Process Hazard Analysis practice questions for the CSP exam

A PHA team issues several recommendations for a covered process. The plant manager wants to handle them informally: verbal agreements with supervisors, no written record, to avoid paperwork. Which part of the standard does this approach violate?

1. A.The requirement that all recommendations be implemented exactly as the team wrote them
2. B.The requirement that recommendations be resolved in a timely manner and that the resolution be documented
3. C.The requirement that recommendations be approved by a regulatory agency before action
4. D.The requirement that only recommendations rated as catastrophic be tracked

A plant is revalidating the PHA for its ammonia refrigeration process. The proposed team is two corporate process engineers who have never worked at this facility and an outside consultant who is an expert in the HAZOP method being used. Which change, if any, does the standard require before the team starts?

1. A.No change; the engineers supply the expertise and the consultant supplies the methodology knowledge
2. B.Add at least one employee who has experience and knowledge specific to the ammonia refrigeration process
3. C.Replace the consultant with a plant employee, because the methodology expert must be on the payroll
4. D.Add a second member who is knowledgeable in the HAZOP methodology so the method is cross-checked