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CSCS Operatives Test 6

1 / 50

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

Reducing the maximum lifting weight

Good planning to reduce lifting heavy loads

Using machines for lifting operations whenever possible

Positioning materials away from the work area

2 / 50

Why is over exposure to vibratory tools and equipment a serious issue?

There is no way that exposure to vibration can be prevented

There are no early warning signs of damage caused by vibration

The long-term effects of vibration are not known

Vibration can cause disabling health conditions that cannot be cured

3 / 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 destroyed at the end of the job, due to confidentiality

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

It must be treated as confidential under data protection laws

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

4 / 50

Who should you speak to if the work of another contractor is affecting your safety?

Your workmates

Your supervisor

The contractor

The contractor's supervisor

5 / 50

What can help to reduce fatigue?

Taking regular breaks at work

Drinking alcohol after work

Eating larger meals during break times

Going to the gym less

6 / 50

What does this sign mean?

First aid

Assembly point

Fire point

Accident and emergency department

7 / 50

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

Use the shoring or trench supports

Use the buried services as steps

Use a fixed staircase

Use an excavator bucket

8 / 50

What is the fire assembly point?

Where people must go when the fire alarm sounds

Where fire engines must go when they arrive on site

Where the fire extinguishers are kept

Where the fire started

9 / 50

What do green and white signs represent?

Prohibition signs - meaning you must not do something

Safe condition signs - giving you information

Warning signs - alerting you to hazards or danger

Mandatory signs - meaning you must do something

10 / 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

Only the person who is trained and appointed for the job

Someone who is standing in the trench

Someone who knows the signals

11 / 50

When must an accident be recorded in the accident book?

If a person is injured in any way

Only if a person has to attend hospital

If a person has a day off work with a cold

Only if a person suffers a broken bone

12 / 50

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

Employers only

Only self-employed people

All people at work

Employees only

Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974

The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 is the primary piece of legislation covering occupational health and safety in Great Britain. Commonly referred to as the HSWA, the HSW Act, the 1974 Act, or HASAWA, it outlines the general duties that employers have towards employees and the public, as well as the responsibilities employees have to themselves and each other.

Key points of the Act include:

Employers must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety, and welfare at work of all their employees.
Employers and self-employed individuals have duties to people other than their employees.
Persons in control of work premises have duties towards people on those premises.
The Act also establishes the Health and Safety Commission and the Health and Safety Executive, setting out their functions and powers.

13 / 50

Which two actions could help minimise waste?

Always take more than required - just in case you need it

Leave bags of cement and plaster out in the rain, unprotected

Use new materials at the beginning of each day

Reuse off-cuts (such as half bricks) rather than discarding them

Only take what you need and return or reseal anything left over

14 / 50

If an untrained worker has been asked by their supervisor to inspect some scaffolding, what should they do?

Carry on and inspect the scaffolding

Do not inspect the scaffolding, as they have not been trained

Inspect the scaffolding in tandem with another untrained worker

Ask a colleague to show them how to inspect the scaffolding

15 / 50

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

To help prevent slips, trips and falls

So that waste skips can be emptied more often

To recycle waste and help the environment

It saves time cleaning up at the end of the week

16 / 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

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

Put a bigger fuse in the cable plug

Put electrical tape around the damaged part

17 / 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

Vibration levels, noise levels, asbestos, cement

Lead, solvents, cement, asbestos

18 / 50

What does this sign mean?

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Safety footwear must be worn

No dirty footwear past this point

Wellington boots must be worn

Be aware of slip and trip hazards

19 / 50

What should you do if you find lots of old bird nests and droppings in an area you are working in?

Check there are no live birds present, then carry working

Carry on working and work around them

Sweep them up and put them in a bin liner immediately

Stop working and speak to a supervisor to arrange for decontamination work

20 / 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

How to signal vehicles and any relevant safety procedures

The name and address of the driver for security reasons

The type of materials being delivered to the site

21 / 50

Under what circumstance should a driver stop their vehicle immediately?

If they are operating in a one-way system

If the vehicle is low on fuel

If they lose sight of their vehicle marshal

If the flashing beacon has stopped working

22 / 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 work-restraint lanyard clipped to the hand rail of the basket

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

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

23 / 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 always contain flammable or explosive gases

Confined spaces never contain breathable air

Confined space entrants need to understand the potential hazards

Confined spaces are only found on house-building sites

24 / 50

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

Nothing as the site does not have to provide washing facilities

Speak to your supervisor or the site manager about the problem

Go to the local public toilets and use their washbasin

Wait until you get home, then wash them

25 / 50

Which one of the following must be provided on site?

Drinking water

Free transport home

Breakfast

Snacks

26 / 50

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

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

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

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

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

27 / 50

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

The government

The local authority

The union

The employer

28 / 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

29 / 50

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

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Weil's disease

Lung disease

Eye injuries

Hearing damage

30 / 50

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

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Dermatitis to skin

Damage to hearing

Breathing in harmful dust

Eye injuries

31 / 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

Make the area flatter before performing the task

Ask a trained person to carry the load

Remove all awkward-shaped loads from the site

32 / 50

When you start a new task, how will you know if you need any extra personal protective equipment (PPE)?

By looking at your employer's health and safety policy

By looking at the company web page

You will always need it

By looking at the risk assessment

33 / 50

You need to use a 230 volt item of equipment. How should you protect yourself from an electric shock?

Wear rubber boots and gloves

Use a generator which has been serviced

Use a portable residual current device (RCD)

Put up safety screens around you

34 / 50

Breathing in dust while using a cutting disc to cut through concrete could result in which of the following diseases?

Silicosis

Asbestosis

Legionnaires

Leptospirosis

35 / 50

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

They should be left to rescue themselves

There will be no reason to call an ambulance

They will need to be rescued quickly

They will be safe in the harness for over an hour

36 / 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

37 / 50

What does this sign mean?

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Safety gloves do not need to be worn

Safety gloves must be worn

Safety glove disposal point

Safety gloves must be carried at all times

38 / 50

What additional measures can be worn under a hard hat in cold weather?

A jumper with a detachable hood

A woolly hat

A manufacturer's attachment

A baseball cap

39 / 50

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

Laying new concrete

Lifting floor boards

Working indoors on fittings

Landscape gardening in the rain

40 / 50

Following what kind of risk assessment is the best way to prevent pollution on a construction site?

Environmental

Maintenance

Health and safety

Workplace

41 / 50

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

Headache or migraine

Hearing problems

Blurred vision

Shortness of breath

42 / 50

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

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C

D

A

B

43 / 50

What is the maximum length of time that a worker should work from a step ladder in one position?

Less than one hour

Less than 30 minutes

Less than 90 minutes

Less than two hours

44 / 50

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

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

Try to catch the attention of the crane operator

45 / 50

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

You could become unconscious

Your hearing could be affected

There is a high risk of fire or explosion

You might get dehydrated

46 / 50

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

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

Tell everyone where the dangerous areas are

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

Mark the dangerous areas with red and white warning tape

47 / 50

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

Work the problem out for yourself

Stop working immediately and report it to your supervisor

Borrow some work equipment from another job

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

48 / 50

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

They are quite simple to identify

They are usually found in new buildings

They have an identifiable smell

They can be difficult to identify

49 / 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

It can be put in any skip on site

Segregate it from other waste

Take it to the nearest Local Authority waste tip

50 / 50

If the first-aid kit on site is empty, what should you do?

Ignore the problem as it is always the same

Inform the person who looks after the first-aid kit

Find out who is taking all the first-aid supplies

Bring your own first-aid supplies into work

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