flammable release.

C. Adequate provision of confined space

D. Maximise separation between low risk areas (control room, utilities, etc), and
higher risk areas (high pressure hydrocarbon containing equipment).

2. Which of the following is correct?

A. Accommodation buildings, barges and onshore facilities associated with the

production facilities shall be located such that personnel located within them are
subject to intolerable risks from fires and explosions.

B. Accommodation buildings, barges and onshore facilities associated with the

production facilities shall be located such that personnel located within them are
not subject to intolerable risks from fires and explosions.

C. The permanently occupied buildings have to be designed without considering

the risks to personnel working inside.

D. All of the above

3. In Safety in Design, the fire protection approach is based on the removal and elimination
of fuel sources and rapid application of extinguishing media to control and extinguish the
fire. True or False?

A. True

B. False

4. To identify the areas where Passive Fire Protection is necessary _______ is required to
evaluate the fire scenarios and the potential for escalation.

A. HAZOP Studies

B. Fire Hazard Prevention

C. Fire Risk Assessment

D. Fire Safety Critical Studies

5. Fire and Gas Detection system shall include the following subsystems except:

A. Fire Detection
B. Wind Detection

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 C. Gas Detection

D. Alarm Signals

6. The term HAC stands for ___________________________________

A. Hazardous Alarm Codes

B. Hazards And Classification

C. Hazardous Area Classification

D. Hazardous Alarm Classification

7. The following are purposes of HAC except;

A. To ensure that sources of ignition are segregated from potential sources of

flammable gas

B. Provide suitable escape routes from the process areas to muster areas and
proper access for emergency response.

C. To allow the appropriate selection of material/equipment to be installed in areas

according to their degree of hazard;

D. To assist in the location of clean air inlets for ventilation systems or combustion
equipment

8. Safety in Design has been structured in order to consider the following requirements in
the engineering design phase:

A. Occupational Health & Safety, Facility and Process Safety

B. Environmental, Personal Hygiene and Process Safety

C. Process Safety, Occupational Health & Safety and Environmental

D. Occupational Health & Safety, Environmental and Facility

9. A safe design will always be part of a wider set of the following design objectives except,

A. Functionality

B. Cost

C. Aesthetics

D. Adaptability

10. Mechanical equipment installed in hazardous areas is normally manufactured to

adequately generate static charge, True or False?

A. True

B. False

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Section B

1. What do you understand by Safety in Design?

2. Why is Safety in Design important?

3. List the life cycle of a design and indicate where Safety in design begins.

4. As a Design Engineer, where potential hazards cannot be prevented, what will you do?

5. What do you understand by passive fire protection?

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