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23-Ind-B5 Ergonomics: December 2014

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  1. Question 1 Human Factors Design of a Transit Ticket-Dispensing Machine
  2. Question 2 NIOSH Lifting Analysis of a Repetitive Tray-Unloading Task
  3. Question 3 Musculoskeletal Disorder (MSD) Prevention Program for an Electronics Manufacturer
  4. Question 4 Multipurpose Computer Workstation Design
  5. Question 5 Question 5 (Part C, Case Study): Physical Environment Design for a Meat-Processing Truck-Loading Facility

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National Exams — Dec. 2014 — 98-Ind-B5 Ergonomics. Three-hour, open-book exam (all notes, books and any non-communicating calculator permitted); the paper requires 4 of its 5 questions (Part A mandatory, any two of Part B's Questions 2–4, and Part C mandatory) — all five are solved below for completeness.

Reference texts: Sanders & McCormick, Human Factors in Engineering and Design (7th ed.) — controls/displays, anthropometry, workplace and computer-workstation design; Waters, Putz-Anderson & Garg, NIOSH Applications Manual for the Revised NIOSH Lifting Equation (1994) — the RWL/LI formula and multiplier tables reproduced on the exam's own pages 6–7; NIOSH, Elements of Ergonomics Programs (1997) and CSA Z1004 (Canada) — workplace musculoskeletal-disorder (MSD) prevention programs.