NCSO EXAM QUESTIONS WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS
Critical Task - Answer: A task that has the potential to
produce major loss to people, equipment, process or the
environment.
Cumulative Toxic Effects - 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 - Answer: The breakdown of a material into
two or more different materials.
Joint Health and Safety Committee (JHSC) -
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.
Lagging Indicators - 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.
Leading Indicators - Answer: Focus on future health and
safety performance with the intent of continuous
improvement. They are a signal and monitor of what is being
done on an ongoing basis to prevent worker illness and injury.
Lockout - Answer: A positive method for disconnecting
power, or making machinery, equipment or a process
inoperative. Normally, this is done with locks attached to
electrical plugs, breakers or
switches, control units, valves, or levers. The person placing
the lock at the lockout point must
be identified. A numbered tag can also be affixed to the
lockout point showing the reason for the
lockout, the date and the worker's name.
Lockout Procedure - Answer: A written procedure describing
step-by-step how the positive locking out of equipment,
machinery or a process is to be done.
Management - Answer: Those people that have some level of
authority, responsibility and accountability within the firm.
, Manager - Answer: An employee of a company who is
responsible for planning, or directing a department or a group
of individuals and monitoring their work. Managers have the
authority to change the work assignments of staff and have
some control over resources and expenditures. hey are
responsible for ensuring the company or department is
complying with the OHSR and there applicable safety
legislation.
Meetings - Answer: Meetings may include but are not limited
to JHSC meetings, toolbox talks, management meetings and
informal safety meetings. They may or may not include an
agenda but should include a record of attendance.
MDS - Answer: Musculoskeletal Disorders
Near Miss - Answer: An incident that did not result in an
injury or property damage, but which under slightly different
circumstances could have.
Occupational Illness - Answer: Physical condition or medical
disorder caused by exposure to workplace environmental
factors such as silica, dusts, heat, cold, hazardous materials,
etc.
Odor Threshold - Answer: The lowest concentration of a
substance that most people can smell.
CORRECT ANSWERS
Critical Task - Answer: A task that has the potential to
produce major loss to people, equipment, process or the
environment.
Cumulative Toxic Effects - 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 - Answer: The breakdown of a material into
two or more different materials.
Joint Health and Safety Committee (JHSC) -
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.
Lagging Indicators - 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.
Leading Indicators - Answer: Focus on future health and
safety performance with the intent of continuous
improvement. They are a signal and monitor of what is being
done on an ongoing basis to prevent worker illness and injury.
Lockout - Answer: A positive method for disconnecting
power, or making machinery, equipment or a process
inoperative. Normally, this is done with locks attached to
electrical plugs, breakers or
switches, control units, valves, or levers. The person placing
the lock at the lockout point must
be identified. A numbered tag can also be affixed to the
lockout point showing the reason for the
lockout, the date and the worker's name.
Lockout Procedure - Answer: A written procedure describing
step-by-step how the positive locking out of equipment,
machinery or a process is to be done.
Management - Answer: Those people that have some level of
authority, responsibility and accountability within the firm.
, Manager - Answer: An employee of a company who is
responsible for planning, or directing a department or a group
of individuals and monitoring their work. Managers have the
authority to change the work assignments of staff and have
some control over resources and expenditures. hey are
responsible for ensuring the company or department is
complying with the OHSR and there applicable safety
legislation.
Meetings - Answer: Meetings may include but are not limited
to JHSC meetings, toolbox talks, management meetings and
informal safety meetings. They may or may not include an
agenda but should include a record of attendance.
MDS - Answer: Musculoskeletal Disorders
Near Miss - Answer: An incident that did not result in an
injury or property damage, but which under slightly different
circumstances could have.
Occupational Illness - Answer: Physical condition or medical
disorder caused by exposure to workplace environmental
factors such as silica, dusts, heat, cold, hazardous materials,
etc.
Odor Threshold - Answer: The lowest concentration of a
substance that most people can smell.
