CRSP Safety Professional Prep
Practice Test

A. Provincial governments

B. Municipal governments

C. Federal government ✓

D. Administrative tribunals

Correct — C. Section 91(27) of the Constitution Act, 1867 grants the federal Parliament exclusive authority to make criminal law and criminal procedure in Canada. Provinces cannot enact true criminal law, though they may create quasi-criminal regulatory offences.

A. Only government inspectors are responsible for workplace safety

B. Employers alone bear the entire burden of workplace safety

C. Workplace parties — employers, supervisors, and workers — share responsibility for safety ✓

D. Unions bear primary responsibility for negotiating safe conditions

Correct — C. The IRS, originating from recommendations of the Ham Royal Commission (1976), holds that all workplace parties — employers, supervisors, and workers — have defined roles and shared responsibility for identifying and correcting hazards.

A. Reviews only whether the decision-maker followed correct procedures

B. Gives complete deference to the tribunal's findings of fact

C. Considers the matter afresh without being bound by the tribunal's conclusions ✓

D. Confirms the tribunal's decision unless it was clearly unreasonable

Correct — C. A de novo hearing is a fresh hearing in which the reviewing body considers the evidence and issues independently, without deferring to or being bound by the earlier tribunal decision.

A. Remain silent to honour client confidentiality in all circumstances

B. Disclose the hazard to appropriate parties as legally required or when life is at risk ✓

C. Wait until the client's next scheduled review to mention it

D. Report it only to the BCRSP, not to any authority

Correct — B. The CRSP Code of Ethics requires confidentiality but explicitly permits disclosure when legally obligated or when there is a risk to life or safety. Public safety obligations override general confidentiality in those circumstances.

A. Flame over a circle (oxidizer symbol)

B. Exclamation mark

C. Skull and crossbones ✓

D. Health hazard silhouette with starburst

Correct — C. The skull and crossbones pictogram is used under WHMIS 2015/GHS to indicate acute toxicity categories 1–3. The exclamation mark indicates less severe acute toxicity (category 4) or irritant effects. The flame over circle indicates oxidizers.

A. Change the future behaviour of the person who was penalized

B. Influence the behaviour of the broader community by demonstrating consequences to observers ✓

C. Compensate victims for losses caused by the offence

D. Rehabilitate the offender so they can return safely to the workforce

Correct — B. General deterrence uses the public visibility of sanctions imposed on one offender to discourage similar conduct by others who observe the outcome. Specific deterrence targets the individual offender's future behaviour.

A. Courts must apply the most recent statute even if it conflicts with precedent

B. Courts are bound to follow decisions from higher courts in the same jurisdiction on similar facts ✓

C. Judges may ignore prior rulings whenever they personally disagree with them

D. Administrative tribunals are never bound by court decisions

Correct — B. Stare decisis requires courts to follow binding precedents set by higher courts within the same jurisdiction when the material facts are substantially similar, ensuring legal consistency and predictability.

A. Eliminating joint health and safety committees as bureaucratic overhead

B. Transferring all OHS enforcement authority to the federal government

C. Abolishing workers' compensation boards in favour of private insurance

D. Establishing the Internal Responsibility System and mandatory worker participation in safety ✓

Correct — D. Justice James Ham's 1976 Royal Commission on the Health and Safety of Workers in Mines recommended the Internal Responsibility System (IRS), giving workers and workplace parties shared responsibility for safety — a model that became the foundation of modern Canadian OHS legislation.