JHSC Part One Practice Test 6

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1. After the employer fixes the hazard, who can cancel a bilateral stop-work direction?

   1. The employer alone, as soon as it is ready to restart
   2. The training provider who certified them
   3. The two certified members jointly, or an inspector
   4. Any worker who wants to restart the job

2. What does hazard control mean?

   1. Recording hazards in a logbook
   2. Reducing or eliminating hazards
   3. Blaming workers for each hazard
   4. Moving hazards to another shift

3. Whom must the employer consult when developing the workplace harassment program?

   1. The company's largest customers
   2. Only the employer's own legal advisers
   3. The local police station's chief
   4. The JHSC or health and safety representative

4. Can workplace harassment happen online under the OHSA definition?

   1. Yes, including through information and communications technology
   2. Only if the messages are sent from a company-owned device
   3. No, only in-person comments and conduct can count as harassment
   4. Only if the worker prints the messages and files them with HR

5. Using a reach pole to wash windows from the ground instead of working on a ladder is an example of what?

   1. An administrative rule about ladder inspections
   2. Substitution of one kind of ladder for another
   3. Personal protective equipment for the window washer
   4. Elimination of the working-at-heights hazard

6. What is the purpose of exposure monitoring?

   1. To record how many hours each worker spends on breaks each working day
   2. To measure workers' exposure to an agent and compare it with limits
   3. To check whether workers arrive at work on time each morning
   4. To film workers so the employer can review their productivity

7. Who must be present during the employer's first-stage investigation of a work refusal?

   1. The worker's family doctor and a WSIB claims adjudicator
   2. A ministry inspector and a police officer from the local station
   3. Only the supervisor and the company's lawyer, behind closed doors
   4. The worker and a worker member or worker representative

8. Which topic must worker awareness training include?

   1. How to drive a forklift without training
   2. The company's marketing and sales plans
   3. Occupational illness, including latency
   4. How to file a personal income tax return

9. Besides inspections, which is another method of identifying hazards?

   1. Asking customers to rate the workplace on social media
   2. Guessing which areas are dangerous without looking
   3. Waiting until an inspector finds problems during a visit
   4. Documenting worker concerns and reviewing injury records

10. How are the JHSC co-chairs chosen?

    1. Both by the employer, from among its senior managers only
    2. One by the ministry and one by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board
    3. Both by a vote of all workers in the entire workplace
    4. One by the worker members and one by the management members

11. What is an offence regarding the JHSC under the OHSA?

    1. Thanking a member in public for a safety suggestion
    2. Asking a member a question during their regular lunch break
    3. Knowingly hindering a member or giving them false information
    4. Inviting a member to a short meeting with the plant manager

12. Under the Ontario Human Rights Code, what right does every person have in employment?

    1. To choose their own supervisor at work whenever they like
    2. To refuse any task they find boring
    3. To be paid overtime for every shift
    4. To be free from racial discrimination and harassment

13. Which step should come before a JHSC workplace inspection?

    1. Gather information and tools, such as past reports and checklists
    2. Ask the employer to shut down all operations for the day
    3. Decide in advance that no hazards will be found this time
    4. Tell workers to hide any problems before the members arrive

14. An effect that develops after repeated exposure over a long time is called what?

    1. Local
    2. Acute only
    3. Sudden
    4. Chronic

15. Spraying water on a dusty surface while grinding is which kind of measure?

    1. Elimination of the dust hazard
    2. Personal protective equipment
    3. An engineering (process) control
    4. An administrative rule only

16. In what languages must the employer post the OHSA and ministry explanatory material?

    1. French only, in every Ontario workplace
    2. No posting is required if workers can read
    3. English and the majority language of the workplace
    4. Any language the employer prefers to use for notices

17. While investigating a critical injury, what must the designated JHSC member avoid?

    1. Taking any notes or photographs of the scene at all
    2. Looking at the equipment involved in the incident
    3. Talking to any witness who saw what happened that day
    4. Disturbing the scene before an inspector permits it

18. Which of these is a guideline rather than law?

    1. O. Reg. 213/91 for construction work
    2. Regulation 851 for industrial establishments
    3. A ministry guide explaining how to comply
    4. The Occupational Health and Safety Act

19. How is a short-term exposure limit (STEL) defined in Reg. 833?

    1. The average over one full week, measured once every Friday afternoon
    2. The maximum for any 8 hours, up to twice a month, a week apart
    3. The maximum for any 15 minutes, up to four times a shift, an hour apart
    4. The highest level allowed at any instant, never to be exceeded

20. Under the OHSA, which workplace party has the greatest responsibility for health and safety?

    1. The employer
    2. The workers
    3. The JHSC
    4. The certified members

21. A worker is critically injured at work. When must the employer notify an inspector and the JHSC?

    1. Within 30 days, in the annual report
    2. Only if the worker files a WSIB claim
    3. Immediately, by telephone or other direct means
    4. Within four days, in writing only, by mail

22. Under O. Reg. 297/13, when must a new worker complete basic health and safety awareness training?

    1. Within two years of hire
    2. Only if the worker asks
    3. As soon as practicable
    4. Only after an injury occurs

23. Which information may the JHSC obtain from the employer?

    1. Each worker's personal banking details and home addresses
    2. The private medical records of every supervisor in the plant
    3. Information on hazards of materials, processes or equipment
    4. The employer's confidential pricing strategy for its customers

24. What is the minimum size of a JHSC where 50 or more workers are regularly employed?

    1. Ten members
    2. Two members
    3. Six members in total
    4. Four members

25. How often must an employer review its written occupational health and safety policy?

    1. Only when an inspector asks
    2. Only when the owner changes
    3. At least once a year
    4. Once every five years

26. Which is the most common workplace definition of a hazard?

    1. Any task that takes more than one hour
    2. Any accident that has already happened
    3. Any source of potential damage or harm
    4. Any rule the employer has written down

27. Repetitive movements and a poorly set-up workstation are which kind of hazard?

    1. Biological
    2. Musculoskeletal
    3. Safety
    4. Chemical

28. An employer believes a certified member stopped work recklessly or in bad faith. What can it do?

    1. Withhold the member's pay for that month
    2. File a complaint with the Board within 30 days
    3. Ask the WSIB to cancel the member's insurance
    4. Dismiss the member the same day for misconduct

29. Which JHSC training may be delivered entirely by self-paced eLearning?

    1. All three parts
    2. Refresher only
    3. Part One only
    4. Part Two only

30. While waiting for the inspector, what may an employer do with a refusing worker?

    1. Order the worker to do the refused task
    2. Dismiss the worker on the spot
    3. Suspend the worker without pay
    4. Assign reasonable alternative work