Essentials of Managing Human Resources Canadian 6th Edition Stewart Test Bank
Essentials of Managing Human Resources Canadian 6th Edition Stewart Test Bank
2. What part of the organization can organizational culture be looked upon as?
a. its personality
b. its structure
c. its system
d. its guidelines
ANSWER: a
8. What type of organizational culture results in more successful organizations, according to research?
a. one that empowers employees to innovate
b. one that punishes failure
c. one that rewards success
d. one that encourages big risk taking
ANSWER: a
9. What results when organizational culture accepts failures as part of the learning process?
a. Clients don’t trust the product.
b. Employees learn to fail.
c. Organizations are more successful.
d. Organizations are less successful.
ANSWER: c
10. What, along with their values, affects how the different generations of employees relate to their companies?
a. education
b. expectations
c. desires
d. beliefs
ANSWER: b
11. The various components of organizational culture affect employees’ attraction and what else?
a. retention
b. management
c. rewarding
d. promotion
ANSWER: a
14. What is defined as the interplay of attitudes, behaviours, and dispositions that relate to organizational
outcomes such as turnover and productivity?
a. employee engagement
b. employee perseverance
c. organizational culture
d. employee satisfaction
ANSWER: a
17. What is increased when there is a good fit between skills, job requirements, and an organization’s culture?
a. employee satisfaction
b. productivity
c. employee engagement
d. turnover
ANSWER: c
18. Why does health and safety concern managers and supervisors?
a. because customer service, as well as safety, is extremely important
b. because of global competition
c. because cutting costs is essential
d. because occupational health and safety accidents are numerous and costly
23. In all jurisdictions, to whom are employers required to report any accidents that cause injuries or diseases?
a. the occupational health and safety officer
b. the company doctor
c. local health officials
d. the workers’ compensation board
ANSWER: d
24. Which of the following is an employee responsibility for health and safety?
a. performing all duties assigned, regardless of risk of exposure to hazards
b. implementing health and safety programs
c. following all safety rules and regulations
25. Which of the following is an employee responsibility for health and safety?
a. performing all duties assigned, regardless of risk of exposure to hazards
b. implementing health and safety programs
c. developing safety rules and regulations
d. reporting all unsafe conditions
ANSWER: d
26. Which of the following is an employee responsibility for health and safety?
a. performing all duties assigned, regardless of risk of exposure to hazards
b. implementing health and safety programs
c. wearing all prescribed safety equipment
d. writing up all unsafe conditions for safety committees
ANSWER: c
29. What is part of an employer’s obligation under health and safety regulations?
a. keeping records of all work-related accidents and injuries
b. ensuring that workers use or wear safety equipment, devices, or clothing
c. compensating employees who have been injured or have become ill due to work-related factors
d. questioning employees who have filed safety complaints with the ministry of labour
ANSWER: a
31. Frequently, employers will create a group consisting of representatives of various segments of the
organization to work on safety-related issues. What are these groups commonly called?
a. employee?2-management safety committees
b. wellness committees
c. human resources assistants
d. labour?2-management committees
ANSWER: a
32. What are the fundamental legal health and safety responsibilities of an organization’s senior management
team?
a. to ensure day-to-day health and safety of employees
b. to take reasonable precautions to ensure employee safety
c. to follow on-site daily rules and expectations of the organization
d. to follow health and safety on-site practices
ANSWER: b
33. What does the shared responsibility model of workplace safety assume about health and safety?
a. Workers share the responsibility for safety among themselves.
b. Workers and line supervisors together share responsibility for safety.
c. The employer is solely responsible for safety.
d. The employees and the employer must co-operate on ensuring safety.
ANSWER: d
34. What are the legal health and safety responsibilities of an organization’s CEO?
a. to ensure day-to-day health and safety of employees
b. to take reasonable precautions to ensure employee safety
c. to follow on-site daily rules and expectations of the organization
d. to follow health and safety on-site practices
ANSWER: b
35. What are the supervisor’s legal responsibilities concerning employee health and safety?
a. establishing safety committees
b. following safe work procedures
c. establishing a health and safety program
d. conducting workplace inspections and correcting unsafe acts
ANSWER: d
36. What is the primary body of law that regulates occupational health and safety for hospitals?
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37. What is the primary body of law that regulates occupational health and safety for airlines?
a. provincial health and safety legislation
b. federal health and safety legislation
c. regional health and safety legislation
d. national health and safety legislation
ANSWER: b
38. What is the primary body of law that regulates occupational health and safety for communications
companies?
a. provincial health and safety legislation
b. federal health and safety legislation
c. regional health and safety legislation
d. national health and safety legislation
ANSWER: b
39. What is the primary body of law that regulates occupational health and safety for companies such as
Walmart and Costco?
a. provincial health and safety legislation
b. federal health and safety legislation
c. regional health and safety legislation
d. national health and safety legislation
ANSWER: a
40. What is the name of the primary health and safety legislation in which the company owners, directors,
supervisors, and suppliers who work within the provincial jurisdiction can receive fines and penalties if they do
not take every reasonable precaution to ensure employee health and safety?
a. Bill C45
b. Workers’ Compensation Act
c. Workers’ Compensation Code
d. Labour Code
ANSWER: b
41. It was found that several of an organization’s workers had not been trained and did not know their three
fundamental rights that underlie health and safety legislation. Which of the following is one of their three
rights?
a. the right to refuse dangerous work without penalty
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42. It was found that several of an organization’s workers were inexperienced and did not know their three
fundamental rights that underlie health and safety legislation. Which of the following is one of their three
rights?
a. the right to know about medical benefits
b. the right to participate in identifying and correcting health and safety problems
c. the right to immigrant aid and support
d. the right to information on health and safety legislation
ANSWER: b
43. What is the key legal role of the supervisor with respect to ensuring the safety of workers?
a. to administer employee disciplinary procedures
b. to communicate to each of the workers how to work safely
c. to observe the workers’ job performance behaviour on the job
d. to establish a health and safety program
ANSWER: b
44. What is the owners’ responsibility under health and safety legislation?
a. to take every reasonable precaution to guarantee worker safety
b. to ensure that workers use or wear safety equipment, devices, or clothing
c. to discipline employees who refuse to do work they believe is unsafe
d. to regularly inform employees about health and safety requirements
ANSWER: a
46. What is the primary legal responsibility of joint health and safety committees?
a. to develop the legally required management and worker health and safety programs
b. to develop the legally required public health and safety programs
c. to create a nonadversarial environment between employee and management representatives where
people can work together to improve the safety and health of the workplace
d. to take steps to minimize unhealthy and unsafe situations
ANSWER: c
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47. It was found that a gas station worker had run after a truck driver who had left the gas station without paying
for his gas. He was not aware of his three fundamental rights that underlie health and safety legislation. Which
of the following is one of his three rights?
a. the right to know about hazards in the workplace
b. the right to work in dangerous and risky work environments
c. the right to receive job training
d. the right to a fair and equitable compensation when working in more dangerous work environments
ANSWER: a
48. It was found that a fast food worker received burns to his hands on his first work shift. Which of the
following is one of the three fundamental rights that the worker should have been informed of?
a. the right to know about medical benefits
b. the right to participate in identifying and correcting health and safety problems
c. the right to young worker training and support
d. the right to information on health and safety legislation
ANSWER: b
49. It was found that a retail worker fell off a ladder on her first month of work. Which of the following is one
of the three fundamental rights that the she should have been informed of?
a. the right to know about medical benefits
b. the right to participate in identifying and correcting health and safety problems
c. the right to immigrant aid and support
d. the right to information on health and safety legislation
ANSWER: b
50. It was found that a worker for AJ Manufacturing received burns to his arms. He had just been employed
part-time at minimum wage. He was vulnerable in that he was inexperienced and did not really understand his
three fundamental rights that underlie health and safety legislation. Which of the following is one of his three
rights that he needed to know before he began working?
a. the right to minimum employment conditions
b. the right to a fair and equitable workplace
c. the right to refuse dangerous work without penalty
d. the right to receive job training
ANSWER: c
51. What is the role of the joint health and safety committees?
a. to advise employees on health and safety matters
b. to resolve accidents
c. to create a nonadversarial climate to foster a safe and healthy work environment
d. to conduct orientation programs
ANSWER: c
54. According to the text, what is the most important role of a safety program?
a. to show employees that safety is a serious business and that those unable to perform their jobs in a
safe manner will be terminated
b. to motivate managers, supervisors, and subordinates to be aware of safety considerations
c. to keep injury and illness costs at a minimum
d. to keep injury levels at a reasonable level while maintaining high productivity
ANSWER: b
55. What would likely be the most effective means for an organization to communicate its safety rules?
a. in a new employee orientation program
b. by creating employee handbooks
c. with bulletin board notices
d. through its supervisors
ANSWER: d
57. Of the following penalties, which one is least likely to be used to deal with employees who are safety risks,
except for serious violations?
a. a verbal reprimand
b. termination/dismissal
c. suspension
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59. There are a variety of ways that safety rules are enforced. What would be the most effective way to help
employees understand the organization’s health and safety rules?
a. an employee training manual
b. ensuring access to the online health and safety regulations
c. having signs posted that state employees must follow workers’ compensation laws
d. a supervisor who provides on-the-job coaching in health and safety
ANSWER: d
60. What is one of the minimum legal elements of an organization’s health and safety program?
a. statement of aims and responsibilities
b. lists of all physical hazards
c. ensuring that there are no unsafe acts or conditions
d. controlling all hazards
ANSWER: a
61. What is one of the minimum legal elements of an organization’s health and safety program?
a. reporting all unsafe acts and conditions to workers’ compensation boards
b. inspecting accidents and incidents weekly
c. inspecting of premises, equipment, and work
d. implementing employee wellness programs
ANSWER: c
62. Employers, managers, and supervisors are required by law to provide health and safety orientations to newly
hired employees. What would be a critical first step in providing a new employee orientation?
a. checking the training needs of the employees
b. delivering training to the employees
c. using training and communication methods that employees can understand
d. ensuring that the employees can transfer the training to their jobs
ANSWER: a
63. A short time after a convenience store robbery, a team of professionals arrived at the store to provide
counselling to employees who were experiencing shock and other emotions as a result of the robbery. What are
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65. Which statement best explains the purpose of Material Safety Data Sheets?
a. They are designed to alert the worker that the container holds a potentially hazardous substance.
b. They are a primary method of informing employees about health risks and handling instructions
associated with chemicals and other potentially hazardous substances.
c. They replace hazard communication standards under previous safety legislation.
d. They are predominantly meant to warn transportation workers such as truck drivers.
ANSWER: b
66. What is considered to be the most severe hazard facing office workers?
a. noise pollution
b. air pollution
c. electric shocks
d. trips and falls
ANSWER: b
67. Which of the following is NOT one of the basic ways of overcoming polluted buildings?
a. eliminating tobacco smoking
b. prohibiting employees from wearing cologne and perfume in the workplace
c. removing sources of pollution
d. maintaining the ventilation system
ANSWER: b
68. What is the most likely problem resulting from texting on your iPhone or listening to music on your iPad?
a. visual difficulties
b. hearing loss
c. radiation hazards
d. job stress
69. Which of the following is NOT a way to prevent repetitive strain injuries?
a. properly designed work stations
b. changing positions
c. mini-breaks involving exercises
d. regular use of an anti-inflammatory
ANSWER: d
71. As far as workplace violence is concerned, which of the following measures is NOT required under
occupational health and safety regulations?
a. Employees who witness violence must take reasonable action to stop it.
b. The incidents must be reported.
c. Policies and procedures must be developed.
d. Risk management strategies must be established.
ANSWER: a
73. What type of hazard would an electrician apprentice be exposed to when doing the electrical wiring for a
high-rise building?
a. physical agents
b. biohazards
c. chemical hazards
d. liquid agents
ANSWER: a
74. Many provinces, as well as federally regulated workplaces, have implemented regulations dealing with
workplace violence. What are these part of?
a. occupational health and safety regulations
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75. Recent legislative changes have broadened the responsibility of employers to ensure that the work
environment is free of violence. What type of legislation has been changed?
a. health and safety
b. security
c. human rights
d. labour standards
ANSWER: a
76. Building supply companies have yard workers who are exposed to many hazards when lifting, hauling, and
moving building supplies. Which type of hazard is lifting and hauling building materials?
a. physical agent
b. technological force
c. biohazard
d. ergonomic
ANSWER: a
77. Several office administration workers are experiencing pain, tingling, and numbness in their fingers. What is
this injury called?
a. technological-force reaction
b. stress trauma
c. carpal tunnel syndrome
d. ergonomic-related syndrome
ANSWER: c
78. Second-hand smoke is an example of what type of health and safety hazard, and issue?
a. a physical agent that can cause an injury or accident
b. a technological force that can cause an accident
c. a biohazard that can cause an illness
d. a chemical agent that can cause an illness
ANSWER: d
79. What WHMIS symbol used on the supplier’s products would help workers be aware of hazardous materials
that could cause burns to the skin?
a. flame in circle (flammable and combustible material)
b. capital R in circle (dangerously reactive material)
c. hand and stick burning in circle (corrosive material)
d. capital T in circle (biohazardous infectious material)
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80. What WHMIS symbol used on the supplier’s products would help workers be aware of hazardous
compressed gas materials?
a. flame in circle
b. capital R in circle
c. capital T in circle
d. tube-shaped cylinder in circle
ANSWER: d
81. What WHMIS symbol used on the supplier’s products would help workers be aware of materials causing
immediate and serious toxic effects?
a. flame in circle (flammable and combustible material)
b. capital R in circle (dangerously reactive material)
c. capital T in circle (biohazardous infectious material)
d. crossbones in circle (poisonous and infectious material)
ANSWER: d
82. What does the federal Workplace Hazardous Material Information System (WHMIS) require of
organizations?
a. that hazardous materials they transport must be inspected and labelled by the federal government
b. that their suppliers need to train employees on chemical products they produce
c. that their chemicals must be transported safely
d. that their suppliers provide a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) on each hazardous product they
produce
ANSWER: d
83. WHMIS states that workers have a right to know about potential workplace hazards. What three elements
are the federal Workplace Hazardous Material Information System (WHMIS) based on?
a. class symbols, labels, and training
b. labels, posters, and online information
c. Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS), WHMIS symbols, and subclass designations
d. Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS), training, and labels
ANSWER: d
84. What does the federal Workplace Hazardous Material Information System (WHMIS) require?
a. that medical product suppliers need to train employers on how to label chemical products that will be
transported
b. that medical product suppliers provide a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) on each hazardous
product they produce
c. that medical suppliers need to train employees on chemical products they produce
d. that medical chemicals must be labelled by the federal government and transported safely
86. What are the new legislative requirements that owners must meet to ensure their work environment is free of
violence?
a. conducting a risk assessment
b. developing policies and procedures to deal with security measures
c. posting the legislation where employees can read it
d. developing an emergency response plan
ANSWER: a
87. What major health hazard category would stress be classified under?
a. physical agent
b. biohazard
c. ergonomic
d. psychosocial
ANSWER: d
88. What major health hazard category would injuries of the muscles, nerves, tendons, or ligaments be classified
under?
a. psychosocial
b. technological
c. ergonomic
d. cumulative trauma disorder
ANSWER: d
89. What major health hazard category would extension cords running across the floor be classified under?
a. physical agents
b. biohazard agents
c. ergonomic agents
d. electrical agents
ANSWER: a
90. What are the working conditions that cause stress called?
a. job responses
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96. An employee was not able to concentrate or remember details and was moody. What type of strain was this
employee experiencing?
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97. Better health benefits the organization through better morale. What is one of the benefits of better health?
a. improved psychological performance
b. increased lawsuits
c. reduced absenteeism
d. organizational goal achievement
ANSWER: c
99. Individual health promotion is the first step toward what goal?
a. improved psychological performance
b. increased organizational commitment
c. improved employee empowerment
d. a more comprehensive approach to employee well-being
ANSWER: d
100. Health services, alternative health care, wellness, disability management, and employee and family
assistance programs can help to address the underlying causes of what?
a. absenteeism and stress
b. employee morale
c. employee engagement
d. poor team dynamics
ANSWER: a
108. What is the type of health services that employers provide primarily related to?
a. size of the firm and financial resources
b. employer size and the importance of such services
c. whether or not the employer has a full-time physician on staff
d. degree of interest on the part of the employer
ANSWER: b
109. Company-sponsored nutrition, weight control, and smoking cessation programs are often organized under
larger plans. What are these plans known as?
a. wellness programs
b. employee assistance programs
c. health and fitness programs
d. health service programs
ANSWER: a
113. What type of stress management intervention would be focused on dealing with workplace stressors?
a. primary intervention
b. ergonomic intervention
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114. What type of stress management intervention would be focused on dealing with workplace stress?
a. primary (e.g., clear role expectations)
b. ergonomic (e.g., workplace accommodation)
c. tertiary (e.g., employee assistance and counselling)
d. secondary (e.g., yoga and fitness classes)
ANSWER: d
115. If an employee is experiencing severe personal problems, who would be the individual most likely to refer
the worker to the company-sponsored employee assistance program?
a. the employee himself/herself
b. his or her spouse or significant other
c. a member of the clergy
d. his or her supervisor
ANSWER: d
116. Substance abuse among employees is one of the major societal issues of today and is found in all levels of
an organization. Who plays a key role in identifying potential substance abuse problems through regular
employee monitoring of attendance, behaviour, and performance?
a. supervisors
b. co-workers
c. senior management and owner
d. workers’ compensation board
ANSWER: a
117. An owner of an oil and gas company discovered that several employees working in safety-sensitive work
environments smoked cannabis between shifts and on coffee breaks. The supervisor stated that he was not
aware of cannabis use by the employees. What were the supervisor’s legal responsibilities in this situation?
a. to ensure that all workers, contractors, and visitors on the worksite were kept safe
b. to follow safe work procedures
c. to establish a health and safety program
d. to conduct workplace inspections and correct unsafe acts
ANSWER: d
118. When do personal problems such as alcoholism, spousal abuse, and financial ruin become organizational
problems?
a. when they lead to psychological disorders
b. when they affect the employee’s ability to care for his or her family
c. when the problems affect behaviour at work and interfere with job performance
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120. What action should be avoided if a supervisor suspects that a subordinate has a severe drinking problem?
a. carefully documenting evidence of declining performance
b. confronting the employee with proof that his or her performance is deficient
c. assuring the employee that help is available without any penalty
d. confronting the employee with his or her suspected alcoholism
ANSWER: d
121. On two recent occasions, an emergency room clerk showed up for her late-night 12-hour shift under the
influence of alcohol and was sent home even though a staff replacement could not be found and patients had
already been waiting for over three hours. What type of legislation would guide the manager’s immediate
decision on how to handle the emergency room clerk who came to work under the influence of alcohol?
a. human rights
b. privacy
c. employment standards
d. health and safety
ANSWER: d
122. An organization provides employees with access to trained professionals who provide short-term
counselling and then refer the person on to specialists in the area of need. What is this service called?
a. short-term personal and family crisis intervention programs (CIPs)
b. critical incident stress workshops (CISs)
c. employee assistance programs (EAPs)
d. health and wellness programs
ANSWER: c
123. It is generally recognized in our society that better health is beneficial to the individual and the
organization. What programs could an organization offer to encourage healthier lifestyles among its employees?
a. None; this is the responsibility of the employee not the employer.
b. wellness programs that encourage health through elements such as exercise and nutrition
c. WHMIS training
d. programs beyond the legally required health and safety programs
ANSWER: b
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124. What program could an organization offer to encourage healthier lifestyles among its employees?
a. proactive health and safety training
b. health services ranging from first-aid kits to an on-site physician and nurse
c. safety promotion programs
d. safety awareness programs
ANSWER: b
126. Please refer to Scenario 8.1. What are the fundamental legal health and safety responsibilities of young
workers (18 to 23 years of age)?
a. to ensure day-to-day health and safety of crews
b. to take reasonable precautions to ensure crew safety
c. to follow health and safety on-site practices
d. to ensure all employees and customers know what is expected of them regarding health and safety
ANSWER: c
127. Please refer to Scenario 8.1. What is a supplier’s legal role in ensuring health and safety?
a. to take steps to minimize unhealthy and unsafe situations related to the transportation of supplies
b. to jointly create health and safety programs and policies that improve supply handling safety
c. to ensure that any biological, chemical, or physical agent being supplied is labelled in accordance
with legislation
d. to ensure CR workers are adequately trained and are qualified to safely handle supplies
ANSWER: c
128. Please refer to Scenario 8.1. New Canadian Rails employees need to have the skills to communicate
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129. Please refer to Scenario 8.1. What is a learning principle that will help in health and safety training at CR?
a. participation
b. instructional objectives
c. ongoing orientations
d. basic skills training
ANSWER: a
130. Please refer to Scenario 8.1. What primary legal body regulates occupational health and safety at CR?
a. provincial and regional health and safety legislation
b. federal health and safety legislation
c. Bill C45
d. Workers’ Compensation Act
ANSWER: b
131. Please refer to Scenario 8.1. CR follows a shared responsibility model of workplace safety. What does this
model assume about health and safety?
a. Workers share the responsibility for safety among themselves.
b. Workers and line supervisors together share responsibility for safety.
c. The employer is solely responsible for safety.
d. The employees and the employer must co-operate on ensuring safety.
ANSWER: d
132. Please refer to Scenario 8.1. Several employees with injuries from the train crash will be missing time from
work. What is a workplace injury called when a worker misses time from work?
a. lost-time injury
b. critical incident injury
c. accident injury
d. compensated injury
ANSWER: a
133. Please refer to Scenario 8.1. The investigation into the CR train crash found that one of the newly hired
engineers had not completed the required safety training. When should safety training begin?
a. with new employee orientation
b. immediately after an accident or injury
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134. Please refer to Scenario 8.1. What best defines the CR senior management team’s fundamental legal health
and safety responsibilities?
a. to ensure day-to-day health and safety of employees
b. to take reasonable precautions to ensure employee safety
c. to follow on-site rules and expectations of their organization
d. to follow on-site health and safety practices
ANSWER: b
135. Please refer to Scenario 8.1. Within a short time after the train crash, a team of professionals arrive to
provide counselling techniques to help employees who are experiencing shock, anxiety, and other emotions as a
result of the accident. What are these intervention teams called?
a. crisis intervention and critical incident teams
b. trauma and recovery teams
c. health and safety committee emergency teams risk assessment and intervention teams
ANSWER: c
136. Please refer to Scenario 8.1. The supervisors of the rail crews stated that they were not aware of cannabis
use by their rail crew members. What were the supervisors’ legal responsibilities in this situation?
a. to ensure passengers are safe
b. to follow safe work procedures
c. to establish a health and safety program
d. to conduct workplace inspections and correct unsafe acts
ANSWER: d
137. Please refer to Scenario 8.1. What best defines CR rail crews’ (employees’) fundamental legal health and
safety responsibilities?
a. to ensure day-to-day health and safety of rail crew practices
b. to take reasonable precautions to ensure employee safety
c. to follow on-site rules and expectations of their organization
d. to ensure that all employees and customers know what is expected of them regarding health and
safety.
ANSWER: c
138. Please refer to Scenario 8.1. It was found that a rail worker had received burns to his arms from chemicals
leaking from a shipment of boxes. He was not aware of his three fundamental rights that underlie health and
safety legislation. Which of the following is one of his three rights?
a. the right to minimum employment conditions
b. the right to a fair and equitable workplace
139. Please refer to Scenario 8.1. Which of the following is one of the three fundamental rights that the burned
rail worker should have been informed of?
a. the right to know about medical benefits
b. the right to participate in identifying and correcting health and safety problems
c. the right to immigrant aid and support
d. the right to information on health and safety legislation
ANSWER: b
140. Please refer to Scenario 8.1. It was found that the rail worker who received the burns to his arms was 18
years old, and he was burned on his first work shift. Which of the following is one of the three fundamental
rights that the burned rail worker should have been informed of?
a. the right to know about medical benefits
b. the right to participate in identifying and correcting health and safety problems
c. the right to young worker training and support
d. the right to information on health and safety legislation
ANSWER: b
141. Please refer to Scenario 8.1. It was found that the rail worker whose arms were burned was working for
minimum wage and had just been hired part-time. He was vulnerable in that he was inexperienced and did not
really understand his three fundamental rights that underlie health and safety legislation. Which of the following
is one of the three rights he needed to know before he began working in the rail yard moving boxes of
hazardous materials?
a. the right to know about hazards in the workplace
b. the right to work in dangerous and risky work environments
c. the right to receive job training
d. the right to a fair and equitable compensation when working in more dangerous work environments
ANSWER: a
142. Please refer to Scenario 8.1. What type of hazard was the young rail worker who was burned exposed to?
a. physical agents
b. biohazards
c. chemical hazards
d. liquid agents
ANSWER: c
143. Please refer to Scenario 8.1. The rail yard workers are exposed to many hazards when lifting, hauling and
moving freight boxes. What type of hazard is falling off a ladder?
a. physical agent
144. Please refer to Scenario 8.1. The rail yard workers are exposed to many hazards when repetitively lifting
small freight boxes manually in the shipping areas. Several workers are experiencing pain, tingling, and
numbness in their fingers. What is this injury called?
a. technological-force reaction
b. stress trauma
c. carpal tunnel syndrome
d. ergonomic-related syndrome
ANSWER: c
145. Please refer to Scenario 8.1. Several of the rail crew smoke on the worksite behind the trains so they are not
observed. Second-hand smoke is an example of what type of health and safety hazard and issue?
a. a physical agent that can cause an injury or accident
b. a technological force that can cause an accident
c. a biohazard that can cause an illness
d. a chemical agent that can cause an illness
ANSWER: d
146. Please refer to Scenario 8.1. There are a variety of ways in which safety rules are enforced. What is the
most effective way to help rail crew employees understand the organization’s health and safety rules?
a. distributing an employee training manual
b. ensuring access to the online health and safety regulations
c. posting signs that state employees must follow workers’ compensation laws
d. a supervisor providing on-the-job coaching in health and safety
ANSWER: d
147. Please refer to Scenario 8.1. The rail workers (employees) who work around or directly handle certain
materials are required to identify these materials through the procedures outlined in WHMIS. What symbol used
on the supplier’s products would have made the burned worker aware of the nature of the materials leaking
from the box?
a. flame in circle (flammable and combustible material)
b. capital R in circle ( dangerously reactive material)
c. hand and stick burning in circle (corrosive material)
d. capital T in circle ( biohazardous infectious material)
ANSWER: d
148. Please refer to Scenario 8.1. The rail workers (employees) who work around or directly handle certain
materials are required to identify these materials through the procedures outlined in WHMIS. What symbol used
on the supplier’s products would help workers be aware of hazardous compressed gas materials.
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149. Please refer to Scenario 8.1. The rail workers (employees) who work around or directly handle certain
materials are required to identify these materials through the procedures outlined in WHMIS. What symbol used
on the supplier’s products would help workers be aware of materials causing immediate and serious toxic
effects?
a. flame in circle (flammable and combustible material)
b. capital R in circle (dangerously reactive material)
c. capital T in circle (biohazardous, infectious material)
d. crossbones in circle (poisonous and infectious material)
ANSWER: d
150. Please refer to Scenario 8.1. What does the federal Workplace Hazardous Material Information System
(WHMIS) require of CR?
a. that hazardous materials they transport must be inspected and labelled by the federal government
b. that their suppliers train employees on the chemical products they produce
c. that their chemicals must be transported safely
d. that their suppliers provide a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) on each hazardous product they
produce
ANSWER: d
151. Please refer to Scenario 8.1. WHMIS states that workers at CR have a right to know about potential
workplace hazards. What three elements are the federal Workplace Hazardous Material Information System
(WHMIS) based on?
a. class symbols, labels, and training
b. labels, posters, and online information
c. Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS), WHMIS symbols, and subclass designations
d. Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS), training, and labels
ANSWER: d
152. Please refer to Scenario 8.1. Which of the following would be an indirect cost of this train accident?
a. lost wages
b. possible fines
c. public fears concerning rail travel resulting in reduced passenger travel
d. compensation
ANSWER: c
153. Please refer to Scenario 8.1. CR was charged with several safety offences, as they did not take all
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154. Please refer to Scenario 8.1. A year later, after several investigations, CR was found criminally liable for
several health and safety violations. What legal body regulates health and safety criminal negligence charges in
this situation?
a. provincial and regional health and safety legislation
b. federal health and safety legislation
c. Bill C45
d. Workers’ Compensation Act
ANSWER: c
155. Please refer to Scenario 8.1. CR has several joint health and safety committees. What is the primary legal
responsibility of these committees?
a. to develop the legally required management and worker health and safety programs
b. to develop the legally required public health and safety programs
c. to create a nonadversarial environment for employee and management representatives in which
people can work together to improve the safety and health of the workplace
d. to take steps to minimize unhealthy and unsafe situations
ANSWER: c
156. Please refer to Scenario 8.1. CR transports supplies across Canada. What is the supplier’s legal role in
ensuring health and safety?
a. to take steps to minimize unhealthy and unsafe situations related to the transportation of supplies
b. to jointly create health and safety programs and policies that improve supply-handling safety
c. to ensure that any biological, chemical, or physical agent being supplied is labelled in accordance
with legislation
d. to ensure CR workers are adequately trained and are qualified to safely handle supplies
ANSWER: c
157. Please refer to Scenario 8.1. CR transports supplies across Canada. What is the supplier’s legal role in
ensuring health and safety?
a. to ensure that workers follow the legal requirements of supply handling
b. to conduct workplace inspections concerning supplies
c. to ensure that any biological, chemical, or physical agent being supplied is labelled in accordance
with legislation
d. to investigate incidents concerning supplies
ANSWER: c
159. Please refer to Scenario 8.1. Canadian Rails provides employees with access to trained professionals who
provide short-term counselling and then refer the person on to specialists in the area of need. As a result of the
accident, Canadian Rails is encouraging their employees and their families to access this service so as to meet
both their emotional and physical needs. What is this service called?
a. short-term personal and family crisis intervention programs (CIPs)
b. critical incident stress workshops (CISs)
c. employee assistance programs (EAPs)
d. health and wellness programs
ANSWER: c
161. Please refer to Scenario 8.2. What is a minimum legal element of the health and safety program that this
construction company was to have in place?
a. reporting of all unsafe acts and conditions to the workers’ compensation board
b. weekly inspection of accidents and incidents
c. inspection of premises, equipment, and work
d. implementation of employee wellness programs
ANSWER: a
162. Please refer to Scenario 8.2. Which health hazard category were the migrant workers not aware of?
a. physical
163. Please refer to Scenario 8.2. What is the name of the health and safety legislation under which the owner,
director, and supervisor of the B.C. construction company and the scaffold platform supplier were charged with
criminal negligence?
a. Health and Safety Code
b. Bill C45
c. Workers’ Compensation Act
d. WorkSafeBC
ANSWER: b
164. Please refer to Scenario 8.2. What is the name of the health and safety legislation under which the owner,
director, and supervisor of the B.C. construction company and the scaffold platform supplier were charged with
34 provincial health and safety legislation charges?
a. Bill C45
b. Workers’ Compensation Act
c. Workers’ Compensation Code
d. Labour Code
ANSWER: b
165. Please refer to Scenario 8.2. Which of the following would be an indirect cost of these two fatalities?
a. lost wages
b. fines
c. lost production
d. compensation
ANSWER: a
166. Please refer to Scenario 8.2. It was found that the migrant workers had not been trained, were
inexperienced, and did not know their three fundamental rights that underlie health and safety legislation.
Which of the following is one of their three rights?
a. the right to refuse dangerous work without penalty
b. the right to receive job training
c. the right to minimum employment conditions
d. the right to a fair and equitable workplace
ANSWER: a
167. Please refer to Scenario 8.2. Which of the following one of the three fundamental rights that the immigrant
workers should have been informed of?
a. the right to know about medical benefits
168. Please refer to Scenario 8.2. What was the key legal role for the supervisor with respect to ensuring the
safety of the migrant workers?
a. to administer employee disciplinary procedures
b. to communicate to each of the migrant workers how to work safely
c. to observe the migrant workers’ behaviour on the job
d. to establish a health and safety program
ANSWER: b
169. Please refer to Scenario 8.2. What was the owner’s responsibility under health and safety legislation?
a. to take every reasonable precaution to guarantee worker safety
b. to ensure that workers use or wear safety equipment, devices, or clothing
c. to discipline employees who refuse to do work they believe is unsafe
d. to regularly inform their employees about health and safety requirements
ANSWER: a
170. Please refer to Scenario 8.2. The owner was required by law to provide the migrant workers with an
orientation that follows the systems model of training. What would have been the critical first step to a migrant
worker orientation?
a. to check the training needs of the migrant workers
b. to deliver training to the migrant workers
c. to use training and communication methods that the migrant workers can understand
d. to ensure that the migrants can transfer the training to their jobs
ANSWER: a
171. Please refer to Scenario 8.2. In this situation, whose responsibility was it to ensure the migrant workers’
workplace was safe?
a. the construction company’s safety committee, owner, and director
b. the construction company’s owner and safety officer
c. the construction company’s owner, director, supervisor, and the scaffolding supplier
d. the scaffolding supplier and the migrant workers
ANSWER: c
Emergency room doctors and nurses working at Strathcona Hospital are particularly concerned about the risk of
patients contracting C. difficile virus, as the incidents of infection had increased 300 percent in two years. There
had been two recent needle-stick injuries, one involving a rushed emergency room cleaning staff person and the
other involving a practicum nursing student. These incidents posed both physical and emotional threats related
to the hepatitis B virus, the hepatitis C virus, and HIV. All emergency room staff, as well as paramedics and
emergency social services staff, are concerned about the shortage of hospital beds and the makeshift system of
creating an overflow ward in the hallways and cafeteria. Hallway beds don’t have the safety equipment
available, leading to mistakes and poor care. Extension cords run across the floors in order to reach electrical
outlets. Patients with acute problems are seen in chairs, and some are tucked way into corners where they
cannot be observed. These stressful working conditions are having an adverse impact on emergency room
health-care workers. Over 10 percent of the emergency room staff is on extended stress-related leaves.
172. Please refer to Scenario 8.3. The hospital senior management team believes these emergency room issues
can be resolved through training. To what degree would training likely resolve these problems?
a. Most problems are not resolved through training.
b. Over half of problems are resolved through training.
c. The majority of problems are resolved through training.
d. Almost all problems are resolved through training.
ANSWER: a
173. Please refer to Scenario 8.3. A large number of emergency room staff is on extended stress-related leaves.
What is stress?
a. Stress is any adjustive demand caused by physical, mental, or emotional factors that require coping
behaviour.
b. Stress is an adjustive response to strain that requires coping behaviour.
c. Stress is anxiety or depression.
d. Stress is an individual’s response to, or evaluation of, stress and strain.
ANSWER: a
174. Please refer to Scenario 8.3. What major health hazard category would stress be classified under?
a. physical agent
b. biohazard
c. ergonomic
d. psychosocial
ANSWER: d
175. Please refer to Scenario 8.3. Under what major health hazard category would C. difficile virus, hepatitis C
virus, and HIV be classified?
a. psychosocial
b. biohazard
c. ergonomic
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176. Please refer to Scenario 8.3. Under what major health hazard category would the extension cords running
across the floor be classified?
a. physical agent
b. biohazard
c. ergonomic
d. electrical agent
ANSWER: a
177. Please refer to Scenario 8.3. What are the working conditions that are causing stress called?
a. job responses
b. job strain
c. workplace or job stressors
d. stress causing workplace conditions
ANSWER: c
178. Please refer to Scenario 8.3. Which of the following is a major category of the causes of workplace stress?
a. relationships at work
b. unsafe acts
c. job restrictions
d. relationships outside of the job
ANSWER: a
179. Please refer to Scenario 8.3. Which of the following is major category of the causes of workplace stress?
a. unsafe conditions
b. unsafe acts
c. workplace investigations
d. a person’s role in the organization
ANSWER: d
180. Please refer to Scenario 8.3. Which of the following is a workplace stressor?
a. chance occurrences
b. risk assessments
c. job content and control
d. risky environments
ANSWER: c
181. Please refer to Scenario 8.3. Which of the following are workplace stressors?
a. poor training and orientation
b. inadequate orientation and socialization
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182. Please refer to Scenario 8.3. Which of the following are categories of workplace strain reactions?
a. psychological and physical
b. cultural and behavioural
c. organizational and cultural
d. ergonomic and mental cognition
ANSWER: a
183. Please refer to Scenario 8.3. One of the doctors noticed that one of the nurses was not able to concentrate or
remember patient details and was moody. What type of strain was the nurse experiencing?
a. psychological
b. physical
c. cultural
d. organizational
ANSWER: a
184. Please refer to Scenario 8.3. What type of stress management intervention would be most effective?
a. primary intervention
b. ergonomic intervention
c. tertiary intervention
d. secondary intervention
ANSWER: a
185. Please refer to Scenario 8.3. What type of stress management intervention would be focused on dealing
with workplace stressors?
a. primary intervention
b. ergonomic intervention
c. tertiary intervention
d. secondary intervention
ANSWER: a
186. Please refer to Scenario 8.3. What type of stress management intervention would be focused on dealing
with workplace stress?
a. primary (e.g., clear role expectations)
b. ergonomic (e.g., workplace accommodation)
c. tertiary (e.g., employee assistance and counselling)
d. secondary (e.g., yoga and fitness classes)
ANSWER: d
188. Please refer to Scenario 8.3. What does the federal Workplace Hazardous Material Information System
(WHMIS) require of hospitals?
a. that medical product suppliers need to train employers on how to label chemical products that will be
transported
b. that medical product suppliers provide a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) on each hazardous
product they produce
c. that medical suppliers need to train employees on chemical products they produce
d. that medical chemicals must be labelled by the federal government and transported safely
ANSWER: b
189. Please refer to Scenario 8.3. It is generally recognized in our society that better health is beneficial to the
individual and the organization. What programs can the hospital offer to encourage healthier lifestyles among
its employees?
a. None; this is the responsibility of the employee not the employer.
b. wellness programs that encourage health through elements such as exercise and nutrition
c. WHMIS training
d. programs beyond the legally required health and safety programs
ANSWER: b
190. Please refer to Scenario 8.3. What is a program that the hospital could offer to encourage healthier
lifestyles among its employees?
a. proactive health and safety training
b. health services ranging from first-aid kits to an on-site physician and nurse
c. safety promotion programs
d. safety awareness programs
ANSWER: b
191. Please refer to Scenario 8.3. It is generally recognized in our society that better health is beneficial to the
individual and the organization. What programs can the hospital offer to encourage healthier lifestyles among
their employees?
a. WHMIS training
b. programs beyond the legally required health and safety programs
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193. Please refer to Scenario 8.4. Who is responsible for worker and passenger health and safety as it relates to
substance abuse?
a. shared responsibility of all stakeholders
b. the CEO and management of B.C. Ferries Inc.
c. the ferry captains sailing the vessels
d. the union, ship supervisors, and crew
ANSWER: a
194. Please refer to Scenario 8.4. Substance abuse among employees is one of the major societal issues of today,
found in all levels of an organization. Who plays a key role in identifying potential substance abuse problems
through regular employee monitoring of attendance, behaviour, and performance?
a. the supervisor
b. the co-workers
c. the senior management and owner
d. the workers’ compensation board
ANSWER: a
What was most bothersome to him was that the nurses, licensed practical nurses and care aides in the
community care facilities reported experiencing more violence than their colleagues at the hospitals and other
health-care facilities. Over 70 percent of home care providers felt unsafe in their workplaces and did not
perceive their workplace control measures as effective in protecting them against violence.
ECHS has over 50 community care facilities. Violence was the leading cause of injury to ECHS home care
workers and had resulted in over 1,000 injuries last year. Investigations into these violent incidents frequently
revealed that the patient involved had a history, or a known risk, of violent behaviour that was not
communicated to workers by way of assessments, charts, and care plans.
Over the past two years, there had been two incidents of violence by patients against staff at the Northern Rim
residential care facility. One psychiatric patient was involved in firing a pellet gun that hit several employees,
and another irritable and agitated patient had thrown a worker into a wall and then punched him repeatedly after
being asked to return to his room.
195. Please refer to Scenario 8.5. What violence prevention effort should be targeted to eliminate, reduce, and/or
control violence at ECHS community care facilities?
a. distribute a booklet on violence prevention to all health-care employees
b. communicate and share patient information relating to the risks or triggers of violent behaviour
c. remove violent patients to another more appropriate facility
d. conduct a violence risk assessment
ANSWER: b
196. Please refer to Scenario 8.5. What type of legislation regulates occupational health and safety at ECHS?
a. provincial health and safety legislation
b. federal health and safety legislation
c. regional health and safety legislation
d. national health and safety legislation
ANSWER: a
197. Please refer to Scenario 8.5. What is the primary type of legislation that regulates violence in the workplace
at ECHS?
a. health and safety
b. security
c. human rights
d. labour standards
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198. Please refer to Scenario 8.5. Recent legislative changes have broadened the responsibility of employers to
ensure that the work environment is free of violence. What type of legislation has been changed?
a. health and safety
b. security
c. human rights
d. labour standards
ANSWER: a
199. Please refer to Scenario 8.5. What are the new legislative requirements that owners must meet to ensure the
work environment is free of violence?
a. conducting a risk assessment
b. developing policies and procedures to deal with security measures
c. posting the legislation where employees can read it
d. developing an emergency response plan
ANSWER: a
200. Please refer to Scenario 8.5. ECHS follows a shared responsibility model of workplace safety. What does
this model assume about health and safety?
a. that workers share the responsibility for safety among themselves
b. that workers and line supervisors together share responsibility for safety
c. that the employer is solely responsible for safety
d. that the employees and the employer must co-operate on ensuring safety
ANSWER: d
201. Please refer to Scenario 8.5. What are the fundamental legal health and safety responsibilities of the health-
care senior management team?
a. to ensure day-to-day health and safety of employees
b. to take reasonable precautions to ensure employee safety
c. to follow on-site daily rules and expectations of the organization
d. to follow health and safety on-site practices
ANSWER: b
202. Please refer to Scenario 8.5. What are the health-care supervisor’s legal responsibilities in this situation?
a. to ensure passengers are safe
b. to follow safe work procedures
c. to establish a health and safety program
d. to conduct workplace inspections and correct unsafe acts
ANSWER: d
203. Please refer to Scenario 8.5. What are the fundamental legal health and safety responsibilities of the care
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205. The collective understanding of beliefs and values that guide how employees act and behave is known as
employee engagement
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
215. Values and expectations affect how employees relate to their companies.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
216. Employee commitment and dedication to the organization are known as employee engagement.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
218. Organizations are paying less and less attention to the concept of employee engagement.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
219. Employee satisfaction is used to refer to the interplay of attitudes, behaviours, and dispositions that relate to
organizational outcomes.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
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220. The organization’s reputation for social responsibility, leadership, trust and integrity, nature of the job, and
total rewards has no impact on employee engagement.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
221. Employee turnover, absenteeism, tenure and retention, customer satisfaction, loyalty, sales, company
productivity, and financial performance are all affected by employee engagement.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
223. An occupational illness is any abnormal condition or disorder caused by exposure to environmental factors
associated with employment.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
224. The fundamental duty of every employer is to take every reasonable measure to ensure their employees
follow prescribed safety rules.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
225. Occupational health and safety is regulated by individual companies in the jurisdiction in which they
operate.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
226. The fundamental duty of every employer is to take every reasonable precaution to ensure employee safety.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
227. Employees don’t have to be informed about health and safety requirements.
a. True
b. False
228. In most firms today, there is a full-time health and safety officer.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
229. Under health and safety legislation, it is the employee’s responsibility to comply with all applicable acts
and regulations.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
230. In a work-refusal situation, it is illegal for an employer to request another employee to replace the worker
who exercised his or her work-refusal rights.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
231. It is the supervisor’s duty to ensure that workers use or wear safety equipment, devices, or clothing.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
232. Penalties for violations of health and safety regulations include substantial fines, as well as jail terms.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
233. The criminal code has been changed to make it easier to bring criminal charges against employers when a
worker is injured or killed on the job.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
234. Under workers’ compensation, injured workers are entitled to a cash payout in the case of permanent
disability.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
235. In addition to penalties for safety violations, workers’ compensation provides financial benefits to injured
workers who become ill as a result of their work environment.
a. True
236. To encourage employers to introduce better prevention and claims management practices, the emphasis on
workers’ compensation has been shifting from assessments and payments to creation of a safety-conscious
environment.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
237. Occupational health and safety legislation was designed to protect the health as well as the safety of
employees.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
238. Managers and employees pay more attention to immediate safety concerns than to job conditions that may
be dangerous to their health.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
240. Due to the efforts of environmentalists, factors in the work environment that affect health are receiving less
attention.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
241. There is no incentive for employers to provide the safest and healthiest work environment possible.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
243. CEOs and other senior leaders cannot set the tone for safe and healthy work practices.
244. Many organizations advocate employee involvement when designing and implementing safety programs.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
246. An organization with a formal safety program generally has an employee management safety committee.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
247. Probably the most important role of a safety program is motivating managers, supervisors, and subordinates
to be aware of safety considerations.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
248. Most organizations have safety awareness programs that entail the use of several different media.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
250. The use of posters in safety awareness programs has proven to be ineffective because employees simply
don’t pay attention to them.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
251. Safety training programs include topics such as first aid, accident prevention, and hazardous materials.
a. True
b. False
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252. Injuries to employees are more likely to occur away from the workplace than on the job.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
253. When an incident happens, the supervisor and a member of the safety committee should investigate every
accident.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
254. At one time, health and safety hazards were associated primarily with jobs found in coal mining.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
255. Employers are required by law to keep certain records and to compile and post an annual summary of
work-related injuries and illnesses.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
256. Incidence rates are useful for making comparisons between work groups within an organization.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
258. In recent years, hazards in jobs outside the plant, such as offices and airports, have been recognized, and
preventive methods have been adopted.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
259. Workers must be trained in the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS).
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
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261. Because of documented higher health-care costs for smokers, most employers pay the cost of smoking
cessation programs.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
262. Employees who perform manual tasks on a continual basis are strong candidates for carpal tunnel
syndrome.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
263. It is generally recognized that there is little that management can do to prevent repetitive strain injuries.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
264. Workplace security is an issue that is of increasing concern to both employers and employees.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
265. The requirements for risk assessment, procedures and policies to handle risk, the duty to respond to
incidents, and to instruct workers in handling them are based on the recognition of violence in the workplace as
an occupational hazard.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
266. Although workplace violence is a serious concern, there are no regulations dealing with the issue in any
occupational health and safety regulations in Canada.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
267. Some organizations have created formal crisis management teams to respond to violent situations.
a. True
b. False
268. The demand on the physical or emotional self that requires you to cope with that demand is called stress.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
269. A review of research on worksite stress reveals that organizational stressors are receiving the attention they
should.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
271. Recent research suggests that 5 percent of Canadians have mental health issues.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
272. The first step in coping with stress is to recognize the universal symptoms of stress and to identify the
sources of stress.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
273. There is a positive correlation between good physical health and the ability to cope with stressors.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
274. Improved employee health is associated with lower levels of absenteeism, increased efficiency, and better
morale.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
275. Typical elements in a wellness program can include access to flexible work hours, healthy food, and fitness
facilities.
a. True
b. False
276. Alternative health approaches are less effective and require the patient to participate in health-care
decisions.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
277. Wellness programs are particularly effective when organizations offer cash incentives and allow employees
to select the wellness options of their choice.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
278. Emotional and/or mental health issues are on the rise and are creating direct and indirect costs to the
Canadian economy.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
279. Research findings indicate that employee assistance programs do not result in a substantial increase in
productivity.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
280. The most prevalent problems among employees are personal crises involving marriage, family, financial,
and legal matters.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
282. If one is to help an alcoholic, it is necessary to awaken the individual to the reality of the condition.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
283. A supervisor cannot discipline a person who is drug or alcohol dependent because substance dependency is
considered an illness.
284. Briefly describe the duties of employers, supervisors, and workers under health and safety legislation.
ANSWER: The fundamental duty of every employer is to take every reasonable precaution to ensure employee
safety. In addition to providing a hazard-free workplace and complying with the applicable statutes
and regulations, employers must inform their employees about safety and health requirements.
Employers are also required to keep certain records, compile an annual summary of work-related
injuries and illnesses, and ensure that supervisors are familiar with the work and its associated
hazards. Employers in all jurisdictions are required to report accidents that cause injuries and
diseases to the workers’ compensation board. Accidents resulting in death or critical injuries must be
reported immediately; the accident must then be investigated and a written report submitted. Finally,
employers must provide safety training and be prepared to discipline employees for failing to comply
with safety rules. Supervisors are required to advise employees of potential workplace hazards;
ensure that workers use or wear safety equipment, devices, or clothing; provide written instructions
where applicable; and take every reasonable precaution to guarantee the safety of workers.
Employees are required to comply with all applicable acts and regulations, report hazardous
conditions or defective equipment, and follow all employer safety and health rules and regulations,
including those prescribing the use of protective equipment.
285. Explain the role of the supervisor in creating a safe work environment.
ANSWER: Broadly, the supervisor has two safety functions. First, the supervisor is probably the most important
disseminator of safety information within an organization. It is the supervisor’s job to make sure that
his or her subordinates are familiar with all safety procedures inherent in their jobs. Second, the
supervisor is also responsible for ensuring that subordinates actually comply with the safety rules and
regulations. Even the best safety training programs will fail if there is a lack of adequate control at
the employee level. In short, the supervisor serves both as an educator and as a guardian of the safety
program.
286. You have just been asked by your department manager to write a violence prevention policy for your
department. What areas should be covered in the policy? Include a statement of how a threat to another
employee should be handled.
ANSWER: To develop a policy on violence prevention, it would be wise to draw upon the warning signs
regarding workplace violence. These signs will enable managers to detect behaviours that are
indicators of violence. Managers are responsible for preventing acts of violence, analyzing the
workplace to uncover areas of potential violence, preventing violence by designing safe workplace
and work practices, and providing violence prevention training. In addition, an organization can
make a concerted effort to screen job applicants for histories showing a propensity for violence, and
managers can be trained to recognize violence indicators. Also, mention can be made of the fact that
some organizations have created formal crisis management teams to investigate threats, analyze risks,
and develop action plans to respond to violent situations.
287. The employees at ABC have had heavy workloads over the past year due to downsizing. The ABC CEO
wants to introduce a stress management program that would control the consequences of this stress. Describe
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Fitness and lifestyle programs – Corporate fitness programs include aerobics classes, team sports,
swimming, weightlifting, and other activities found at private fitness centres. These programs help
employees lower their respiration, muscle tension, heartbeat, and stomach acidity, thereby reducing
the physiological consequences of stress. Lifestyle programs train employees and reinforce their
behaviour in better nutrition and fitness, regular sleep, and other good health habits. A typical
lifestyle program might help employees stop smoking and offer seminars about alcohol abuse.
Fitness and lifestyle programs are known to reduce employee absenteeism, stress, anxiety, and the
risk of cardiovascular disease. Employees also reduce their smoking habits and develop better health
attitudes.
Employee counselling – Many organizations have introduced employee assistance programs (EAPs)
to help employees with stressful life experiences and to overcome ineffective coping mechanisms
such as alcoholism. Broad-brush programs counsel employees on most work or personal problems.
They often help employees overcome dysfunctional stress-coping strategies, such as alcoholism.
Social support – Social support helps employees cope with the consequences of stress by building
their self-esteem and perceived ability to cope with the stressor, and by feeling comfort by being with
others in trying times.
Other programs may include coping skills, listening skills, methods of dealing with difficult people,
time management, and assertiveness.