CSCS Supervisor Practice Test 2

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CSCS Supervisor Practice Test 2

1 / 50

In the colour coding of electrical power supplies on site, what voltage does a blue plug represent?

400 volts

110 volts

50 volts

230 volts

2 / 50

The Beaufort Scale is important when working at height externally. What does it measure?

Wind speed

The load-bearing capacity of a scaffold

The load-bearing capacity of a flat roof

Air temperature

3 / 50

Cream band fire extinguishers have which of the following content?

Powder - for use on liquid and electrical fires

Foam - for use on liquid fires

Water - for use on wood, paper, textile and solid material fires

Carbon dioxide - for use on liquid and electrical fires

4 / 50

During excavation work, some interesting old coins are found in the loosened soil. What is the most appropriate action?

Stop excavating the site and contact the supervisor

Keep excavating and see how many more there are to find

Hide them. Archaeologists working on site will delay the works

Keep quiet. The person who found them should keep them

5 / 50

Which of the following is a fall-arrest system?

Mobile access tower

Safety harness and lanyard

Guard-rail and toe-board

Mobile elevating work platform (MEWP)

6 / 50

What should be used to protect passers-by from getting arc eye when electric welding is about to start on your site?

Warning signs

Nothing

Personal protective equipment (PPE)

Screens

7 / 50

What should all risk assessments identify?

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

The employer

The hazards in the work environment

How to report accidents

8 / 50

When someone feels they may have mental health issues, which of the following is a good thing to do?

Ask for help as early as possible

Never ask for assistance

Wait until your appraisal to tell your manager you are worried about your mental health

Wait until your symptoms are worse before telling your manager

9 / 50

The ground has become muddy on site. What could be done to prevent the ground becoming slippery?

Improve lighting

Treat the surface with salt

Improve signage

Treat the surface with gravel

10 / 50

How long must you keep inspection records under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015?

Until the construction work is complete and then for three months

For one week on site before sending them to head office

For three months after the inspection has been carried out

Only until the project is complete

11 / 50

Before allowing a lifting operation to be carried out, where should you ensure that the sequence of operations is recorded to enable a safe lift?

In a risk assessment

In an approved lifting plan or method statement

In the crane hire contract

In a lifting operation toolbox talk

12 / 50

Under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, when the contractor sets a person to work on a construction site, what must they ensure that person has, or be in the process of, obtaining?

A hard hat, hi-vis clothing and safety footwear

A relevant qualification for the work to be undertaken

The relevant competency card

The right skills, knowledge, training and experience

13 / 50

If a scaffold is not complete, which of the following actions should be taken by the supervisor?

Make sure that the scaffolders complete the scaffold

Display a warning notice and tell operatives to use the scaffold with care

Prevent access to the scaffold and add warning signage

Tell operatives not to use the scaffold

14 / 50

When putting people to work above public areas, what should be your first consideration?

To let the public know what you are doing

To prevent anything falling onto people below

To minimise the number of people below at any one time

To prevent complaints from the public

15 / 50

Who is responsible for managing health and safety on site?

Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

Contracts Manager

Site Manager

Building Inspector

16 / 50

You need to walk past a 360° mobile crane. The crane is operating near a wall. What is the main danger?

The crane could crash into the wall

You could get whole-body vibration from the crane

Your hearing could be damaged by high noise levels from the crane

You could be crushed if you walk between the crane and the wall

17 / 50

Which of the following tasks would you expect the appointed person for first aid to carry out?

They should provide all of the care normally carried out by a first aider

They should contact the emergency services when required

They should provide most of the care normally carried out by a first aider

They should only apply splints to broken bones

18 / 50

What is the maximum unprotected gap allowed between any guard-rail, toe board, barrier or other similar means of protection on a scaffold?

600 mm

500 mm

470 mm

400 mm

19 / 50

A design feature of some airbags used for fall arrest is a controlled leak rate. If you are using these, what must you ensure about the inflation pump?

It must be switched off when the airbags are full

It must be switched off from time to time to avoid over-inflation

It must run all the time while work is carried out at height

It must be electrically powered

20 / 50

How can asbestos be correctly identified?

The distinct colour of the dust

By getting a sample analysed in a laboratory

By putting a piece in water and seeing if it dissolves

It is clear from the strong smell of the dust

21 / 50

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

Find out how to use the substance safely as it is flammable

Warm up the contents first, with heat or a naked flame

Dispose of the substance or contents by burning

Find out how to use the substance safely as it could explode

22 / 50

What is regarded as the last resort in the hierarchy of control for operatives' safety when working at height?

Safety harness

Access tower scaffold

Mobile elevating work platform (MEWP)

Mobile access tower

23 / 50

Under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, what must be provided before construction work starts, and then maintained until the end of the project?

A car park or other parking facilities

A safety log book

A premises log book

Adequate welfare facilities

24 / 50

Under the requirements of the Work at Height Regulations, what must the minimum width of a working platform be?

Two scaffold boards wide

Three scaffold boards wide

Four scaffold boards wide

Suitable and sufficient for the job in hand

25 / 50

Where should an emergency escape route take you to?

The open air

A place of safety

A first-aid room

The ground

26 / 50

When does an employer have to prepare a written health and safety policy?

If they employ five people or more

If they employ three people or more

If they employ a safety officer

If the work is going to last more than 30 days

27 / 50

How should cylinders containing liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) be stored on site?

In a locked cellar with clear warning signs

Covered by a tarpaulin to shield the compressed cylinder from sunlight

In a secure storage container at the back of the site

In a locked cage at least 3 m from any oxygen cylinders

28 / 50

Why is it considered poor practice to store batteries loose in a tool bag?

You might forget to charge them

They give off a poisonous gas in a confined space

The tool bag will be heavy and could damage your back

If the terminals short out, they could cause a fire

29 / 50

At what minimum noise level must you provide hearing protection to workers if they ask for it?

90 decibels (dBA)

87 decibels (dBA)

80 decibels (dBA)

85 decibels (dBA)

30 / 50

When an employee returns to work after an absence due to illness, what should they speak about with their employer?

The effects of medication they are taking which could affect safety at work

The details of the illness to make sure no one else can catch it

The number of times they have visited their doctor before returning to work

Any treatment costs they have to pay to help them get back to work

31 / 50

What is the maximum vertical height that a fixed ladder can be climbed, before an intermediate landing place is required?

9 m

8.5 m

7.5 m

8 m

32 / 50

Under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, which two of the following must you ensure workers have received before they start working on site?

Confirmation of their working hours and rest break

Details of the designer's plan of work

A suitable site induction, specific to the work

Details of the client's brief and project expectations

Information on relevant hazards and control measures

33 / 50

Why is it important that hazards are identified?

So that toolbox talks can be given on the hazards

They must all be eliminated before work can start

They have the potential to cause injury or harm

They must all be notified to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

34 / 50

What is the best way for a supervisor or manager to make sure that the operatives doing a job have fully understood a method statement?

Make sure that those doing the job have read the method statement

Explain the method statement to those doing the job and test their understanding

Put the method statement in a labelled ring-binder in the office

Display the method statement on a noticeboard in the office

35 / 50

Which of the following precautions should be taken to prevent a dumper that is tipping material into an excavation from falling into it?

Cones or signage should be erected to indicate the safe tipping point

Dumpers should be kept 5 m away from the excavation

Stop blocks should be provided, parallel to the trench and appropriate to the vehicle's wheel size

Dumper drivers are required to judge the distance carefully or be given stop signals by another person

36 / 50

The acronym T.I.L.E. stands for what?

Task, Individual, Load, Environment

Temperature, Individual, Lighting, Evaluate

Train, Individual, Lift, Environment

Treat, Individual, Lower, Evaluate

37 / 50

Why may a young person be more at risk of having an accident?

Legislation does not apply to anyone under 18 years of age

They have less experience and may not recognise danger or understand fully what could go wrong

They are less likely to wear personal protective equipment (PPE)

They are usually left to work alone to gain experience

38 / 50

What should you do if you are in a deep trench and you start to feel dizzy?

Make sure that you and any others get out quickly and report it

Carry on working and hope that the feeling will go away

Sit down in the trench and take a rest

Get out, let your head clear and then go back in again

39 / 50

Showing considerations to the neighbours of the site and members of the public is whose responsibility?

The health and safety officer

Everyone working on site

The site supervisor

Only the client of the project

40 / 50

Which one of the following describes the role of a vehicle marshaller?

Manage incident response documentation

Support safe vehicle movements on site

Control the movement of cranes on site

Provide training on how to drive manual plant

41 / 50

What does it mean if there is frost around the valve on a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder?

The cylinder is full

The cylinder is nearly empty

You must lay the cylinder on its side

The valve is leaking

42 / 50

What illness are you most likely to develop, if you breathe in dust and fumes over long periods of time?

Skin cancer

Occupational lung disease

Occupational dermatitis

Laryngitis

43 / 50

In deciding what control measures to take, following a risk assessment that has revealed a risk, what measure should you always consider first?

Give priority to measures that protect the whole workforce

Avoid the risk altogether if possible

Adapt the work to the individual

Make sure personal protective equipment (PPE) is available

44 / 50

If there is a fatal accident or a reportable dangerous occurrence on site, when must the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) be informed?

Immediately

Within five days

Within ten days

Within seven days

45 / 50

What does this sign mean?

Not for washing

Not drinkable

Do not use the tap

Do not wash your vehicle

46 / 50

Where should liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders supplying an appliance in a site cabin be positioned?

Inside the cabin next to the appliance

Outside the cabin

Under the cabin

Inside the cabin in a locked cupboard

47 / 50

What regulation contains details of the welfare facilities that must be provided on a construction site?

The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations

The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations

The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations

The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)

48 / 50

You have to use a new substance for the first time and need to carry out a COSHH assessment. What are the two main things you will need?

The age of the people doing the work

The safety data sheet

The delivery note

Your company's safety policy

The details of where, who and how you will be using the substance

49 / 50

What is the advantage of using safety nets rather than a harness and fall-arrest lanyard?

Safety nets can be rigged by anyone

Safety nets do not need inspecting

Workers' lanyards can get entangled with other workers' lanyards

Safety nets provide collective fall protection

50 / 50

If you have been given a dust mask to protect you against hazardous fumes, what should you do?

Wear a second dust mask on top of the first one, in order to increase the protection

Do the job wearing the mask but work as quickly you can

Start work without a mask but take regular breaks outside

Do not start work until you have the correct respiratory protective equipment (RPE)

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