Employee Alarm Systems practice questions for the ASP exam
ASP11 Domain 5: Emergency Preparedness and Response (5.3 Preparing for an emergency (evacuation, life safety)). 1 free questions below. Every answer quotes and links the regulation paragraph it rests on.
- 29 CFR 1910.165: Employee alarm systems.
Text pulled from the eCFR, current as of 2026-10-14.
A machine shop with 8 employees in one building plans to sound emergency alarms by shouting a warning, and all employees can hear a voice from anywhere in the shop. The owner asks whether a separate back-up alarm system is also required. What is the correct answer?
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Answer: B. No back-up system is needed, because for workplaces with 10 or fewer employees direct voice communication is acceptable if all employees can hear the alarm
The standard allows direct voice communication as the alarm procedure for workplaces with 10 or fewer employees, provided everyone can hear it, and such workplaces need not have a back-up system. The other options invent thresholds or conditions that the standard does not state.
“For those employers with 10 or fewer employees in a particular workplace, direct voice communication is an acceptable procedure for sounding the alarm provided all employees can hear the alarm. Such workplaces need not have a back-up system.”
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