JHSC Part One Practice Test 7

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1. Which situation fits the OHSA definition of workplace violence?

   1. A worker is not invited to a team lunch
   2. A co-worker is often rude at meetings
   3. A manager gives a poor performance review
   4. A customer threatens to punch a cashier

2. The two certified members disagree about whether dangerous circumstances exist. What happens?

   1. The employer's member wins because management has the final say
   2. Either may ask an inspector, who gives a written decision
   3. The matter is dropped and cannot be raised again for a year
   4. The worker's member wins because worker safety always comes first

3. A certified member receives a complaint that dangerous circumstances exist. What is the member entitled to do?

   1. Investigate the complaint
   2. Fine the employer
   3. Shut the whole plant for a day
   4. Dismiss the supervisor

4. A worker misses work after a fall but is not critically injured. Within how long must the employer give written notice to the JHSC?

   1. Within one year
   2. Within 48 hours
   3. Within four days
   4. Immediately by phone

5. A workplace regularly employs 12 workers and no designated substance regulation applies. What is required?

   1. A health and safety representative selected by the workers
   2. Nothing at all, since the workplace has fewer than 20 workers
   3. A certified member appointed by the employer from management
   4. A full JHSC with at least four members, half of them workers

6. Within how long after Part One must Part Two be completed?

   1. 3 years
   2. 12 months
   3. 30 days only
   4. 5 years

7. What does the acronym RACE stand for in JHSC training?

   1. Review, approve, certify and enforce rules
   2. Report, act, check and escalate quickly
   3. Recognize, assess, control and evaluate
   4. Rescue, alert, contain and extinguish fires

8. Can more than one type of control be used for the same hazard?

   1. No, only one control is legal
   2. Only if the JHSC votes to allow
   3. Only for chemical hazards
   4. Yes; controls are often combined

9. The employer disagrees with a JHSC recommendation. What must its written response contain?

   1. A demand that members resign
   2. Nothing; silence is enough
   3. The reasons it disagrees
   4. A promise to ignore the committee

10. What does Part One training advise JHSC members who are affected by investigating a serious incident?

    1. Avoid all future investigations at work
    2. Keep working and say nothing to anyone at all
    3. Resign from the committee immediately
    4. Seek assistance if they experience stress or trauma

11. How much paid preparation time is each member entitled to before a committee meeting?

    1. Exactly 15 minutes, no matter how long the agenda is
    2. None; preparation must be done on the member's own time
    3. At least one hour, or more if the committee decides
    4. A full day, paid only to the two co-chairs of the committee

12. Which action is a worker forbidden to take under the OHSA?

    1. Asking the JHSC worker member a question about safety rules
    2. Reporting a hazard to the supervisor on the very same day it is found
    3. Wearing the protective equipment the employer has provided
    4. Removing a required protective device without a temporary replacement

13. What must a member complete to become certified?

    1. An approved Part One program and an approved Part Two program
    2. Any first aid course, plus one year on the committee
    3. Part One only, since Part Two is optional for most members
    4. A WHMIS course and a signed letter from the employer

14. During an inspector's physical inspection of the workplace, who may accompany the inspector?

    1. Only the employer's own lawyer
    2. A JHSC member representing workers
    3. Any customer in the building
    4. A reporter from the local news

15. Under the OHSA, what is an occupational illness?

    1. A condition caused by workplace exposure to an agent that impairs health
    2. Any injury from a slip or fall that happens in the parking lot
    3. Any stress caused by commuting to work in heavy traffic
    4. Any cold or flu that a worker happens to catch during the winter months

16. After a critical injury, within how long must the employer send a written report to a Director and the JHSC?

    1. 21 days
    2. 24 hours
    3. 48 hours
    4. 4 days

17. Replacing a solvent-based paint with a water-based paint is which type of control?

    1. Personal protective equipment
    2. Administrative control
    3. Elimination
    4. Substitution

18. Is the worker member who attends a work refusal investigation paid for that time?

    1. Only if it happens after hours
    2. Yes, at the regular or premium rate
    3. Only if the refusal is upheld by an inspector
    4. No, it is voluntary unpaid time

19. What is the purpose of a hazard assessment?

    1. To determine how serious a hazard is
    2. To count how many hazards the plant has
    3. To decide which worker caused the hazard
    4. To set the price of the safety equipment

20. What happens at the second stage of a work refusal?

    1. An inspector is notified, investigates and gives a written decision
    2. The worker must return to work while a lawyer reviews the case
    3. The JHSC votes, and the majority decision is then final and binding
    4. The employer decides alone, and no one else can review it

21. Which Ontario regulation sets limits for exposure to biological or chemical agents?

    1. O. Reg. 213/91
    2. Reg. 851
    3. Reg. 833
    4. O. Reg. 632/05

22. A worker will meet a client with a history of violent behaviour. What information must the employer provide?

    1. Only a general reminder to be careful with every client they meet
    2. What is needed to protect the worker, and no more personal information
    3. Nothing, because the client's privacy always outweighs worker safety
    4. The client's full medical and criminal records, posted for all staff

23. On the JHSC's request, what must the WSIB send to the committee each year?

    1. The names of injured workers' doctors
    2. A new set of safety posters to hang up
    3. A summary of injury, lost-workday and illness data
    4. A list of each worker's own WSIB premiums

24. After the inspecting member reports a hazard to the committee, what must the committee do?

    1. Forward it to the police for charges
    2. Consider the information within a reasonable time
    3. Fix the hazard personally that same day
    4. Ignore it until the next annual review of the program

25. Must the same JHSC member perform every workplace inspection?

    1. Yes, unless the employer pays the member extra for it
    2. No, but only managers may share it
    3. Yes, for at least three years in a row
    4. No, different members may be designated

26. If a company (a corporation) is found guilty of breaking the OHSA, what is the highest fine a court can impose on it?

    1. $2,000,000
    2. $250,000 only
    3. $500,000
    4. $50,000

27. When must a JHSC on a construction project set up a worker trades committee?

    1. Only when the ministry finds the main committee is not working
    2. When the project has fewer than 20 workers and lasts under a month
    3. Whenever a project has at least one unionized trade on the site
    4. When the project lasts three months or more and has 50 or more workers

28. Which list gives the four routes of entry taught in Part One?

    1. Heating, cooling, mixing and storing
    2. Inhalation, absorption, ingestion and injection
    3. Walking, lifting, bending, reaching and carrying
    4. Hearing, seeing, smelling and touching only

29. A supervisor knows that a floor area becomes slippery when a pump leaks. What must the supervisor do?

    1. Wait for the JHSC to notice it
    2. Advise workers of the danger
    3. Keep quiet to avoid alarm
    4. Tell only the maintenance crew

30. Which official certifies JHSC members in Ontario?

    1. The workplace co-chairs
    2. The Chief Prevention Officer
    3. The president of the WSIB
    4. The local fire chief's office