Mathematical Calculations
10%of exam
Safety Programs
25%of exam
Ergonomics
8%of exam
Fire Protection
12%of exam
Emergency Response
10%of exam
Industrial Hygiene
12%of exam
Environmental Management
7%of exam
Training + Communication
11%of exam
Legal
5%of exam
Quick Facts
- Exam
- BCSP ASP
- Credential
- Associate Safety Professional
- Questions
- 200 MCQ
- Time
- 5 hours
- Delivery
- Pearson VUE
- Book
- Closed book
- Eligibility
- Degree + 1 year
- Exam fee
- $350
- Blueprint
- ASP11
Calculation Picker
- Tank capacity→Volume formula(Geometry)
- Noise shift→Dose/TWA(Log math)
- Incident trend→TRIR/DART(200000 base)
- Manual lift→NIOSH equation(RWL/LI)
- Radiation distance→Inverse square(Intensity)
- Rigging angle→Vector tension(Leg load)
- Ventilation flow→Flow rate(CFM)
- Financial choice→Cost-benefit(ROI)
Core Formulas
- Cylinder volume
- pi r2 h
- TRIR
- Cases x200000 / hours
- DART
- DART x200000 / hours
- EMR
- Actual / expected losses
- Ohm law
- V = I R
- Power
- P = V I
- Force
- Mass x acceleration
- Momentum
- Mass x velocity
Exposure Math
- TWA
- Time-weighted average
- STEL
- Short-term limit
- Ceiling
- Never exceed
- Dose
- Sum C over T
- Half-life
- Half activity time
- Inverse square
- Distance cuts intensity
- Heat index
- Temperature plus humidity
- Wind chill
- Cold plus wind
Controls Order
Eliminate, substitute, engineer, admin, PPE
E: removeS: replaceE: isolateA: procedurePPE: person
Leading vs Lagging
Leading
- Before incidents
- Activities
- Predictive
Lagging
- After incidents
- Outcomes
- Historical
Preventive vs reactive
Program Picker
- Task hazards→JHA(Step review)
- Failure ranking→FMEA(RPN)
- Top event→FTA(Logic gates)
- Unknown scenario→What-if(Prompts)
- Process change→MOC(Pre-change)
- Restart process→PSSR(Pre-startup)
- Chemical labels→GHS(HazCom)
- Energy service→LOTO(Isolation)
Safety Systems
- ISO 45001
- OHSMS standard
- ANSI Z10
- US OHSMS standard
- PDCA
- Plan do check act
- Hierarchy
- Controls ranked
- Leading
- Preventive activity metric
- Lagging
- Incident outcome metric
- MOC
- Change risk control
- PSSR
- Startup readiness check
MOC vs PSSR
MOC
- Review change
- Before modification
- Risk approval
PSSR
- Verify readiness
- Before startup
- Training complete
Change approval vs startup check
Hazard Analysis
- JHA
- Task hazard steps
- FMEA
- Failure mode ranking
- RPN
- Severity x occurrence x detection
- FTA
- Top-down fault logic
- What-if
- Scenario questions
- Checklist
- Known hazard prompts
- Fishbone
- Cause categories
- Risk matrix
- Likelihood x severity
JHA vs FMEA
JHA
- Task steps
- Job hazards
- Controls
FMEA
- Failure modes
- RPN ranking
- Design/process
Task vs failure
Controls
- Elimination
- Remove hazard
- Substitution
- Safer replacement
- Engineering
- Isolate people
- Administrative
- Change work method
- PPE
- Protect worker
- LOTO
- Control hazardous energy
- Confined space
- Permit when hazardous
- GHS
- Chemical hazard communication
Ergo Factors
- Force
- High exertion
- Repetition
- Repeated motions
- Awkward posture
- Joint deviation
- Static posture
- Held position
- Contact stress
- Localized pressure
- Vibration
- Tool or whole-body
- Temperature
- Cold or heat
- Lighting
- Visual strain
Ergo Tools
- NIOSH Lift
- Manual lifting screen
- RWL
- Recommended weight limit
- LI
- Load / RWL
- REBA
- Whole-body posture
- RULA
- Upper-limb posture
- Anthropometry
- Human body dimensions
- Job rotation
- Exposure sharing
- Hoist
- Engineering lift control
Fire Classes
A ash, B boil, C current
A: solidsB: liquidsC: energizedD: metalsK: kitchen
Bonding vs Grounding
Bonding
- Connect objects
- Equal potential
- Static transfer
Grounding
- Connect earth
- Dissipate charge
- Fault path
Equalize vs dissipate
Fire Science
- Triangle
- Heat fuel oxygen
- Tetrahedron
- Adds chain reaction
- LEL
- Too lean below
- UEL
- Too rich above
- Flash point
- Ignitable vapor temperature
- Autoignition
- Ignites without spark
- Combustible dust
- Fine fuel explosion
- Hot work
- Ignition-producing work
Fire Controls
- Class A
- Ordinary combustibles
- Class B
- Flammable liquids
- Class C
- Energized electrical
- Class D
- Combustible metals
- Class K
- Cooking oils
- Sprinkler
- Automatic water control
- Bonding
- Equalize potential
- Grounding
- Dissipate charge
ICS Sections
Operations plans, logistics supplies, finance pays
Ops: tacticsPlanning: informationLogistics: resourcesFinance: costs
Tabletop vs Full-Scale
Tabletop
- Discussion
- Low cost
- Plan review
Full-scale
- Deployment
- High realism
- Field resources
Talk through vs act out
Exercise Picker
- Discussion only→Tabletop(Low disruption)
- Operations center→Functional(Simulated response)
- Field deployment→Full-scale(Real resources)
- Evacuation route→Drill(Practice movement)
- External resources→Mutual aid(Partner support)
- Media message→PIO(Approved release)
Emergency Planning
- ERP
- Response roles and actions
- EAP
- Evacuation and accountability
- ICS
- Incident command system
- IAP
- Incident action plan
- BCP
- Business continuity plan
- Mutual aid
- Shared emergency resources
- Lone worker
- Isolation risk control
- Workplace violence
- Threat prevention program
ICS Roles
- IC
- Overall command
- PIO
- Public information
- Safety Officer
- Responder safety
- Liaison
- Agency coordination
- Operations
- Tactical response
- Planning
- Information and resources
- Logistics
- Facilities and supplies
- Finance
- Costs and procurement
Exposure Limits
TWA shift, STEL short, ceiling never
TWA: averageSTEL: 15 minCeiling: capIDLH: escape
TWA vs STEL
TWA
- Full shift
- Average exposure
- Chronic concern
STEL
- Short duration
- Peak exposure
- Acute concern
Shift average vs peak
IH Limits
- PEL
- OSHA legal limit
- TLV
- ACGIH guidance limit
- REL
- NIOSH recommended limit
- IDLH
- Immediate life threat
- TWA
- Full-shift average
- STEL
- Fifteen-minute average
- Ceiling
- Instant cap
- OEL
- Exposure limit family
Routes
- Inhalation
- Breathe contaminant
- Absorption
- Skin uptake
- Ingestion
- Swallow contaminant
- Injection
- Puncture entry
- Acute
- Short exposure effect
- Chronic
- Long exposure effect
- Target organ
- Affected body system
- Universal precautions
- Treat blood infectious
Environmental Rules
- ISO 14001
- Environmental management system
- SPCC
- Oil spill prevention
- EPCRA
- Emergency chemical reporting
- Tier II
- Chemical inventory report
- Manifest
- Waste tracking form
- Cradle-to-grave
- Generator responsibility
- P2
- Pollution prevention
- ESG
- Environmental social governance
Competent vs Qualified
Competent
- Identify hazards
- Authority
- Corrective action
Qualified
- Training/degree
- Knowledge
- Demonstrated ability
Authority vs expertise
Training Design
- Needs analysis
- Find training gaps
- Task analysis
- Break job steps
- Baseline competency
- Starting skill level
- Objective
- Measurable performance target
- JIT
- Before-task training
- Retention
- Knowledge kept
- Effectiveness
- Training changed behavior
- Feedback
- Worker input loop
Legal Risk
- Compliance
- Meet legal requirements
- Liability
- Legal responsibility
- Contractor
- Shared site exposure
- Multi-employer
- Multiple duty holders
- Records
- Controlled evidence
- Chain custody
- Evidence handling trail
- Privacy
- Worker data limits
- Risk transfer
- Insurance or contract
Common Traps
Eligibility duty
One safety year ≠ At least 50%
Blueprint weight
Programs largest ≠ Legal smallest
Control ranking
Elimination strongest ≠ PPE weakest
MOC timing
MOC before change ≠ PSSR before startup
Exposure limits
TWA averages ≠ Ceiling caps
Fire electrical
Class C energized ≠ Class B liquids
ICS confusion
Ops acts ≠ Planning tracks
Legal scope
Know limits ≠ Escalate specialists
Last Minute
- 1.Domain 2 = 25%
- 2.ASP11 effective September 1 2025
- 3.200 MCQ; 5 hours; closed book
- 4.Degree plus one safety year
- 5.Application $160; exam $350
- 6.Programs = largest domain
- 7.Eliminate before PPE
- 8.JHA = task; FMEA = failure
- 9.MOC before change; PSSR before startup
- 10.TWA average; ceiling never exceed
- 11.Class C = energized electrical
- 12.Competent = authority plus hazard recognition
- 13.Records need chain of custody
- 14.Pearson scheduling through BCSP profile
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