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Section A

1. What does WHMIS stand for?*

Correct answer is : b) Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

a) Workplace Health Management Incident System
b) Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System
c) Worker Health Management Identification System
d) Workplace Hazardous Materials Inventory System

2. What is WHMIS 2015?*

Correct answer is : a) National standard for communicating hazardous workplace product information

a) National standard for communicating hazardous workplace product information
b) Provincial standard for harmful workplace product
c) General standard for any workplace product
d) Territorial standard for construction materials

3. The purpose of WHMIS 2015 is:*

Correct answer is : d) All of the above

a) To ensure employers and workers receive accurate health and safety information about the hazardous products
b) To reduce workplace injuries and illnesses associatedto the hazardous products
c) To set standards for specific information to be given to the users of hazardous biological and chemicals which they may be exposed to at work
d) All of the above

4. Which is not true, according to the WHMIS legislation, the suppliers:*

Correct answer is : d) Require employers to create health and safety information about hazardous products

a) Require classifying the products for use, handling and storage in a workplace
b) Provide health and safety information about the hazardous product to theircustomers
c) Safety Data Sheet (SDS) must be updated every three years and when new information becomes available
d) Require employers to create health and safety information about hazardous products

5. A supplier, sells or imports a hazardous product, supplier duties are:*

Correct answer is : e) All of the above

a) To determine which of their products are considered hazardousas defined in the The Hazardous Products Act
b) To determine Classification of the Hazardous Product
c) To label hazardous products as a condition of sale
d) To provide Safety Data Sheets (SDS) for hazardous products as a condition of sale
e) All of the above

6. The Hazardous Products Act (HPA) requires:*

A supplier who sells or imports a hazardous product MUST provide a label and safety data sheet to the customer

Correct answer is : a) TRUE

a) TRUE
b) FALSE

7. The Hazardous Products Regulations (HPR)set out the standards,*

A supplier must categorize and classify a hazardous product and create Label and Safety Data Sheet (SDS) as required in the regulations

Correct answer is : a) TRUE

a) TRUE
b) FALSE

8. The Hazardous Materials Information Review Act (HMIRA) provides:*

The protection of confidential business information and a supplier or employer could claim an exemption from disclosing on a label or Safety Data Sheet (SDS)

Correct answer is : a) TRUE

a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Section B

1. This pictogram stands for:*

Correct answer is : c) Corrosion

a) Gas Cylinder
b) Flame Over Circle
c) Corrosion
d) Harmful

2. This pictogram stands for:*

Correct answer is : d) Skull and Crossbones

a) Toxic
b) Harmful
c) Health Hazard
d) Skull and Crossbones

3. This pictogram stands for:*

Correct answer is : d) Health Hazard

a) Exclamation Mark
b) Flame Circle
c) Exploding Bomb
d) Health Hazard

4. This pictogram stands for:*

Correct answer is : a) Gas Cylinder

a) Gas Cylinder
b) Flame Over Circle
c) Corrosion
d) Harmful

5. The following is an example of a Supplier Label under WHMIS 2015:*

Correct answer is : a) TRUE

a) TRUE
b) FALSE

6. The key elements of WHMIS are:*

Correct answer is : d) All of the above

a) Product Classification
b) Labels
c) Safety Data Sheets (SDS) and Worker Education
d) All of the above

7. Which of the factors do not affect the requirements for labels and identification on a hazardous product?*

Correct answer is : a) How it is packaged

a) How it is packaged
b) The size of the container
c) Whether it has been transferred from its original container
d) Whether it was purchased from a Canadian supplier or imported directly from a foreign supplier, produced in the employer’s own workplace
e) An employer may store a hazardous product that the employer has produced for its own use, without attaching a label or other identification, without preparing a Safety Data Sheet (SDS) for it and without providing worker education

8. A supplier label may be removed from a container with a capacity of 3 milliliters or less if the label interferes with the normal use of the hazardous product*

Correct answer is : a) TRUE

a) TRUE
b) FALSE

9. If an employer receives a hazardous product transported as a bulk shipment or without packaging, without a supplier label, the employer must*

Correct answer is : d) All of the above

a) Label the hazardous product or the containers into which it is off-loaded with a label that meets the labelling requirements of the HPR for that product
b) Use the supplier’s SDS, which must contain all required labelling information, to create a supplier label
c) Provide a label for bulk shipments or unpackaged hazardous products, although some may voluntarily provide one
d) All of the above

10. Who is responsible for creating the Safety Data Sheet (SDS) for a hazardous product?*

Correct answer is : c) Supplier

a) Employer
b) Worker
c) Supplier
d) Supervisor

11. WHMIS 2015 applies two major groups of hazards. What are they?*

Correct answer is : a) Physical & Health

a) Physical & Health
b) Flammable and Combustible
c) Toxic and Biohazards
d) Gases and Solids

12. How many information sections appear on a Safety Data Sheet (SDS) ?*

Correct answer is : d) 16

a) 10
b) 12
c) 18
d) 16

13. WHMIS 2015 excludes the following products:*

Correct answer is : d) All of the above

a) Explosives
b) Wood products
c) Tobacco Products
d) All of the above

14. Subject to any exemptions for confidential business information, the employer must disclose the source of any toxicological data the employer used to prepare the workplace Safety Data Sheet (SDS), if asked to do so by an*

Correct answer is : d) Inspector, a worker, a member of a joint health and safety committee, a health and safety representative, or a representative of the workers if there is no joint health and safety committee or health and safety representative

a) Inspector ONLY
b) Inspector and Worker ONLY
c) Joint Health and Safety Committee ONLY
d) Inspector, a worker, a member of a joint health and safety committee, a health and safety representative, or a representative of the workers if there is no joint health and safety committee or health and safety representative

15. The OHSA requires the employer to make copies of current SDSs:*

Correct answer is : d) All of the above

a) available to all workers
b) readily available to those workers who may be exposed to the hazardous product to which a Safety Data Sheet (SDS) relates
c) available to the joint health and safety committee (JHSC) or a health and safety representative (HSR), if any, or a worker representative where there is no joint health and safety committee or health and safety representative
d) All of the above

16. An employer is required to ensure the safe storage and handling of hazardous waste through a combination of identification and worker education. Any means of container identification would be considered acceptable, as long as it is understood by the workers. Examples include:*

Correct answer is : d) All of the above

a) colour coding of hazardous waste containers (in combination with education to ensure that workers will recognize the meaning of the colour)
b) a warning sign with the words, Caution — Hazardous Waste
c) a warning sign with a picture that conveys the appropriate message
d) All of the above

17. At least once a year, the employer must review the training and instruction provided to workers, in consultation with the joint health and safety committee or health and safety representative of the workplace, if needed. This review must take place more often if:*

Correct answer is : d) A and B

a) the employer, on the advice of the joint health and safety committee or health and safety representative, determines that such reviews are necessary
b) there is a change in circumstances that may affect worker health and safety
c) None of the above
d) A and B

18. A worker education program on hazardous materials must include instruction on the following:*

Correct answer is : e) All of the above

a) Labels — the information required on a supplier and workplace label and the purpose and significance of the information
b) Modes of identification when used at the workplace instead of labels
c) SDSs —the information required, and the purpose and significance of the information
d) Procedures for the safe use, storage, handling and disposal of a hazardous product when it is in a piping system, a process vessel or conveyance such as a tank car
e) All of the above

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