ACSA NCSO UPDATED 2026 EXAM SCRIPT QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔(CSA) List the 5 steps in the Five-Step Site-Specific Hazard Assessment Model? -
✔✔1. List tasks.
2. Identify health and safety hazards
3. Eliminate or control hazards
4. Communicate the hazards and follow controls
5. Repeat the process if there is a change in condition
✔✔(CSA) List the 9 steps in the Nine-Step Formal Hazard Assessment Model? - ✔✔1.
Figure out what people do
2. List tasks associated with jobs
3. Identify health and safety hazards
4. Rank hazards according to risk
5. Find ways to eliminate or control hazards
6. Implement the selected controls
7. Communicate the hazards and controls to employees
8. Monitor the implemented controls
9. Review and revise the hazard assessment as needed
✔✔How many elements is the ACSA COR audit tool organized around? - ✔✔10
✔✔How many elements is the SECOR program organized around? - ✔✔13
✔✔For employers with 10 employees or less, an HSMS is evaluated through what
program? - ✔✔SECOR
✔✔Define Due Diligence? - ✔✔A person who does everything reasonable to try to
prevent something harmful from happening is said to be showing due diligence.
✔✔What becomes the guiding document by which each employer on site participates in
the HSMS for the project? - ✔✔Project Safety Plan
✔✔What 4 things must management be successful with in order to lead Health and
Safety Management Systems? - ✔✔Plan
Organize
Lead
Control
✔✔Accountability for safety can be established by what three methods? - ✔✔Charge
Backs
Safety Goals
Safety Activities
,✔✔What is the purpose of a charge back system in regards to accountability? - ✔✔To
motivate supervisors to obtain and maintain superior safety results.
✔✔What are the Three basic types of Safety Goals? - ✔✔Injury frequency rate
Incident costs
Loss ratio
✔✔What is the most widely accepted incident rate goal. - ✔✔Lost Time Frequency Rate
(LTFR)
✔✔What method can improve safety performance and the reduction of incidents that
are agreed upon by the manager and supervisor? - ✔✔Safety Goals
✔✔What are the 2 basic types of hazard assessment processes? - ✔✔Formal & Site-
specific
✔✔What are the two main types of hazards? - ✔✔Health & Safety
✔✔Has the potential to cause an acute or chronic condition, illness, or disease, Is a
description of what type of hazard? - ✔✔Health Hazard
✔✔Has the potential to cause immediate injury or damage, Is a description of what type
of hazard? - ✔✔Safety Hazard
✔✔List the Five Elements of an Effective Training Program? - ✔✔Training Policy
Orientation
On-the job training
Ongoing training
Assessment and documentation
✔✔What is the minimum retention period for First Aid records? - ✔✔3 years
✔✔How long must an Investigation reports be retained as per (OH&S requirement)? -
✔✔2 years
✔✔What is the minimum retention period as per OH&S requirements on Audiometric
Testing Records? - ✔✔10 years
✔✔(LEG) What are the Workers' Three basic rights in Canada? - ✔✔Right to Know
Right to Participate
Right to Refuse
,✔✔(LEG) Rank the three levels of legislation in Canada in the correct order? -
✔✔Federal
Provincial
Municipal
✔✔(LEG) What are the Four common characteristics of Regulatory Law? - ✔✔Focuses
on public welfare
Uses some combination of regulations, codes, and/or rules
Applies strict liability for offences
Allows for a due diligence defense
✔✔(LEG) What type of Legislation deals with Permits, assigns general obligation, duties
and/or responsibilities? - ✔✔Act
✔✔(LEG) What type of Legislation deals with assigning more specific duties or
responsibilities to individuals and outlines specific procedures that must be followed? -
✔✔Regulations, Codes, and Rules
✔✔(LEG) Identify the two main pieces of Federal OH&S legislation? - ✔✔Canada
Labour Code (Part II) (similar to Alberta's OH&S Act)
Canada OH&S Regulations (similar to Alberta's OH&S Code)
✔✔(LEG) Define Strict Liability? - ✔✔The burden of proof is on a person to prove
innocence if charged
✔✔(LEG) How long must records be retained for entry work into a confined space if
there were no incidents or unplanned events during the entry? - ✔✔1 year - Code
s.58(a)
✔✔(LEG) Describe the three provincial enforcement tools used by OH&S? -
✔✔Ticketing.
Administrative Penalties.
Regulatory Penalties. (can include imprisonment)
✔✔(LEG) A common defense in strict liability is? - ✔✔Due Diligence
✔✔(LEG) Identify the four most common referencing used in Alberta OHS Legislation? -
✔✔Section
Subsection
Clause
Sub clause
, ✔✔(LEG) List at least 6 examples of discriminatory actions in regard to worker rights? -
✔✔Termination
Layoff
Suspension
Demotion
Transfer
Elimination of job
Change of job location
Changes in hours of work
Reprimand
Coercion
Intimidation
✔✔(LEG) What the Two key parts of training as defined by the OH&S Act? -
✔✔Training & Practical Demonstration
✔✔(LEG) A person having the responsibility to establish a system to ensure compliance
with OHS legislation at multi-employer work sites is the? - ✔✔Prime Contractor
✔✔(LEG) What are the Three elements used to determine if a person is competent? -
✔✔Adequately qualified
Suitably trained
with sufficient amount of experience
✔✔(LEG) Which work site parties have a specific OHS obligation to ensure that workers
are not subjected to or participate in harassment or violence at a work site? -
✔✔Employer & Supervisor
✔✔(LEG) State the Three things harassment can cause as defined in the OHS Act? -
✔✔Offence
Humiliation
Adversely affects the workers' health and safety
✔✔(LEG) What is the legal duty of persons directing work outlined in the Criminal Code
of Canada? - ✔✔They have a legal duty to take reasonable steps top prevent bodily
harm to that person, or any other person, arising from that work or task
✔✔(LEG) What will you find under section s.219 of the Criminal Code of Canada? -
✔✔Criminal Negligence "Offence"
✔✔(LEG) What will you find under section s.220 of the Criminal Code of Canada? -
✔✔Causing death by criminal negligence "Charge"
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔(CSA) List the 5 steps in the Five-Step Site-Specific Hazard Assessment Model? -
✔✔1. List tasks.
2. Identify health and safety hazards
3. Eliminate or control hazards
4. Communicate the hazards and follow controls
5. Repeat the process if there is a change in condition
✔✔(CSA) List the 9 steps in the Nine-Step Formal Hazard Assessment Model? - ✔✔1.
Figure out what people do
2. List tasks associated with jobs
3. Identify health and safety hazards
4. Rank hazards according to risk
5. Find ways to eliminate or control hazards
6. Implement the selected controls
7. Communicate the hazards and controls to employees
8. Monitor the implemented controls
9. Review and revise the hazard assessment as needed
✔✔How many elements is the ACSA COR audit tool organized around? - ✔✔10
✔✔How many elements is the SECOR program organized around? - ✔✔13
✔✔For employers with 10 employees or less, an HSMS is evaluated through what
program? - ✔✔SECOR
✔✔Define Due Diligence? - ✔✔A person who does everything reasonable to try to
prevent something harmful from happening is said to be showing due diligence.
✔✔What becomes the guiding document by which each employer on site participates in
the HSMS for the project? - ✔✔Project Safety Plan
✔✔What 4 things must management be successful with in order to lead Health and
Safety Management Systems? - ✔✔Plan
Organize
Lead
Control
✔✔Accountability for safety can be established by what three methods? - ✔✔Charge
Backs
Safety Goals
Safety Activities
,✔✔What is the purpose of a charge back system in regards to accountability? - ✔✔To
motivate supervisors to obtain and maintain superior safety results.
✔✔What are the Three basic types of Safety Goals? - ✔✔Injury frequency rate
Incident costs
Loss ratio
✔✔What is the most widely accepted incident rate goal. - ✔✔Lost Time Frequency Rate
(LTFR)
✔✔What method can improve safety performance and the reduction of incidents that
are agreed upon by the manager and supervisor? - ✔✔Safety Goals
✔✔What are the 2 basic types of hazard assessment processes? - ✔✔Formal & Site-
specific
✔✔What are the two main types of hazards? - ✔✔Health & Safety
✔✔Has the potential to cause an acute or chronic condition, illness, or disease, Is a
description of what type of hazard? - ✔✔Health Hazard
✔✔Has the potential to cause immediate injury or damage, Is a description of what type
of hazard? - ✔✔Safety Hazard
✔✔List the Five Elements of an Effective Training Program? - ✔✔Training Policy
Orientation
On-the job training
Ongoing training
Assessment and documentation
✔✔What is the minimum retention period for First Aid records? - ✔✔3 years
✔✔How long must an Investigation reports be retained as per (OH&S requirement)? -
✔✔2 years
✔✔What is the minimum retention period as per OH&S requirements on Audiometric
Testing Records? - ✔✔10 years
✔✔(LEG) What are the Workers' Three basic rights in Canada? - ✔✔Right to Know
Right to Participate
Right to Refuse
,✔✔(LEG) Rank the three levels of legislation in Canada in the correct order? -
✔✔Federal
Provincial
Municipal
✔✔(LEG) What are the Four common characteristics of Regulatory Law? - ✔✔Focuses
on public welfare
Uses some combination of regulations, codes, and/or rules
Applies strict liability for offences
Allows for a due diligence defense
✔✔(LEG) What type of Legislation deals with Permits, assigns general obligation, duties
and/or responsibilities? - ✔✔Act
✔✔(LEG) What type of Legislation deals with assigning more specific duties or
responsibilities to individuals and outlines specific procedures that must be followed? -
✔✔Regulations, Codes, and Rules
✔✔(LEG) Identify the two main pieces of Federal OH&S legislation? - ✔✔Canada
Labour Code (Part II) (similar to Alberta's OH&S Act)
Canada OH&S Regulations (similar to Alberta's OH&S Code)
✔✔(LEG) Define Strict Liability? - ✔✔The burden of proof is on a person to prove
innocence if charged
✔✔(LEG) How long must records be retained for entry work into a confined space if
there were no incidents or unplanned events during the entry? - ✔✔1 year - Code
s.58(a)
✔✔(LEG) Describe the three provincial enforcement tools used by OH&S? -
✔✔Ticketing.
Administrative Penalties.
Regulatory Penalties. (can include imprisonment)
✔✔(LEG) A common defense in strict liability is? - ✔✔Due Diligence
✔✔(LEG) Identify the four most common referencing used in Alberta OHS Legislation? -
✔✔Section
Subsection
Clause
Sub clause
, ✔✔(LEG) List at least 6 examples of discriminatory actions in regard to worker rights? -
✔✔Termination
Layoff
Suspension
Demotion
Transfer
Elimination of job
Change of job location
Changes in hours of work
Reprimand
Coercion
Intimidation
✔✔(LEG) What the Two key parts of training as defined by the OH&S Act? -
✔✔Training & Practical Demonstration
✔✔(LEG) A person having the responsibility to establish a system to ensure compliance
with OHS legislation at multi-employer work sites is the? - ✔✔Prime Contractor
✔✔(LEG) What are the Three elements used to determine if a person is competent? -
✔✔Adequately qualified
Suitably trained
with sufficient amount of experience
✔✔(LEG) Which work site parties have a specific OHS obligation to ensure that workers
are not subjected to or participate in harassment or violence at a work site? -
✔✔Employer & Supervisor
✔✔(LEG) State the Three things harassment can cause as defined in the OHS Act? -
✔✔Offence
Humiliation
Adversely affects the workers' health and safety
✔✔(LEG) What is the legal duty of persons directing work outlined in the Criminal Code
of Canada? - ✔✔They have a legal duty to take reasonable steps top prevent bodily
harm to that person, or any other person, arising from that work or task
✔✔(LEG) What will you find under section s.219 of the Criminal Code of Canada? -
✔✔Criminal Negligence "Offence"
✔✔(LEG) What will you find under section s.220 of the Criminal Code of Canada? -
✔✔Causing death by criminal negligence "Charge"
