Certified Nurse Manager and Leader (CNML) Practice Test

What is OSHA primarily responsible for in the workplace?

1. Providing healthcare for employees

2. Ensuring regulatory compliance in health and safety

3. Distributing health insurance plans

4. Conducting employee performance reviews

The correct answer is: Ensuring regulatory compliance in health and safety

The primary responsibility of OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, is to ensure regulatory compliance in health and safety standards in the workplace. This encompasses the creation and enforcement of regulations designed to protect workers from hazardous conditions and health risks. OSHA's mission is to prevent work-related injuries, illnesses, and deaths by ensuring that employers maintain safe and healthful working environments. This involves setting and enforcing standards, providing training, outreach, education, and assistance, and monitoring compliance with established safety regulations. The other choices, while related to aspects of employee welfare and workplace management, do not accurately reflect OSHA's focus. For example, providing healthcare for employees is a broader issue often associated with employers or health insurance providers, rather than a regulatory agency. Distributing health insurance plans also pertains to insurance providers or employers rather than OSHA’s specific role. Conducting employee performance reviews is a function of management and human resources, unrelated to OSHA’s mission of occupational safety and health oversight.