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1. What is the organisation ‘The Samaritans’?

A political party which supports looking after vulnerable people

A trade union organisation offering financial and legal support

A charity that provides emotional support for people who are struggling to cope

A charity offering construction training to young vulnerable people

2. How Can excessive noise levels affect your hearing? Give two answers.

Ear Infections

Hearing Improvement

Temporary hearing loss

Permanent hearing loss

Dizziness and nausea

3. Which one of the following surfaces is not likely to be fragile?

A reinforced concrete roof

A glass panel roof

A sale tiled roof

A Fibre cement sheet roof

4. Which sign is categorised as a warning sign?

Which sign is categorised as a warning sign?

5. You need to lift a load that is not heavy, but it is so big that you cannot see in front of you. What should you do?

Ask someone to help carry the load so that you can both see ahead

Get someone to walk in front of you and tell others to get out of the way

Get someone to walk next to you and give directions

Move the load on your own. It is so large that anyone in your way is sure to see it

6. 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 recycle waste and help the environment

To help prevent slips, trips and falls

7. The seal of your respiratory protective equipment (RPE) can be broken by which two things?

Facial Hair

A hearing aid

Earrings

Make-up

Facial scarring

8. What should be done if there is an oil or diesel spill on site?

Use a spill kit to clean it up before the end of the day

Ignore it. Oil or diesel spills do not have serious, long-term effects.

Call the Environment agency immediately so they can arrange to have it clean up the spill

9. Who must you report a serious accident to?

Site security

The ambulance service

The police service

Your employer

10. The risk of a materials handling vehicle (telehandler) overturning is increasing when?

Raising loads whilst stationary

Reversing into loading bay

Lifting loads on even ground

Driving at excessive speeds around corners

11. Which two of the following are the best ways to reduce the risk of slips and trips for pedestrians? ( Pick two)

Audio messaging being played

Warning sirens

Adequate heating

Adequate lighting

Good housekeeping

12. A worker with a full UK driving licence has been asked to move a machine they have never been trained on. What should the worker do?

They can move the machine as they have a full UK driver’s licence

Explain that they are not trained and competent to move it

Move the machine if there is a vehicle marshaller

Move the machine as long as there is no one else near it

13. On site, waste should be collected in what?

General skips

Bins and bays

Segregated skips

Bays and buckets

14. Which of the following do you not need to do to ensure that someone’s mask works?

Check the mask is being worn correctly

Check the mask under water to make sure the seals are tight

Check the mask is the correct type needed

Check the user has passed a face-fit test whilst wearing the mask

15. Which type of accident kills the most construction workers?

Contact with electricity

Falling from height

Being hit by a falling object

Being run over by site transport

16. What is the most important consideration when wearing respiratory protective equipment (RPE)

Being able to smell

The weight is correct

It is the correct colour

It has a good seal

17. What is the fire assembly point?

Where the fire extinguishers are kept

Where the fire started

Where fire engines must go when they arrive on site

Where people must go when the fire alarm sounds

18. Which of the following statements about gas leaking from a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder is true?

Its not a problem if a risk assessment has been carried out beforehand

Any leak will always cause a fire and evacuation should be immediate

It can catch fire at some distance from the original leak and flash back to the source

It is only dangerous if there is a heat source very close to the cylinder

19. When you walk across the site, what is the best way to avoid an accident with mobile plant?

Ride on the plant

Get the attention of the driver before you get too close

Keep to the designated pedestrian routes

Wear hi-vis clothing

20. Someone working in a deep inspection chamber has collapsed. What should you do first?

Ask someone to find your supervisor while you try to rescue the worker

Raise the alarm and stay by the inspection chamber, but do not enter

Climb into the inspection chamber and give first-aid treatment

Get someone to lower you into the inspection chamber on a rope

21. Which of the following provides health and safety information about a hazardous substance?

The manual Handling assessment

The site diary

The COSHH assessment

The delivery note

22. 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

The lorry can only carry small loads

More fuel will be used by the lorry

23. Which of these is the most accurate way to confirm the exact location of buried services?

Architect drawings

Survey drawings

Trial holes

Cable plans

24. What should you do if you are concerned about a colleague’s mental health?

Speak to them about it

Speak to a doctor about it

Tell all the team about it

Nothing, its not your problem

25. Which one of the following surfaces is not likely to be fragile?

A reinforced concrete roof

A glass panel roof

A slate tiles roof

A fibre cement sheet

26. Why is it the employer’s legal responsibility to discuss matters of health and safety with employees?

So that employees will never have to attend any other health and safety training

So that employees are informed of things that will protect their health and safety

So that your employer will not have any legal responsibility for employees’ health and safety

So that employees do not have any responsibilities for health and safety

27. Which one of the following statements about asbestos is true?

Asbestos fibres only cause health problems for smokers

Asbestos fibres are most likely to enter the body through inhalation

Asbestos fibres are most likely to enter the body through the skin

Asbestos in buildings must always be removed regardless of condition

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

The cost of the equipment

Can it be recycled

How long it will last

The type of hazard

29. Reducing the risk of cuts and abrasions would require protection for what part of the body?

Blood

Hair

Bones

Skins

30. What should you do if you see the sides supports move when you are working in an excavation?

Nothing. The sides are expected to move all the time

Work in another part of the excavation instead

Make sure that you and other workers get out quickly

Keep working and watch to see if they move again

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