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Why is the Health and Safety at Work Act Why should all employees be able to view the
important to everyone at work? Give two answers. company health and safety policy?

A) It explains how health and safety is managed A) It tells them how to do their job safely
on site
B) It contains the contents of the risk
B) It explains how to write risk assessments assessments
C) It requires all employers to provide a safe C) It tells them how health and safety is managed
place to work within their organisation
D) It sets out how work should be carried out D) It tells them how to use tools and equipment
safely
E) It puts legal duties on workers with regard to
their acts or omissions
The correct answer is C.

The correct answers are C and E.

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If there is a fatal accident or reportable dangerous What happens if a prohibition notice is issued by a
occurrence on site, when must the Health and Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspector or
Safety Executive (HSE) be informed? Local Authority?

A) Immediately A) Work can continue, as long as a risk


assessment is carried out
B) Within five days
C) Within seven days B) The work that is subject to the notice must
stop
D) Within 10 days
C) Work can continue if extra safety precautions
are taken
The correct answer is A.
D) The work currently in progress can be
completed, but no new work can be started

The correct answer is B.

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A whole site has been issued with a prohibition When does an employer have to prepare a written
notice. What does this mean during the period health and safety policy and record the significant
that the notice applies? findings of risk assessments?

A) You must be on site before work starts A) When they employ three or more people
B) The site manager must check with the Health B) When they employ five or more people
and Safety Executive (HSE) before starting
C) When they employ 10 or more people
work
D) When the work is going to last for more than
C) No-one must use any survey equipment, tools 30 days
or machinery
D) All work must stop on site until the safety The correct answer is B.
problem is rectified

The correct answer is D.

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In the context of a risk assessment, what does the What does a risk assessment tell you?
term risk mean?
A) How significant risks are being created
A) Something with the potential to cause injury
B) What legislation should be applied to control
B) An unsafe act or condition risks
C) The likelihood or chance that a hazard could C) The generic risks associated with an activity
actually cause harm or damage
D) What risks may exist and how they should be
D) Any work activity that can be described as controlled
dangerous
The correct answer is D.
The correct answer is C.

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The significant findings of a risk assessment What is the purpose of an on-site risk
reveal a risk to health or safety of site staff. What assessment?
measure should always be considered first?
A) To save time completing documentation
A) Make sure personal protective equipment
B) To review hazards and risks to ensure that any
(PPE) is available
planned safety system is still applicable
B) Adapt the work to the individual
C) To ensure that the work can be carried out in a
C) Give priority to those measures that protect reasonable timeframe
the whole workforce
D) To protect the company from prosecution
D) Avoid the risk altogether if possible
The correct answer is B.
The correct answer is D.

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In considering what measures to take to protect What does the word hazard mean?
workers against risks to their health and safety,
when should personal protective equipment (PPE) A) Anything that has the potential to cause harm
be considered? or damage
B) The level of risk on site
A) First, because it is an effective way to protect
people C) A type of barrier or machine guard
B) First, as the only practical measure D) The likelihood that something might happen
C) Never, as using PPE is bad practice
The correct answer is A.
D) Only when the risks cannot be eliminated by
other means

The correct answer is D.

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Why is it important to identify hazards? Who should undertake a planned task that
involves significant risk?
A) They have the potential to cause harm
A) A competent person
B) They must all be eliminated before work can
start B) A worker
C) They must all be notified to the Health and C) A supervisor
Safety Executive (HSE)
D) A health and safety professional
D) They have to be written on the Health and
Safety Law poster The correct answer is A.

The correct answer is A.

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Two contract workers arrive on site with a file of Why may a young person be more at risk of
generic risk assessments. You are keen for them having accidents?
to start but you know the risk assessments do not
take into account the current site specific hazards. A) Legislation does not apply to anyone under
What is the best thing to do? 18 years of age
B) They are usually left to work alone to gain
A) Turn them away and tell them to come back experience
with better paperwork
C) They have less experience and may not
B) Get them to sign the generic risk assessments recognise danger or understand what could go
and tell them about the site wrong
C) Amend the risk assessments with them or their D) There is no legal duty to provide them with
supervisor, to take into account site specific
personal protective equipment (PPE)
hazards
D) Cover the site specific hazards during the site The correct answer is C.
induction

The correct answer is C.

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What should be your first action if you discover The standards of health and safety on a project
children playing on site? site have noticeably declined. What is the first
thing you should do to find out about the
A) Tell the site manager contractors attitude to health and safety?

B) Shout and warn them off


A) Talk to some of the local residents
C) Make sure they are taken to a safe place
B) Check their RIDDOR reports
D) Find out how they got into the site
C) Talk to the site manager
The correct answer is C. D) Call the contractors safety department

The correct answer is C.

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Why is it important to review and update the site Which of the following has the highest priority
induction regularly? under any hierarchy of control?

A) It will affect your performance-related pay A) Specifying the use of a mobile elevating work
platform (MEWP) for steel erection
B) Hazards are likely to change on site as work
progresses B) Pre-fabrication of steelwork that eliminates the
need for a high-level bolted connection
C) It is a legal requirement to update site
inductions on a weekly basis C) The installation of a 2 m high barrier to prevent
unauthorised access to an area where work at
D) It will help to keep the site clean and tidy
height is taking place
The correct answer is B. D) The introduction of a comprehensive briefing
sheet to warn workers of the dangers of
working at height

The correct answer is B.

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ERIC is a summary of the general principles of From a safety point of view, which of the following
prevention when developing safe methods of should be considered first when deciding on the
work. What does it stand for? number and location of access and egress points
to a site?
A) Employ, reduce, isolate, control
A) Off road parking for cars and vans
B) Ensure, reduce, isolate, control
B) Access for the emergency services
C) Eliminate, reduce, isolate, control
C) Access for heavy vehicles
D) Educate, reduce, isolate, control
D) Site security
The correct answer is C.
The correct answer is B.

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Which of the following can provide a good first Which of the following is not a good reason for
impression of how well a site is being run? obtaining and communicating information on
construction health risks?
A) How tidy and organised it is
A) Many professionals and workers do not know
B) What the principal contractor says in the
enough about construction health risks
monthly site meeting
B) Construction workers do not always
C) What the last RIDDOR report says
understand the long-term effects on their
D) The number of signs displayed at the site health
entrance
C) Ill health in construction workers is more
common than traumatic injuries
The correct answer is A.
D) It tests the literacy skills of construction
workers

The correct answer is D.

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What is the best way for a responsible person to How would you expect the topics for toolbox talks
make sure that all who are doing a job have fully to be selected?
understood a method statement?
A) They should be on safety topics that are in the
A) Attach the method statement to the risk news
assessment and job sheet
B) The topic relates to work that is being carried
B) Explain the method statement to those doing out at that time
the job and test their understanding
C) The client selects the topic for each talk
C) Make sure that those doing the job have read D) In an order so that each topic is given at least
the method statement once a year
D) Display the method statements on a
noticeboard in the office The correct answer is B.

The correct answer is B.

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What is the purpose of using a permit-to-work Where should you find out the number of people
system? who may be carried in a passenger hoist on site?

A) To ensure that the job is being carried out A) Displayed on a legible notice within the site
properly welfare area
B) To ensure that the job is carried out by the B) Displayed on a legible notice within the cage
easiest method of the hoist
C) To enable tools and equipment to be properly C) Given in the company safety policy
checked before work starts
D) On the health and safety poster
D) To control work to prevent a major accident
The correct answer is B.
The correct answer is D.

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Welding is about to start on the site you are On visiting a site you notice that it is next to a
visiting. What should be provided to prevent primary school. What is likely to be the most
passers-by from getting arc eye? effective way of keeping children off construction
sites?
A) Warning signs
A) Putting up keep out posters
B) Screens
C) Personal protective equipment (PPE) B) Erecting security fencing or hoarding and
keeping all entrance gates closed
D) Pedestrian walkways
C) Giving safety talks to the local schools and
youth clubs
The correct answer is B.
D) Sending a flyer to local households telling
them to keep their children off site

The correct answer is B.

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Which of these does not have to be recorded in When must you record an accident in the accident
the accident book? book?

A) The injured persons national insurance A) If you are injured in any way
number
B) Only if you have to be off work
B) The date and time of the accident C) Only if you have suffered a broken bone
C) Details of the injury
D) Only if you have to go to hospital
D) The home address of the injured person
The correct answer is A.
The correct answer is A.

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If someone is injured at work, who should record it Which of the following statements about recording
in the accident book? accidents is true?

A) The site manager A) They must include details of the next of kin
B) The injured person or someone acting for B) They must only be completed by a site
them manager or supervisor
C) The first aider C) They must comply with the requirements of the
Data Protection Act
D) Someone from the Health and Safety
Executive (HSE) D) They must only be kept in an electronic format

The correct answer is B. The correct answer is C.

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What is the most important reason for keeping a Why is it important for all workers to attend site
working area on a construction site clean and induction?
tidy?
A) Workers will get to know other new starters
A) To prevent slips, trips and falls B) Risk assessments will be handed out
B) So that the workers dont have to have a big C) Site-specific health and safety rules will be
clean-up at the end of the week
explained
C) So that waste skips can be emptied more
D) Permits to work will be handed out
often
D) To recycle waste and help the environment The correct answer is C.

The correct answer is A.

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Which of the following is the least important How can you help to prevent accidents?
reason for recording all accidents?
A) By acting on reports of unsafe working
A) It might stop them happening again conditions
B) Some types of accident have to be reported to B) By becoming a first aider
the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
C) By knowing where the first-aid kit is kept
C) Details have to be entered in the accident
D) By knowing how to get help quickly
book
D) To find out who is to blame and make sure The correct answer is A.
they are prosecuted

The correct answer is D.

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When are people, who are working on or visiting Historically, which type of accident kills the most
construction sites, most likely to have an construction workers?
accident?
A) Falling from height
A) In the morning
B) Contact with electricity
B) In the afternoon C) Being run over by site transport
C) During the summer months
D) Being hit by a falling object
D) When they first start on any new site
The correct answer is A.
The correct answer is D.

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A scaffold has collapsed and you saw it happen. What is a near miss?
What should you say when you are asked about
the accident? A) An incident where you were just too late to see
what happened
A) Nothing, as you are not a scaffold expert
B) An incident where someone could have been
B) As little as possible because you dont want to injured or something could have been
get people into trouble damaged
C) Exactly what you saw C) An incident where someone was injured and
nearly had to go to hospital
D) Who you think is to blame and how they
should be punished D) An incident where someone was injured and
nearly had to take time off work
The correct answer is C.
The correct answer is B.

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Why is it important to report near miss incidents A member of the public has been injured by work
on site? activities and taken to hospital for treatment. What
should happen next?
A) Because it is the law to report all near miss
incidents A) The accident should be reported by the
responsible person to the Health and Safety
B) To find someone to blame
Executive (HSE)
C) It is a requirement of the CDM Regulations
B) The responsible person should send the
D) To learn from them and stop them happening member of the public some flowers and ask
again them to keep quiet
C) The member of the public should be reminded
The correct answer is D.
by the responsible person to take greater care
and attention near a site
D) The accident should only be reported to the
site health and safety manager by the
responsible person

The correct answer is A.

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Who must be legally notified of a death, specified An excavator on site has overturned but no-one
injury, dangerous occurrence or over seven-day was injured. What must happen next?
injury on a site?
A) Clear up as quickly as possible and resume
A) The companys insurance company work
B) The local health centre B) Investigate the incident
C) The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) C) Make a report to the Health and Safety
Executive (HSE)
D) No-one
D) Report the incident in the accident book
The correct answer is C.
The correct answer is B.

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If you have a minor accident, who is responsible When leaving a site you have been visiting you
for making sure it is reported? notice that a contractor is working in an unsafe
manner. What should you do?
A) Anyone who saw the accident happen
A) It is not your responsibility so leave site
B) A workmate
B) Return and speak to the site manager
C) You
C) Contact the principal designer
D) The Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
D) Contact the contractors head office
The correct answer is C.
The correct answer is B.

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If your doctor says that you contracted Weils While on site you see a contractor working in a
disease (leptospirosis) on site, why do you need way that presents an imminent danger to yourself
to tell your employer? and others around you. What should you do
immediately?
A) Your employer has to warn your colleagues
not to go near you A) Move to another area of the site and continue
with your work
B) Your employer will have to report it to the
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) B) Before you leave site ensure that you inform
the project manager
C) Your employer will need to call pest control to
remove rats on site C) Speak directly to the contractor and tell them
to stop work
D) The site on which you contracted it will have to
be closed down D) Ensure that you inform the client and the
principal designer
The correct answer is B.
The correct answer is C.

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A doctor gives an employee some medication. You can catch an infection called tetanus from
What question is it important that the employee contaminated land or water. How does it get into
asks the doctor? your body?

A) Will it make them drowsy or unsafe to work or A) Through your nose when you breathe
operate machinery?
B) Through an open cut in your skin
B) Will it make them work more slowly? C) Through your mouth when you eat or drink
C) Will they fail a drugs test?
D) It doesnt, it only infects animals and not
D) Will it cause them to oversleep and be late for people
work?
The correct answer is B.
The correct answer is A.

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Which of the following is most likely to result in You suspect someone has been drinking alcohol
those who work with sheet lead having raised or is still over the alcohol limit. What should you
levels of lead in their blood? do?

A) By them not using the correct respirator A) Get them to drink plenty of strong coffee
before they go back to work
B) By not washing their hands before eating
B) Tell them your concerns and see that they are
C) By not changing out of their work clothes
safely removed from site
D) By them not wearing safety goggles
C) Ask them to stay away an hour and then go
back to work
The correct answer is B.
D) Get them to eat and drink something, wait
30 minutes and then go back to work

The correct answer is B.

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Why shouldnt white spirit or other solvents be What condition can be caused by direct sunlight
used to clean hands? exposure on bare skin?

A) They could strip the protective oils from the A) Dermatitis


skin
B) Rickets
B) They could remove the top layer of skin C) Acne
C) They could block the pores of the skin
D) Skin cancer
D) They could carry harmful bacteria that attack
the skin The correct answer is D.

The correct answer is A.

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What can cause occupational dermatitis? What is the main issue with using barrier cream to
protect the skin?
A) Hand-arm vibration
A) There may be none available on site
B) Another person with dermatitis
B) Many harmful substances go straight through
C) Some types of strong chemical
it
D) Sunlight
C) It is difficult to wash off
The correct answer is C. D) It can irritate your skin

The correct answer is B.

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When site workers need to handle harmful In what situation is a worker most likely to catch
substances, which condition can be prevented by Weils disease (leptospirosis)?
wearing the correct protection gloves?
A) If they work near wet ground, waterways or
A) Skin disease sewers
B) Vibration white finger B) If they work near air-conditioning units
C) Raynauds syndrome C) If they work fixing showers or baths
D) Arthritis D) If they drink water from a standpipe

The correct answer is A. The correct answer is A.

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What other illness can be easily confused with the Which of the following species of animal is the
early signs of Weils disease (leptospirosis)? most likely carrier of Weils disease (leptospirosis)
on construction sites?
A) Dermatitis
A) Rabbits
B) Diabetes
C) Hay fever B) Rats
C) Squirrels
D) Influenza (flu)
D) Mice
The correct answer is D.
The correct answer is B.

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The legionella bacteria that cause Legionnaires How are legionella bacteria passed on to
disease are most likely to be found in which of the humans?
following?
A) Through fine water droplets, such as sprays or
A) A boiler operating at a temperature of 80C mists
B) An infrequently used shower hose outlet B) By drinking dirty water
C) A cold water storage cistern containing water C) Through contact with the skin
at 10C
D) From other people when they sneeze
D) A WC toilet pan
The correct answer is A.
The correct answer is B.

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What are the legal minimum facilities that should What sort of rest area should be provided for
be provided on site for washing your hands? workers on site?

A) Nothing, there is no need to provide washing A) A covered area


facilities
B) A covered area and some chairs
B) Running hot water and electric hand-dryers C) A covered area, tables and chairs with backs,
C) A cold water standpipe and paper towels and something to boil water and heat food
D) Hot and cold water (or warm water), soap, and D) Nothing, contractors dont have to provide rest
a way to dry hands areas

The correct answer is D. The correct answer is C.

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What should you do if you find that the toilets on The site is due to close in one week and the
the site you are visiting are dirty? toilets do not flush. What should you do?

A) Ignore the problem, it is normal A) Put a sign on the door explaining that the
toilets are out of order
B) Tell the site manager who can sort it out
C) Ask someone to find some cleaning materials B) Arrange to get the toilets fixed straight away
and attend to it C) Ask everyone to bear with you as the site is
nearly finished
D) See if you can use the toilets in a nearby caf
or pub D) Tell the site workers to use the fast food outlet
facilities nearby
The correct answer is B.
The correct answer is B.

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When can male and female workers use the same When providing showers for male and female
toilet facilities on a construction site? workers, which is the preferred option?

A) Not in any circumstances A) Men and women can use the same facilities
B) If the toilet cubicle is partitioned from any B) Provision of cubicles separated by a partition,
urinals and recommended for use by one person at a
time
C) If the toilet is in a lockable room, for use by
one person at a time C) Provision of facilities in a separate room
D) If sanitary waste disposal is provided D) If they are in a separate cubicle

The correct answer is C. The correct answer is C.

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How do you find out about emergency assembly How do workers find out what to do if they are
points? injured on site?

A) By reading a risk assessment A) By asking someone on site


B) By reading a method statement B) By looking for the first-aid sign
C) At the site induction C) By attending a first-aid course
D) By checking the permit to work D) It should be included at site induction

The correct answer is C. The correct answer is D.

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How are site-based staff and visitors informed of How should site visitors be informed of what to do
the location of first-aid facilities on site? in the event of an on-site emergency?

A) By walking the site looking for the first-aid sign A) They should study the plans on the wall of the
site office
B) By searching the site office
C) By attending the site induction B) They are informed during site induction
C) They should ask the site manager
D) By reading the Health and Safety Law poster
D) They should take a look around the site for the
The correct answer is C. emergency assembly point

The correct answer is B.

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How can you see for yourself that attention has Do those in charge of sites have to provide a
been given to simple emergency procedures on first-aid box?
site?
A) Yes, every site must have one
A) Scaffolding has inspection labels fitted
B) Only if more than five people work on site
B) The distance between the structure and the C) Only if more than 25 people work on site
assembly point is minimised
D) No, there is no legal duty to provide one
C) There are fire points with extinguishers and a
means of raising the alarm
The correct answer is A.
D) All electrical appliances have been electrically
tested

The correct answer is C.

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How should workers be informed about what to do If there is an emergency while you are on site,
in an emergency? Give two answers. what should you do first?

A) By attending the site induction A) Leave the site and go back to your office
B) By looking in the health and safety file B) Phone your office
C) By asking the Health and Safety Executive C) Follow the site emergency procedure
(HSE)
D) Phone the police
D) By asking at the local hospital
E) By reading the site noticeboards The correct answer is C.

The correct answers are A and E.

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Where must an emergency route or routes ensure A survey needs to be carried out on a remote
safe access to? unoccupied site. What should the worker be
provided with?
A) The ground
B) The open air A) A suitably stocked first-aid kit

C) A place of safety B) The first-aid box from the office


C) The telephone number for the local HSE office
D) The first-aid room
D) A book on first aid
The correct answer is C.
The correct answer is A.

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When would you expect eyewash bottles to be What must a travelling first-aid kit not contain?
provided?
A) Bandages
A) Only on demolition sites where asbestos has
B) Plasters
to be removed
C) Safety pins
B) Only on sites where refurbishment is being
carried out D) Tablets or medicines
C) On all sites where people could get something
The correct answer is D.
in their eyes
D) On all sites where showers are needed

The correct answer is C.

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If you cut your finger and it wont stop bleeding, Someone has fallen from height and has no
what should you do? feeling in their legs. What should you do?

A) Wrap something around it and carry on A) Roll them onto their back and keep their legs
working straight
B) Tell the site manager about the problem B) Roll them onto their side and bend their legs
C) Wash it clean then carry on working C) Ensure they stay still and dont move them
until medical help arrives
D) Find a first aider or get other medical help
D) Raise their legs to see if any feeling comes
The correct answer is D. back

The correct answer is C.

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If someone is in contact with a live cable, what What is the first thing you should do if you find an
should you do first? injured person?

A) Phone the electricity company A) Tell the site manager


B) Dial 999 and ask for an ambulance B) Check that you are not in any danger before
you check the injured person
C) Switch off the power and call for help
C) Move the injured person to a safe place
D) Pull them away from the cable
D) Ask the injured person what happened
The correct answer is C.
The correct answer is B.

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Someone working in a deep manhole has Someone collapses with stomach pain and there
collapsed. What is the first thing you should do? is no first aider on site. What should you do first?

A) Get someone lowered into the manhole on a A) Get them to sit down
rope
B) Get someone to call the emergency services
B) Climb into the manhole and give C) Get them to lie down in the recovery position
mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
D) Give them some painkillers
C) Run and tell the site manager
D) Shout and raise the alarm as a trained rescue The correct answer is B.
team will be needed

The correct answer is D.

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If you are not trained in first aid, and someone is What is the one thing a first aider cannot do?
knocked unconscious, what should you do first?
A) Give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
A) Turn them over so they are lying on their back
B) Stop any bleeding
B) Send for medical help
C) Give medicines without authorisation
C) Slap their face to wake them up
D) Treat casualties if they are unconscious
D) Give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
The correct answer is C.
The correct answer is B.

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When an employers first aid needs assessment Which two of the following factors must be
indicates that a first aider is unnecessary, the considered when providing first-aid facilities on
minimum requirement is to ensure that there is an site?
appointed person. Which of the following would
you expect an appointed person to carry out? A) The cost of first-aid equipment
B) The hazards, risks and nature of the work
A) Provide most of the care normally carried out carried out
by a first aider
C) The number of people expected to be on site
B) Provide all of the care normally provided by a at any time
first aider
D) The difficulty in finding time to purchase the
C) Contact the emergency services and direct necessary equipment
them to the scene of an accident
E) The space in the site office to store the
D) Only apply plasters and dressings to minor necessary equipment
wounds
The correct answers are B and C.
The correct answer is C.

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If you think someone has broken a leg, what If someone gets grit in their eye, what is the best
should you do? thing to do?

A) Lie them on their side in the recovery position A) Hold the eye open and wipe it with clean
tissue paper
B) Use your belt to strap their legs together
C) Send for the first aider or get other help B) Ask them to rub the eye until it starts to water
C) Tell them to blink a couple of times
D) Lie them on their back
D) Hold the eye open and flush it with sterilised
The correct answer is C. water or eyewash

The correct answer is D.

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Someone gets a large splinter in their hand. It is Someone has got a nail in their foot. You are not a
deep under the skin and it hurts. What should be first aider. Why must you not pull the nail out?
done?
A) You will let air and bacteria get into the wound
A) Use something sharp to dig it out
B) The nail is helping to reduce the bleeding
B) Make sure they get first aid C) It will prove that the casualty was not wearing
C) Tell them to ignore it and let the splinter come safety boots
out on its own
D) The nail would become a bio-hazard
D) Try to squeeze out the splinter with your
thumbs The correct answer is B.

The correct answer is B.

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Question Question
What is the best thing to do if someone burns While on site you observe that there is a risk of
their hand? materials flying at speed into site workers eyes.
What should they be wearing to protect
A) Tell them to put the hand into cold water or themselves?
under a cold running tap
A) Impact-resistant goggles or full face shield
B) Tell them to carry on working to exercise the
hand B) Welding goggles
C) Tell them to rub barrier cream or Vaseline into C) Reading glasses or sunglasses
the burn
D) Light eye protection
D) Tell them to wrap a handkerchief around the
burn The correct answer is A.

The correct answer is A.

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When should eye protection be worn? What type of eye protection do workers need to
wear when they are using a cartridge-operated
A) On very bright, sunny days tool or compressed gas tool, for example, a nail
gun?
B) If there is a risk of eye injury and if it is the site
rules
A) Light eye protection or safety glasses
C) When it has been included in the bill of
quantities B) Normal prescription glasses or sunglasses
C) Impact-rated goggles
D) Only for work with chemicals
D) None - they arent needed as there is a
The correct answer is B. minimal risk of injury

The correct answer is C.

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When should you wear safety footwear on site? What features should you be looking for when
obtaining safety footwear for a site visit?
A) Only when working at ground level or outside
A) They must be black with a good sole pattern
B) Until the site starts to look finished
B) They only need a protective toecap and thin
C) All the time
mid-sole
D) When you are working all day on site and not
just visiting C) They must have a protective toecap and
mid-sole
The correct answer is C. D) They must be smooth-soled to prevent the
transfer of contaminated materials

The correct answer is C.

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Do all types of glove protect hands against How should you wear your safety helmet to get
chemicals? maximum protection from it?

A) Yes, all gloves are made to the same standard


A) Back to front
B) Only if site workers put barrier cream on their
hands as well
C) No, different types of glove protect against
different types of hazard
D) Only if site workers cover their gloves with B) Pushed back on your head
barrier cream

The correct answer is C.

C) Square on your head

D) Pulled forward

The correct answer is C.

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Question Question
When is the only time that you do not need to What should you do if you drop your safety helmet
wear head protection on site? from height onto a hard surface?

A) If you are working on a project that is at the A) Have any cracks repaired then carry on
finishing stages wearing it
B) If you are working where there are no hazards B) Make sure there are no cracks then carry on
above you wearing it
C) When you are in a safe area, like the site C) Work without a safety helmet until you can get
office a new one
D) If you are working in very hot weather D) Stop work and get a new safety helmet

The correct answer is C. The correct answer is D.

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When must you wear hi-vis (high visibility) What should you do if your personal protective
clothing? equipment (PPE) gets damaged?

A) When the need is identified in the contractors A) Throw it away and work without it
or your employers site rules
B) Stop what you are doing until it is replaced
B) Only if you are inspecting deep excavations or C) Carry on wearing it but work more quickly
tunnels
D) Try to repair it
C) During normal daylight hours only
D) Only if you are working alongside moving plant The correct answer is B.

The correct answer is A.

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You are about to enter an active work area on site. Who has the legal duty to ensure that workers are
How will you know if you need any extra personal provided with any personal protective equipment
protective equipment (PPE)? (PPE) they need, including the means to maintain
it?
A) By looking at the health and safety policy
A) Their employer
B) You will always need it
C) From the risk assessment or method B) The workers who need it
statement C) The client for the project
D) Others around you will be wearing more than D) The person whose design created the need for
the minimum PPE required the use of PPE

The correct answer is C. The correct answer is A.

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Question Question
If employees have to work outdoors in bad Look at these statements about personal
weather, why should you supply them with protective equipment (PPE). Which one is not
waterproof clothing? true?

A) So they need to take fewer breaks A) Workers must pay for any damage or loss
B) They need protecting from the weather and B) Workers must store it correctly when they are
are less likely to get muscle strains if they are not using it
warm and dry
C) Workers must report any damage or loss to
C) They are less likely to catch Weils disease their manager
(leptospirosis) if they are warm and dry
D) Workers must use it as instructed
D) They prevent slips and trips
The correct answer is A.
The correct answer is B.

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When must employers supply personal protective Do workers have to pay for any personal
equipment (PPE)? protective equipment (PPE) they need?

A) Twice a year A) Yes, they must pay for all of it


B) If workers pay for it B) Only to replace lost or damaged PPE
C) If it is in the contract C) Yes, but they only have to pay half the cost
D) If it is needed to provide protection D) No, the employer must pay for it

The correct answer is D. The correct answer is D.

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What item of personal protective equipment When working in an area where fibreglass roof
(PPE), from the following list, should be used insulation is being handled, in addition to safety
when oxyacetylene welding? boots and helmet, which of the following items of
personal protective equipment (PPE) should be
A) Ear defenders worn?

B) Clear goggles
A) Gloves, respiratory protective equipment and
C) Eye protection with a tinted or filter lens eye protection
D) Dust mask B) Rubber apron, eye protection and ear
defenders
The correct answer is C.
C) Ear defenders, respiratory protective
equipment and knee pads
D) Barrier cream, eye protection and respiratory
protective equipment

The correct answer is A.

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Question Question
Someone is using a disc cutter to cut concrete Why is it important to be clean shaven if using a
blocks. What three immediate hazards are likely half mask respirator?
to affect them?
A) The filter will become blocked more quickly
A) Flying fragments
B) You may suffer an allergic reaction to the mask
B) Dermatitis C) Facial hair can affect the seal around the face
C) Harmful dust in the air
D) You will be able to use the same mask for
D) High noise levels longer
E) Skin cancer
The correct answer is C.

The correct answers are A, C and D.

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Question Question
Where are workers likely to breathe in the highest What should you not encourage workers to do
quantities of dust when drilling, cutting, sanding or when they are sweeping up?
grinding?
A) Dampen down the area
A) Outside on a still day
B) Make sure there is plenty of ventilation
B) Outside on a windy day
C) Wear their protective mask
C) In a small room
D) Dry sweep the area quickly
D) In a large indoor space
The correct answer is D.
The correct answer is C.

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Question Question
What should a worker do if the water they are What is the best way to limit dust exposure when
using to control dust runs out? assessing the use of a power tool?

A) Put on additional respiratory protection A) Stop dust getting into the air
B) Stop and refill the water B) Provide adequate ventilation
C) Ask everyone to clear the area and then carry C) Find a way to do the work quickly to limit dust
on exposure
D) Carry on but get someone to sweep up D) Only undertake the work during damp or wet
afterwards weather

The correct answer is B. The correct answer is A.

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Question Question
Work is being planned that will create dust. What What must workers ensure when using water to
action should be taken? keep dust down when cutting?

A) The work should not be carried out because A) That there is as much water as possible
dust is highly dangerous
B) That the water flow is correctly adjusted
B) Equipment to eliminate or reduce dust and C) That somebody stands next to them to pour
personal protective equipment (PPE) suitable
water from a bottle
for the work should be used
D) That water is poured onto the surface before
C) Work should commence no controls are they start cutting
needed as dust cannot cause serious harm or
injury
The correct answer is B.
D) Work for short periods at a time

The correct answer is B.

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Question Question
Work is planned that needs to use a power tool to When using a power tool to cut or grind materials,
cut or grind materials. Select the two best ways to why must the dust be collected and not allowed to
control the dust. get into the air?

A) Work slowly and carefully A) To save time and avoid having to clear up the
mess
B) Fit a dust extractor or collector to the machine
C) Wet cutting B) Most dust can be harmful if breathed in
C) The tool will be faster if the dust is collected
D) Keep the area clean and tidy
D) A machine guard is not needed if the dust is
E) Wear a dust mask
collected
The correct answers are B and C.
The correct answer is B.

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What should workers do if they find pigeon What illness can be caused by breathing in a
droppings and nests in an area where they are dusty atmosphere for long periods of time?
required to work?
A) Occupational asthma
A) Carry on with the work carefully, so they dont
B) Occupational dermatitis
disturb them
C) Skin cancer
B) Stop work and seek advice
D) Weils disease (leptospirosis)
C) Try to catch the pigeons
D) Wait for the pigeons to fly away before The correct answer is A.
carrying on with the work

The correct answer is B.

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What can cause occupational asthma? What is the biggest cause of long-term health
issues in the construction industry?
A) Exposure to loud noise
A) Loud noise
B) Exposure to rat urine
B) Being struck by a vehicle
C) Skin contact with any hazardous substance
C) Slipping and tripping
D) Breathing in hazardous dust, fumes or vapours
D) Breathing in hazardous dust and fumes
The correct answer is D.
The correct answer is D.

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What should workers do if they have been given a Your workers have been face-fit tested. What is
dust mask to protect them against hazardous one of the checks you can make to ensure their
fumes? mask provides a tight seal?

A) Only start work when they have the correct A) That they are clean shaven
respiratory protective equipment (RPE)
B) That they have no more than two days stubble
B) Start work wearing the dust mask but work growth
quickly
C) That they have no more than one weeks
C) Start work but take regular breaks stubble growth
D) Wear a second dust mask on top of the first D) That their voices cannot be heard when
one wearing the mask

The correct answer is A. The correct answer is A.

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Disposable masks have filtering facepiece ratings Which of the following do you not need to do to
of FFP1, FFP2 and FFP3. Which offers the ensure that someones mask works?
greater protection?
A) Check the mask is the correct type needed
A) FFP1
B) Check the wearer has passed a face-fit test
B) FFP2 wearing the mask
C) FFP3 C) Check it is being worn correctly
D) They all offer the same protection, the D) Immerse it in water to ensure the seals are
numbers refer to the different sizes of mask tight

The correct answer is C. The correct answer is D.

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How long can you use the same disposable half Which of these activities does not create harmful
mask respirator for? Select two answers. silica dust?

A) Until it is visibly contaminated A) Sawing timber and plywood


B) A single shift (8 hours) B) Cutting kerbs, stone, paving slabs, bricks and
blocks
C) 5 working days
C) Breaking up concrete floors and screeds
D) 14 days
D) Chasing out walls and mortar joints or
E) 28 days
sweeping up rubble
The correct answers are A and B.
The correct answer is A.

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Question Question
Which of the following is not a health effect of When drilling, cutting, sanding or grinding what is
being exposed to paints and resins which have the best way to protect your safety and long-term
high levels of solvents? health?

A) Headaches and sickness A) Use dust extraction or wet cut and wear a hard
hat, hi-vis jacket and light eye protection
B) Drowsiness or poor co-ordination
C) Dermatitis or skin problems B) Wear FFP3-rated respiratory protective
equipment (RPE) and impact goggles
D) Hearing loss
C) Wear any disposable dust mask, a hard hat,
hi-vis jacket, hearing protection and impact
The correct answer is D.
goggles
D) Use dust extraction or wet cut, wear
FFP3-rated respiratory protective equipment
(RPE), hearing protection and impact goggles

The correct answer is D.

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Question Question
Can the damage by exposure to noise over a long How can noise affect someones health? Give two
period of time be reversed? answers.

A) Yes, with time A) Headaches


B) Yes, if you have an operation B) Ear infections
C) No, the damage is permanent C) Permanent hearing loss
D) Yes, if you change jobs D) Waxy ears
E) Dizziness and nausea
The correct answer is C.

The correct answers are A and C.

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What does it mean if someone has a ringing Noise can cause damage to peoples hearing.
sound in their ears after working with noisy What is an early sign of this?
equipment?
A) There are no early signs
A) Their hearing has been temporarily damaged
B) Temporary deafness or a ringing noise in the
B) They have also been subjected to vibration ears
C) Their hearing protection was working properly C) A skin rash around the ears
D) The noise level was high but acceptable D) Regular ear infections

The correct answer is A. The correct answer is B.

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When referring to noise, what does the term What does wearing hearing protection do?
upper exposure action value mean?
A) Stops you hearing all noise
A) The level at which hearing protection zones
B) Reduces damaging noise to an acceptable
must be established and hearing protection
level
must be worn
C) Repairs your hearing if it is damaged
B) The second time a noise reading is taken
during a controlled measurement of site noise D) Makes you hear better
C) The loudest a noise can be before work with
The correct answer is B.
the tools causing the noise must stop
D) The highest noise reading from a
representative sample

The correct answer is A.

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What must you remember if you need to wear What are two recommended ways to protect your
hearing protection? hearing?

A) You have to carry out your own noise A) Rolled tissue paper
assessment
B) Cotton wool pads over your ears
B) You have to pay for all hearing protection C) Earplugs
C) Earplugs dont work
D) Soft cloth pads over your ears
D) You may be less aware of what is going on
E) Ear defenders
around you
The correct answers are C and E.
The correct answer is D.

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What should you do if a worker needs to wear ear Someone near you is using noisy equipment and
defenders but an ear pad is missing from one of you have no hearing protection. What should you
the shells? do?

A) Tell them not to wear them, and to work A) Ask them to stop what they are doing
without any hearing protection
B) Carry on with your work as you are not the
B) Tell them to put them on and go on to site with person using the equipment
them as they are
C) Leave the area until you have the correct
C) Tell them they cannot work in any noisy area personal protective equipment (PPE)
until they are replaced
D) Speak to the operatives supervisor
D) Tell them to take an ear pad from another set
of ear defenders The correct answer is C.

The correct answer is C.

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You have to inspect a site near a construction What must you do if you have to enter a hearing
operation that is generating a high level of noise. protection zone?
It is not possible to shut the operation down.
Which of the following actions would you expect to A) Not make any noise
be the site managers immediate response?
B) Wear the correct hearing protection at all times
A) Arrange for a noise assessment to be carried C) Take hearing protection with you in case you
out need to use it
B) Make hearing protection available to those D) Wear hearing protection if the noise gets too
people who ask for it loud for you
C) Issue all people affected with hearing
The correct answer is B.
protection as a precaution
D) Erect hearing protection zone signs

The correct answer is C.

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Noise levels may be a general problem if you What is the significance of the weekly or daily
have to shout to be understood when someone is personal noise exposure limit value of 87 decibel
standing how far away? (dBA) set out in the Control of Noise at Work
Regulations?
A) 2 m away
A) All site personnel and visitors need to be
B) 4 m away
warned if this noise level is being exceeded
C) 5 m away
B) Hearing protection needs to be provided upon
D) 6 m away request if this level is likely to be exceeded
C) The principal contractor must make sure
The correct answer is A.
everyone carries their hearing protection if this
noise level is exceeded
D) Employers must ensure that their personnel
are not exposed to noise above this level

The correct answer is D.

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Question Question
If you need to wear disposable foam earplugs how Why is over exposure to vibratory tools and
should you insert them so they protect your equipment a serious issue?
hearing from damage?
A) There are no early warning signs
A) Soak them in water, squeeze them out and B) The long-term effects of vibration are not
then insert them into your ear canal known
B) Do not roll or fold them, and insert them half C) There is no way that exposure to vibration can
way into your ear canal be prevented
C) Roll them up and insert them as far as you D) Vibration can cause a disabling injury that
can, while pulling the top of your ear up to cannot be cured
open up the ear canal
D) Fold them in half, pull on your earlobe and The correct answer is D.
wedge them into your ear

The correct answer is C.

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Question Question
What is vibration white finger? What health problem can be caused by hand-arm
vibration syndrome (HAVS)?
A) A mild skin rash that will go away
A) Skin cancer
B) A serious skin condition that will not clear up
C) Industrial dermatitis B) Skin irritation, like dermatitis
C) Blisters on hands and arms
D) A sign of damage to someones hands that
might not go away D) Damaged blood vessels and nerves in the
fingers and hands
The correct answer is D.
The correct answer is D.

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Question Question
Who should you inform if someone reports to you Which of these tools is most likely to cause
that they have work-related hand-arm vibration vibration white finger?
syndrome?
A) Handsaw
A) The Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
B) Hammer drill
B) The local Health Authority
C) Hammer and chisel
C) The tool manufacturer
D) Battery-powered screwdriver
D) The nearest hospital
The correct answer is B.
The correct answer is A.

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Operatives using machinery that can cause What is the least reliable source of information
vibration are less likely to suffer from hand-arm when assessing the level of vibration from a
vibration syndrome if they feel which of the powered percussive hand tool?
following?
A) In-use vibration measurement of the tool
A) Very cold but dry
B) Vibration figures taken from the tool
B) Cold and wet manufacturers handbook
C) Warm and dry C) The judgement of the site manager based
upon observation
D) Very wet but warm
D) Vibration data from the Health and Safety
The correct answer is C. Executives (HSE) master list

The correct answer is C.

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Which one of these is not a primary purpose of an What illness might a worker develop if they
asbestos survey? breathe in asbestos dust?

A) To provide accurate information on the A) Aching muscles and painful joints


location, amount and condition of asbestos
B) Throat infections
materials
C) Lung diseases
B) To identify all asbestos materials that need to
be removed before demolition or D) Dizziness and headaches
refurbishment work
The correct answer is C.
C) To assist in the management of any asbestos
in a building
D) To estimate how much it would cost to remove
any asbestos

The correct answer is D.

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When visiting site the contractor thinks that they Which of these statements does not apply to
have found some asbestos. What is the first thing asbestos?
that should be done?
A) It is a dust
A) Stop work and get everyone out of the affected
B) It is fibrous
area
C) It is likely to be found in buildings built or
B) Take a sample to the site manager refurbished before 2000
C) Put it in the bin and carry on working
D) It is not harmful to health
D) Find the first aider
The correct answer is D.
The correct answer is A.

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You are visiting a site where an active asbestos Which of these is the least likely to cause skin
removal enclosure has been set up. Which of the problems?
following would indicate that it is operating
efficiently? A) Asbestos
B) Bitumens
A) There is appropriate signage
C) Epoxy resins
B) Everyone is wearing red suits
D) Solvents
C) The sides of the enclosure are bowing in
D) Everyone is wearing respiratory protective The correct answer is A.
equipment (RPE)

The correct answer is C.

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If asbestos is present what should happen before What kind of survey is required to identify
demolition or refurbishment takes place? asbestos prior to any invasive work being carried
out on a pre-2000 building?
A) Advise workers that asbestos is present and
continue with demolition A) Type 3 survey
B) All asbestos should be removed as far as B) Management survey
reasonably practicable
C) Refurbishment or demolition survey
C) The Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
D) Type 2 survey
should be advised that asbestos is present
and the demolition continued
The correct answer is C.
D) Inspect the condition of the asbestos materials

The correct answer is B.

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Where are you most likely to come across Following the removal of asbestos when should a
asbestos? certificate of reoccupation be issued?

A) In a house built between 1950 and 2005 A) After the completion of licensed asbestos work
B) In any building built or refurbished before the B) After the completion of notifiable non-licensed
year 2000 work
C) In industrial buildings built after the year 2000 C) After the completion of non-licensed asbestos
work
D) Asbestos has now been removed from all
buildings D) Always, following the removal of any asbestos

The correct answer is B. The correct answer is A.

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What is the preferred method of checking for Why should workers not kneel in wet cement,
leaks when assembling liquefied petroleum gas screed or concrete?
equipment before use?
A) It will make their trousers wet
A) Test with a lighted match
B) It is not an effective way to work
B) Sniff the connections to detect the smell of gas C) It can cause serious chemical burns to their
C) Listen to hear for escaping gas legs
D) Apply leak detection fluid to the connections D) It will affect the finish

The correct answer is D. The correct answer is C.

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Why are wet cement, mortar and concrete You have to use a new substance for the first time
hazardous to your health? and need to carry out a COSHH assessment.
What are the two main things you will need?
A) They can cause dizziness and headaches
A) The companys safety policy
B) They can cause skin burns and dermatitis
C) They can cause muscle aches B) The safety data sheet
C) The age of the people doing the work
D) They can cause arc eye
D) The material delivery note
The correct answer is B. E) Details of where, who and how the substance
will be used

The correct answers are B and E.

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What is the safest way to use a hazardous When a contractor is assessing the risk of using a
substance? substance they believe to be hazardous, what
should they do first?
A) Getting on with the job as quickly as possible
A) Review the safety data sheet
B) Reading the employers health and safety
policy B) Ensure that safe storage is available on site
C) Understanding the COSHH assessment and C) Ensure workers are provided with respiratory
following the instructions equipment
D) Asking someone who has already used it D) Ensure workers are trained to use respiratory
equipment
The correct answer is C.
The correct answer is A.

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What do the COSHH Regulations deal with? Which of the following provides health and safety
information about a hazardous substance?
A) The safe use of tools and equipment
A) The site diary
B) The safe use of lifting equipment
B) The delivery note
C) The control and safe use of substances
hazardous to health C) The COSHH assessment
D) Safe working at height D) The manual handling assessment

The correct answer is C. The correct answer is C.

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An assessment has been carried out under the If it is not reasonably practicable to prevent
COSHH Regulations. Who should the risks and exposure of workers to substances hazardous to
control measures be explained to? health, which of the following should you consider
first?
A) Everyone working on site
A) What instruction, training and supervision to
B) Those on site who are using, or likely to be
provide
affected by, the substance
B) What health surveillance arrangements will be
C) The person in charge of ordering materials
needed
D) The accounts department
C) How to minimise risk and control exposure
The correct answer is B. D) How to monitor the exposure of workers in the
workplace

The correct answer is C.

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How should cylinders containing liquefied Apart from the cylinders used in gas-powered
petroleum gas (LPG) be stored on site? forklift trucks, why should you never see liquefied
petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders placed on their
A) In a locked cellar with clear warning signs side during use?

B) In a locked cage at least 3 m from any oxygen


cylinders A) It would give a faulty reading on the contents
gauge, resulting in flashback
C) Within a secure storage container at the back
of the site B) Air could be drawn into the cylinder, creating a
dangerous mixture of gases
D) Covered by a tarpaulin to shield the
compressed cylinder from sunlight C) The liquid gas would be at too low a level to
allow the torch to burn correctly
The correct answer is B. D) The liquid gas could be drawn from the
cylinder, creating a safety hazard

The correct answer is D.

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Which of the following is the safest place to store Where should liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)
oxyacetylene gas welding bottles when they are cylinders be positioned when supplying an
not in use? appliance in a site cabin?

A) Outside in a special secure storage compound A) Inside the cabin in a locked cupboard
B) In company vehicles B) Under the cabin
C) Inside the building in a locked cupboard C) Inside the cabin next to the appliance
D) In the immediate work area, ready for use the D) Outside the cabin
next day
The correct answer is D.
The correct answer is A.

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When observing the use of oxyacetylene-welding Which of the following makes it essential for
equipment, how should the bottles be positioned? contractors to take great care when handling
oxygen cylinders?
A) Laid on their side
A) They contain highly flammable compressed
B) Stood upright
gas
C) Stood upside down
B) They contain highly flammable liquid gas
D) Angled at 45
C) They are filled to extremely high pressures
The correct answer is B. D) They contain poisonous gas

The correct answer is C.

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You are visiting a project that involves removing If you see this label on a
paint from old iron work. Which of the following substance what should you
would enable the contractor to assess the do?
foreseeable health risk of the work during the
tender period?

A) Laboratory test results of a sample of paint


that gives its lead content
B) The prevailing wind conditions A) Do not use it as the substance is poisonous
C) Fit testing of respiratory protective equipment B) Find out what protection you need as the
(RPE) substance is corrosive and can damage your
skin upon contact
D) Tests to determine the average paint thickness
C) Wash your hands after you have used the
The correct answer is A. substance
D) Find out what hand cleaner you will need as
the substance will not wash off easily

The correct answer is B.

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If you see this label on a If you see this label on a
substance what should you substance what should you
do? do?

A) Find out what protection you need as the A) Make sure it is stored out of the reach of
substance is harmful and could damage your children
health
B) Make sure that it is used carefully, and that
B) Use sparingly, as the substance is expensive workers are not spilled or splashed on
C) Wear gloves, as the substance can burn your C) Make sure the substance is not used, as it is
skin poisonous
D) Do not use it, as the substance is poisonous D) Find out what protection is needed as the
substance is toxic, even in low quantities
The correct answer is A.
The correct answer is D.

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How can you tell if a product is hazardous? If you see this label on a
substance what should you
A) By warning symbols on the container or do?
packaging label
B) By the shape of the container
C) It will always be in a black container
D) It will always be in a cardboard box
A) Find out how to handle the substance as it is
The correct answer is A. fragile
B) Find out how to use the substance safely as it
could explode
C) Find out how to use the substance safely as it
is flammable (could catch fire easily)
D) Do not use the substance as it could kill you

The correct answer is B.

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If you see this label on a What is the colour of an acetylene cylinder?
substance what should you
do? A) Orange
B) Black
C) Green
D) Maroon

A) Dispose of the substance or contents by The correct answer is D.


burning
B) Find out how to use the substance safely as it
could explode
C) Find out how to use the substance safely as it
is flammable (could catch fire easily)
D) Warm up the contents first, with heat or a
naked flame

The correct answer is C.

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You are visiting a site where flooring is being stuck You find an unmarked container that you think
down by a lone worker, using a liquid adhesive in might contain chemicals. What is the first thing
a small inner room that has no visible means of you should do?
ventilation. What should you quickly bring to the
attention of the worker and the supervisor? A) Smell the chemical to see what it is
B) Put it in a bin to get rid of it
A) It is illegal for anyone to work on their own
C) Move it to somewhere safe
B) The work should be carried out under a
hot-work permit D) Ensure that it remains undisturbed and report
it
C) Kneeling and working is bad for their back
D) The vapours from the adhesive may be a The correct answer is D.
health hazard without sufficient fresh air

The correct answer is D.

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Question Question
What must all workers do under the regulations If manual lifting activities are part of a task, what
for manual handling? must be carried out?

A) Only exceed the weights identified in the risk A) The lifting operations must be supervised
assessment if they know they are capable of
B) A risk assessment of the task must be carried
lifting them out
B) Make a list of all the heavy things they have to
C) Nothing, as it is part of some work operations
carry to lift loads
C) Lift any size of load they feel comfortable with D) Make sure someone watches while the load is
D) Follow the requirements of their employers lifted
safe systems of work
The correct answer is B.
The correct answer is D.

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You are in charge of a gang of workers who are Your workforce are lifting loads heavier than those
about to start on a new site. What can you do to recommended in the risk assessment. What
help minimise manual handling? should you do?

A) Remind them not to do any manual handling A) Find out how much they are lifting and change
the risk assessment to this weight
B) Hire in extra labour to carry the materials and
equipment B) Warn them but let them carry on
C) Assess and agree with the site manager how C) Let them carry on as no injuries have occurred
the materials and equipment can be
D) Stop them, find out why, agree a solution and
distributed close to the workplace amend the risk assessment
D) Make sure the risk assessment has included
your workers The correct answer is D.

The correct answer is C.

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Question Question
Who should be involved in creating the manual A worker is using a wheelbarrow to move a heavy
handling safe system of work for a worker? load. Is this manual handling?

A) The worker A) No, because the wheelbarrow is carrying the


load
B) The workers supervisor or employer
C) The worker and their supervisor or employer B) Only if the load slips off the wheelbarrow
C) Yes, they are still manually handling the load
D) The Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
D) Only if the wheelbarrow is pulled instead of
The correct answer is C. pushed

The correct answer is C.

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Question Question
A worker needs to carry out a task that involves A worker has been asked to move a load that
manual handling of survey equipment in and out might be too heavy for them. They cannot divide it
of vehicles. An old injury means that the worker into smaller parts and there is no-one to help
has a weak back. What should you do? them. What should you do?

A) Tell them to take care A) Make sure that they do not move the load until
a safe method is identified
B) Review the risk assessment and consider
other means of carrying out the task B) Ask another worker to get a forklift truck
C) Tell them to try some lifting and then report C) Tell them to try to lift it using the correct lifting
back methods
D) Tell them theyll have to find someone else to D) Tell them to lift and move the load quickly to
do the work if they cannot complete it avoid injuring themselves

The correct answer is B. The correct answer is A.

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How should a worker stand if they need to lift a What does it mean if lifting and placing a
load from the floor? particular load forces a worker to have to twist or
turn their body?
A) Feet together, legs straight and back bent
A) That the weight they can lift safely is less than
B) Feet together and knees bent, in a deep
usual
squatting position
B) That the weight they can lift safely is more
C) Feet slightly apart, one leg slightly forward and
than usual
knees flexed
C) That they can lift the same weight as usual
D) Feet wide apart, legs straight and back bent
D) That they must wear a back brace
The correct answer is C.
The correct answer is A.

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Someone has to move a load while they are A heavy load has been delivered to site. What is
sitting down. How much can they move safely? the first thing that should be considered?

A) Less than usual A) How far the load would have to be carried
manually
B) The usual amount
C) Twice the usual amount B) How the risk of manual handling could be
reduced
D) Three times the usual amount
C) How many people are needed to lift the load
The correct answer is A. D) How the need to manually lift the load could be
avoided

The correct answer is D.

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Question Question
Manual handling assessment involves four main What are blue and white
areas. What are they? signs?

A) Testing, load, environment, individual


B) Environment, individual, task, levels
C) Task, individual, load, environment
D) Individual, energy, task, load
A) Mandatory signs - meaning you must do
The correct answer is C. something
B) Prohibition signs - meaning you must not do
something
C) Warning signs - alerting you to hazards or
danger
D) Safe condition signs - giving you information

The correct answer is A.

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What does this sign mean? What does this sign mean?

A) Wear hearing protection if you want to A) Safety glasses cleaning station


B) You must wear hearing protection B) Warning, bright lights or lasers
C) No personal electronic devices C) Caution, poor lighting
D) Caution, noisy machinery D) You must wear safety eye protection

The correct answer is B. The correct answer is D.

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What does this sign mean? What does this sign mean?

A) Safety boots or safety shoes must be worn A) You must carry safety gloves at all times
B) Wellington boots must be worn B) Dispose of used safety gloves here
C) Be aware of slip and trip hazards C) Safety gloves do not need to be worn
D) No dirty footwear past this point D) Safety gloves must be worn

The correct answer is A. The correct answer is D.

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What does this sign mean? What does this sign mean?

A) Only white safety helmets allowed in this area A) Safety overalls must be worn
B) Remove safety helmets in this area B) Only white overalls allowed in this area
C) Safety helmets must be worn C) Remove overalls in this area
D) Dispose of damaged safety helmets here D) Long-sleeved tops must be worn

The correct answer is C. The correct answer is A.

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What are round red and white What does this sign mean?
signs with a diagonal line?

A) Mandatory signs - meaning you must do A) No lone working


something
B) No entry without a hard hat
B) Prohibition signs - meaning you must not do C) No access for pedestrians
something
D) No entry during the day
C) Warning signs - alerting you to hazards or
danger
The correct answer is C.
D) Safe condition signs - giving you information

The correct answer is B.

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What does this sign mean? What does this sign mean?

A) Do not use the tap A) No gloves


B) Not for washing B) Do not touch
C) Not drinkable C) Stop button
D) Do not wash your vehicle D) Use the handrail

The correct answer is C. The correct answer is B.

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What does this sign mean? What are green and white
signs?

A) No mobile phones A) Mandatory signs - meaning you must do


something
B) Wifi enabled area
C) Mobile phones are allowed B) Prohibition signs - meaning you must not do
something
D) Mobile phone charging point
C) Warning signs - alerting you to hazards or
danger
The correct answer is A.
D) Safe condition signs - giving you information

The correct answer is D.

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What does this sign mean? What does this sign mean?

A) Escape route or emergency exit is to the right


B) Open the door by sliding it to the right
C) One-way pedestrian route A) Emergency assembly point
D) The site entrance is to the right B) Fire point
The correct answer is A. C) Accident and emergency department
D) First aid

The correct answer is D.

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What colour are emergency and safe condition What does this sign mean?
signs, such as fire exit and first aid points?

A) Blue and white


B) Red and white
C) Green and white
D) Red and yellow
A) Toilets and shower facilities
The correct answer is C. B) Drying area for wet weather clothes
C) Emergency shower
D) Fire sprinklers above

The correct answer is C.

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What does this sign mean? What are yellow and black
signs?

A) Mandatory signs - meaning you must do


A) Safety glasses cleaning station something
B) Emergency eyewash B) Prohibition signs - meaning you must not do
C) Warning, risk of splashing something
D) Wear eye protection C) Warning signs - alerting you of hazards or
danger
The correct answer is B. D) Safe condition signs - giving you information

The correct answer is C.

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What does this sign mean? What does this sign mean?

A) Dispose of substance or contents by burning A) Plant operators wanted


B) Warning - substance or contents are B) Industrial vehicles operating
combustible or flammable (can catch fire
C) Manual handling is not allowed
easily)
D) Storage area
C) Warning - substance or contents could
explode
The correct answer is B.
D) Warning - substance or contents are harmful

The correct answer is B.

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What does this sign mean? What is the first thing you should do if you
discover a fire?

A) Put any equipment away


B) Finish what you are doing, if it is safe to do so
C) Try to put out the fire
A) Radioactive material D) Raise the alarm
B) Warning - rotating object
The correct answer is D.
C) High voltage
D) Warning - laser beams

The correct answer is A.

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Where should you go if you hear the fire alarm? What happens to the nozzle of a carbon dioxide
(CO2) fire extinguisher when it is used?
A) To the site entrance
A) It gets very cold
B) To the assembly point
B) It gets very hot
C) To the site office
C) It gets very warm
D) To the welfare facilities
D) It gets very heavy
The correct answer is B.
The correct answer is A.

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Which two extinguishers should not be used on What type of fire extinguisher should not be
electrical fires? provided where petrol or diesel is being stored?

A) Foam
A) Dry powder (blue colour band)
B) Water
C) Dry powder
D) Carbon dioxide
B) Foam (cream colour band)
The correct answer is B.

C) Water (red colour band)

D) Carbon dioxide (black colour band)

The correct answers are B and C.

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A water fire extinguisher, A foam extinguisher, identified
identified by a red band, should by a cream band, should not be
only be used on what type of used on which of the following
fire? type of fire?

A) Wood, paper, textile and solid material fires A) Wood, paper and textile fires
B) Flammable liquids (fuel, oil, varnish, paints, B) Flammable liquids (fuel, oil, varnish, paints,
etc.) etc.)
C) Electrical fires C) Solid material fires
D) Metal and molten metal D) Electrical fires

The correct answer is A. The correct answer is D.

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What does it mean if you see frost around the What does a fire need to burn, in addition to heat
valve on a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and fuel?
cylinder?
A) Oxygen
A) The cylinder is nearly empty
B) Carbon dioxide
B) The cylinder is full C) Argon
C) The valve is leaking
D) Nitrogen
D) You must lay the cylinder on its side
The correct answer is A.
The correct answer is C.

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What is HSG168 Fire Safety in Construction? As a result of risk assessment, work is to be
carried out under a hot-work permit. What must
A) Information given to emergency service crews the permit specify?
when attending fires on construction sites
A) That the work is carried out at a time when the
B) A directory of all known construction site fires
site is otherwise unoccupied
C) The Health and Safety Executives (HSE)
guidance for those managing and carrying out B) That the work is completed immediately before
construction work the end of the working day

D) The standard for the colour coding of fire C) That the work is completed at least one hour
extinguishers before the site closes
D) That the work is completed one hour after the
The correct answer is C. permit expires

The correct answer is C.

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For safety reasons how should you store or use How would you expect highly flammable materials
liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders used for to be stored?
heating the site cabin?
A) In the site storage container
A) They must be located outside the cabin
B) Against the hoarding, furthest away from the
B) They must be located inside the cabin but site offices
away from the heat source
C) In a secure compound in the open air
C) They must be connected to the heat source by
D) Stored in the back of the contractors vehicle
flexible rubber tubing
D) They must be lying on their side The correct answer is C.

The correct answer is A.

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How should acetylene and oxygen cylinders that What must contractors ensure when work is
are not in use be stored? taking place in a corridor that is a fire escape
route?
A) Together on a bottle trolley
A) That tools, equipment and materials do not
B) Separately and away from site
block the route
accommodation
B) That all doors into the corridor are locked
C) Lying down so that they cannot fall over and
damage the valves C) That only spark-proof tools are used
D) Together but away from site accommodation D) That all fire escape signs are removed before
work starts
The correct answer is B.
The correct answer is A.

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What should be in place on all construction sites What are two common fire risks on construction
to ensure fire precautions are adequately sites?
assessed?
A) 230 volt power tools
A) A fire risk assessment that is updated on an
B) Poor housekeeping and build up of waste
annual basis
C) Timber racks
B) Hot-work permits
D) Uncontrolled hot works
C) A construction phase health and safety plan
E) 110 volt extension reels
D) A fire risk assessment that is regularly updated
to reflect current site conditions
The correct answers are B and D.

The correct answer is D.

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What two things can be done to reduce trips and What is the best way to protect an extension cable
injuries caused by untidy leads and extension and also reduce trip hazards?
cables?
A) Run the cable above head height
A) Running cables and leads above head height
B) Run the cable by the shortest route
and over the top of doorways and walkways
C) Cover the cable with yellow tape
B) Tying any excess cables and leads up into the
smallest coil possible D) Cover the cable with pieces of wood
C) Keeping trailing cables and leads close to the
The correct answer is A.
wall
D) Making sure cables have not been used
before
E) Only allowing thinner 230 volt extension
cables to be used

The correct answers are A and C.

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What should you do if a worker tells you that a What guidance should you give a worker who
guard is missing from a power tool? needs to use a power tool with a rotating blade?

A) Ask them to try to make another guard A) Remove the guard so that they can clearly see
the blade
B) Tell them to use the tool, but to work quickly
C) Make sure that they do not use the tool until a B) Adjust the guard to expose just enough blade
to let them do the job
proper guard has been fitted
C) Remove the guard but wear leather gloves to
D) Allow them to use the tool, working slowly and
protect their hands
carefully
D) Adjust the guard to expose the maximum
The correct answer is C. amount of blade

The correct answer is B.

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What are the two main functions of the guards on Someone near you is using a rotating laser level.
cutting and grinding machines? What is the health hazard likely to affect you?

A) To stop materials getting onto the blade or A) Skin cancer


wheel
B) None, if used correctly they are safe
B) To give the operator a firm handhold C) Gradual blindness
C) To balance the machine
D) Burning of the skin, similar to sunburn
D) To stop fragments flying into the air
E) To stop the operator coming into contact with The correct answer is B.
the blade or wheel

The correct answers are D and E.

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Why is it dangerous to run an abrasive wheel When is it safe for operatives to work close to an
faster than its recommended maximum speed? overhead power line?

A) The wheel will get clogged and stop A) If they do not touch the line for more than
30 seconds
B) The motor could burst into flames
C) The wheel could shatter into many pieces B) If they use a wooden ladder
C) If the power is switched off
D) The safety guard cannot be used
D) If it is not raining
The correct answer is C.
The correct answer is C.

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You are inspecting a site where there are Someone near you is using a disc cutter to cut
overhead electric cables. What two arrangements concrete blocks. What three immediate hazards
should a contractor have in place to alert those on are likely to affect you?
site to the presence of the cables?
A) Flying fragments
A) Scaffolding fan
B) Dermatitis
B) Warning signs C) Harmful dust in the air
C) Gates
D) High noise levels
D) Barriers and height restriction goalposts
E) Vibration white finger
E) Traffic lights
The correct answers are A, C and D.
The correct answers are B and D.

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When should tools and equipment be checked for What two main areas of visual inspection should
damage? be carried out before each use of a power tool?

A) Before each use A) Check the carry case isnt broken


B) Every day B) Check the power lead, plug and casing are in
good condition
C) Once a week
C) Check the manufacturers label hasnt come
D) At least once a year
off
The correct answer is A. D) Check switches, triggers and guards are
adjusted and work correctly
E) Check it is marked with a security stamp

The correct answers are B and D.

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Why must a RCD (residual current device) be How could a site worker check if the RCD
used in conjunction with 230 volt electrical (residual current device) through which a 230 volt
equipment? hand tool is connected to the supply is working
correctly?
A) It lowers the voltage
A) Switch the tool on and off
B) It quickly cuts off the power if there is a fault
C) It makes the tool run at a safe speed B) Press the test button on the RCD unit
C) Use a handheld RCD test meter
D) It saves energy and lowers costs
D) Run the tool at top speed to see if it cuts out
The correct answer is B.
The correct answer is B.

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What does this warning sign What colour should a 110 volt power cable and
mean? connector be?

A) Black
B) Red
C) Blue
A) High voltage D) Yellow
B) Risk of radiation
The correct answer is D.
C) Electrical appliance
D) Risk of lightning

The correct answer is A.

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Why do building sites use a 110 volt electricity What do a yellow plug and a yellow supply cable
supply instead of a 230 volt domestic supply? fitted to an electrical hand tool indicate?

A) It is cheaper A) It shows that the tool runs off a 110 volt supply
B) It is less likely to kill people B) It shows that the tool is waterproof and can be
used outdoors in wet conditions
C) It moves faster along the cables
C) It shows that the tool runs off a 230 volt supply
D) It is safer for the environment
and should not be used on site
The correct answer is B. D) It shows that the tool has been PAT tested
within the past 12 months

The correct answer is A.

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What is the recommended safe voltage for In the colour coding of electrical power supplies
electrical equipment on building sites? on site, what voltage does a blue plug represent?

A) 12 volts A) 50 volts
B) 24 volts B) 110 volts
C) 110 volts C) 230 volts
D) 230 volts D) 400 volts

The correct answer is C. The correct answer is C.

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On the site electrical distribution system, which Why should batteries never be stored loose in a
colour plug indicates a 400 volt supply? tool bag?

A) Yellow A) They might not be recharged


B) Blue B) The tool bag will be heavy and cause back
injuries
C) Black
C) If the terminals short out, they could cause a
D) Red
fire
The correct answer is D. D) They give off a poisonous gas in a confined
space

The correct answer is C.

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A gang is using an insulated pick to break up a A worker is using a generator to power some
surface. What two hazards should they be aware lighting when the lamp blows. They have a spare
of? lamp, what should they do?

A) Standing too close to the worker with the pick A) Disconnect the lighting from the generator
before replacing the lamp
B) Smoking, as gas could be released
C) Damage to eyes caused by sunlight reflecting B) Wait for an electrician with a NICEIC card
off the pick C) Replace the lamp without disconnecting the
generator, as you cant get a shock from it
D) Standing with their hands in their pockets
E) Standing in front of, or behind, the worker with D) Carry on working in the dark
the pick
The correct answer is A.

The correct answers are A and E.

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Why is temporary continuity bonding carried out Which of the following, by itself, provides the best
before removing and replacing sections of metallic solution for reducing risks related to site transport
pipework? and access?

A) To provide a continuous earth for the pipework A) Providing all site staff with information detailing
installation the site layout and designated traffic routes
B) To prevent any chance of blowing a fuse B) A one-way traffic system complete with
segregated pedestrian routes
C) To maintain the live supply to the electrical
circuit C) Ensuring that there are adequate signs
directing traffic to various parts of the site
D) To prevent any chance of corrosion to the
pipework D) Reducing the need for some vehicle
movements on site by requiring more
The correct answer is A. materials to be offloaded manually outside the
site

The correct answer is B.

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Which two of the following conditions would you What should you do if you see a dumper being
expect a site manager to apply in order to manage driven too fast?
the risk of site staff operating plant?
A) Keep out of its way and report the matter to
A) The plant operative must be trained and the site manager
competent
B) Try to catch the dumper and speak to the
B) The plant operative must be authorised driver
C) The plant operative must be over 21 years old C) Report the matter to the Health and Safety
Executive (HSE)
D) The plant operative must hold a full driving
licence D) Do nothing, as dumpers are allowed to go
above the site speed limit
E) The plant operative must be under 65 years
old
The correct answer is A.

The correct answers are A and B.

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While observing an excavator digging a trial pit How should workers be told about the site traffic
you notice that liquid is dripping and forming a rules?
small pool under the back of the machine. What
could this mean? A) During site induction
B) By a Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
A) It is normal for fluids to vent after the machine inspector
stops
C) By a note on the site notice or hazard board
B) The machine is hot so the diesel has
expanded and overflowed D) By the plant operators
C) Someone put too much diesel into the
The correct answer is A.
machine before it started work
D) The machine may have a hydraulic fluid leak
and could be unsafe

The correct answer is D.

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When can a mobile plant operator let people ride You notice a build-up of diesel fumes in the area
in, or on, the machine? of the site that you are visiting. What should you
do?
A) Only if they have a long way to go
A) Try to turn off the piece of plant that is creating
B) Only if it is raining
the fumes
C) Only if it is designed to carry passengers
B) Quickly inform the site manager of this
D) At any time hazardous situation
C) Carry out the visit quickly to minimise
The correct answer is C.
exposure
D) Move out of the affected area at regular
intervals to get fresh air

The correct answer is B.

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Which of the following represents good site You see a mobile crane lifting a load that is about
management on the public road approaching a to hit something. What should you do?
site?
A) Warn the site manager
A) Providing a place where drivers can park
B) Warn the person supervising the lift
delivery lorries off the road
C) Warn the crane driver
B) Parking items of plant to free up space on site
D) Do nothing and assume everything is under
C) Signs apologising for any inconvenience control
caused
D) Asking contractors to park half on the footpath The correct answer is B.
and half on the road so the site entrance can
be seen more easily

The correct answer is A.

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You think a load is about to fall from a moving What is the correct procedure for using a tower
forklift truck. What should you do? crane to offload a lorry?

A) Keep clear but try to warn the driver and A) Lorry drivers must sling the load before the
others in the area trained slinger signaller arrives
B) Run alongside the machine and try to hold on B) Anyone can sling the load, providing it will not
to the load pass over people when on the crane
C) Run and tell the site manager C) A trained slinger signaller to carry out the
offloading operation
D) Sound the nearest fire alarm bell
D) The crane driver to instruct an operative to
The correct answer is A. sling the load

The correct answer is C.

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What should all lifting equipment and accessories You need to walk past someone using a mobile
be? crane. What should you do?

A) Brightly coloured, inspected and clearly signed A) Anticipate what the crane operator will do next
and then pass
B) Regularly maintained, clean and tidy
C) Logged, inspected, thoroughly examined and B) Try to catch the attention of the crane operator
first
marked
C) Walk past, but only if you are wearing Class 2
D) Strong enough for the load and always fitted
or Class 3 hi-vis clothing
with outriggers
D) Take another route so that you stay clear of
The correct answer is C. the crane

The correct answer is D.

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You need to walk past a 360 mobile crane. The You are walking across the site. A large mobile
crane is operating near a wall. What is the main crane reverses across your path. What should you
danger? do?

A) You may put the crane driver off if they A) Help the driver to reverse
suddenly see you
B) Start to run so that you can pass behind the
B) You could be crushed if you walk between the reversing crane
crane and the wall
C) Pass close to the front of the crane
C) The cranes diesel exhaust fumes could build
D) Wait or find another way around the crane
up near the wall and become a hazard to you
D) Noise levels may increase above safe levels The correct answer is D.
as they echo off the wall

The correct answer is B.

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When is site transport allowed to drive along a How would you expect a well-organised site to
pedestrian route? keep pedestrians away from traffic routes?

A) During meal breaks A) The site manager will direct all pedestrians
away from traffic routes
B) If it is the shortest route
C) Only if necessary and if all pedestrians are B) The traffic routes will be shown on the site
notice or hazard board
excluded
C) There will be physical barriers between traffic
D) Only if the vehicle has a flashing yellow light
and pedestrian routes
The correct answer is C. D) The plant operators will be given strict
instructions on which route they must take

The correct answer is C.

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When is a site vehicle most likely to injure Why must you not walk behind a lorry when it is
pedestrians? reversing?

A) While reversing A) Most lorries are not fitted with mirrors


B) While lifting materials onto scaffolds B) The driver is unlikely to know you are there
C) While tipping into an excavation C) The driver may think you are the signaller
D) While digging out footings D) You could be overcome by exhaust fumes

The correct answer is A. The correct answer is B.

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The easiest way to the place you want to be on A forklift truck is blocking the way to where you
site is through a contractors vehicle compound. want to go on site. It is lifting materials on to a
Which route should you take? scaffold. What should you do?

A) Around the compound if vehicles are moving A) Only walk under the raised load if you are
wearing a safety helmet
B) Straight through the compound if no vehicles
appear to be moving B) Catch the drivers attention and then walk
under the raised load
C) Around the compound every time
C) Start to run so that you are not under the load
D) Through the compound but staying close to
the edge away from vehicles for very long
D) Wait or go around, but never walk under a
The correct answer is C. raised load

The correct answer is D.

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Which of the following is the most effective way of Which of the following is the best risk control
preventing pedestrians being struck by site measure with regard to site vehicles reversing?
vehicles?
A) Setting a speed limit on site
A) All vehicles must switch on their flashing
B) Vehicles fitted with reversing bleepers
amber beacon
C) A vehicle marshaller should reverse all
B) Separate access gates and routes for vehicles, especially on and off site
pedestrians and vehicles
D) All vehicles should be fitted with CCTV to help
C) Hi-vis vests being worn when pedestrians walk them reverse
up the site road
D) A wide site road with a good quality surface The correct answer is C.

The correct answer is B.

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When you walk across the site, what is the best Which of these would you not expect to see if site
way to avoid an accident with mobile plant? transport is well organised?

A) Keep to the designated pedestrian routes A) Speed limits


B) Keep to the routes everyone else is taking B) Barriers to keep pedestrians away from mobile
plant and vehicles
C) Get the attention of the driver before you get
too close C) Pedestrians and mobile plant using the same
routes
D) Wear hi-vis clothing
D) One-way systems
The correct answer is A.
The correct answer is C.

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How can a contractor ensure that the sequence of A crane has to do a difficult lift. The signaller asks
operations to enable a lift to be carried out safely you to help, but you are not trained in recognised
are in place? hand signals. What should you do?

A) Using verbal instructions A) Politely refuse because you dont know how to
signal
B) Check the lift plan or method statement
C) Using a toolbox talk B) Start giving signals to the crane driver
C) Only help if the signaller really cant manage
D) Using a risk assessment
alone
The correct answer is B. D) Ask the signaller to show you what signals to
use

The correct answer is A.

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A truck has to tip materials into a trench. Who If someone is wearing a harness and fall-arrest
should give signals to the truck driver? lanyard while working at height, what else must be
done?
A) Anyone who is wearing a hi-vis coat
A) Provide an extra harness in case theirs breaks
B) Someone standing in the trench
B) Nothing else, wearing a harness is good
C) Someone who knows the signals
enough
D) Only the person who is trained and appointed
for the job C) Have a rescue plan in place to retrieve them
quickly if they fall
The correct answer is D. D) Have a second person warn them if they get
too close to the edge

The correct answer is C.

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What is the main danger of leaving someone who When is it most appropriate to use a safety
has fallen suspended in a harness for too long? harness and lanyard for working at height?

A) The anchorage point may fail A) Only when the roof has a steep pitch
B) They may try to climb back up the structure B) Only when crossing a flat roof with clear roof
and fall again lights
C) They may suffer loss of consciousness or fatal C) Only when all other options for fall prevention
injury have been ruled out
D) It is a distraction for other workers D) Only when materials are stored at height

The correct answer is C. The correct answer is C.

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What should a worker do if a fall-restraint lanyard In order to carry out a structural inspection a
has damaged stitching? worker needs to wear a full body harness. They
have never used one before. What must happen
A) Use the lanyard if the damaged stitching is before they start work?
less than 5 cm long
A) Their employer must provide them with
B) Get a replacement lanyard
information, competent advice and training
C) Do not use the damaged lanyard and work
without one B) Ask someone wearing a similar harness to
show you what to do
D) Use the lanyard if the damaged stitching is
less than 15 cm long C) Nothing, they should work it out by themselves
D) Read the instruction book and follow the
The correct answer is B. advice that it contains

The correct answer is A.

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If the airbag being used for fall arrest has a Why is it dangerous to use inflatable airbags for
controlled leak rate, what criteria must the inflation fall arrest that are too big for the area to be
pump meet? protected?

A) It must be electrically powered A) They will exert a sideways pressure on


anything that is containing them
B) It must be switched off from time to time to
avoid over-inflation B) The pressure in the bags will cause them to
burst
C) It must run all the time while work is carried
out at height C) The inflation pump will become overloaded
D) It must be switched off when the airbags are D) They will not fully inflate
full
The correct answer is A.
The correct answer is C.

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What is the maximum permitted gap between the Under the requirements of the Work at Height
guard-rails on a working platform? Regulations, what is the minimum width of a
working platform?
A) 350 mm
B) 470 mm A) Two scaffold boards wide

C) 490 mm B) Three scaffold boards wide


C) Four scaffold boards wide
D) 510 mm
D) Suitable and sufficient for the job in hand
The correct answer is B.
The correct answer is D.

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What is the minimum height of the main guard-rail The Beaufort Scale is important when working at
on a working platform? height externally. What does it measure?

A) 750 mm A) It measures air temperature


B) 850 mm B) It measures the load-bearing capacity of a flat
roof
C) 950 mm
C) It measures wind speed
D) 1,050 mm
D) It measures the load-bearing capacity of a
The correct answer is C. scaffold

The correct answer is C.

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What is the most effective method of preventing What is the main reason for using a safety net or
workers from falling from height while carrying out other soft-landing system rather than a personal
construction and maintenance work? fall-arrest system?

A) Leave the decisions on how to work at height A) Soft-landing systems are cheaper to use and
to the principal contractor do not need inspecting
B) Ensure that details of risky operations are B) It is always easier to rescue workers who fall
included in the construction phase health and into a soft-landing system
safety plan
C) Specialist knowledge is not required to install
C) Educate the workforce to be more careful soft-landing systems
while working at height
D) Soft-landing systems are collective fall arrest
D) Ensure that design and construction solutions measures
eliminate the need for working at height
The correct answer is D.
The correct answer is D.

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What must edge protection be designed to do? In law you are working at height when you fall
from what height?
A) Allow persons to work on both sides of it
A) Any height that would cause an injury if you
B) Secure tools and materials close to the edge
fell
C) Warn people where the edge of the roof is
B) 2 m above the ground or higher
D) Prevent people and materials from falling
C) 3 m above the ground or higher
The correct answer is D. D) The first lift of a scaffold or higher

The correct answer is A.

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Following the hierarchy of control, which of the What is the best way to make sure that a ladder is
following is regarded as the last resort for secure and wont slip?
someones safety when working at height?
A) Ensure that it is tied at the top
A) Safety harness and fall arrest lanyard
B) Ask someone to stand with their foot on the
B) Safety netting or airbags bottom rung
C) Mobile elevating work platform (MEWP) C) Tie it at the bottom
D) Mobile access tower D) Ask for the bottom of the ladder to be wedged
with blocks of wood
The correct answer is A.
The correct answer is A.

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To ensure the safety of people who have to gain How far should a ladder extend above the
access to a place of work at height, how should stepping-off point if there is no alternative, firm
you regard ladders? handhold?

A) They are always acceptable for work below A) Two rungs


2m
B) Three rungs
B) You can use them if it gets the job done more C) Half a metre
quickly
D) Five rungs or one metre
C) They are generally the least favoured form of
access equipment
The correct answer is D.
D) They are now banned on all sites

The correct answer is C.

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When using portable or pole ladders for access, What is a Class 3 ladder?
what is the maximum vertical distance between
landings? A) A ladder for domestic use only and must not
be used on site
A) 2 m
B) An industrial quality ladder which can be used
B) 5 m safely
C) 9 m C) A ladder that is made of wood
D) 30 m D) It is made of insulating material and can be
used near to overhead cables
The correct answer is C.
The correct answer is A.

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When using a leaning ladder what should the To ensure your safety when carrying out an
slope or angle of the ladder be? inspection at height, who must erect mobile tower
scaffolds?

A) 45
A) Someone who has the instruction book
B) Someone who is trained, competent and
authorised
C) Advanced scaffolders
B) 60 D) A worker of the hire company

The correct answer is B.

C) 75

D) 85

The correct answer is C.

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As part of a feasibility study you are planning an After gaining access to the platform of a mobile
inspection of roof trusses inside a factory building. tower, what is the first thing you should do?
What is the recommended maximum height for a
free-standing mobile tower when used indoors? A) Check that the towers brakes are locked on
B) Check that the tower has been correctly
A) There is no height restriction assembled
B) Three lifts C) Close the access hatch to stop people or
C) As specified by the manufacturer equipment from falling
D) Three times the longest base dimension D) Check that the tower does not rock or wobble

The correct answer is C. The correct answer is C.

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An outdoor tower scaffold has stood overnight in A person is going to be working on a mobile tower
high winds and heavy rain. What should you but will not be erecting, altering or dismantling it.
ensure before the scaffold is used? What training should they have?

A) That the brakes still work A) They need the same level of training as a
person erecting, altering or dismantling it
B) That the scaffold is tied to the adjacent
structure B) They do not need any training
C) That the scaffold is inspected by a competent C) They should be briefed on the safe use and
person hazards of working on a mobile tower
D) That the platform hatch still works correctly D) They should read the manufacturers
instructions
The correct answer is C.
The correct answer is C.

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How will you know the maximum weight or When is it safe to use a mobile elevating work
number of people that can be lifted safely on a platform (MEWP) on soft ground?
mobile elevating work platform (MEWP)?
A) When the ground is dry
A) The weight limit is reached when the platform
B) When the machine can stand on scaffold
is full
planks laid over the soft ground
B) It will say on the Health and Safety Law poster
C) When ground load bearing capacity has been
C) You will be told during site induction assessed as suitable
D) From an information plate fixed to the machine D) When it is fitted with outriggers

The correct answer is D. The correct answer is C.

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What should someone working from a cherry A mobile elevating work platform (MEWP) is being
picker attach their lanyard to? used to carry out work at height. What is the only
circumstance, in normal use, in which it is
A) A strong part of the structure that they are acceptable to lower the platform using the
working on ground-level controls?

B) A designated anchorage point inside the


platform A) When the person using the ground-level
controls is competent to do so
C) A secure point on the boom of the machine
B) In an emergency
D) A scaffold guard-rail
C) If the person working on the platform needs to
step off the MEWP to gain access to the
The correct answer is B.
high-level work area
D) If the person working on the platform needs
both hands free to carry out their job

The correct answer is B.

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Question Question
You have to carry out an inspection at height, What is a common example of a fragile roof
using a cherry picker. When would you not clip material?
yourself to the machine using a restraint lanyard?
A) Asphalt felt roof
A) For any type of roof work
B) Asbestos cement sheets
B) When you are working over, or near to deep
C) Raised seam roofs
water
D) Single-ply membrane
C) When you are climbing from the machine on to
the structure
The correct answer is B.
D) When you are standing on the mid guard-rail
to carry out the inspection

The correct answer is B.

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You are inspecting a flat roof. What is the best What is the best way to stop people falling
way to stop yourself and others from falling over through voids, holes or fragile roof panels?
the edge?
A) Tell everyone where the dangerous areas are
A) Have a large warning sign placed at the edge B) Covers, secured in place, that can take the
of the roof weight of a person and add warning signage
B) Ask someone to keep watch and to shout out C) Cover them with netting
when someone gets too close to the edge
D) Mark the areas with red and white tape
C) Ask for the edge to be protected with a
guard-rail and toe-boards
The correct answer is B.
D) Ask for red and white tape to mark the edge

The correct answer is C.

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What does this sign mean? To ensure your safety and that of the site workers,
what should a contractor include in a safety
method statement for working at height? Give
three answers.

A) The cost of the job and time it will take


B) The sequence of operations and the
A) Load bearing roof. You can stand on the equipment to be used
surface but not on any roof lights C) How much insurance cover will be required
B) Fragile roof. Take care when walking on roof D) How falls are to be prevented
surface
E) Who will supervise the job on site
C) Fragile roof. Do not stand directly on roof and
use fall protection measures
The correct answers are B, D and E.
D) Load-bearing roof. Surface can be slippery
when wet

The correct answer is C.

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When work is being carried out above public Which of the following provides the public with
areas what should be your first consideration? adequate protection from falling objects?

A) To minimise the number of people below at A) Clear warning signs


any one time
B) A worker in a hi-vis vest standing on the
B) To provide alternative routes for the public and footway to warn people
keep them away from the area
C) Viewing panels in the site hoarding
C) To let the public know what you are doing
D) A fan or scaffold tunnel over the footway
D) To provide netting to prevent falling objects
The correct answer is D.
The correct answer is B.

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Which of these statements about work at height is How should access be controlled, if people are
true? working in a riser shaft?

A) It must be risk assessed and properly planned A) By a site security operative


B) It must only be undertaken by scaffold B) By those who are working in it
contractors
C) By the main contractor
C) It must be carried out as quickly as possible
D) By a permit to work system
D) It must be suspended if the forecast wind
speed is above Force 2 The correct answer is D.

The correct answer is A.

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You are working at height taking site While carrying out a site visit you see someone
measurements, but the securing cord for a safety who is working above a damaged safety net
net is in your way. What should you do? system. What should you do?

A) Untie the cord, carry out your work and tie it up A) Ask them to work somewhere away from the
again damaged area of net
B) Untie the cord, but ask the contractor to re-tie B) Ask them to stop work and report it to the site
it when you have finished manager
C) Tell the contractor that you are going to untie C) Ask them to tie the damaged edges together
the cord using the net test cords
D) Leave the cord alone and report the problem D) Ask them to go and see if they can get hold of
to the contractor a harness and lanyard

The correct answer is D. The correct answer is B.

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A scaffold guard-rail must be removed to allow a To ensure safety when using a scaffold to carry
worker to carry out a survey. The worker is not a out work at height, when must a competent
scaffolder. Can they remove the guard-rail? person routinely inspect the scaffold?

A) Yes, if they put it back as soon as they have A) Before it is first used and then at intervals not
finished exceeding seven days
B) Yes, if they put it back before they leave site B) Only after it has been erected
C) No, only a scaffolder can remove the C) After it has been erected and then at monthly
guard-rail but any worker can put it back intervals
D) No, only a scaffolder can remove the D) After it has been erected and then at intervals
guard-rail and put it back not exceeding 10 days

The correct answer is D. The correct answer is A.

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When can someone who is not a scaffolder adapt You need to use a ladder to get to a scaffold
an independent scaffold? platform. Which one of these statements is true?

A) If the scaffold is not more than two lifts in A) It must be tied and extend 1 m or five rungs
height above the platform
B) As long as a scaffolder refits the parts after the B) All broken rungs must be clearly marked
work has finished
C) It must be wedged at the bottom to stop it
C) Never, only trained scaffolders can modify slipping
scaffolding
D) Two people must be on the ladder at all times
D) Only if it is a tube and fittings scaffolding to provide stability

The correct answer is C. The correct answer is A.

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How do you identify the safe load rating for a A scaffold has to be erected to remove asbestos.
scaffold platform? What action does the scaffolder not need to take?

A) Ask the site manager A) Apply to the HSE for an ancillary license for
asbestos work
B) Ask the telehandler driver
C) The safe load is breached when the ledgers B) Provide a separate notice to the HSE for the
works where asbestos is present
start to deflect
C) Send employees for a health survey if the
D) Refer to the handover certificate or signage
exposure level is below the threshold
The correct answer is D. D) Provide a scaffold handover certificate

The correct answer is C.

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What is the maximum recommended gap between What action should be taken before using a
a scaffold and the structure? scaffold which is secured by masonry anchors?

A) No greater than 225 mm A) There must be an inspection tag in place


marked with the current date
B) No greater than 300 mm
C) No greater than 470 mm B) Ties must have been counted
C) Ties must have been tested by a competent
D) No greater than 600 mm
person
The correct answer is A. D) The scaffolder must have been consulted

The correct answer is C.

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Why should a ladder never be painted? You are in a deep trench and start to feel dizzy.
What is the first thing you should do?
A) The paint will make the rungs slippery
A) Ask others if they feel dizzy. If they dont then
B) The paint may hide any damaged parts
carry on for five minutes
C) The paint could damage the metal parts of the
ladder B) Have a drink, its the first sign of dehydration
C) Make sure that you and any others get out
D) It will need regular re-painting
quickly and report it
The correct answer is B. D) Sit down, put your head between your knees
and take deep breaths to get some oxygen
back into your system

The correct answer is C.

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Which of these is not a hazard in a confined Give two reasons why methane gas is dangerous
space? in confined spaces.

A) Toxic gas A) It can explode


B) A lack of carbon dioxide B) It makes you hyperactive
C) A lack of oxygen C) You will not be able to see because of the
dense fumes
D) Flammable or explosive gas
D) It makes you dehydrated
The correct answer is B. E) You may not have enough oxygen to breathe

The correct answers are A and E.

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What might happen if the level of oxygen drops You are working in a confined space when you
below 8% in a confined space? notice the smell of bad eggs. What is this a sign
of?
A) Your hearing could be affected
A) Hydrogen sulphide
B) There is a high risk of fire or explosion
C) You could become unconscious B) Oxygen
C) Methane
D) You might get dehydrated
D) Carbon dioxide
The correct answer is C.
The correct answer is A.

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What should you do if you are in a confined space As part of a site survey you are required to work in
when the gas alarm sounds? a confined space. How should the air be
checked?
A) Switch off the alarm
A) Unsafe atmospheres have a particular odour
B) Get out of the confined space immediately
so someone should go in and smell the air
C) Carry on working but do not use electrical
tools B) No-one should enter until the air has been
tested with the appropriate gas detection
D) Carry on working but take plenty of breaks in monitor
the fresh air
C) Warning signs will indicate the presence of an
unsafe atmosphere
The correct answer is B.
D) Unsafe atmospheres have little oxygen so the
air should be tested with a flame to see if it
stays alight

The correct answer is B.

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What danger is created by excessive oxygen in a What do guard-rails around the top of an
confined space? excavation prevent?

A) Increase in breathing rate of workers A) Heavy plant from toppling into the excavation
B) Combustible materials are more likely to catch B) People from falling into the trench and being
fire injured
C) Decreased working time inside work area C) The sides of the trench from collapsing
D) False sense of security D) Material from spoil heaps falling into the
excavation
The correct answer is B.
The correct answer is B.

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You are standing near a deep trench. A lorry When should an excavation be battered back or
backs up to the trench and the engine is left stepped?
running. What should you do?
A) If it is more than 5 m deep
A) Put on ear defenders to cut out the engine
B) If there is water in the bottom of the trench
noise
C) If there is a risk of the sides falling in,
B) Ignore it, the lorry will soon drive away regardless of depth
C) Look to see if there is a toxic gas meter in the
D) If any buried services cross the excavation
trench
D) Get everyone out of the trench quickly The correct answer is C.

The correct answer is D.

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If you see the side supports of an excavation What is a significant hazard when excavating
move, what should you do first? alongside a building or structure?

A) Keep watching to see if they move again A) Undermining or weakening the foundations of
the building
B) Make sure that everyone working in the
excavation gets out quickly B) Noise and vibration affecting the occupiers of
the building
C) Do nothing as slight movement in the supports
is quite normal C) Ground water entering the excavation
D) Move the workers to another part of the D) Damaging the surface finish of the building
excavation
The correct answer is A.
The correct answer is B.

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When should you take precautions to prevent How should dumpers be prevented from falling
people, materials, or equipment from falling into into or damaging the edge of an excavation?
an excavation?
A) Dumpers kept 5 m away from the excavation
A) At all times
B) Stop blocks provided, parallel to the trench,
B) When the excavation is 2 m or more deep appropriate to the vehicles wheel size
C) When more than five people are working in the C) Dumper drivers required to judge the distance
excavation carefully or given stop signals by another
person
D) When there is a risk from an underground
cable or other service D) Cones or signage erected to indicate safe
tipping point
The correct answer is A.
The correct answer is B.

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Which of these is the most accurate way to Which piece of equipment may need to be used
confirm the exact location of buried services? with a cable avoidance tool (CAT) in order to
detect cables?
A) Existing service drawings
B) Trial holes A) Insulated shovel or spade

C) Survey drawings B) Signal generator (genny)


C) Excavator bucket with no teeth
D) Architect drawings
D) Gas detector
The correct answer is B.
The correct answer is B.

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What must happen each time before a shift starts What is the safest way to get into and out of a
work in an excavation? deep excavation?

A) The workers should tighten any loose supports A) Use an excavator bucket
B) A competent person must inspect the B) Use the buried services as steps
excavation
C) Use the shoring or trench supports
C) The workers should go down and pump out
D) Use a fixed staircase
any rainwater
D) The workers should go down and check that The correct answer is D.
everything is OK and report back to the
supervisor

The correct answer is B.

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What is one duty of the top man if you need to What is the best way to avoid the potential for
work in a confined space? someone becoming trapped in an excavation?

A) To tell you how to work safely in confined A) Eliminate the need for anyone to go into it
spaces
B) Check the contractors method statement
B) To enter the confined space if there is a C) Review the last excavation inspection record
problem
D) Go down in a cage suspended from a crane
C) To start the rescue plan if needed
D) To supervise the work in the confined space The correct answer is A.

The correct answer is C.

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What is the first question to ask if work may need Work in a confined space usually needs a risk
to be carried out in a confined space? assessment, a method statement and what other
safety document?
A) Can it be undertaken by someone else
A) A permit to enter
B) Can it be avoided
C) Can it be managed by limiting the amount of B) An up to date staff handbook
time people are in it C) A written contract for the work
D) Can it be controlled with radios or mobile D) A company health and safety policy
phones
The correct answer is A.
The correct answer is B.

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You are required to undertake a survey in what You are arranging for an inspection in a confined
you suspect might be a confined space. What space to be carried out. Which are the two most
should be your first consideration? important safety requirements?

A) Make sure that you have the correct A) Completing a permit to work form
equipment to test the atmosphere
B) Informing your office before entering
B) Make sure that you have a colleague with you C) Entering slowly and breathing shallowly until
C) Check if the information you need can be you are sure the air is good to breathe
obtained remotely to avoid entering the space
D) Ensuring that a safe system of work has been
D) Follow a safe system of work for entering the identified and is followed
confined space, including emergency
E) Making sure that emergency rescue
arrangements arrangements are in place
The correct answer is C.
The correct answers are D and E.

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What should be the first consideration of the Under environmental law, which statement is
contractors responsible person before planning true?
for anyone to enter a confined space?
A) Only directors can be prosecuted if they do not
A) Has the atmosphere in the confined space follow the law
been tested
B) Only companies can be prosecuted if they do
B) Has a safe means of access and egress been not follow the law
established
C) Only employees can be prosecuted if they do
C) Is there an alternative method of doing the not follow the law
work
D) Companies and employees can be prosecuted
D) Has everyone who intends to enter the if they do not follow the law
confined space been properly trained
The correct answer is D.
The correct answer is C.

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A bird is discovered on a nest in an area where What is the legal duty of the site manager when
work is to take place. What should you do? an invasive species of plant, such as Japanese
knotweed, is discovered on site?
A) Cover it with a bucket
A) To ensure it is transplanted to a part of the site
B) Move it, do your work and then put it back
where it will not be disturbed in the future
C) Protect the nest and seek specialist advice on
how to proceed B) To prevent the spread of the plant in the wild
C) To inform the Health and Safety Executive
D) Scare it away
(HSE) of its presence
The correct answer is C. D) To leave it undisturbed as it is protected by law

The correct answer is B.

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You become aware that an active birds nest has If you find bats on site, which of the following
been destroyed on your site. Which of the statements is true?
following is a possible outcome?
A) Bats are not a protected species so you can
A) A visit from an RSPCA inspector disturb or destroy their shelters or resting
places
B) A prohibition notice issued by the Health and
Safety Executive (HSE) B) You can move the shelters or resting places of
bats as long as you do it at night when they
C) Prosecution by the RSPB
are out hunting
D) A caution or prosecution by the police wildlife
crimes officer C) You can disturb or destroy shelters or resting
places of bats if they get in the way of building
work
The correct answer is D.
D) All bat species and their roosts are protected,
you cannot disturb them without licensed
mitigation

The correct answer is D.

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What should you do if you see a large volume of Why is energy efficiency important?
material stored under a tree?
A) It can help to mitigate the rising costs of
A) Nothing, materials can be stored anywhere energy
B) Ensure that the material is removed if the tree B) To comply with UK legislation and carbon
looks damaged reduction targets
C) Ensure that the material is removed and tree C) To help reduce climate change and the impact
protection fencing is placed around the tree to carbon emissions and other pollutants have on
prevent further damage the environment
D) Ensure that the tree is watered regularly until D) All of these answers
the materials are removed
The correct answer is D.
The correct answer is C.

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Which of the following does not help save energy You are planning a sites power set-up. Which of
and resources on site? the following is the most energy efficient?

A) Use of alternative or recycled products for site A) A diesel powered generator


set-up, logistics and enabling works
B) A gas powered generator
B) Installation of more energy efficient site C) A combination of solar power and mains power
accommodation and adoption of low energy
technology for site and task lighting D) Mains electricity
C) Ensuring the site connects to the electricity
The correct answer is C.
supply as early as possible to avoid running on
fuel powered generators
D) Use of cheaper products and materials to
reduce costs

The correct answer is D.

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The future use or energy performance of a You are considering using an alternative material
building or structure can be affected if it is not built or component to that specified. What is often
correctly. You notice a detail cant be built as it has overlooked?
been designed. What should you do?
A) The impact of the alternative on the building or
A) Instruct the tradesperson to build the detail as structures future energy performance
best they can
B) The cost of the alternative, which is often
B) Make sure the issue is raised with the person much lower than the material normally used
responsible for the design
C) Whether the alternative is readily available
C) Substitute the detail with components which
D) Whether the alternative will look similar to the
could work without consulting the person
product specified
responsible for the design.
D) Use your experience and build it as you think it The correct answer is A.
should be done

The correct answer is B.

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What are you liable to pay landfill tax on? You are aware that a job has resulted in some
plasterboard off-cuts. Can these go in with the
A) On waste sent for energy recovery general waste?

B) On waste that is reused


A) Yes, because plasterboard is not hazardous
C) On waste that is landfilled waste
D) On waste that is recycled B) Yes, because the boards will only be a small
proportion of the skip content
The correct answer is C.
C) No, because plasterboard is hazardous waste
D) No, because plasterboard should not be mixed
with other wastes

The correct answer is D.

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Someone has turned up at the site and offered to Can waste electronic and electrical equipment
take your surplus soil away for free. Which of the (WEEE) be disposed of with other wastes?
following is not a legal requirement?
A) Only if it is put in scrap metal skips
A) They are a registered waste carrier
B) No, WEEE must be disposed of separately
B) They are able to complete a duty of care note C) Yes, in a general waste skip providing there
C) They have got a clean driving licence are no more than three items
D) They will take the soil to an authorised site D) Only if it is mixed with other hazardous waste

The correct answer is C. The correct answer is B.

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What duty of care documentation should you use A skip-lorry driver hands you a copy of the
for hazardous waste leaving your site? Hazardous Waste Consignment Note with Section
C (carriers details) signed. If you are responsible
A) A waste transfer note with a written description for the waste, what is the first thing you need to do
of the waste and transferer details with it?

B) A hazardous waste consignment note that


includes details of the disposal or treatment A) Refuse to take the note as you do not need a
copy
facility
C) None, as long as the carrier is registered and B) Take the note and file it for future reference
has a waste carriers licence C) Check that the details in Sections A, B and C
are correct before you sign Section D
D) A skip ticket that includes the vehicle
(producers details)
registration number and waste carrier details
D) As the waste is on his truck it is not your
The correct answer is B. responsibility to sign the note

The correct answer is C.

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What final element is missing from this simple four When assessing pollution risk, before starting
point pollution incident response plan? Stop works on a construction site, which of the
Contain Notify - ? following should not be done?

A) Review A) Locate and identify water courses, surface


water and foul water drains
B) Clean up
B) Seal up all drains and gullies on site
C) Take action
C) Evaluate the risk of pollution entering existing
D) Re-start work
drains and water courses during the works
The correct answer is B. D) Inspect existing gullies, silt traps and oil
separators

The correct answer is B.

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Which three of the following are possible pollution Which two of the following should be undertaken
risks that could result from excavation activities? to help improve a pollution incident response?

A) Dust A) Train workforce in the use of spill kits


B) Contaminated soils B) Always refuel using drip trays
C) Pumping out of silty water C) Practise the incident response by undertaking
mock exercises
D) Work at height
D) Train one responsible person in the use of spill
E) Disturbing protected species
kits
The correct answers are A, B and C. E) Only use biodegradable fuels

The correct answers are A and C.

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The programme of works you are managing has What two precautions should be taken to reduce
run behind and you will need the site to be the risk of water pollution when mixing concrete
operational on a Sunday. The operations will be and cement on site?
noisy and there are nearby residents. What action
should you take before working? A) It should be at least 5 m from a watercourse
B) It should be at least 10 m from a watercourse
A) Ensure the site operations are only done
during daylight hours C) It should be sited on an impermeable area
B) Inform the residents in writing that you will be D) It should not allowed on site if water pollution
working on Sunday and that it could be noisy is a possibility
C) Apply for permission from the local E) It should only be used under the direct
environmental health officer under a Section supervision of the site manager
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The correct answers are B and C.
D) Do not work, you can never work on a Sunday

The correct answer is C.

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Which two of the following will help to minimise To prevent pollution to watercourses what would
dust from stockpiles of soil? be the best solution to control surface water
run-off from material stockpiles?
A) Avoid moving materials when nearby residents
are at home A) Directing the water run-off away from the
watercourse to the nearest surface water drain
B) Damping down the materials with water
C) Seed the stockpile B) Channelling the water run-off directly into the
foul water sewer
D) Regularly move or mix materials between
stockpiles C) Installing silt fence around the stockpile

E) Have a supply of face masks suitable for D) Making sure stockpiles are more than 215 m
away from watercourses
nuisance dust
The correct answer is C.
The correct answers are B and C.

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Which of the following are two environmental A plant refuelling point is to be set up on a new
reasons for preventing concrete, screed or mortar site. Which of the following is the preferred
washout water from entering watercourses or method of fuel transfer?
underground aquifers?
A) Decanting from jerry cans using a funnel
A) It can change the colour of the water
B) Gravity feed from a bulk storage tank
B) It can change the pH balance of the water
C) Siphon the fuel by mouth
C) It will improve the flow of the watercourse
D) Pumped system with a nozzle fitted with an
D) It will pollute the water and could harm water auto cut-off device
wildlife
E) It may be part of the conditions of contract and The correct answer is D.
a client requirement

The correct answers are B and D.

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A full 200-litre drum carrying What should the capacity of a spillage bund
this symbol has toppled over around a fuel storage tank be, in addition to the
and the whole content has volume of the tank?
seeped into the ground. Which
of the following agencies A) 10% (110% of the total content)
should be informed?
B) 30% (130% of the total content)
C) 50% (150% of the total content)
A) The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) D) 75% (175% of the total content)
B) The EU Authority on Chemical Safety
The correct answer is A.
C) The Environment Agency in England, SEPA in
Scotland or Natural Resources in Wales
D) The Health Protection Agency

The correct answer is C.

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Under the Construction (Design and According to the Construction (Design and
Management) Regulations 2015, who is Management) Regulations 2015, what must a
responsible for providing pre-construction contractor have before they can be appointed on
information? a project?

A) The contractor A) A copy of the Construction (Design and


Management) Regulations 2015
B) The client
C) The designer B) A relevant competency card

D) The principal contractor C) Sufficient resources to enable them to fulfil


their regulatory duties
The correct answer is B. D) The necessary skills, knowledge and
experience to do the work

The correct answer is D.

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Under the Construction (Design and Under the Construction (Design and
Management) Regulations 2015, who must make Management) Regulations 2015, when must the
suitable arrangements for managing a project, principal contractor make arrangements for
including the allocation of sufficient time and other drawing up a construction phase plan?
resources?
A) When the project is notifiable
A) The principal designer B) If the client requires one
B) The client
C) If it is a contractual requirement
C) The contractor D) Before setting up the construction site
D) The designer
The correct answer is D.
The correct answer is B.

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Under the Construction (Design and Under the Construction (Design and
Management) Regulations 2015, what, in addition Management) Regulations 2015, who must plan,
to applying the general principles of prevention, manage and monitor health and safety during the
must a designer take into account when preparing construction phase on projects with more than
a design? one contractor?

A) All risk assessments on site A) The principal designer


B) Nothing; the principal contractor should B) The principal contractor
manage all risk
C) The contractor
C) Any pre-construction information D) The designer
D) How to secure the site
The correct answer is B.
The correct answer is C.

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You are about to carry out refurbishment works on Under the Construction (Design and
on a structure which was constructed after the Management) Regulations 2015, when there is
introduction of the Construction (Design and only one contractor working on a project who must
Management) Regulations. In which one of the take the general principles of prevention into
following areas are you most likely to find relevant account?
information for the initial development of
pre-construction information? A) The principal designer and the client
B) Designers and the principal contractor
A) The construction phase plan
C) The principal designer
B) The original project specification
D) Designers and the contractor
C) The fire safety plan
D) The original health and safety file The correct answer is D.

The correct answer is D.

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Under the Construction (Design and You are a contractor on a project that is notifiable
Management) Regulations 2015, what must under the Construction (Design and Management)
contractors and designers check before they start Regulations 2015 but you have not seen an F10.
work? What should you do?

A) That they have each had sufficient training A) Ensure that the client is aware of their duty to
submit an F10
B) That the principal contractor has a health and
safety management system B) Work to the clients brief
C) That the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is C) Complete all your work within your brief and
notified about the project ignore the lack of F10 notification
D) That the client is aware of their duties D) Submit an F10 to the Health and Safety
Executive (HSE) yourself
The correct answer is D.
The correct answer is A.

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Under the Construction (Design and Under the Construction (Design and
Management) Regulations 2015, what is one of Management) Regulations 2015, where would you
the purposes of the health and safety file? find details of the health and safety arrangements
for managing the construction phase?
A) To provide pre-construction information for any
future work to be carried out on the structure A) In the pre-construction information
B) To collate construction phase plans, risk B) In the client brief
assessments and method statements
C) In the construction phase plan
C) To record the health and safety performance of
D) In the health and safety file
the project during the construction phase
D) To collate contract documentation and The correct answer is C.
statistics

The correct answer is A.

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Under the Construction (Design and Under the Construction (Design and
Management) Regulations 2015, which of the Management) Regulations 2015, what must
following documents must the principal contractor contractors provide to all workers under their
and contractor keep under review? control?

A) The health and safety file A) Appropriate supervision, instruction and


information
B) The designers risk assessments
C) The project programme B) A copy of the pre-construction information

D) The construction phase plan C) Confirmation of their working hours and rest
breaks
The correct answer is D. D) A copy of the F10 notification

The correct answer is A.

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Under the Construction (Design and Under the Construction (Design and
Management) Regulations 2015, what must be Management) Regulations 2015, who must the
recorded in writing before any demolition or principal designer pass the health and safety file
dismantling begins? to on completion of the construction project?

A) The revised information for the health and A) The principal contractor
safety file
B) The client
B) The arrangements for carrying out the
C) The Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
demolition or dismantling
D) The designer
C) The demolition or dismantling specification
D) The pre-tender demolition or dismantling The correct answer is B.
health and safety plan

The correct answer is B.

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Under the Construction (Design and Under the Construction (Design and
Management) Regulations 2015, which two of the Management) Regulations 2015, who is
following must be in place before work begins on responsible for notifying the relevant enforcing
site? authority when a project is notifiable?

A) A health and safety file A) The principal designer


B) Adequate welfare facilities B) The designer
C) A method statement C) The client
D) A construction contract agreement D) The principal contractor
E) Boundaries or suitable barriers to prevent
unauthorised access The correct answer is C.

The correct answers are B and E.

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What is the main role of the principal designer Under the Construction (Design and
under the Construction (Design and Management) Management) Regulations 2015, under which one
Regulations 2015? of the following circumstances would a project
become notifiable?
A) To plan, manage, monitor and co-ordinate the
pre-construction phase A) Where the work will last longer than 30 days
and have more than 20 workers working
B) To ensure adequate welfare facilities are
simultaneously at any point on the project
provided
C) To ensure that relevant pre-construction B) Where the building and construction work will
information is included in the construction last more than 300 person-days
phase plan C) Where the work will last more than 30 days
and have more than five workers working
D) To monitor health and safety standards
simultaneously at any point on the project
throughout the construction phase
D) Where the work will be done by more than 30
The correct answer is A. people or last more than 500 hours

The correct answer is A.

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Under the Construction (Design and What has to be displayed on a construction site
Management) Regulations 2015, which two of the where a project is notifiable under the
following must you ensure workers have received requirements of the Construction (Design and
before they start working on site? Management) Regulations 2015?

A) A suitable site induction that is specific to the A) Notice of application to erect hoardings
site and to their work
B) Notice of the principal contractors health and
B) Details of the client brief and project safety policy
expectations
C) Form F10 or a notice carrying the specified
C) Confirmation of their working hours and rest information
breaks
D) A statement by the client
D) Details of the designers plan of work
E) Information about relevant hazards and control The correct answer is C.
measures

The correct answers are A and E.

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Question Question
In accordance with the Construction (Design and Under the Construction (Design and
Management) Regulations 2015, under normal Management) Regulations 2015, what is not a
circumstances, what written information must a duty of the principal contractor when consulting
principal contractor make available to workers or and engaging with workers?
their representatives upon request?
A) Involving the workforce in matters of health
A) Information for the purpose of bringing a legal and safety at work
proceeding concerning health, safety and
B) Consulting and engaging with the workforce to
welfare ensure that measures for their health and
B) Information relating to workers health, safety safety at work are developed
and welfare
C) Providing access and the ability to make
C) Information relating specifically to an copies of information which may affect their
individuals health health, safety and welfare
D) Information which would be against the D) Sharing information regarding an individuals
interests of national security concerning health and safety performance
health, safety and welfare
The correct answer is D.
The correct answer is B.

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Question Question
Under the Construction (Design and Under the Construction (Design and
Management) Regulations 2015, who has Management) Regulations 2015, in which of the
responsibility for ensuring arrangements are in following situations would a principal contractor
place to provide welfare facilities before any need to focus on good contractor co-operation?
person carries out construction work?
A) When a final year apprentice is carrying out a
A) The designer task for which they have been trained, and
have completed on this site many times before
B) The principal designer
C) The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) B) When a team of roofers are working close to a
bricklaying gang to complete some urgent
D) The client work
C) When the client visits site to check progress
The correct answer is D.
D) When a groundworks contractor starts on site
at the beginning of the construction phase

The correct answer is B.

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Question Question
Under the Construction (Design and When do the Construction (Design and
Management) Regulations 2015, which two of the Management) Regulations 2015 require a
following must the contractor consider in order to supported or battered excavation to be inspected?
provide workers under their control with
appropriate supervision? A) Every seven days
B) At the start of the shift
A) The number of client and designer
representatives based on site C) Once a month
B) The skills, knowledge, training and experience D) When it is more than 2 m deep
of the workers
The correct answer is B.
C) The level of the workers safety awareness,
education, physical agility, literacy and attitude
D) How many days the project will last
E) Whether the work is for a domestic or
commercial client

The correct answers are B and C.

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Question Question
Under the Construction (Design and If there are any doubts about a buildings stability,
Management) Regulations 2015, how long must who should a demolition contractor consult?
you keep inspection records?
A) Another demolition contractor
A) For three months after the inspection has been
B) A structural engineer
carried out
C) A Health and Safety Executive (HSE) factory
B) For one week on site, before sending them to inspector
head office
D) The company safety adviser
C) Until the project is completed and then for
three months
The correct answer is B.
D) Until the project is completed

The correct answer is C.

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Question Question
Which of the following does not ensure good Who must be the first person a demolition
health and safety standards on a demolition contractor appoints before undertaking demolition
project? operations?

A) Ensuring methodologies used on site follow A) A competent person to supervise the work
the contractors method statement
B) A sub-contractor to strip out the buildings
requirements
C) A safety officer to check on health and safety
B) Selecting a competent demolition contractor compliance
C) Ensuring the contractor has a licence to D) A quantity surveyor to price the extras
remove asbestos
D) Ensuring task and area specific inductions are The correct answer is A.
carried out

The correct answer is C.

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Question Question
What action should be taken if the contractor What is the most common source of high levels of
discovers unlabelled drums or containers on site? lead in the atmosphere during demolition work of
an old building?
A) They should be put in the nearest waste skip
B) They should be ignored as they will get A) Cold cutting lead-covered cable
flattened during the demolition B) Stripping lead sheeting
C) Work should be stopped until they have been C) Cold cutting fuel tanks
safely dealt with
D) Hot cutting coated steel
D) They should be opened to check if the
contents are flammable The correct answer is D.

The correct answer is C.

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After exposure to lead, what precautions should When asbestos material is suspected in buildings
you take before eating or drinking? to be demolished, what is the first priority?

A) Wash your hands and face A) A competent person carries out an asbestos
survey
B) Do not smoke
B) Notify the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
C) Change out of dirty clothes
of the possible presence of asbestos
D) Rinse your mouth with clean water
C) Remove and dispose of the asbestos
The correct answer is A. D) Employ a licensed asbestos remover

The correct answer is A.

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Question Question
What do the letters SWL stand for? Which of the following is true in relation to the
safe working load of a piece of equipment?
A) Satisfactory working limit
A) It must never be exceeded
B) Safe working level
B) It is a guide figure that may be exceeded
C) Satisfactory weight limit
slightly
D) Safe working load
C) It may be exceeded by 10% only
The correct answer is D. D) It gives half the maximum weight to be lifted

The correct answer is A.

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Question Question
What should be clearly marked on all lifting What action should be taken by the contractor if a
accessories? wire rope sling is defective?

A) Date of manufacture A) They should not use it and make sure that
no-one else can
B) Name of maker
C) Date next test is due B) They should only use it for up to half its safe
working load
D) Safe working load
C) They should report the defect at the end of the
day
The correct answer is D.
D) They should only use it for small lifts under
1 tonne

The correct answer is A.

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Question Question
What safety feature is provided by FOPS on What should a contractor do if they discover
mobile plant? underground services not previously identified?

A) The speed is limited when tracking over hard A) Fill in the hole
surfaces
B) Stop work until the situation has been resolved
B) The machine stops automatically if the C) Cut the pipe or cable to see if its live
operator lets go of the controls
D) Get the machine driver to dig it out
C) The operator is protected from falling objects
D) The reach is limited when working near to live The correct answer is B.
overhead cables

The correct answer is C.

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Question Question
Which is the safest method of demolishing brick Who should be consulted before demolition is
or internal walls by hand? carried out near to overhead cables?

A) Undercut the wall at ground level A) The Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
B) Work across in even courses from the ceiling B) The fire service
down
C) The electricity supply company
C) Work from the doorway at full height
D) The land owner
D) Cut down at corners and collapse in sections
The correct answer is C.
The correct answer is B.

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Question Question
Where would you find out the method for What should be obtained before safely carrying
controlling identified hazards on a demolition out the demolition cutting of fuel tanks?
project?
A) A gas free certificate
A) The demolition toolbox talk
B) An isolation certificate
B) The health and safety file
C) An environmental assessment
C) The pre-tender health and safety plan
D) A COSHH assessment
D) The construction phase plan
The correct answer is A.
The correct answer is D.

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Question Question
Which two of the following documents refer to the When do the Construction (Design and
specific hazards associated with demolition work Management) Regulations require an excavation
in confined spaces? to be inspected by a competent person?

A) Safety policy A) Every seven days


B) Permit to work B) At the start of the shift when work is to be
carried out
C) Risk assessment
C) Once a month
D) Scaffolding permit
D) When it is more than 2 m deep
E) Hot-work permit
The correct answer is B.
The correct answers are B and C.

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What should the site manager do to increase the Why is it not safe to use diesel to prevent asphalt
safety of private motorists if transport leaving site sticking to the bed of lorries?
is likely to deposit mud on the public road?
A) It will create a slipping hazard
A) Have someone in the road to slow down the
B) It will corrode the bed of the lorry
traffic
C) It will create an environmental hazard
B) Employ an on-site method of washing the
wheels of site transport D) It will react with the asphalt, creating explosive
fumes
C) Employ a mechanical road sweeper
D) Have someone hosing down the mud in the The correct answer is A.
road

The correct answer is B.

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When kerbing works are being carried out, how What are two effects of under-inflated tyres on the
should kerbs be taken off the vehicle? operation of a machine?

A) Lift them off manually using the correct A) It decreases the operating speed of the engine
technique
B) It can make the machine unstable
B) Push them off the back C) It causes increased tyre wear
C) Use mechanical means, such as a machine
D) It decreases tyre wear
fitted with a grab
E) It increases the operating speed of the engine
D) Ask your workmate to give you a hand
The correct answers are B and C.
The correct answer is C.

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Which of the following is true in relation to the Which checks should the operator of a mobile
safe working load of lifting equipment, such as a elevating work platform (MEWP), for example a
cherry picker, lorry loader or excavator? cherry picker, carry out before using it?

A) It must never be exceeded A) That a seat belt is provided for the operator
B) It is a guide figure that may be exceeded B) That a roll-over cage is fitted
slightly
C) That the hydraulic system is drained
C) It may be exceeded by 10% only
D) That emergency systems operate correctly
D) It gives half the maximum weight to be lifted
The correct answer is D.
The correct answer is A.

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In which of the following circumstances would it A single vehicle is carrying out mobile highway
not be safe to use a cherry picker for working at works during the day. What must be clearly
height? displayed on or at the rear of the vehicle?

A) When a roll-over cage is not fitted A) A road narrows (left or right) sign
B) When the ground is uneven and sloping B) A specific task warning sign (for example, gully
cleaning)
C) When weather protection is not fitted
C) A keep left or right arrow
D) When the operator is clipped to an anchorage
point in the basket D) A roadworks ahead sign

The correct answer is B. The correct answer is C.

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What action is required when a highways vehicle When should the amber flashing beacon fitted to
fitted with a direction arrow is travelling from site a highways vehicle be switched on?
to site?
A) At all times
A) Point the direction arrow up
B) When travelling to and from the depot
B) Travel slowly from site to site
C) When the vehicle is being used as a works
C) Point the direction arrow down vehicle
D) Cover or remove the direction arrow D) Only in poor visibility

The correct answer is D. The correct answer is C.

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How often must a competent person thoroughly When undertaking a site survey on a dual
examine lifting equipment for lifting persons, for carriageway with a 60 mph speed limit what is the
example a cherry picker? minimum standard of hi-vis clothing that must be
worn?
A) Every 6 months
B) Every 12 months A) Reflective waistcoat

C) Every 18 months B) Reflective long-sleeved jacket


C) Reflective sash
D) Every 24 months
D) None
The correct answer is A.
The correct answer is B.

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Why is it necessary to wear hi-vis clothing when When providing portable traffic signals on minor
working on roads? rural roads used by cyclists, what action should be
taken by the contractor?
A) So road users and plant operators can see
you A) Locate the signals at bends in the road
B) So that your colleagues can see you B) Allow more time for slow-moving traffic by
increasing the all red phase of the signals
C) To protect the clothes underneath from
damage C) Operate the signals manually
D) Because it will keep you warm D) Use stop and go boards only

The correct answer is A. The correct answer is B.

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What is the main reason why temporary highways When should installed highways signs and
signing needs to be removed when works are guarding equipment be inspected?
completed?
A) Immediately after it has been used
A) To get traffic flowing
B) No more frequently than once a week
B) It is a legal requirement C) Every hour, except when the site is unattended
C) To allow the road to be opened fully
D) Regularly and at least once every day,
D) To reuse signs on new jobs including when the site is unattended

The correct answer is B. The correct answer is D.

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How must signs on footways be located? What should the contractor do when drivers who
are approaching roadworks cannot easily see any
A) So that they block the footway advance roadwork signs because of poor visibility
or other obstructions?
B) So that they can be read by site personnel
C) So that they do not create a hazard for A) Place additional signs in advance of the works
pedestrians
B) Extend the safety zones
D) So that they can be easily removed
C) Extend the sideways clearance
The correct answer is C. D) Lengthen the lead-in taper

The correct answer is A.

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What action is required where passing traffic may In which two places would you find information
block the view of highways signs? about the distances for setting out highways signs
in advance of the works under different road
A) Signs must be larger conditions?

B) Signs must be duplicated on both sides of the


road A) In the Traffic Signs Manual (Chapter 8)
B) In the Pink Book
C) Signs must be placed higher
C) On the back of the sign
D) A flashing light placed on top of the sign
D) In the Works Order
The correct answer is B. E) In the new Code of Practice (Red Book)

The correct answers are A and E.

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How must highways signs, lights and guarding
equipment be properly secured?

A) With built-in weights where possible


B) By roping them to concrete blocks or kerb
stones
C) To prevent them being stolen
D) By iron weights suspended from the frame by
chains or other strong material

The correct answer is A.

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