CSCS Operatives Mock Test 06

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HS&E TEST

CSCS Operatives Test 6

1 / 50

Which of the following best describes carbon monoxide?

Colourless, odourless, poisonous gas

A gas similar to methane

Odourless, harmless gas

Another name for oxygen

2 / 50

Which two of the following are the employer's legal duties towards people at work?

Inform you of hazards and risks at work

Provide and maintain clean welfare facilities

Provide them with free transport home

Pay wages and overtime directly into the bank

Supply meals free of charge

3 / 50

What can help to reduce fatigue?

Taking regular breaks at work

Going to the gym less

Drinking alcohol after work

Eating larger meals during break times

4 / 50

What are two possible consequences for you if your employer does not prevent accidents and ill health at work?

You will have worse welfare facilities on site while improvements are made

You may suffer an injury, affecting your health and well-being

You won't get the training required to continue working on site

You will have to work longer hours to earn more money

You may not be able to work, which would affect your income and family life

5 / 50

What is the best way to stop people falling through voids, holes or fragile roof panels?

Cover the dangerous areas with safety netting and tell everyone to be careful

Place secure, load-bearing covers over the dangerous areas and add warning signage

Tell everyone where the dangerous areas are

Mark the dangerous areas with red and white warning tape

6 / 50

Which of the following is the best method to help minimise the risk of injury when moving loads on-site?

Use lifting aids wherever possible on site

Ask a trained person to carry the load

Remove all awkward-shaped loads from the site

Make the area flatter before performing the task

7 / 50

Who has legal duties under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974?

Only self-employed people

Employees only

Employers only

All people at work

8 / 50

What is the safest way to get into and out of a deep excavation?

Use a fixed staircase

Use an excavator bucket

Use the buried services as steps

Use the shoring or trench supports

9 / 50

What is the main risk to this worker, wearing only these items of personal protective equipment (PPE)?

Dermatitis to skin

Breathing in harmful dust

Damage to hearing

Eye injuries

10 / 50

What is the correct way to reach the working platform of a mobile access tower?

Climb up the outside of the diagonal bracing

Lean a ladder against the tower and climb up that

Climb up the tower frame on the outside of the tower

Climb up the ladder built into the tower

11 / 50

What does this sign mean?

First aid

Assembly point

Accident and emergency department

Fire point

12 / 50

What does the word sensitiser mean on the packaging of a substance?

It should not be used under any circumstances

It is safe to use without personal protective equipment (PPE)

That it could cause allergic reactions when handled

It must be mixed with water before it can be used

13 / 50

Under environmental law, which of the following statements is true?

Only companies can be prosecuted if they do not follow the law

Only employees can be prosecuted if they do not follow the law

Only directors can be prosecuted if they do not follow the law

Companies and employees can be prosecuted if they do not follow the law

14 / 50

Using a grinder whilst wearing this personal protective equipment (PPE), could result in which of the following?

Weil's disease

Eye injuries

Lung disease

Hearing damage

15 / 50

What is the most important reason why people should be trained and competent before they are allowed to enter a confined space?

Confined spaces are only found on house-building sites

Confined space entrants need to understand the potential hazards

Confined spaces always contain flammable or explosive gases

Confined spaces never contain breathable air

16 / 50

What should you do if you need to walk past someone operating a mobile crane?

Try to catch the attention of the crane operator

Guess what the crane operator will do next and squeeze past

Take another route so that you stay clear of the crane

Run to get past the crane quickly

17 / 50

A construction worker has been exposed to concrete dust for a long period of time. What are they most likely to suffer from?

Shortness of breath

Headache or migraine

Hearing problems

Blurred vision

18 / 50

Who has a duty to protect an individual from stress at work.

The local authority

The employer

The union

The government

19 / 50

What is the most important reason for keeping your work area clean and tidy?

So that waste skips can be emptied more often

It saves time cleaning up at the end of the week

To help prevent slips, trips and falls

To recycle waste and help the environment

20 / 50

What do green and white signs represent?

Safe condition signs - giving you information

Prohibition signs - meaning you must not do something

Warning signs - alerting you to hazards or danger

Mandatory signs - meaning you must do something

21 / 50

Which one of the following could cause back and musculoskeletal problems for a worker?

Good planning to reduce lifting heavy loads

Positioning materials away from the work area

Using machines for lifting operations whenever possible

Reducing the maximum lifting weight

22 / 50

What should you do if there is nowhere on site to wash your hands?

Speak to your supervisor or the site manager about the problem

Go to the local public toilets and use their washbasin

Nothing as the site does not have to provide washing facilities

Wait until you get home, then wash them

23 / 50

Under what circumstance should a driver stop their vehicle immediately?

If they lose sight of their vehicle marshal

If the vehicle is low on fuel

If the flashing beacon has stopped working

If they are operating in a one-way system

24 / 50

What is the fire assembly point?

Where people must go when the fire alarm sounds

Where the fire extinguishers are kept

Where the fire started

Where fire engines must go when they arrive on site

25 / 50

What should you do if you feel that a task involving working at height is unsafe?

Work the problem out for yourself

Carry on working and tell your supervisor when you next see them

Borrow some work equipment from another job

Stop working immediately and report it to your supervisor

26 / 50

What additional rules might a person working alone be asked to follow?

Make regular radio or mobile phone contact

Complete an additional time sheet

Carry two sets of personal protective equipment (PPE)

Never speak to the general public

27 / 50

When working through a construction health and safety checklist, which of these hazardous substances should be identified?

Asbestos, cement, paints, noise levels

Noise levels, solvents, dust, paint

Lead, solvents, cement, asbestos

Vibration levels, noise levels, asbestos, cement

28 / 50

A truck has to tip materials into a trench. Who should give signals to the truck driver?

Any person who is wearing a hi-vis coat

Someone who is standing in the trench

Only the person who is trained and appointed for the job

Someone who knows the signals

29 / 50

What should you do if an extension cable has a cut in its outer cover?

Check the copper wires aren't showing in the cut and then use the cable

Put electrical tape around the damaged part

Report the fault and make sure that no one else uses the cable

Put a bigger fuse in the cable plug

30 / 50

What might happen if the level of oxygen drops below 8% in a confined space?

You could become unconscious

There is a high risk of fire or explosion

Your hearing could be affected

You might get dehydrated

31 / 50

Where is the best place for a portable residual current device (RCD) to be fitted?

Near to the main fuse box

Between the plug of a 230 volt tool and the supply socket

Inside the main transformer

Anywhere in the 230 volt supply to the building

32 / 50

What does this sign mean?

No dirty footwear past this point

Safety footwear must be worn

Be aware of slip and trip hazards

Wellington boots must be worn

33 / 50

A wheel comes off a trolley you are using to move a heavy load a long distance. What should you do?

Find another way to move the load and complete the journey

Drag the trolley on your own for the rest of the journey

Ask someone to help you pull the trolley for the rest of the journey

Carry the load for the rest of the journey

34 / 50

Which one of the following statements is true, with reference to asbestos containing materials (ACMs)?

They can be difficult to identify

They have an identifiable smell

They are usually found in new buildings

They are quite simple to identify

35 / 50

How should hazardous waste be dealt with on site? Give two answers.

Put it in a mixed waste skip

Place it in the correctly labelled container

Take it to the nearest Local Authority waste tip

Segregate it from other waste

It can be put in any skip on site

36 / 50

Which of the following statements best describes a near miss?

An incident where someone was injured and nearly had to go to hospital

An incident that nearly resulted in injury or damage

An incident where you were just too late to see what happened

An incident where someone was injured and nearly had to take time off work

37 / 50

What is the most important information a vehicle marshaller should know before directing a vehicle?

The value of the materials, as they could be stole

The name and address of the driver for security reasons

How to signal vehicles and any relevant safety procedures

The type of materials being delivered to the site

38 / 50

What should you do if you see this label on a container or packaging?

Do not use it, as the substance is poisonous and could harm you

Find out what protection you need, as the substance is corrosive

Wash your hands with cold water after you have used the substance

Find out what hand cleaner you will need, as the substance will not wash off easily

39 / 50

Stress usually affects which type of person?

Those with poor budgeting skills

Anyone

Older people

Only managers

40 / 50

When selecting appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE), what is the most important factor to be taken into account?

How long it will last

The type of hazard

Can it be recycled

The cost of the equipment

41 / 50

What does this sign mean?

Safety glove disposal point

Safety gloves do not need to be worn

Safety gloves must be carried at all times

Safety gloves must be worn

42 / 50

What is the one thing a first aider cannot do?

Treat you if you are unconscious

Give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

Give you medicine without authorisation

Stop any bleeding

43 / 50

Which one of the following statements is true of a person who has fallen, and is suspended in a fall-arrest harness?

There will be no reason to call an ambulance

They will need to be rescued quickly

They should be left to rescue themselves

They will be safe in the harness for over an hour

44 / 50

How should a roof be treated initially when considering its safety?

All roofs built before 1930 are considered fragile; all roofs built after 1930 are not considered fragile

All roofs should be treated as fragile until a competent person has confirmed they are not

All roofs built from timber are considered sturdy; all built from tile are considered fragile

All roofs should be treated as sturdy until a competent person has confirmed they are not

45 / 50

You see a lorry parking and it has a flat tyre. Why should you tell the driver?

The driver will need to travel at a much slower speed

It could be unsafe to drive the lorry

More fuel will be used by the lorry

The lorry can only carry small loads

46 / 50

You suffer an injury at work and the details are recorded in the accident book. What must happen to this accident record?

It must be treated as confidential under data protection laws

It must be sent to the insurance company at the end of the job

It must be destroyed at the end of the job, due to confidentiality

It must be kept in a place where anyone at work can read it

47 / 50

Which item of the personal protective equipment (PPE) is helping to protect the worker from nasal cancer?

48 / 50

A worker is wearing a harness in a boom type mobile elevating work platform (MEWP) (sometimes known as a cherry picker). Which one of the following should the harness have?

A work-restraint lanyard clipped to an attachment point in the basket

A fall-arrest lanyard clipped to the structure being worked on

A fall-restraint lanyard clipped to the control box of the machine

A work-restraint lanyard clipped to the hand rail of the basket

49 / 50

What should you use to clean very dirty hands?

Thinners

White spirit

Soap and water

Paraffin

50 / 50

Which one of the following tasks would require a worker to wear safety wellington boots, to help protect from skin burns?

Working indoors on fittings

Lifting floor boards

Laying new concrete

Landscape gardening in the rain

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