Process Safety Management questions for the CSP
CSP11 Domain 1: Advanced Application of Safety Principles (1.2 Process safety (relief, MOC, process info)). 2 free questions below. Every answer quotes and links the regulation paragraph it rests on.
Regulations covered
- 29 CFR 1910.119 Process safety management of highly hazardous chemicals.How this section is tested
Text pulled from the eCFR, current as of 2026-10-14.
Question 1
A refinery's contractor crew is replacing valves in a process area. The contractor's safety coordinator reviews the training files and finds that each file has a sign-in sheet showing the worker's name and the date of the pre-job safety briefing. None of the files shows how the contractor confirmed that workers understood the briefing. The refinery's process safety manager says the sign-in sheets are enough because the refinery will keep its own contractor injury and illness log. What is the most accurate assessment under the PSM standard?
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Answer: A. The files are deficient, because the contractor employer must document the means used to verify understanding in addition to worker identity and training date
The standard puts the documentation duty on the contract employer. The record must include the employee's identity, the date of training, and the means used to verify understanding, so the files lacking verification are deficient. The host employer's injury and illness log is a separate obligation and does not replace this record.
Answer A rests on
29 CFR 1910.119(h)(3)(iii)(opens ecfr.gov in a new tab)“The contract employer shall document that each contract employee has received and understood the training required by this paragraph. The contract employer shall prepare a record which contains the identity of the contract employee, the date of training, and the means used to verify that the employee understood the training.”
Question 2
A plant is revalidating the process hazard analysis (PHA) for its existing covered process. The team assembled consists of a chemical engineer, a mechanical engineer, a corporate operations manager from another site who has deep process-operations expertise, and a trained facilitator who is an expert in the HAZOP method being used. No one on the team has ever worked in or on this particular process. What must the PSM coordinator do to make the revalidation team compliant?
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Answer: C. Add at least one employee who has experience and knowledge specific to the process being evaluated
The team already has engineering expertise, process-operations expertise, and a member who knows the methodology. It lacks an employee with experience and knowledge specific to this process, which the standard requires. The revalidation must be done by a team meeting the same requirements, so the idea that composition applies only to the initial PHA is wrong.
Answer C rests on
29 CFR 1910.119(e)(4)(opens ecfr.gov in a new tab)“The process hazard analysis shall be performed by a team with expertise in engineering and process operations, and the team shall include at least one employee who has experience and knowledge specific to the process being evaluated. Also, one member of the team must be knowledgeable in the specific process hazard analysis methodology being used.”
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