EN-M5 : Safety Management ( Exam 1 )

1. What is the object of the Act respecting industrial accidents and occupational diseases?

The elimination of all dangers at the source
The elimination of the risks for the health and physical integrity of the workers
To provide compensation for employment injuries and the consequences they entail for beneficiaries
The prevention on the construction industry

2. What is the period during which the employer must reintegrate a worker in his/her position after an accident?

One (1) year, if the establishment include 20 workers and less
Two (2) years, if the establishment include 21 workers and more
Undetermined period
A and B

3. When do you have to make your payment for any account statement due to the CNESST?

On the 21st of the following month
Before the 15th of the following month
Before the 21st of the following month
Immediately

4. If it is a major construction site (i.e. a site where there are at least 500 workers simultaneously at a particular stage of the work) the transmission of the opening notice has to be done at least:

30 days before beginning of work
60 days before beginning of work
90 days before beginning of work
180 days before beginning of work

5. Which of these possibilities is the highest risk?

Build a 2-story house
Renovate a 50 year old building
Maintenance of the outside of a 3-floor building
Demolition of a 3-story building

6. On a construction site, which characteristics, among the following, are characteristics of a covered passage?

A clear height of 2,1 meters
Width of the sidewalk
Has to have a weatherproof roof
Be lighted when the street is not

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7. According to the Act respecting occupational health and safety, who is the principal contractor?

The owner or any other person who, on a construction site, is responsible for the carrying out of all the work
A person who, under a contract of employment or a contract of apprenticeship, even without remuneration, retains the services of a worker
A person, who, under a contract of employment, carries out work for an employer
A member of the Board of administration of a legal entity, who is also the president, vice-president, secretary, or the clerk-treasurer of the legal entity

8. According to the Safety Code for the construction industry, the site committee must include:

A representative of the general contractor
A CNESST representative
A representative for each employer who hires more than 10 workers
A representative for each Union Association active on the jobsite
A representative for ASP Construction

1, 2 and 3
1, 3 and 4
2, 3 and 4
3, 4 and 5

9. What is the name of the form that the employer must use to properly declare the accidents to the CNESST?

Reimbursement for absence from work (RAT)
Reimbursement request (DR)
Declaration of the worker (DT)
Notification of the employer and reimbursement request (ADR)

10. Among the following choices, where does the authority of the CNESST inspectors apply?

Investigate regarding all matters related to the competency of the CNESST inspectors
Assure all workers are competency card holders
Take pictures or recordings
Be assisted by a person of his/her choice
Assure the contractor holds the appropriate licence

1. 3 and 4
1, 2 and 4
2, 3 and 4
3, 4 and 5

11. What are the criteria that determine the delimitation of a jobsite?

The number of workers, the location of the jobsite and duration of the jobsite
The location of the jobsite, the cost of the jobsite and its duration
The cost of the jobsite, the finality of the jobsite and its duration
The finality of the work, the location of the jobsite and its duration

12. The CNESST holds a regulation power and it ensures that this regulation is respected in all work locations. According to these rules and regulations in force, which of the following actions is not managed by the CNESST?

Be an organisation that is mainly verifying workers' competency
Determine the minimum age a worker must have to execute work
Determine, according to the subclasses of the construction jobsite, cases for which healthcare must be supplied to the workers
Determine the fire safety measures that must take the employer or the principal contractor

13. According to laws and regulations in force, which of the following statement is true?

A worker victim of a work accident must inform his/her employer or his/her representative, only if he/she needs to see a healthcare professional
A worker victim of a work accident must inform his/her employer or his/her representative before leaving the jobsite or the building if possible or as soon as possible.
A worker victim of a work accident must inform his/her employer or his/her representative the day after the accident if he/she does not go back to work
A worker victim of a work accident does not have to report it to the employer, as long as he/she informed the CNESST

14. The Bureau d’évaluation médicale (BEM) has the power to adjudicate in different situations. According to the laws and regulations in force, on which elements can they render a decision?

1- The medical report and the consolidation of the lesion

2- The functional limitations

3- The recovery or the stabilisation of the injury and the need for treatments

4- Light work and the back to work date

1, 2 and 4
1, 2, and 3
1 and 2
1 and 3

15. The CNESST establishes the personalized premium rate for the employers of a big or medium-sized company. To determine this rate for each employer, the CNESST will take in consideration the cost of the injury for this employer for the:

Last 12 months
Last 24 months
Last 36 months
Last 48 months

16. According to laws and regulations in force, which of the following situations could not allow a share nor a transfer of the cost imputation for a work accident?

The accident happens because of the action or the omission of a third party, and the employer unfairly takes charge of incurred costs
A work accident for which the cost imputation is unfairly alleged to the employer
The worker suffers a disability before the occurrence of the accident, and that disability played a role in the onset or the evolution of the accident
The accident occurs at home, because of gross and voluntary negligence of the worker

17. Safety boots are used to protect against which dangers?

Puncture;
Falling of heavy or sharp objects;
Molten metal
Frost bites
Hot or corrosive liquids;

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18. Which of the following statements does not allow the CNESST to suspend the payment of compensation to a worker?

When the worker, without any valuable reason, refuses to carry on a job temporarily assigned by the employer
When a worker, without any valuable reason, forgets or refuses to submit himself/herself to a statutory medical exam regarding the Act respecting industrial accidents and occupational diseases
When the worker, without any valuable reason, acts in a way that prevents or postpones his/her full rehabilitation
When the Ministère du Revenu du Québec (MRQ) demands the direct deposit of the full compensation due to late unpaid taxes

19. According to the health and safety Act, identify the responsibilities that are the burden of the employer:

1- Supply the adequate work technics to the employees

2- Supply an adequate space for the jobsite committee meetings

3- Supply the adequate individual protection equipment

4- Limit the jobsite access to the authorized personnel

5- Inform the worker of the risks related to his/her trade

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1-2-3-4-5

20. What is the role of the ASP Construction?

To supply training, research and advisory services to employers and workers, related to health and safety on the workplace.
To elaborate prevention programs for employers.
To modify the safety code for construction workers.
To intervene with the inspector when a notice of correction is issued.

21. What is an employment injury?

Means an injury arising in the course of an industrial accident, including a recurrence, relapse or aggravation
Means a sudden and unforeseen event, attributable to any cause, which happens to a person, arising out of or in the course of his work and resulting in an employment injury to him
Means an injury or a disease arising out of or in the course of an industrial accident, or an occupational disease, including a recurrence, relapse or aggravation
Means a disease contracted out of or in the course of work and characteristic of that work or directly related to the risks peculiar to that work

22. Which of these statements best describe the conditions allowing to presume if a professional injury occurred or not?

The worker gets hurt on a jobsite, but not within his/her work duties
The injury of the worker occurs on the work premises during his/her work duties
The existence of an injury, that occurred during the work duties
The injury happens during the work because of a gross negligence

23. What are the different administrative levels to contest a CNESST decision?

The CNESST, the administrative review board and the Administrative Labor Tribunal
The administrative review board, the Administrative Labor Tribunal and the Bureau d'évaluation medical (BEM)
The administrative review board, the Administrative Labor Tribunal and the Court of Appeal
The administrative review board, the Administrative Labor Tribunal and AECQ

24. If an employer disagrees with the attending physician’s report, he can contest. How is it done?

He can ask the CNESST to require, from the attending physician, to supply a detailed report
He can ask, to his own expenses, to a health professional or to the Bureau d’évaluation médicale (assessment bureau) to do a second medical assessment of the worker
Ask to a health professional or to the Bureau d’évaluation médicale, to do a second medical assessment of the worker, to the expense of the CNESST
Ask the worker to get a second medical assessment from his attending physician

25. In which delay can an employer present a cost-sharing request to the CNESST, in the case of a worker who had an handicap at the time of the accident?

During the following year
Before the end of the 2nd year
Before the end of the 3rd year
Before the end of the 4th year

26. Which of the following statements applies to temporary assignments?

Work must be conducive to the worker’s rehabilitation
Only the worker’s physician can authorize a temporary assignment
The worker is not obligated to accept a temporary assignment, as long as the medical assessment is not confirmed in writing
It’s the CNESST who authorizes a temporary assignment

2 and 4
1,3 and 4
1, 2 and 3
1 and 2

27. Which of the following statement is true?

The doctor who takes care of a worker victim of an accident must give him/her immediately, a certificate specifying the diagnostic and the expected return-to-work date
The attending physician must inform the CNESST right away when a worker is victim of an occupational injury.
The employer must compensate the worker the day after the accident if he/she cannot work because of an occupational injury
The doctor who takes charge of the worker victim of an accident must forward, right away, to the employer, the form prescribed by the CNESST to attest the diagnostic

28. Which of the following statements are true, regarding prevention mutual groups?

The CNESST keeps an individual link with each employer
The rules and regulations are the same
The mutual must be composed of employers involved in similar fields
The experience of the business is different than the experience of the rest of the group

2 and 4
1, 3 and 4
1, 2 and 3
1 and 2

29. An employee gets stung by a bee at work and misses work for a few days. Will it be considered as an employment injury and be compensated by CNESST?

Yes
No
Yes, if the worker is seriously allergic to bees
Yes, if the workers damaged the bee nest during the execution of their work

30. According to the law, who is not considered as a worker?

A servant;
A volunteer;
A student;
A carpenter

31. What must be included in a prevention program?

Surveillance measures for quality of work environment, and preventive maintenance measures
The specific standards of sanitation and safety for the establishment
The identification of individual protection means and equipment
Training and information programs regarding occupational safety and health
The break schedule applicable by regulation
The identification of the occupational health and safety committee members

1, 2, 3 and 4
1, 4 and 5
2, 3, 4 and 5
1, 2 and 6

32. According to which law or regulation does the CNESST calculate the compensation rate?

The taxation act
Act respecting labour relations, vocational training, and workforce management in the construction industry
Health and safety act
Act on compensation rate

33. In which of the following situations, will the worker be compensated by the CNESST?

The worker gets hurt on a jobsite in Ontario, he/she lives in Quebec and the employer is also located in Quebec
The worker gets hurt on a jobsite in Quebec, he/she lives in Ontario and the employer is also located in Ontario
The worker gets hurt on a jobsite in Quebec, he/she lives in Quebec and the employer is also located in Quebec
The worker gets hurt on a jobsite in Ontario, he/she lives in Quebec and the employer is located in Ontario

1 and 3
1 and 2
1, 2 and 3
1, 2, 3 and 4

34. Your employee uses a vehicle that belongs to the company. After work, on the way home, the employee is involved in an accident.

How will the employee be compensated?

With the CNESST
With the CCQ
With the SAAQ
Employment insurance

35. On a construction site, a chute for waste materials should always be:

Enclosed if inclined more than 45 degrees
Closed at its entrance when not in use
Have a stop block at its entrance to stop wheelbarrows
Painted in yellow or other color easily visible

1-2-3 and 4
1-2 and 3
2-3 and 4
1-3 and 4

36. On a construction site, when handling loads, you should always…

Before the hoisting of a load, make sure the slings or moorings are properly attached to the load
Never allow a worker to stand on a load during the hoisting
Hooks used for hoisting load shall be equipped with a safety latch
Guide ropes are useful to stop the swinging of a load

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1-2-3-4

37. Find the logical order:

1- Doctor of the employer

2- BEM

3- Attending physician

1, 2 and 3
2, 3 and 1
3, 1 and 2
3, 2 and 1

38. On a construction site, when does a worker need to wear safety goggles?

To protect his eyes against:

1- Moving particles;

2- Dangerous substances;

3- Rays of the sun;

4- Light output or intense heat;

5- Molten metal;

6- To keep a good appearance;

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39. In which conditions the employer can’t stop paying the employee for the full 14-day period following the work injury?

When a strike is declared in the construction industry
When the worker comes back to work following the consolidation of the employment injury
When the department/division where the worker was assigned closes entirely
When the worker does not look very hurt

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2-3-4

40. On a construction jobsite, a traffic plan must include:

1- The location and dimension of the roadways

2- The road signs/signalization

3- The number of vehicles accessing the jobsite

4- The maximum speeds allowed

1-2-3 and 4
1-2 and 4
2-3 and 4
2 and 4

41. An employer must pay CNESST contributions for each of his/her employees in order for them to receive compensations in case of a work accident.

If the employer omits to pay these contributions, he/she might have to pay:

An amount equal to the cost of the benefits for an employment injury suffered by one of his workers while he is so in default.
A full year of contribution
Nothing
A 3500$ fine

42. When a worker is victim of a work accident, the employer must register this accident in a registry. Which accidents must be register mandatorily in an employer accident registry without having to notify the CNESST?

All accident with no exception
Work accidents that happen in his establishment that do not make the employee unable to carry on his employment beyond the day the employment injury became apparent
Work accidents that happen in his establishment and make the employee unable to carry on his employment beyond the day his employment injury became apparent
None

43. The employer must forward the employer notification and the medical certificate to the CNESST to be reimbursed. In which delay, must he/she forward this document if the worker is back to work 5 days after the beginning of the disability?

Immediately after the beginning of his inability
2 days after the 14-day period following the beginning of his inability
2 days after the worker is back to work
14 days after the beginning of his inability

44. Regarding the good practices to respect on a construction jobsite to eliminate the risks of accidents, which statements are true?

Any hazardous products which may cause fires or explosions must be stored separately
Floors or shelves onto which a product has been spilled must be cleaned at the end of each day
Never stored flammable liquid and combustibles contained in safety bottles in a building under construction
Where a hazardous product is transferred from one container to another, the receptacle used must be safe for use with the product transferred.

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1-2-4
1-2-3-4
2-3

45. Which of the following elements are valid concerning the examination of scaffoldings?

Scaffoldings shall be inspected by a qualified person
Scaffoldings shall be inspected at least once every month
Scaffoldings shall be inspected when re-used after any lengthy work interruption.
Scaffoldings shall be inspected after an earthquake.

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1-2-3-4
2-3
2-4

46. Which of the following elements are valid concerning hoisting cables for scaffoldings?

Be shielded from projections of the building
Be kept in a warm and dry place
Have a safety factor of 10
For a fibre cable shall be replaced after maximum 2 years of services

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1-3-4
2-3
2-4

47. What is the scope of the safety code for the construction industry?

This Code applies to any work carried out on a construction site within the meaning of the Act respecting occupational health and safety
This Code applies to any work carried out on a construction site within the meaning of the Act respecting occupational health and safety, except for facilities provided to workers by the employer
This Code applies to any work carried out on a construction site within the meaning of the Act respecting occupational health and safety, except for facilities provided to workers by the employer for administrative, lodging, eating or recreational purposes
This Code applies to any work carried out on a construction site within the meaning of the Act respecting occupational health and safety, except for facilities provided to part-time workers by the employer

48. What are the obligations of an employer on a construction site?

Ensure that all necessary steps are taken to ensure public safety
Ensure that any worker on a construction site wears at all times clothing completely covering his torso and back
Shall encourage competition at work between employees
Shall provide substance to workers to keep them awake
Shale ensure that any workers knows the emergency measures to observe in case of fire

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1-2-3-4
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49. What is the object of a prevention program on a construction site?

The object of a prevention program is to eliminate, at the source, danger to the health, safety and physical well-being of construction workers.
The object of a prevention program is to eliminate danger after an employment injury.
The object of a prevention program is to repair an employment injury.
The object of a prevention program is to eliminate, at the source, danger to the health, safety and physical well-being of construction employers.

50. Does a principal contractor need to have a written document with an employer working on a construction site on which there is a prevention program, to ensure its compliance?

No
Yes
Yes, but only on major construction site
No, the approval could be done verbally

51. What should be included in the specific health program for an establishment?

Measures designed to identify the health risks a worker is exposed to, in carrying out his work and measures to ensure the supervision and assessment of the quality of the work environment.
Pre-employment medical checkups and medical examinations during employment provided by regulation.
The maintenance of adequate first aid services.
The creation and up-dating of a part-time worker’s list.

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1-2-3
2-3-4
1-3

52. What are the functions of sector-based associations?

Assist in the formation and operation of health and safety committees and job-site committees.
Prepare and implement training and information programs for health and safety committees and job-site committees.
Give its opinion on the qualifications required by inspectors.
Make recommendations relating to occupational health and safety standards and regulations
Prepare specific prevention guides for the activities of establishments

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2-3-4

53. The joint sector-based construction association must be administered by who?

Construction workers
Unions
An equal number of representatives of the Association des entrepreneurs en construction du Québec (AECQ) and representatives of the representative associations (Unions)
CCQ, RBQ and CNESST

54. What could be the situations causing excavation walls to collapse?

Depth of excavation wall or trenches
Presence of groundwater
If we excavate land that was already backfilled
All of the above

55. On a construction site, do the road signage regulations apply?

Yes
No

56. Before the beginning of an excavation job, what needs to be done first?

You must get an approval for the material to be installed.
You must verify if there are underground conduit systems.
You must have an agreement with the excavation contractor
None of the above.

57. What are the elements that could cause the walls to collapse?

The dept of the trench or the dept of the excavation.
The presence of underground water.
The remains of an ancient backfill work.
All of the above.

58. At what height does the shored up trench walls must exceed the excavation?

1m
Not exceeding at all
300mm

59. When the walls have a slope inferior to 45 °, the safety is always ensured

True
False

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