Principles of Health and Safety Management
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
- legal requirements
- moral obligations
- financial benefits
- due diligence - CORRECT ANSWER - What are the main reasons why every company
should develop and implement a safety program?
1977 - CORRECT ANSWER - What year was the Alberta Occupational Health & Safety Act
passed?
Due Diligence - CORRECT ANSWER - The ability to demonstrate that a person did what
could reasonably be expected under their circumstances, in order to satisfy a legal requirement.
The actions taken before an incident occurs, not after. - CORRECT ANSWER - A due
diligence defence depends on your ability to demonstrate what?
"Doing what is reasonably practicable" is a legal obligation that you must perform at all times.
"Due diligences" is a defense where the person has failed to comply with an OHS legal
requirement, but can prove that they did everything reasonable to avoid that non-compliance. -
CORRECT ANSWER - What is the key difference between "doing what is reasonably
practicable" and "due diligence"?
1. Foreseeability: could a reasonable person foresee that something could go wrong?
2. Preventability: Is there an opportunity to prevent an injury or incident?
3. Control: Who has the ability or responsibility to prevent an injury or incident from occurring?
- CORRECT ANSWER - What are the three main factors a judge or jury considers in
determining whether a person's defence of due diligence is valid?
, - employers
- supervisors
- workers
- suppliers
- service providers
- owners
- contractors
- prime contractors
- self-employed persons
- temporary staffing agencies - CORRECT ANSWER - What are the 10 work site parties
defined in the OHS Act?
Hazard
A condition, device or substance that can directly cause injury to people or damage to property -
CORRECT ANSWER - Anything with the potential to cause human injury or loss, or damage
to equipment or property; loss of production and / or damage to the environment.
Hazard Assessment
A process for the examination of potential losses resulting from workplace hazards, changing
conditions in the workplace or health and / or safety program system failures. - CORRECT
ANSWER - A thorough examination of a specific job or operation to identify what actual and
potential hazards exists
Prioritization - CORRECT ANSWER - Ranking the priority of a job or task based on the level
of risk
Controls - CORRECT ANSWER - A method, or combination of methods, used to eliminate or
reduce the presence of a hazard.
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
- legal requirements
- moral obligations
- financial benefits
- due diligence - CORRECT ANSWER - What are the main reasons why every company
should develop and implement a safety program?
1977 - CORRECT ANSWER - What year was the Alberta Occupational Health & Safety Act
passed?
Due Diligence - CORRECT ANSWER - The ability to demonstrate that a person did what
could reasonably be expected under their circumstances, in order to satisfy a legal requirement.
The actions taken before an incident occurs, not after. - CORRECT ANSWER - A due
diligence defence depends on your ability to demonstrate what?
"Doing what is reasonably practicable" is a legal obligation that you must perform at all times.
"Due diligences" is a defense where the person has failed to comply with an OHS legal
requirement, but can prove that they did everything reasonable to avoid that non-compliance. -
CORRECT ANSWER - What is the key difference between "doing what is reasonably
practicable" and "due diligence"?
1. Foreseeability: could a reasonable person foresee that something could go wrong?
2. Preventability: Is there an opportunity to prevent an injury or incident?
3. Control: Who has the ability or responsibility to prevent an injury or incident from occurring?
- CORRECT ANSWER - What are the three main factors a judge or jury considers in
determining whether a person's defence of due diligence is valid?
, - employers
- supervisors
- workers
- suppliers
- service providers
- owners
- contractors
- prime contractors
- self-employed persons
- temporary staffing agencies - CORRECT ANSWER - What are the 10 work site parties
defined in the OHS Act?
Hazard
A condition, device or substance that can directly cause injury to people or damage to property -
CORRECT ANSWER - Anything with the potential to cause human injury or loss, or damage
to equipment or property; loss of production and / or damage to the environment.
Hazard Assessment
A process for the examination of potential losses resulting from workplace hazards, changing
conditions in the workplace or health and / or safety program system failures. - CORRECT
ANSWER - A thorough examination of a specific job or operation to identify what actual and
potential hazards exists
Prioritization - CORRECT ANSWER - Ranking the priority of a job or task based on the level
of risk
Controls - CORRECT ANSWER - A method, or combination of methods, used to eliminate or
reduce the presence of a hazard.
