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1. The signal word 'Danger' is used for the most severe hazards.

True

False

2. The three main parts of the WHMIS communication system include:

Pictograms, workplace labels, and supplier labels

Workplace labels, supplier labels, and safety data sheets

Pictograms, labels, and safety data sheets

3. Under WHMIS, workers are responsible for which of the following tasks:

Handling and using products safely

Making safety data sheets available

Making sure hazardous products are properly labeled and affixed

4. Consider this scenario to answer question 4: Luke is a caretaker at a long-term care facility. When he removes the garbage from a resident's room, a needle punctures through the bag and scrapes Luke's leg.

Which route of entry is most likely in this scenario?

Inhalation

Absorption

Ingestion

Injection

5. Consider this scenario to answer questions 5 & 6: Tim is a landscaper who frequently uses a chemical to treat the soil he works with. The chemical bears the following pictogram:

What type of hazards are present in this chemical?

This chemical is corrosive to the skin

This chemical contains microorganisms that cause disease and infection in people or animals

This chemical could cause a variety of health effects

6. Tim has been using this chemical for decades, but emerging research suggests that prolonged exposure to this chemical can cause heart disease. This health effect is considered to be:

Acute

Chronic

Nosocomial

7. It is the employer's responsibility to ensure that hazardous materials are handled, used, stored, and disposed of properly.

True

False

8. Which of the following pictograms represents chemicals under pressure?

a b c

a. Gas cylinder

b. Exploding bomb

c. Flame under circle

9. Which of the following elements is contained on a product's supplier label?

Pictograms, but they are optional

One signal word, either "Danger", "Warning", or "Caution"

Precautionary statements addressing prevention of, storage of, and response to the hazard

10. A workplace label must have a reference to the product's Safety Data Sheet.

True

False

11. It is a worker's responsibility to know what to do in an emergency involving the use of a chemical under WHMIS.

True

False

12. Precautionary statements provide brief preventative information on hazardous products.

True

False

13. Consider this scenario to answer questions 13-16: Sophie works at an auto repair shop. The windshield wash fluid they usually use is a blue colour. Sophie received a new shipment of this wash fluid: the liquid is now green. Sophie is concerned this product is not the same fluid she's been using.

Since Sophie is unsure about this product, she should not use it.

True

False

14. What is the best step Sophie could take to ensure that is product is the same one she has used before?

Ask her employer

Ask one of her colleagues

Google it

15. Sophie decided to ask her employer, who confirmed that the wash fluid is the same product, but a different colour. Sophie could have also checked the Safety Data Sheet on her own, without consulting her employer.

True

False

16. Information about the windshield wash's appearance, like it colour, appears in what section of the Safety Data Sheet?

Section 1. Identification

Section 3. Composition

Section 9. Physical and Chemical Properties