NCSO ACSA EXAM PREP: LATEST KEY QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS FOR AN A+
(CSA) What type of system is a complete system that maintains high standards
throughout every part of a company's organization?
Health and Safety Management System HSMS
(CSA) What are the three factors of Due Diligence?
Forseeability
Preventability
Control
(CSA) What type of losses are cost associated with loss-type incidents?
Absolute Losses.
(CSA) What formula give you the LTFR - lost time frequency rate?
(Lost time cases x 200,000) / Total Employee Hours of Exposure.
(CSA) What formula gives you the IRS - injury severity rate?
(Lost work days x 200,000) / Total employee hours of exposure.
(CSA) What formula gives you the TRIF - total recordable incident frequency?
(lost time cases + medical aids + modified work cases) x 200,000 / Total employee
hours of exposure.
(CSA) On a project, who's responsibility is it to develop a collaborative
environmental management program?
Prime Contract
(CSA) What is the purpose of an Action Plan?
To provide a plan to improve the HSMS over the upcoming year.
(CSA) Corrective actions may very depending on the level of risk, but they should
always follow what format.
SMART
S - specific
M - measurable
A - attainable
,R - relevant
T - Time-bound
(CSA) What helps to identify how well a HSMS is performing against a standard?
Audits
(CSA) What are the 4 key principles of instruction for OJT (On-the-job training)?
Tell
Show
Do
Review
(CSA) Who has the potential liability for mishandling/misuse of a hazardous
substance?
Anyone responsible for product during its lifecycle.
(CSA) Communication is the expression or exchange of what four items?
1. Information
2. Ideas
3. Thoughts
4. Feelings
(CSA) Individuals communicate using what 5 items?
Words
Sounds
Signs
Visuals
Behaviours
(CSA) What are the Six steps in order of an effective communication process?
1. Developing your message
2. Conveying your message
3. Receiving the message
4. Processing the message
5. Verifying understanding
6. Reflecting
(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?
ANSWERS FOR AN A+
(CSA) What type of system is a complete system that maintains high standards
throughout every part of a company's organization?
Health and Safety Management System HSMS
(CSA) What are the three factors of Due Diligence?
Forseeability
Preventability
Control
(CSA) What type of losses are cost associated with loss-type incidents?
Absolute Losses.
(CSA) What formula give you the LTFR - lost time frequency rate?
(Lost time cases x 200,000) / Total Employee Hours of Exposure.
(CSA) What formula gives you the IRS - injury severity rate?
(Lost work days x 200,000) / Total employee hours of exposure.
(CSA) What formula gives you the TRIF - total recordable incident frequency?
(lost time cases + medical aids + modified work cases) x 200,000 / Total employee
hours of exposure.
(CSA) On a project, who's responsibility is it to develop a collaborative
environmental management program?
Prime Contract
(CSA) What is the purpose of an Action Plan?
To provide a plan to improve the HSMS over the upcoming year.
(CSA) Corrective actions may very depending on the level of risk, but they should
always follow what format.
SMART
S - specific
M - measurable
A - attainable
,R - relevant
T - Time-bound
(CSA) What helps to identify how well a HSMS is performing against a standard?
Audits
(CSA) What are the 4 key principles of instruction for OJT (On-the-job training)?
Tell
Show
Do
Review
(CSA) Who has the potential liability for mishandling/misuse of a hazardous
substance?
Anyone responsible for product during its lifecycle.
(CSA) Communication is the expression or exchange of what four items?
1. Information
2. Ideas
3. Thoughts
4. Feelings
(CSA) Individuals communicate using what 5 items?
Words
Sounds
Signs
Visuals
Behaviours
(CSA) What are the Six steps in order of an effective communication process?
1. Developing your message
2. Conveying your message
3. Receiving the message
4. Processing the message
5. Verifying understanding
6. Reflecting
(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?
