Level 0 exam — QHSE · GUIDINEE.COM

Exam — fresh questions

12 questions to validate the fundamentals: QHSE pillars, the officer's role, the regulatory framework and PDCA vocabulary.
Answer everything, then click Check: your score and explanations will appear.

0.1 · Application

1. An oil leak: customer scrap, a fall, pollution. What should you conclude?

Three separate problems One fact, three impacts: the integrated response (tray + procedure) handles everything Nothing to do It is inevitable

Q, S and E share the same facts: a single system handles all three in one move.

0.1 · Arbitration

2. Management sees QHSE as paperwork. Which argument works?

Threaten them Give up The law requires it, period Put figures on it: prevention invested vs accidents + scrap + lost contracts

The cost of non-quality in euros talks: every euro of prevention saves several.

0.1 · Recall

3. Which is NOT a PDCA step?

Check Punish Plan Do

Plan-Do-Check-Act: plan, do, check, act. Punishing is not part of it.

0.2 · Application

4. An officer with no stop authority spots a serious danger. What is missing?

More documents A fancy title Nothing Written stop authority: without it, the officer is an alibi

Leading requires being able to stop: an assumed shutdown builds legitimacy.

0.2 · Arbitration

5. Who is responsible for safety?

The employer (and each manager for their own area); the officer facilitates and raises alerts Nobody Employees alone The officer alone

The officer advises and records; responsibility stays with line management.

0.2 · Application

6. Where does the officer spend 60 % of their useful time?

In the field: visits, 15-minute talks, findings with operators In meetings On external training In the office, on documents

The system disconnects without weekly field time: see before you write.

0.3 · Application

7. Your company is outside France. What should you do with this guide's framework?

Change country Apply it as is Transpose it: universal logic (assess, prevent, record), verified local laws Ignore it

Illustrated under French law: the duty to assess exists everywhere, the legal texts vary.

0.3 · Arbitration

8. ISO standard vs Labor Code: what is the difference?

Same thing, both mandatory Code = mandatory (regulatory); ISO = voluntary, required by customers ISO = mandatory None

Both bind you, but not for the same reasons: law on one side, contract on the other.

0.3 · Recall

9. Which does NOT prove diligence?

Recorded training An up-to-date DUERP (Single Risk Assessment Document) Dated, closed actions "We pay attention" said orally, nothing written

What is not recorded does not exist: words prove nothing to an auditor.

0.4 · Application

10. "The acid" vs "a burn while pouring without PPE". What is the distinction?

Irrelevant Same thing Hazard (property) vs risk (hazard × exposure); we reduce the risk Opposites

Name things correctly: you cannot always eliminate the hazard, but you reduce the risk.

0.4 · Arbitration

11. A reasonable goal to start with?

Do nothing Zero risk in one day Reduce one risk at a time, check, standardise, repeat Ban everything

Small PDCA turns: continuous improvement beats the big bang.

0.4 · Recall

12. Which is NOT a QHSE acronym?

HTML DUERP PPE (personal protective equipment — EPI in French) PDCA

Single document, protective equipment, Deming wheel: HTML belongs to the web.

What's next?

Score ≥ 80%: move on to Level 1 (occupational risks, risk assessment file, PPE and protections, gestures and postures, signage and mandatory posting).
Score < 80%: review the sections you missed (pillars 0.1, officer 0.2, framework 0.3, vocabulary and PDCA 0.4), re-read the explanations above, then retake the test.