Diagnostic Test Flashcards
A hazard analysis identifies:
a) The probability and consequences of safety risks in the workplace
b) The hazardous materials present in the workplace
c) The accidents that have occurred in the workplace
d) The severity and frequency of lost-time injuries
A
The regulation that addresses “corporate homicide” by allowing for the criminal prosecution of organizations charged with health and safety negligence is:
a) Bill C-45
b) WHMIS
c) Occupational Health and Safety
d) Workers Compensation Act
A
Which of the following factors is used when assessing and comparing organizasafety performance across an industry?
a) Workers’ compensation premiums
b) Frequency and severity statistics
c) Industry safety rating
d) Safety training statistics
B
If the total number of hours worked in an organization is 600,000, and the company had 6 injuries with no lost time, and 15 injuries with 5 days lost, and 3 major injuries with 55 days lost, what would be their accident severity rating?
a) 60
b) 20
c) 24
d) 8
B
Providing regular medical surveillance in order to protect workers from injury is anexample of what type of control?
a) Engineering control
b) Personal protective equipment
c) Administrative control
d) Legislated control
C
If you wanted to measure gross noise levels in decibels, what meter would you use?
a) Sound pressure level meter
b) Octave band analyzer
c) Dosimeter
d) Audiometer
A
Which of the following is NOT included as part of a WHMIS program?
a) Labels
b) Training
c) Safety data sheets
d) Policy
D
What hazardous materials are represented by a ‘skull and cross-bones’ symbol?
a) Combustible materials
b) Biohazardous material
c) Corrosive materials
d) Poisonous material
D
There are four categories of workplace violence. What type of violent act falls underType IV?
a) Violence committed by a co-worker
b) Violence committed by a family member
c) Violence committed by a customer
d) Random violence committed by a criminal
B
Which of the following would result in Chronic Stress?
a) A tight but achievable deadline
b) Type A personality
c) Death of a co-worker
d) A public speaking assignment
B
All of the following support an injured employee’s safe return to work EXCEPT:
a) Light duties
b) Work trial
c) Sheltered work
d) Performance incentives
D
A workplace hazard that can cause decalcification is:
a) Vibration
b) Noise
c) Thermal Stress
d) Asbestos
A
Who must participate in an incident investigation?
a) The supervisor
b) Technical advisors
c) Safety Officer
d) Safety Committee Representative
D
Which of the following is NOT an employee right under Health and Safety legislation?
a) Right to know
b) Right to revise processes
c) Right to participate
d) Right to refuse
B
Which of the following is NOT a mechanism for identifying hazards?
a) Risk assessment
b) Task inventory
c) Walk-through survey
d) Safety sampling
A
fault tree is used for what purpose?
a) To identify safety hazards
b) To assign responsibility
c) To justify disciplinary action
d) To classify stress in the workplace
A
Conduction can lead to:
a) Noise exposure
b) Thermal stress
c) Vibration
d) Violence
B
In the field of health and safety, what constitutes a lock-out procedure?
a) Restricting the entrance of untrained employees into hazardous areas
b) Securing the workplace after hours
c) Removing electrical fuses prior to repairing machinery
d) Installing a barrier to separate a taxi driver from his/her customers
C
Which of the following does NOT necessarily require an internet or intranet connection?
a) Employee portals
b) Cloud computing
c) Social media
d) HRIS
D
Which of the following initiatives facilitates the identification of best practices?
a) Setting baselines
b) Conducting benchmarking
c) Establishing balanced scorecards
d) Creating dashboards
B
Which two types of metrics are captured in an HR dashboard?
a) HR metrics and human capital metrics
b) Process metrics and results metrics
c) Monetary metrics and non-monetary metrics
d) Short-term and long-term metrics
A
When assessing HR practices, measuring horizontal fit will ensure:
a) Alignment with the organization’s strategic plan
b) Alignment between HR programs
c) Alignment with other departments’ priorities
d) Alignment with employee value proposition
B
What federal legislation governs the collection and distribution of employee information?
a) PIPEDA
b) Human Rights Code
c) Employment Standards Act
d) Labour Relations Act
A
The 5C Model of HR Impact includes all of the following EXCEPT:
a) Client satisfaction
b) Consistency of practice
c) Compliance
d) Culture management
B
Compa-ratio is a metric that measures:
a) Compensation effectiveness
b) Salary distribution
c) Company performance curve
d) Compliance with legal requirements
B
If an interview question accurately predicts high performance on the job, this is anexample of:
a) Criterion-related validity
b) Construct validity
c) Concurrent validity
d) Reliable validity
A
Inter-rater reliability occurs when:
a) Multiple candidates give the same answer to an interview question
b) Multiple candidate assessments yield the same result
c) Multiple interviewers give a candidate a similar rating
d) Multiple applications of the same measurement results in the same outcome
C
What forecasting methodology involves a group of experts in face-to-face meetings?
a) Nominal Group Technique
b) Delphi Technique
c) Regression Analysis
d) Markov Analysis
A
Measures of central tendency include all of the following EXCEPT:
a) Median
b) Mode
c) Mean
d) Quartile
D
There are a number of data collection designs for evaluating HR initiatives. Which type of design is necessary in order to assess causal relationships?
a) Qualitative designs
b) Quantitative designs
c) Experimental designs
d) Time series designs
C
Which of the following is used to evaluate the performance of different selection systems by comparing the net gains that accrue to the organization through their use?
a) Selection efficiency
b) Predictive validity
c) Utility analysis
d) Candidate acceptance rates
C
How do you calculate the return on investment of a training program?
a) Divide the net benefit of the program by the program cost
b) Subtract the program’s cost from the program’s benefit
c) Divide the benefits of the program by the cost of the program
d) Compare the monetary cost of the program to its non-monetary benefits
A
The quantitative plan that distributes funds to various functional areas is referred toas:
a) A balance sheet
b) A critical path
c) A budget
d) A cash flow statement
C
Which of the following would be an example of a criterion-referenced assessment?
a) Measuring an employee’s performance against specific performance standards
b) Measuring an employee’s performance against the performance of team members
c) Measuring an employee’s performance relative to a normal curve
d) Measuring an employee’s performance against the employee’s own previous performance
A
Which of the following is false about time-series analysis?
a) Past data are used to predict future situations.
b) Ratio/trend analysis is a form of time-series analysis.
c) It is used to calculate the correlation coefficient between a dependent variable and an independent variable.
d) It is a forecasting tool used to predict future demand for resources.
C
Which of the following describes the Six Sigma doctrine?
a) Continuous improvement initiative
b) Personality assessment tool
c) Training evaluation methodology
d) Motivation theory
A
The relationship between a bargaining agent and an employer is described as:
a) Stakeholder relations
b) Employee relations
c) Industrial relations
d) Labour relations
D
Which of the following is false about the Employment Standards Act?
a) Terms that are lower than the minimum standards set out in the Act can be negotiated through collective bargaining.
b) The Act stipulates overtime payments for non-management employees.
c) Some occupations are excluded from the Act.
d) Employment Standards Act is a provincial legislation.
A
Which of the following Acts protects individuals from harassment?
a) Employment Equity Act
b) Pay Equity Act
c) Employment Standards Act
d) Human Rights Code
D
Which of the following individuals is NOT a focus of employment equity legislation?
a) Women
b) Immigrants
c) Visible minorities
d) Aboriginals
B
What strategy is an organization using when it adopts superior working conditions in an effort to remain non-union?
a) Union substitution
b) Union resistance
c) Union acceptance
d) Union busting
A
In order for a union to represent a group of employees, it has to engage in:
a) An arbitration process
b) A mediation process
c) A grievance process
d) A certification process
A
The legal oversight of labour relations comes from:
a) The courts
b) Common law
c) Contract law
d) Labour boards
D
A bargaining style that engages an adversarial approach is known as:
a) Integrative bargaining
b) Distributive bargaining
c) Mutual gains bargaining
d) Interest-based bargaining
B
What union security clause requires employees of a bargaining unit to pay dues but allows them to opt out of the union?
a) Closed shop
b) Open shop
c) Union shop
d) Rand Formula
D
Under the principle of “management rights”, management retains all the rights itheld before unionization except those changed by the collective agreement. What isanother term for “management rights”?
a) Acquired rights
b) Residual rights
c) Inherent rights
d) Bargaining rights
B
In labour relations, the purpose of an authorization card is to:
a)Approve the deduction of union dues from employee wages
b)Indicate an employee’s willingness to be represented by the union
c) File a grievance against management by a union member
d)Vote in a secret ballot for or against a renewed collective agreement
B
The new management of a company insists that it has the right to embark on adownsizing program; however, the union is challenging them on the grounds thatdownsizing is not addressed in the collective agreement. The basis formanagement’s position is:
a) Business rights
b) Collective rights
c) Defined rights
d) Residual rights
D
In the field of labour relations, what is conciliation?
a) One side agreeing to give up previously negotiated collective agreement terms
b) A union/management agreement to follow bargaining precedents set by industry negotiations
c) A cooling-off period during collective bargaining
d) Engaging a third-party to facilitate a dispute resolution
D
The practice of allowing more senior level employees whose positions are being eliminated to accept alternative positions for which they may be qualified and which are currently occupied by other employees with less seniority is called:
a) Discretionary staffing
b) Priority rights
c) Bumping
d) Transfer
C
What is constructive dismissal?
a) Employee termination with cause
b) A fundamental breach of the employment contract by the employer
c) Just cause dismissal
d) A temporary layoff of a group of employees
B
Compulsory and binding interest arbitration is used:
a) When collective bargaining breaks down
b) To settle grievances
c) During the certification process
d) To settle wrongful dismissal claims
A
Which of the following is NOT an unfair labour practice?
a) Promising to improve benefits during a union certification drive
b) Providing union employees with a Christmas bonus that was not negotiated
c) Engaging in pattern bargaining
d) Hiring professional strike breakers
C
What does super seniority mean?
a) Union representatives have the highest seniority in the bargaining unit.
b) Minimum level of seniority is needed before one has bumping right.
c) Employees of the parent company are given additional seniority in the event of a merger.
d) Employees with high seniority cannot be terminated.
A
Which of the following is NOT one of the five disciplines of “the learning organization”?
a) Mental models
b) Strategic thinking
c) Personal mastery
d) Team learning
B
Knowing the steps to take when creating an Excel spreadsheet is an example ofwhat kind of knowledge?
a) Explicit knowledge
b) Tacit knowledge
c) Intellectual knowledge
d) Functional knowledge
A
Which of the following is NOT a principle of andragogy?
a) Learners are dependent on the teacher.
b) Learners are motivated intrinsically.
c) Learners want to participate in the learning.
d) Negative self-concept can be a barrier to learning.
A
Adaptive Character of Thought theory highlights three stages of learning. Which ofthe following is NOT one of them?
a) Procedural knowledge
b) Declarative knowledge
c) Knowledge compilation
d) Experiential knowledge
D
At what stage in the Instructional Systems Design Process would the unit quizzes of a training program be developed?
a) Needs analysis stage
b) Evaluation stage
c) Delivery stage
d) Design stage
D
Which of the following is NOT considered when conducting a training needs analysis?
a) The performance needs of the employee
b) The task requirements of the job
c) The return on investment of the training
d) The organization’s strategic priorities
C