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The CSSM exam has 140 questions and runs 3 hours.
These 10 free CSSM questions are organized by exam domain, so you can see how each part of the Certified School Safety Manager blueprint is tested. Reveal the answer and explanation under each question.
Representative personal noise monitoring of grounds employees at a school subject to federal OSHA shows an 8-hour time-weighted average of 87 dBA using OSHA's general-industry method. The measurements do not credit earplug attenuation. No hearing conservation program exists. Which response is required by the measured exposure?
Correct answer: A - Enroll exposed employees in hearing conservation, including audiometry and annual training.
For its annual safety report, a private school that maintains OSHA injury records uses: total recordable cases x 200,000 / employee hours worked. Employees worked 250,000 hours. Eight separate new work-related cases occurred: one involved days away; two involved restricted work beyond the injury day; two required sutures without lost or restricted time; and three required only adhesive bandages, with no other recording criterion. What rate belongs in the report?
Correct answer: C - 4.0 cases per 100 full-time-equivalent employees
During acceptance testing at a private high school, power to an exterior door's electric strike is disconnected. The strike prevents entry from outside, but the inside panic bar still unlatches the door mechanically without a key, tool, or special knowledge. The approved door assembly has no other egress defect. How should the safety manager interpret this result?
Correct answer: C - The lock is fail-secure on entry; that condition does not itself prevent compliant egress.
A college participating in federal student-aid programs receives reports of two robberies on the same campus walkway within a week. The offender has not been identified, and campus police assess a serious continuing threat. There is no confirmed incident in progress or other immediate on-campus emergency. Under the Clery Act, which notification should address this continuing threat?
Correct answer: B - A timely warning describing the threat and protective measures without identifying victims.
An elementary school receives confirmation of a tanker release nearby. The toxic vapor plume crosses the outdoor assembly area and the bus road; responders have not identified a safe evacuation route. Students are indoors, with no signs of an indoor release or fire. The principal's initial direction should be to:
Correct answer: A - Shelter inside, close exterior openings, and control outdoor-air intake under the emergency plan.
After a covered $180,000 property loss, a school reviews these policy terms: a $20,000 per-occurrence deductible, a $150,000 maximum insurer payment per occurrence, and $120,000 of aggregate insurer payments remaining. Both limits apply after the deductible; there are no exclusions, coinsurance, or other payments. How much of this loss must the school fund itself?
Correct answer: D - $60,000
A public middle school's asbestos management plan identifies intact asbestos-containing floor tile. An accredited reinspection was completed 14 months ago, but the last periodic surveillance was 8 months ago. No damage or renovation is reported. What does AHERA require the school to address now?
Correct answer: D - Complete periodic surveillance now and record the findings in the asbestos management plan.
Six weeks after visitor-verification training, every receptionist has completed the course and passed its written test. The safety manager wants evidence that the procedure is being used during normal arrivals, not merely remembered. Which finding would provide that evidence?
Correct answer: B - Unannounced checks document visitor identification and host approval before access is granted.
During an ADA accommodation review, a school emergency-communications coordinator with a mobility disability requests an adjustable-height dispatch console with reachable controls. A job analysis confirms that dispatching and coordinating assistance, not personally carrying evacuees, are the position's essential functions. Testing shows that the changes permit the coordinator to meet existing response standards without undue hardship. The defensible personnel decision is to:
Correct answer: B - Implement the accommodation while retaining the essential duties and existing response standards.
A university laboratory's recirculating biological safety cabinet uses HEPA filtration only and passes its airflow and filter-integrity checks. Nevertheless, a volatile solvent used inside the cabinet is detected in the air returned to the room. What best explains the apparent contradiction?
Correct answer: C - HEPA filtration captures particles but does not remove solvent vapor.
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