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NCSO COMPLETE EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
"Audit - CORRECT ANSWER An evaluation of a health and safety program measuring its
effectiveness and efficiency against given standards. it helps enable the company to improve its health and safety program."
"Auditor - CORRECT ANSWER An individual who has the qualification and skill set to measure
health and safety performance against a given standard"
"Certification of Recognition (COR) - CORRECT ANSWER An accreditation given to an
employer's health and safety management system that has been evaluated by a certified auditor."
"Chronic Exposure - CORRECT ANSWER An exposure to a low concentration of substance over
extended period of time"
"Chronic Toxic Effects ( Chronic Toxicity) - CORRECT ANSWER The effects that occur after
chronic exposure or that occur a long time after exposure."
"CLC - CORRECT ANSWER Canada Labour Code"
"Company Rules - CORRECT ANSWER Company directives that govern and control conduct
that action at the workplace. These rules are basic written statements that dictate acceptable behaviour and leave no room for discretion or argument. Also referred to as safe work rules."
"Company Health & Safety Policy - CORRECT ANSWER A current written statement(s) of
Senior Management's philosophy, principles, and goals embodying the company/employer's commitments to workplace health and safety"
"Competent - CORRECT ANSWER Having the necessary ability and skills."
"Complex Mixture - CORRECT ANSWER A mixture that is a combination of many chemicals,
has a commonly known generic name and is any of the following: naturally occurring, a fraction of naturally occuring mixture that results from a separation process, a modification of a naturally occurring mixture, a modification of a fraction of naturally occurring mixture that results from a chemical modification process."
"Constructor - CORRECT ANSWER The contractor, employer or other person who enters into
an agreement with the owner of the work site to be the prime contractor. The constructor has the overall responsibility for health and safety on the worksite."
"Critical Task - CORRECT ANSWER A task that has the potential to produce major loss to
people, equipment, process or the environment."
"Employee - CORRECT ANSWER An individual who works for an employer or organization and
is compensated for their services. This person may be full-time, part-time or retained on a contractual basis."
"Engineering Controls - CORRECT ANSWER Measures for eliminating or reducing hazards to
which workers may be exposed. Examples include: the substitution of less hazardous products, enclosure of processes to prevent the release of hazardous materials, or installation of local exhaust ventilation to remove air borne contaminants at their point(s) of generation."
"Frequency - CORRECT ANSWER Is how often a person would be exposed to a given hazard."
"Generic WHMIS Worker Education - CORRECT ANSWER The component of the WHMIS
worker education program that includes a general introduction to WHMIS, training in the required content of WHMIS labels and SDSs, and training in the purpose and significance of that information to workers' health and safety on the job."
"GHS - CORRECT ANSWER Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of
Chemicals"
"Hazard Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER An evaluation used to assess and document
hazards, prioritize them and determine hazard controls."
"Hazard Controls - CORRECT ANSWER These are the measures put into place to protect
workers from known hazards. The typical hierarchy of control measures are elimination, substitution, engineering, administrative and as a last line of defense, personnel protective equipment. An accumulation of all tasks involved in the worksite."
"Hazard Recognition - CORRECT ANSWER Seeing or becoming aware of a hazardous situation
or condition."
"Importer - CORRECT ANSWER A person or company that brings a controlled product into
Canada for sale to, or use at, a work site. Importers have the same WHMIS responsibilities as suppliers."
"Inspection (Safety Inspection) - CORRECT ANSWER The act of examining worksites and/or
equipment, and comparing conditions and activities observed against standards. Inspections identify hazards and determine if safety legislation and health and safety policies are being followed by looking for unsafe practices and conditions. The inspection should also be used to reinforce and promote safe work practices."
"Inspection Report - CORRECT ANSWER A document containing the findings of an inspection.
Causes and preventative measures are identified."
"Intermediate (Indirect) Causes - CORRECT ANSWER The hazards that existed immediately
prior to the incident that lead up to the Immediate Causes. They can be thought of as the unsafe conditions and unsafe practices that existed due to deficiencies in the Safety Management System, i.e., the Root (Basic) Causes."
"Investigation Report - CORRECT ANSWER A document containing the information and facts
about a specific incident. The events are put into chronological order to give a complete picture of what occurred. Causes and preventive measures are identified."
"Job - CORRECT ANSWER A segment of work, a specific work assignment or a set of actions
required to complete a specific work objective."
"Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) - CORRECT ANSWER The process of evaluating a specific task (job)
to identify all hazards or potential hazards that the individuals performing the job (task) may be exposed to."
"Joint Health and Safety Committee (JHSC) - CORRECT ANSWER A group comprised of
management and worker representatives that work together to identify deficiencies in the safety management system, and then recommend solutions to correct identified deficiencies. The JHSC plays a key role in the development, implementation, and maintenance of a health and safety program."
"Management - CORRECT ANSWER Those people that have some level of authority,
responsibility and accountability within the firm."
"OHSMS - CORRECT ANSWER Occupational Health and Safety Management"
"Performance-based - CORRECT ANSWER A requirement stating desired results or
outcomes."
"Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) - CORRECT ANSWER Protective gear designed to
reduce or eliminate injuries to a worker. Basic PPE includes steel toed boots, gloves, hard hats, safety clothing and safety glasses."
"Physical State - CORRECT ANSWER An indicator of whether a product is a solid, liquid or gas."
"Policy - CORRECT ANSWER Written statement that expresses the wisdom, philosophy,
experience and or belief of an organization's senior management and guides actions."
"Prescriptive-based - CORRECT ANSWER A requirement stating specific actions."
"Qualified - CORRECT ANSWER Being knowledgeable of the work, the hazards involved and
the means to control the hazards, by reason of education, training, experience or a combination thereof. (CLC)"
"Risk - CORRECT ANSWER The chance of loss based on exposure to a hazard, probability of
occurrence, and the resulting consequences of exposure to the hazard."
"RSI - CORRECT ANSWER Repetitive Strain Injury"
"RTW - CORRECT ANSWER Return to Work"
"Rule - CORRECT ANSWER Can be defined as: a) Prescribed for conduct or action, or b) A bylaw
governing procedures or controlling conduct, instituted by the organization involved."
"Unsafe Practice - CORRECT ANSWER The actions of a person in a manner which varies from
the accepted or legislated safe practice, and which creates a hazard with potential for injury, occupational illness, death or property damage."
"Worker - CORRECT ANSWER An individual employed by a company, whether full-time, part-
time, volunteer or on a contractual basis. Workers may include owners, management and subcontractors; for the purposes of the COR audit this term will be used to define individuals that do not have management or supervisor responsibilities."
"Workplace - CORRECT ANSWER Any place where a worker is or is likely to be engaged in any
work. This includes any vessel, vehicle or mobile equipment used by a worker in work. Also referred to as a worksite."
“Accident - CORRECT ANSWER An unplanned, undesired event that results in property or
equipment damage, injury, death or occupational illness."
"Accident investigation - CORRECT ANSWER The determination of fats of an accident by
inquiry, observation and examination"
"Acute exposure - CORRECT ANSWER A single exposure or exposure over a short time"
"Acute Toxic Effects (accute Toxicity) - CORRECT ANSWER Effects that take place after a single
exposure or after a short series of exposures within 24hrs"
"America Conference of Government industrial Hygienist (ACGIH) - CORRECT ANSWER
International association of occupational hygienists that develops many guidelines of the practice of occupational hygiene. One of the most important of theses guidelines is Threshold Limit Values and Biological Exposure Indices. This publication serves as the basis for occupational exposure limits in many jurisdictions around the world."
"Cumulative Toxic Effects - CORRECT ANSWER Effects that usually occur after long term
exposure to a substance. Individual exposures occur many times and the effects accumulate. Even very small individual exposures may result in a toxic effect."
"Decomposition - CORRECT ANSWER The breakdown of a material into two or more different
materials."
"Documentation, Observations and Interviews (DOI) - CORRECT ANSWER These are the
techniques used to verify the effectiveness of a health and safety program (also referred to as verification techniques)"
"Due Diligence - CORRECT ANSWER In legal terms, this is the requirement of a
company/employer to provide safe work conditions through taking reasonable steps to prevent incidents from occurring."
"Excavation - CORRECT ANSWER Any cut, cavity, trench or depression in the earth's surface
resulting from rock or soil removal."
"Exposure Limits - CORRECT ANSWER The concentrations of airborne chemicals and materials
that worker exposure may not exceed. Exposure limits have various names and often have different numerical values in different jurisdictions. In Ontario these are called Occupational Exposure Limits (OELs)."
"First Aid Measures - CORRECT ANSWER The main first aid actions to be taken if a worker is
seriously overexposed, often described in a section of the WHMIS SDS."
"Follow-Up - CORRECT ANSWER The term used to indicate an action (usually hazard control)
that should take place based on the recommendations in accident/incident reports and hazard assessments."
"Incident - CORRECT ANSWER An occurrence which resulted in or had the potential for
causing an injury or occupational disease or damage to anything in the work or external environment (includes both Accident and Near Miss)."
"Incident Investigation - CORRECT ANSWER The finding of the facts about an incident by
inquiry, observation and examination."
"Incident Records - CORRECT ANSWER Recorded information (reports and record books)
detailing what incidents, injuries, occupational illnesses or damages occurred."
"Incompatible Substances - CORRECT ANSWER Materials that, when combined with a specific
product, cause: the production of toxic or corrosive materials, excessive heat or an explosion."
"Ingredient Disclosure List (IDL) - CORRECT ANSWER A list of 1,736 chemicals, any one of
which, if present as an ingredient in a controlled product at a concentration greater than the cut off concentration specified on the list, must be revealed on a SDS. The Ingredient Disclosure List is not a list of hazardous products. (There is no comprehensive list of hazardous products)."
"Lagging Indicators - CORRECT ANSWER Measure the end result of OHS processes, policies
and procedures. They're a record of things that have already happened. Since they record things after the fact, they inform a reactive health and safety culture."
"Root (Basic) Causes - CORRECT ANSWER The deficiencies in carrying out safety policies,
programs, plans, processes, procedures or practices that allowed the intermediate and immediate causes to exist. Root causes are often the result of: Inadequate system to control hazards through activities such as safety leadership, training, planned inspections, maintenance, hazard analysis and procedures, incident investigation and analysis, emergency preparedness, and/or rules and procedures. Inadequate performance standards that are not specific enough, not clear enough and/or not high enough. Inadequate compliance with standards because standards are not communicated and/or enforced."
"Route of Entry - CORRECT ANSWER The way a product enters the body. The most common
routes for workplace chemicals to enter the body are inhalation, ingestion and skin absorption. Contact between a product and skin does not necessarily result in the body absorbing the material. The material could cause a chemical burn or a rash on the surface of the skin or eye and never enter the body."
"Site Specific WHMIS - CORRECT ANSWER The portion of the WHMIS worker education
program that includes hazard information applicable to the hazardous products they work with or near, and about work procedures applicable to those products."
"Subcontractor - CORRECT ANSWER Subcontractors are not limited to trade contractors and
may include delivery people, traffic controllers, service technicians, first aid, temporary labor and cleaning services."
"Supervisor - CORRECT ANSWER A person, who instructs, directs and controls workers in the
performance of their duties. This includes foremen, supervisors, and superintendents; however, the function of supervision is independent of job title or position (i.e. people who direct work are Supervisors)."
"Supplier - CORRECT ANSWER A person or company that manufactures, processes or
packages a controlled product, or that sells or imports a controlled product."
"Terms of Reference - CORRECT ANSWER A description of the objectives and structure of a
meeting, committee, projects, etc."
