,Chapter 01 Testbank
Student: ___________________________________________________________________________
1. The purpose of the national model work health and safety Act and Regulations is:
A. to ensure taxes and levies for workplace insurance and compensation claims are equally distributed across the nation
B. to offer simpler workplace compensation and insurance policies and practices nationwide
C. to bring about the harmonisation of safety regulations across the nation, improving consistency, effectiveness and
equity
D. All of the answers are correct.
2. The underlying principle of the WHS legislation is that:
A. taxes and levies are fair and the burden is equally shared according to the principles of proportionality
B. workers and other persons should be given the highest level of protection against harm to their health, safety and
welfare
C. compensation and insurance is a right of all workers employed within the legal jurisdiction of Australian state and
federal governments.
D. All of the answers are correct.
3. Doing everything reasonably practicable to protect the health and safety of yourself and others in the workplace is:
A. something that applies to all workers but legally not employers
B. not something you can be held accountable for as an apprentice
C. only your concern if you are the principle contractor
D. known as duty of care
4. When undertaking specific high-risk construction work you must:
A. carry out a site safety audit
B. develop and site safety management plan
C. develop a safe work method statement (SWMS) or job safety analysis (JSA)
D. organise a toolbox meeting to discuss the issue
5. A code of practice is a mandatory set of procedures that, if not followed, will be used as the basis for litigation and,
where serious injury or death is involved, for possible criminal proceedings.
True False
6. When working on a small renovation or domestic construction site it is not expected that you will have material safety
data sheets (MSDS) on site for all hazardous materials.
True False
,7. For the purposes of the national model WHS legislation, a safe work method statement (SWMS) and a job safety
analysis (JSA) are considered to be one and the same.
True False
8. In those states that are signatories to the model WHS legislation, and where the value of the construction work is $250
000 or more, a site work health and safety management plan is required by law.
True False
, Chapter 01 Testbank Key
1. The purpose of the national model work health and safety Act and Regulations is:
A. to ensure taxes and levies for workplace insurance and compensation claims are equally distributed across the nation
B. to offer simpler workplace compensation and insurance policies and practices nationwide
C. to bring about the harmonisation of safety regulations across the nation, improving consistency, effectiveness and
equity
D. All of the answers are correct.
Competency: CPCCOHS2001A Apply OHS requirements, policies and procedures in the construction industry
Difficulty: Medium
Performance criteria: CPCCOHS2001A 1.4
2. The underlying principle of the WHS legislation is that:
A. taxes and levies are fair and the burden is equally shared according to the principles of proportionality
B. workers and other persons should be given the highest level of protection against harm to their health, safety and
welfare
C. compensation and insurance is a right of all workers employed within the legal jurisdiction of Australian state and
federal governments.
D. All of the answers are correct.
Competency: CPCCOHS2001A Apply OHS requirements, policies and procedures in the construction industry
Difficulty: Medium
Performance criteria: CPCCOHS2001A 1.4
3. Doing everything reasonably practicable to protect the health and safety of yourself and others in the workplace is:
A. something that applies to all workers but legally not employers
B. not something you can be held accountable for as an apprentice
C. only your concern if you are the principle contractor
D. known as duty of care
Competency: CPCCOHS2001A Apply OHS requirements, policies and procedures in the construction industry
Difficulty: Medium
Performance criteria: CPCCOHS2001A 1.3
4. When undertaking specific high-risk construction work you must:
A. carry out a site safety audit
B. develop and site safety management plan
C. develop a safe work method statement (SWMS) or job safety analysis (JSA)
D. organise a toolbox meeting to discuss the issue
Competency: CPCCOHS2001A Apply OHS requirements, policies and procedures in the construction industry
Difficulty: Medium
Performance criteria: CPCCOHS2001A 3.4
Student: ___________________________________________________________________________
1. The purpose of the national model work health and safety Act and Regulations is:
A. to ensure taxes and levies for workplace insurance and compensation claims are equally distributed across the nation
B. to offer simpler workplace compensation and insurance policies and practices nationwide
C. to bring about the harmonisation of safety regulations across the nation, improving consistency, effectiveness and
equity
D. All of the answers are correct.
2. The underlying principle of the WHS legislation is that:
A. taxes and levies are fair and the burden is equally shared according to the principles of proportionality
B. workers and other persons should be given the highest level of protection against harm to their health, safety and
welfare
C. compensation and insurance is a right of all workers employed within the legal jurisdiction of Australian state and
federal governments.
D. All of the answers are correct.
3. Doing everything reasonably practicable to protect the health and safety of yourself and others in the workplace is:
A. something that applies to all workers but legally not employers
B. not something you can be held accountable for as an apprentice
C. only your concern if you are the principle contractor
D. known as duty of care
4. When undertaking specific high-risk construction work you must:
A. carry out a site safety audit
B. develop and site safety management plan
C. develop a safe work method statement (SWMS) or job safety analysis (JSA)
D. organise a toolbox meeting to discuss the issue
5. A code of practice is a mandatory set of procedures that, if not followed, will be used as the basis for litigation and,
where serious injury or death is involved, for possible criminal proceedings.
True False
6. When working on a small renovation or domestic construction site it is not expected that you will have material safety
data sheets (MSDS) on site for all hazardous materials.
True False
,7. For the purposes of the national model WHS legislation, a safe work method statement (SWMS) and a job safety
analysis (JSA) are considered to be one and the same.
True False
8. In those states that are signatories to the model WHS legislation, and where the value of the construction work is $250
000 or more, a site work health and safety management plan is required by law.
True False
, Chapter 01 Testbank Key
1. The purpose of the national model work health and safety Act and Regulations is:
A. to ensure taxes and levies for workplace insurance and compensation claims are equally distributed across the nation
B. to offer simpler workplace compensation and insurance policies and practices nationwide
C. to bring about the harmonisation of safety regulations across the nation, improving consistency, effectiveness and
equity
D. All of the answers are correct.
Competency: CPCCOHS2001A Apply OHS requirements, policies and procedures in the construction industry
Difficulty: Medium
Performance criteria: CPCCOHS2001A 1.4
2. The underlying principle of the WHS legislation is that:
A. taxes and levies are fair and the burden is equally shared according to the principles of proportionality
B. workers and other persons should be given the highest level of protection against harm to their health, safety and
welfare
C. compensation and insurance is a right of all workers employed within the legal jurisdiction of Australian state and
federal governments.
D. All of the answers are correct.
Competency: CPCCOHS2001A Apply OHS requirements, policies and procedures in the construction industry
Difficulty: Medium
Performance criteria: CPCCOHS2001A 1.4
3. Doing everything reasonably practicable to protect the health and safety of yourself and others in the workplace is:
A. something that applies to all workers but legally not employers
B. not something you can be held accountable for as an apprentice
C. only your concern if you are the principle contractor
D. known as duty of care
Competency: CPCCOHS2001A Apply OHS requirements, policies and procedures in the construction industry
Difficulty: Medium
Performance criteria: CPCCOHS2001A 1.3
4. When undertaking specific high-risk construction work you must:
A. carry out a site safety audit
B. develop and site safety management plan
C. develop a safe work method statement (SWMS) or job safety analysis (JSA)
D. organise a toolbox meeting to discuss the issue
Competency: CPCCOHS2001A Apply OHS requirements, policies and procedures in the construction industry
Difficulty: Medium
Performance criteria: CPCCOHS2001A 3.4
