23-Ind-B5 Ergonomics
Worked solutions to 7 past sittings (2014–2019), 30 questions. Pick a sitting, or start from a topic below.
Topics across the sittings
Topics that come up in more than one sitting, taken from the headings of our worked solutions. A topic counts once per sitting.
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (2 sittings): May 2018 Q4 · December 2016 Q4
- Controls (2 sittings): December 2019 Q1 · December 2018 Q4
- Displays (2 sittings): December 2019 Q1 · December 2018 Q4
- Human Factors Assessment (2 sittings): May 2018 Q1 · December 2017 Q1
- Worker Injuries (2 sittings): December 2019 Q4 · May 2018 Q4
Questions by sitting
December 2019
- Question 1: Displays and Controls — Yogurt Mixing Panel
- Question 2: Manual Materials Handling — Brake-Pad Boxes
- Question 3: Measures for Human Factors — Drone Operation
- Question 4: Worker Injuries — Office Touch-Screen Use
December 2018
- Question 1: Physical Environment — Refrigerated Loading Facility
- Question 2: NIOSH Lifting Analysis — Punch Press Stock Reel
- Question 3: Reason's Model of Human Error — Hauler Machine Operation
- Question 4: Controls and Displays — Domestic Stove Burner Layout
May 2018
- Question 1: Human Factors Assessment — Accessible Open-Concept Kitchen
- Question 2: NIOSH Lifting Equation — Apple-Sack Loading Task
- Question 3: Visual Environment — Diamond-Sorting Task (Part B, choose 1 of 2)
- Question 4: Worker Injuries — Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (Part B, choose 1 of 2)
December 2017
- Question 1: Human Factors Assessment — University Print Shop
- Question 2: Human Factors Assessment — Beekeeping Operation
- Question 3: Mental Workload of Taxi Drivers
- Question 4: Occupational Noise Exposure
December 2016
- Question 1: Manual Materials Handling Training Guide and Video for a Courier Service
- Question 2: Human Factors Assessment of a Circuit-Board Production and Inspection Line
- Question 3: Human-Computer Interface Evaluation of a GPS Navigation Unit
- Question 4: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Other Repetitive Strain Injury Risk Factors
December 2015
- Question 1: Control/Display Design for an Ice-Cream Mixing Station
- Question 2: NIOSH Lifting Analysis of a Repetitive Tray-Unloading Task
- Question 3: Ergonomics Checklists — Use and Limitations
- Question 4: Fitts' Law and Hick's Law in Software Interface Design
- Question 5: Part C — Case Study: Grocery Cashier Ergonomics
December 2014
- Question 1: Human Factors Design of a Transit Ticket-Dispensing Machine
- Question 2: NIOSH Lifting Analysis of a Repetitive Tray-Unloading Task
- Question 3: Musculoskeletal Disorder (MSD) Prevention Program for an Electronics Manufacturer
- Question 4: Multipurpose Computer Workstation Design
- Question 5: Physical Environment Design for a Meat-Processing Truck-Loading Facility