WHMIS Practice Test 8

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1. Which group is responsible for classifying a hazardous product and providing its label and SDS?

   1. Customers who buy for home use
   2. Workers
   3. Suppliers
   4. Health and safety committees

2. How often should eyewash stations and emergency showers be checked?

   1. Never, once they are installed
   2. Regularly, as they must be tested to work
   3. Only when an inspector visits the workplace
   4. Only after they have been used

3. What is the difference between skin corrosion and skin irritation?

   1. Corrosion affects only metal; irritation affects skin
   2. Corrosion is temporary; irritation is permanent
   3. There is no difference between them
   4. Corrosion causes severe burns; irritation is reversible damage

4. Which SDS section lists exposure limits, engineering controls and personal protective equipment?

   1. Section 8, Exposure controls/personal protection
   2. Section 10, Stability and reactivity
   3. Section 14, Transport information
   4. Section 3, Composition/information on ingredients

5. Which situation does NOT, by itself, appear on CCOHS's list of triggers for refresher training?

   1. A product changes and now has different hazards
   2. Conditions in the workplace have changed
   3. A worker's birthday or work anniversary
   4. New information on safe storage becomes available

6. Under the GHS-aligned WHMIS, the physical hazard criteria are consistent with which other set of rules?

   1. Provincial building codes
   2. Transport of Dangerous Goods regulations
   3. Food and Drugs Act labelling rules
   4. Canada Consumer Product Safety Act rules

7. Which two signal words are used on WHMIS labels?

   1. Danger and Warning
   2. Stop and Alert
   3. Hazard and Risk
   4. Caution and Notice

8. How long a transition period did suppliers get to update labels and SDSs after the 2022 amendments?

   1. Six months
   2. Five years
   3. One year
   4. Three years

9. For acute toxicity by swallowing or skin contact, doses given within what time frame count as one exposure?

   1. 7 days
   2. 24 hours
   3. 4 hours
   4. 1 hour

10. A supplier label for a hazardous product shows a hazard statement but no signal word. Can that be correct?

    1. Yes, some classes and categories have no signal word
    2. No, every hazardous product needs Warning
    3. Only if the container holds 100 mL or less of product
    4. No, every hazardous product needs Danger

11. The GHS includes an environmental hazards group. What is its status in WHMIS?

    1. Not adopted, though suppliers may still show it
    2. Required only for products made and sold in Canada
    3. Required on every WHMIS label
    4. Replaced the health hazards group

12. A worker is exposed to a toxic product and an ambulance is called. What should go with them?

    1. The empty product container only
    2. The purchase receipt
    3. The worker's training certificate
    4. A copy of the SDS for the medical team

13. A hazardous product's label has no pictogram. What does this mean?

    1. The label is illegal and must be removed
    2. Its class or category may not require one
    3. The product is exempt from SDS rules
    4. The product is not hazardous

14. A drum leaks onto the floor. Which SDS section explains containment and clean-up?

    1. Section 4, First-aid measures
    2. Section 12, Ecological information
    3. Section 15, Regulatory information
    4. Section 6, Accidental release measures

15. You change jobs and already have a WHMIS certificate from your last employer. What must your new employer still give you?

    1. A new certificate from Health Canada
    2. Training specific to the new workplace and your job
    3. Only a copy of the old employer's SDSs
    4. Nothing, since WHMIS certificates are permanent

16. Before using a hazardous product for the first time, what should you check for all of its hazards and precautions?

    1. The safety data sheet
    2. The company newsletter
    3. The delivery schedule
    4. The product's price tag

17. How should compressed gas cylinders be kept?

    1. Lying flat on the floor
    2. Leaning against a doorway
    3. Stacked on top of each other to save space
    4. Upright and secured to a wall or rack

18. A product used at your job is exempt from WHMIS labels and SDSs. What must your employer still do?

    1. Get a Health Canada permit before using it
    2. Train workers on its health effects, safe use and storage
    3. Nothing, because exempt products carry no duties
    4. Write a full WHMIS supplier label for it

19. What happened to the class formerly called "Flammable aerosols" in the 2022 amendments?

    1. It was moved to the health hazards group
    2. It was merged into Gases under pressure
    3. It became Aerosols, with a new Category 3
    4. It was removed from WHMIS completely

20. What does CCOHS now call the system in force after the 2022 amendments?

    1. WHMIS 2025, replacing all earlier rules and labels
    2. GHS Canada, replacing the WHMIS name
    3. Amended WHMIS, with WHMIS 2015 called former WHMIS
    4. WHMIS 1988, revised edition

21. How do self-heating substances differ from pyrophoric products?

    1. They never catch fire under any condition
    2. They ignite only after a longer time or in large amounts
    3. They only react when mixed with water
    4. They ignite instantly on contact with air, even in tiny amounts

22. You work at a bank branch in Toronto. Which law implements WHMIS for your workplace?

    1. The Canada Labour Code
    2. Ontario Regulation 860
    3. The Ontario Building Code
    4. The Ontario Fire Code

23. You pour a small amount of solvent into a cup and use all of it right away. Is a workplace label needed on the cup?

    1. Yes, always, for any container
    2. Only if the solvent is flammable
    3. Yes, unless the cup is glass
    4. No, not if it is used immediately

24. An old product with a WHMIS 1988 label is still on the shelf and the supplier has no current SDS. What are the employer's options?

    1. Return it to Health Canada for disposal
    2. Remove the old label and use it as an ordinary consumer product
    3. Keep using it, since old labels are still valid
    4. Write a new SDS and label to current rules, or dispose of it

25. In Ontario, a portable container filled from a labelled drum needs no workplace label if the filler is the only user, uses it only that shift, and what else?

    1. The contents are clearly identified
    2. The container is smaller than 1 litre
    3. The product is not flammable
    4. The supervisor signs off on it