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#1. What does the health and safety sign below mean?

Area fitted with fire sprinklers

Toilet and shower facilities located here

Male shower facilities located here

Emergency first aid shower

#2. After asbestos, which of the following causes the most ill-health to construction workers?

Resin, solvent and paint vapours

Wood and MDF dust

Silica dust

Diesel fumes

#3. What does this sign mean?

Toxic

Chest protection must be worn

Damage to organs

No chest protection required

#4. Hazardous substances can be identified by?

The colour of the substance

It will have a blue label on the container

The symbol on the label

The colour of the container

#5. Objects can easily fall from a scaffolding platform, how can you best protect the people below?

Make sure they are wearing safety helmets

Use brick guards to stop anything falling below

Tell the people below to stop work and clear the area

Tell them you will be working above

#6. A health safety sign that means an action is mandatory is what color?

Yellow

White and Red

Blue and White

White and Black

#7. After you use a fire extinguisher containing carbon dioxide; which of the following is known to happen to the nozzle?

It becomes extremely cold

It becomes extremely hot

It becomes warm

It becomes slightly hot

#8. What do yellow and black health and safety signs like the one below mean?

They’re hazard warning signs

They’re used to indicate safe conditions

They’re used to indicate that an action is mandatory

An action is mandatory

#9. How should you position yourself if you need to lift a load from the ground?

Feet slightly apart, one leg slightly forward and knees bent

Feet close as possible, legs straight and back bent

Feet slightly apart, legs bent and back bent

Feet as wide as possible, legs straight and back bent

#10. The nozzle of a Carbon Dioxide tends to become _______ after it is used.

Extremely hot

Slightly warm

Very cold

Warm

#11. You are responsible for reporting any working conditions on the worksite that are unsafe in nature?

Only the health and safety inspector

Everyone that is on the worksite

Only the onsite Manager

Only the onsite supervisor

#12. What does this sign mean?

Warning – laser beams

Warning – explosive substance

Flashing lights ahead

Radioactive area

#13. If a worker is uncomfortable climbing to a certain height on a specific type of ladder, he or she should:

Change the ladder

Notify the site supervisor

Ask for someone else to foot the ladder

Only climb up to a comfortable height

#14. Information regarding hazardous substances can be found in ___.

Your contract of employment

Your HSE poster

The COSHH assessment

Your site’s accident report book

#15. To get the maximum protection from your safety helmet you should wear it:

pulled forward

back to front

pushed back on your head

square on your head

#16. A band of what color can be found on fire extinguishers containing water?

Red

Black

Yellow

Blue

#17. Where MUST an emergency route or routes ensure safe access to?

The open air

A place of safety

The first-aid room

The ground

#18. Who MUST be legally notified of a death, specified injury, dangerous occurrence or over seven-day injury on a site?

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

No-one

The local health centre

The company’s insurance company

#19. If the body of an individual comes into contact with wet cement; which of the following conditions is most likely to result?

It would result in internal bleeding

It would result in chemical burns

It would have no effect

It would cause them to lose their hair

#20. How many employees does a company need before risk assessments are recorded?

Between 5-10

Between 10-20

5 or more

Just 1 is needed

#21. How should you wear your safety helmet to get maximum protection from it?

#22. You have just finished working with a particularly noisy piece of equipment and you have a ringing in your ears. What does this symptom imply?

Your body has been exposed to excess vibration

You’ve temporarily damaged your hearing

You may be coming down with the flu or a respiratory infection

The level of noise was high, but it was still safe

#23. You are up on a roof that is flat. How can you BEST make sure you will not fall over the side of the roof?

Use a guard rail and toe boards to protect the sides

If at the edge of the roof you put a warning sign

Get someone to watch you while you are up on the roof and when you get close to the edge shout

You can use white and red tape to mark out the edge

#24. Before starting your shift you’re given a dust mask that’s too big and keeps falling off, what should you do?

Ask for a mask that fits securely and wait until you have the correct RPE before starting

Ask your colleague to borrow his mask then carry on working

Carry on working and get another one after your shift ends

Carry on working with the big mask until you can get another one

#25. Which statement below is TRUE when it comes to using gloves while handling chemicals?

All gloves are made to the same standards so all gloves will protect you against chemicals

You can use any gloves as long as you put barrier cream on your hands first

You must choose appropriate gloves because different gloves protect against different hazards

You can use any gloves as long as you put barrier cream on the gloves

#26. What’s the FIRST thing you should do if someone who is working in a deep man hole collapses?

Leave the site and go home

Find your supervisor and inform him on the matter

Notify the trained rescue team immediately

Have your colleagues lower you into the man hole so you can assist

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

Use a fixed staircase

Use the buried services as steps

Go down in an excavator bucket

Climb down the shoring

#28. You need to use an air-powered tool. What three hazards are likely to affect you?

Leaking hoses

Radiation

Airborne dust and flying fragments

Hand-arm vibration

Electric shock

#29. If you have to work at height in a cherry picker over or near to deep water, which of the following items of personal protective equipment (PPE) must you be wearing?

Safety rope

Life jacket

Wellington boots

Full body harness

#30. What type of extinguisher would a class F fire need?

A water extinguisher

A wet chemical extinguisher

A dry powder extinguisher

A Carbon Dioxide extinguisher

#31. What is the best method for minimizing dust at a work site?

Use correct Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE)

Dampen the site with spray

Cover the entire work site

Use power tools exclusively

#32. What is the cause of most accidents?

Poisoning

Suffocation

Slips, trips and falls

Electrocution

#33. Site inductions are important for who?

The cleaners only

The supervisors only

Everyone that will work onsite

The managers only

#34. If you’re working in a confined space and the gas alarm goes off you should:

Exit the confined space immediately.

Stop using any electrical tools but carry on working.

Continue working and take breaks every 5 minutes to get fresh air.

Take the alarm off.

#35. What is the fire assembly point?

Where fire engines must go when they arrive on site

Where the fire started

Where the fire extinguishers are kept

Where people must go when the fire alarm sounds

#36. Why should you never store batteries loose in your tool bag?

Your tool bag will be heavy and damage your back

You might forget to charge them

If the terminals short out, they could cause a fire

They give off a poisonous gas in a confined space

#37. What should you do if there is an oil or diesel spill on site?

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

Call the Department for the Environment immediately, so they can arrange to have it cleaned up

Stop work, contain the spill, notify your supervisor and then clean up the spill

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

#38. Do you have any responsibility for minimising the amount of waste created?

Only if you are told to do so during your site induction

Only during the site clean up at the end of the project

Yes, everyone on site has a responsibility to do this

No, it is the responsibility of site management

#39. What does the health and safety sign below mean?

No industrial vehicles allowed beyond this area

Only trained staff are allowed beyond this area

No manual lifting should be done in this area

Industrial vehicles are moving about

#40. Under RIDDOR which of these is not a major injury?

Broken finger

Broken arm

Broken leg

Paper cut

#41. What is vibration white finger or hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS)?

Severe frostbite

Wait until the pad is replaced before entering into a noisy area

A mild skin rash that will go away

Signs that your hands and arms have or are on the way to being permanently damaged

#42. At what point are you responsible for reporting a health and safety concern to your supervisor?

Anytime that there is a threat to the safety of a coworker

All of these

Anytime that there is a threat to your personal safety

Anytime there is a threat to the safety of a third party

#43. IIn which year was the Health and Safety at work act enacted?

1947

1975

1957

1974

#44. When you climb a ladder, you must?

Have three points of contact with the ladder at all times.

Have two people on the ladder at all times.

Have two points of contact with the ladder at all times.

Use a safety harness.

#45. What does the word hazard mean?

A type of barrier or machine guard

Anything at work that could harm you

The site accident rate

The likelihood that something might happen

#46. How should you wear your safety helmet if you need to lean over an exposed edge while working at height?

You should not wear your helmet while carrying out these tasks

You should tilt your helmet backwards which should prevent it from falling over

You should tilt your helmet to the side which will help to prevent it from falling over

You should ensure you make use of the chinstrap and wear the helmet as normal

#47. If you need to move a load while sitting you should always remember that:

You can move twice the amount if you’re sitting

It doesn’t matter as you can move the same amount if you’re sitting

You can move more weight than normal if you’re sitting

You can move less weight than normal if you’re sitting

#48. An excavator on site has overturned but no-one was injured. What MUST happen next?

Investigate the incident

Make a report to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

Clear up as quickly as possible and resume work

Report the incident in the accident book

#49. What do you need before you can supervise any lift using a crane?

Nothing, you make it up as you go along

Nothing, the crane driver will tell you what to do

Written instructions from the crane hire company

You must be trained and assessed as competent

#50. Which one of these surfaces would you not place a mobile scaffold tower unit on?

An asphalt road

An uneven playground

Concrete

Wooden decking

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