Q.1 What legislation forms the basis of WHS Acts being implemented across Australia to harmonise WHS laws?
(a) Safe Work Australia Act.
(b) National WHS Standards and Codes of Practice.
(c) The Model Work Health and Safety (WHS) Act.
(d) Australian Workplace Safety Act.
Q.2 You’re designing a WHS management system. Who would you consult with?
(a) Employees and managers.
(b) Supervisors and HSRs.
(c) Risk management consultants and the state/territory regulatory authority.
(d) All of these people.
Q.3 Which resources do you need to provide when addressing WHS management practices?
(a) Natural resources, physical resources, educational resources.
(b) Financial resources, human resources and specialist external resources.
(c) All of these resources.
(d) Financial resources, strategic resources, human resources.
Q.4 What is a WHS policy?
(a) A written statement of your intention to keep the workplace safe and manage WHS responsibilities throughout the organisation.
(b) A checklist that describes how to perform a task safely. It supports your WHS management system and explains job procedures in a logical, step-by-step order.
(c) A particular method for performing a task safely.
(d) A written agreement between an organisation and the state/territory regulatory authority.
Q.5 Where should you define, in specific terms, what employees must do to comply with WHS legislation and workplace procedures?
(a) In the organisation’s policy statement.
(b) In job descriptions and duty statements.
(c) In WHS policies and procedures.
(d) In WHS memos and flyers.
Q.6 How can you identify training requirements?
(a) Speaking with the trainee themselves and their colleagues.
(b) Through observing employees completing tasks at work.
(c) Through discussions with key supervisory and management personnel.
(d) Using all of these methods.
Q.7 Why is it necessary to establish and monitor a system for keeping WHS records?
(a) Maintaining WHS records is a legal requirement and an important way of keeping track of health and safety standards in the workplace.
(b) Maintaining WHS records helps to minimise your WHS responsibility in the workplace.
(c) The law requires you to establish a WHS system and carefully monitor how much you spend on safety in the workplace.
(d) Establishing an effective system minimises your contact with the regulatory authority and helps you avoid a safety audit.
Q.8 Which would be the most suitable way to inform staff about the safe use of new equipment?
(a) Hold an HSC meeting and display a video on how to use the equipment safely.
(b) Demonstrate and discuss safe operating procedures and issue staff with a safe work methods statement.
(c) Issue all staff with an induction manual and have them sign an acknowledgement to verify that they’ve read and understood how to use the equipment safely.
(d) Talk to staff about the reasons why the new equipment has been introduced and encourage them to practise using it in their spare time.
Q.9 Choose the most appropriate consultative process to use in a huge resort with a large number of staff working in different departments.
(a) Distribute a questionnaire to all staff inviting their feedback about WHS issues. Report the results at the next management meeting for action.
(b) Have WHS discussions with employees during the course of each day. If you need to follow a matter up, make a note in your diary.
(c) Put a whiteboard up in the reception area for staff to log WHS concerns.
(d) Give them all a staff handbook and some fact sheets that inform them about their WHS rights and responsibilities. Tell them all to read it and see you if they have any suggestions.
Q.10 The WHS Act requires every workplace to take a systematic approach to WHS consultation. It also defines situations when consultation should take place. Which situation warrants consultation?
(a) All of these situations warrant consultation.
(b) When proposing to make changes to the premises, equipment, materials and systems of work.
(c) When introducing or altering procedures for monitoring workplace risks.
(d) When making decisions about actions to eliminate or control risks.
Q.11 What should you do if you are unable to resolve a WHS matter that’s brought to your attention?
(a) Advise the employee who reported the matter that you’re unable to take action in this instance.
(b) Keep a written record of everything you did in an attempt to resolve the matter in case you’re audited by the regulatory authority in the future.
(c) Do nothing. At this stage there’s no legal requirement to take action until an incident or accident occurs.
(d) Contact the health and safety authority for your state/territory.
Q.12 What should you do with information on the outcomes of WHS consultative processes?
(a) Ensure you make it accessible to employees.
(b) Provide it to the appropriate WHS regulatory authority.
(c) Ensure it is securely stored in a locked filing cabinet.
(d) You should do all of these.
Q.13 What information should your hazard identification and risk assessment template documents include?
(a) A drawing of the hierarchy of risk control.
(b) A list of hazards, associated risks and assessment criteria.
(c) A chart of the team members who are responsible for identifying hazards and controlling risks.
(d) Your template document should contain all of this information.
Q.14 When should you identify hazards in the workplace?
(a) As a matter of course as they arise.
(b) Whenever you are due for a safety inspection conducted by the relevant WHS authoritative body.
(c) Whenever you implement changes to the workplace, and at other times designated by legislation.
(d) Whenever an incident or accident occurs in another workplace which reminds you of your obligation to review your WHS system.
Q.15 What is hazard identification?
(a) The process used to review WHS reports and statistics with an aim towards identifying hazards which are most likely to cause injury.
(b) The process used to identify all possible situations in the workplace where people may be exposed to injury, illness or disease.
(c) Any situation or thing that has the potential to harm a person.
(d) The process of working out how effective your WHS management system is.
Q.16 Which of the following lists risk controls in the correct order from most effective to least effective?
(a) Elimination, engineering, administration, isolation.
(b) Engineering, personal protection, isolation, administration.
(c) Elimination, substitution, engineering, personal protection.
(d) Isolation, engineering, personal protection, administration.
Q.17 In what documents should you nominate the roles and responsibilities of personnel for hazard identification, risk assessment and risk control?
(a) Within procedures.
(b) Within job descriptions.
(c) Within policies.
(d) Within policy statements.
Q.18 Whose responsibility is it to take a lead role in controlling risks and implementing interim or emergency solutions in the workplace?
(a) Employee’s responsibility.
(b) Manager’s responsibility.
(c) HSR’s responsibility.
(d) All of these people are responsible.
Q.19 What legislative requirements should you follow when managing the response to any incident or accident?
(a) Those requirements for notifying and cooperating with WHS government regulators.
(b) Those required by emergency response services.
(c) Those required by WHS standards.
(d) You should follow all these legislative requirements.
Q.20 How can you assess your compliance with OHS or WHS legislation, regulatory requirements, standards and codes?
(a) Compare your compliance to other, similar workplaces through consultation with other managers in your sector.
(b) Get advice from industry specialists at networking conferences.
(c) You can assess your compliance in all of these ways.
(d) Regularly check with your state/territory regulatory authority for recent updates and ensure you comply with them.
Q.21 Why should you consult with a range of personnel to elicit feedback on WHS policies, procedures and practices?
(a) It gives staff an opportunity to vent their frustration about WHS issues.
(b) It can help you evaluate and improve your whole WHS system.
(c) It makes them feel important when you consult them, but most managers know that consultation is just a mandatory part of the process. Lower level staff really don’t understand WHS.
(d) You shouldn’t consult with a range of personnel. It can be too time-consuming.
Q.22 What should you do once you’ve assessed the effectiveness of your WHS management practices?
(a) Develop and document changes to WHS practices.
(b) Communicate the changes and improvements to staff.
(c) Implement the changes and continue to maintain them.
(d) You should do all of these.
