ASP Construction Exam: Prevention principles, rights and duties

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1. Which of these is a worker's duty under the Act?

   1. Writing the lockout procedure for each machine
   2. Buying their own harness and hard hat before starting work on the site
   3. Reading and understanding the prevention program that applies to them
   4. Sending the site opening notice to the CNESST

2. What must a worker who refuses to do a task do first?

   1. Leave the site and wait at home for a phone call from the CNESST
   2. First send a written complaint to ASP Construction
   3. Finish the task, then fill out a refusal form at the end
   4. Notify their immediate supervisor or the employer right away

3. While a worker is exercising the right to refuse, what does the Act provide?

   1. They must go home without pay until the investigation ends
   2. The employer may immediately give the task to another willing worker
   3. They lose their pay until the inspector makes a final decision
   4. They are deemed to be at work, and the task is not normally given to someone else

4. In which case may a worker not exercise the right to refuse?

   1. If they have worked for the company for less than three months in total, probation included
   2. If they are not a member of a union or certified association
   3. If refusing puts another person's life or safety in immediate danger
   4. If they already used this right once before during the same calendar year

5. Under Québec's Act respecting occupational health and safety, what is the main goal of prevention?

   1. Reducing the number of CNESST site inspections
   2. Eliminating hazards at their very source
   3. Giving protective equipment to every worker
   4. Compensating injured site workers quickly

6. After a refusal, who must the supervisor call in to examine the situation?

   1. A doctor appointed by the CNESST to examine the worker
   2. The police officer of the town where the site is located
   3. The maker of the equipment involved, if reachable by phone the same day
   4. The health and safety representative or, failing that, the person set out in the Act

7. An employer hands out harnesses to everyone and stops trying to reduce work at height. What does the Act say?

   1. Protective equipment must not reduce efforts to eliminate the hazard at the source
   2. The employer is released from its duties once the equipment has been handed out
   3. The Act lets the employer choose freely between protecting workers and eliminating the hazard
   4. A harness is enough once it is supplied free of charge to every worker exposed to a fall

8. A worker arrives on site impaired by cannabis. What does the Act say?

   1. They may work if they used it the evening before, before midnight
   2. The Act only covers alcohol, not cannabis or drugs
   3. On a construction site, this condition is a risk and they must not work
   4. They may work if they just avoid working at height

9. If the disagreement continues after the examination, who decides whether a danger justifies the refusal?

   1. The 30-hour course trainer
   2. The site's principal contractor
   3. The site committee, by a vote
   4. The CNESST inspector

10. When may a worker exercise the right to refuse work?

    1. When the task is not part of their usual job description at the company
    2. Only when a CNESST inspector is already present on the construction site
    3. When they feel the task is too long or too tiring for what they are paid
    4. When they have reasonable grounds to believe the work exposes them to danger

11. A worker refused work in good faith. What may the employer not do?

    1. Call in the health and safety representative
    2. Dismiss, suspend or transfer the worker for that reason
    3. Ask the worker to notify their supervisor
    4. Correct the dangerous situation they reported

12. Which of these duties belongs to the employer?

    1. Letting experienced workers work with no supervision or instructions
    2. Making workers pay half the cost of their protective equipment
    3. Informing workers of the risks and providing training and supervision
    4. Deciding alone not to supply equipment if the worker already has some

13. A roofer refuses to work on a roof with a compliant guardrail, only because it is high up. Why can this refusal be rejected?

    1. A refusal must be announced in writing 24 hours ahead
    2. The conditions are normal for that kind of work
    3. A roofer needs the union's approval before refusing
    4. The right to refuse never applies to work done on roofs

14. A worker believes a task would endanger a co-worker working below. May they refuse to do it?

    1. Only if the co-worker has already refused the work themselves
    2. Only if the co-worker in danger first gives written consent
    3. No, the right to refuse only protects the person doing the task
    4. Yes, the right also covers a similar danger to another person