Deck 5: Occupational Health and Safety Legislation in Canada

Question 1

Health and safety committees support the workers' right to know and right to participate.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Which of the following parties are responsible for health and safety on the job?

A) Workers
B) Supervisors
C) Contractors
D) Employers
E) All the above

Answer 2

All the above

Question 3

Health and safety committees are required in all workplaces.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Which of the following pieces of legislation limits the powers of the Canadian Parliament today?

A) The Magna Carta
B) The British North America Act
C) The Constitution Act
D) Bill C-45
E) The Canada Labour Code

Question 5

The Magna Carta established workers' "right to refuse."

Question 6

Which statement best describes the internal responsibility system?

A) Management and a government agency working together to solve health and safety issues in the workplace
B) Workers and government inspectors working together to get management to force management into compliance with the Act.
C) Government inspectors taking over the health and safety committee, because it has become ineffective.
D) Management and workers working together to solve health and safety problems within the company.
E) Management assumes full responsibility for compliance and enforcement of OHS legislation.

Question 7

WHMIS is covered under both federal and provincial/territorial legislation.

Question 8

Which statement best depicts the relationship between an act, code and regulation?

A) New laws are introduced in the legislature in the form of a statute.
B) Regulations are rules that support other legislation.
C) Laws in draft form are known as regulations.
D) Acts are rules that support regulations.
E) A regulation that receives royal assent, it becomes a bill.

Question 9

Bank employees are most likely protected by the Canada Labour Code.

Question 10

Health and safety legislation is usually under provincial or territorial jurisdiction.

Question 11

The CSA Group is a government agency that develops standards for the performance of many products inside and outside of the workplace.

Question 12

Which piece of legislation outlines the health and safety rights, responsibilities, and duties of Coast Guard employees?

A) The Occupational Health and Safety Act of Newfoundland and Labrador
B) The Workers Compensation Act of British Columbia
C) The Canada Labour Code
D) Association of Workers' Compensation Boards of Canada
E) None of the above

Question 13

The British North America Act (BNA Act, 1867) provided Canada with a new constitution that included the charter of rights and freedoms.

Question 14

The internal responsibility system provides a cost-effective mechanism for promoting health and safety in the workplace.

Question 15

The Canadian legal system is based largely on the French system.

Question 16

The internal responsibility system has been replaced by health and safety committees.

Question 17

A general duty clause outlines specific responsibilities of contractors.

Question 18

It is not always required that an employer exercise due diligence with workplace safety

Question 19

Law in draft form, may be referred to as a bill.

Question 20

Workers under the federal jurisdiction do not have the right to refuse.

Question 21

The statement "An employer shall take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of a worker" is an example of:

A) A bill
B) A standard
C) Terms of reference
D) A general duty clause
E) A code

Question 22

Which of the following is an acronym for a trade association?

A) HRAI
B) CCOHS
C) ACGIH
D) CSA
E) WHMIS

Question 23

Which agency has standards adapted by most Canadian jurisdictions?

A) The American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH).
B) The Canadian Standards Association.
C) A only
D) B only
E) Both A and B

Question 24

Which of the following actions best describes due diligence.

A) Conducting tail-gate meetings daily.
B) Wearing PPE when in a noisy environment.
C) Exercising your right to stop work.
D) Exercising an appropriate measure of prudence and care.
E) Participating in the health and safety committee.

Question 25

WHMIS 2015 most closely ties to which right?

A) The right to know.
B) The right to refuse.
C) The right to participate.
D) The right to fair pay.
E) The right to use chemicals.