Part V: Multiple choice questions

. Which of the following statements about the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 is incorrect?

Employers are under a duty to act reasonably when managing health and safety matters.

Employers are under an obligation to carry out formal risk assessments.

Employers should not take account of the costs of reducing risks when health and safety risks are identified.

Employers must maintain written policy statements on health and safety matters.

. Which of the following statements about union-appointed health and safety representatives is not accurate?

Managers can play a role in selecting the reps.

Reps have the right to carry out inspections of machinery.

Reps must be provided with facilities to carry out their job.

Reps have the right to paid time off to attend training events.

. Which of the following is not a requirement of the COSHH regulations?

To carry out risk assessments.

To control access to hazardous substances.

To carry out health surveillance.

To send managers on an HSE approved training programme.

. What are the two types of notice that health and safety inspectors can issue when they are unhappy with what they find at an employers' premises?

Prohibition notices and violation notices.

Prohibition notices and improvement notices.

Improvement notices and investigation notices.

Improvement notices and violation notices.

. What type of personal injury claim is most common in the UK?

Breach of contract

Negligence

Breach of statutory duty

Harassment

. What term is used to describe the doctrine where by an employer is held legally responsible for injuries sustained at work even if wholly blameless?

Reasonable foreseeability

Voluntary assumption of risk

Vicarious liability

Differential risk

. Under which type of claim is it necessary to show that an employee has suffered 'oppressive and unacceptable' treatment 'of an order which would sustain criminal liability'?

Protection from Harassment Act

Negligence leading to stress

Constructive dismissal

Breach of statutory duty

. On average what proportion of damages won in personal injury claims is spent on legal fees?

55%

65%

75%

80%

. Which of the following does not appear in the Working Time Regulations 1998?

11 hours rest in 24 hours

1 hour for lunch

24 hours rest in every 7 days

20 minutes rest in every period of 6 hours' work

. The Working Time Regulations 1998 do not apply to:

Self employed

Workers

Employees

Agency workers

. Which of the following is incorrect?

Those who decide their own working patterns are exempt from the Working Time Regulations.

On-call time spent sleeping at the place of work counts as working time.

Time spent travelling to work counts as working time.

Time spent on rest breaks counts as working time.

. Which of the following statements about annual leave entitlements is incorrect? :

is not obligatory to take.

consists of 28 days plus bank holidays.

is added on to the end of maternity leave.

the worker cannot be given payment in lieu.

Part V: Multiple choice questions

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