25 MCQ’s – CIT

1. _____________ is the foundation of a health and safety management system.

2. ______________ is an inventory of all positions within an organization (often shown by an organizational chart) and the review of key tasks performed for all work completed by each position.

3. One method of ensuring that health and safety policies and procedures are integrated and followed is to _______________ for this at each level within the organization.

4. _____________ is then conducted to note any hazards inherent with each worker job and tasks. It often involves determining the steps required to complete the task, the potential hazards, the risks for these hazards, and the hazard controls to put into place.

5. Hazards identified should be ranked according to risk. A risk matrix is one process for ranking and prioritizing hazards based on _____________ of hazard risk.

6. These assessments are used in addition to other hazard assessments. They are typically used to assess job hazards in work environments that change frequently.

7. Examples of indicators that an auditor might note relating to management commitment could include:

8. __________ monitoring verifies the company’s OHS performance and compliance with regulatory and other requirements.

9. The ________ process identifies and manages hazards through a risk management approach, identifying and maintaining currency on legal and other requirements and aligning occupational health and safety performance objectives with the company’s health and safety policy.

10. The process of occupational health and safety management is a cyclical model of continuous improvement whose framework is based on the five fundamental OHS management system components listed below.

11. An auditor would review all of the processes used to identify and evaluate hazards to ensure _____________ hazards are being identified and assessed. This is a preliminary step to controlling workplace hazards.

12. The hierarchy of controls can be noted through various classification methods including the following:

13. _____________ of the hazard should be priority, and when this is not possible the hierarchy of controls should be used to best determine the control(s) being implemented.

14. The workplace ___________ process is used to assist employers in identifying and assessing workplace hazards and ensuring that implemented controls are in place and effective. They can be formal or informal and can serve to identify new or previously identified hazards.

15. Most audit instruments include assessment of the workplace inspection processes. Auditors would typically review a workplace inspection program to ensure:

16. Part of ensuring worker safety is ensuring.

17. Auditing of this element typically involves examining various departments within the organization. An auditor would typically assess employee competency by examining the following areas:

18. Items typically noted as important to emergency response plans include:

19. An employee’s qualifications are often reviewed by the _____________ department when employees are hired.

20. Another keyway(s) of ensuring employee competency are/is the,

21. Which statement(s) is/are true about the Employee training,

22. One method of minimizing loss when an accident occurs is through emergency preparedness. Being prepared for emergencies often reduces the impact by enabling _________ reactions to the situation.

23. Incident/accident investigations are reactive methods of controlling hazards. Following is/are true,

24. Proper incident investigations involve determining the direct and indirect causes of incidents to determine the root cause(s). To be effective root causes must then involve,

25. When an auditor is assessing an organization’s incident/accident investigations, they would often note the following: