CSCS Managers & Professionals Mock Test

This CSCS mock test for managers and professionals contains 50 multiple-choice practice questions, and you must answer at least 46 questions correctly within 45 minutes to pass the exam. You’ll see the score you obtained and the correct answers at the end of this practice test.

CSCS Practice Questions for Managers and Professionals

1. What are the two classifications that identify projects requiring notification?

A project lasting 12 days with 15 workers

A project lasting 35 working days, with 25 workers

A project lasting 35 working days with no more than 12 workers at any one time

A project that is 510 person days

2. What is the UK’s primary legislation for ensuring health and safety?

Approved codes of practice

Health and safety law

HSE guidance

Health and Safety at Work etc. Act

3. Who must prepare the health and safety file, and what information must it include?

The principal designer, and only information that will help future works be carried out safely

The principal contractor, and only information that will help future works be carried out safely

The client, and all information regarding health and safety provisions made on site

The health and safety executive, and any information pertaining to health and safety infractions

4. Who has a role to play in promoting fairness, inclusion, and respect in the construction industry?

The company secretary

The human resources manger

The site manager

Everyone

5. Whose obligation is it to develop the construction phase plan?

The designer or principal designer

The contractor principal contractor

The client

The Health and Safety executive

6. Under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, in which of the following situations would a principal contractor need to focus on good contractor cooperation?

When a final year apprentice is carrying out a task for which they have been trained, and have completed on that site many times before

When the client visits site to check progress

When a team of roofers are working close to a bricklaying gang to complete some urgent work

When a ground works contractor starts on site at the beginning of the construction phase

7. How can you see for yourself that attention has been given to simple emergency procedures on-site?

The distance between the structure and the assembly point is minimised

All electrical appliances have been electrically tested

Scaffolding has inspection labels fitted

There are fire points with extinguishers and a means of raising the alarm

8. What voltage supply should mains-powered electrical hand tools on site run from?

480 volts

240 volts

220 volts

110 volts

9. Which of the following does NOT fall into the “lifting equipment” category?

Static crane

Hoist

Gin wheel

Wheelbarrow

10. What must happen to the records detailing information provided in site induction and people who have received induction?

They must be kept to prove compliance with legislation

A copy must be sent to the Health and Safety Executive

They must be destroyed after 30 days

They must be kept completely confidential

11. What is the best way to avoid the potential for someone becoming trapped in an excavation?

Eliminate the need for anyone to go into it

Review the last excavation inspection record

Go down in a cage suspended from a crane

Check the contractor’s method statement

12. Risk assessments must identify hazards and necessary risk control measures. This alone is a qualitative risk assessment – what, in addition, does a semi-quantitative risk assessment do?

Take specific measurements and read to help assess the risk

Assign a numerical value to how likely and serve each risk might be

Numerically rank the risks involved in the task

Assign a high, medium, or low label to residual risk

13. Which TWO of the following describe the recommended protocol for pedestrians around plant machinery?

Never enter zone 2

Do not enter zone 1 without positive confirmation from the operator

Call out to the operator before entering zone 1

Do not enter zone 2 unless the machinery is fitted with CCTV

14. Why should all employees be able to view the company health and safety policy?

It tells them how to do their job safely

It contains the contents of the risk assessment

It tells them how health and safety is managed within the organisation

It tells them how to use tools and equipment safely

15. A doctor gives an employee some medication. What question is essential that the employee ask the doctor?

Will it make them work more slowly?

Will they fail a drugs test?

Will it cause them to oversleep and be late for work?

Would it make them drowsy or unsafe to work or operate machinery?

16. What is the preferred method of checking for leaks when assembling liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) equipment before use?

Sniff the connections to detect the smell of gas

Listen to hear for escaping gas

Apply leak detection fluid to the connections

Test with a lighted match

17. Which of the following persons have the highest grade of first aid training?

FAW first aider

Principal Designer

EFAW first aider

Appointed person

18. What features should you seek when obtaining safety footwear for a site visit?

They must be black with a good sole pattern

They must be smooth-soled to prevent the transfer of contaminated materials

They must have a protective toecap and mid-sole

They only need a protective toecap and thin mid-sole

19. Where an employee is undertaking health surveillance that requires testing by a doctor, how must this doctor be appointed?

They must first be appointed as the on-site doctor

They must be appointed by the HSE

They must be appointed by the client

They must be recommended by the employee’s GP

20. What should workers do if the water they are using to control dust runs out?

Ask everyone to clear the area and then carry on

Carry on but get someone to sweep up afterwards

Put on additional respiratory protection

Stop and refill the water

21. What is the most common way that hazardous substances enter the body?

Ingestion

Inhalation

Through abrasions and cuts in the skin

Contact with the skin

22. Which two approaches could be utilized to validate that the inductees have understood the induction content?

Ask direct questions

Issue a written test

Ask if everyone has understood

Issue them with a copy of all induction information

23. When providing showers for male and female workers, which is the preferred option?

If they are in a separate cubicle

Provision of cubicles separated by a partition, and recommended for use by one person at a time

Provision of facilities in a separate room

Men and women can use the same facilities

24. Scaffold guard-rail must be removed to allow a worker to carry out a task. If the worker is not a scaffolder, can they remove the guard-rail?

Yes, if they put it back as soon as they have finished

No, only a scaffolder can remove the guard-rail but any worker can put it back

No, only a scaffolder can remove the guard-rail and put it back

Yes, if they put it back before they leave site

25. If an LPG leak cannot be turned off or isolated, what must you do?

Transport the cylinder to an empty, open area and do not approach until all the gas has leaked out

Ensure no sources of ignition are nearby and allow the cylinder to drain

Transport the cylinder to an empty, open area and call the fire service

Transport the cylinder to an enclosed, empty space and call the fire services

26. To ensure safety when using a scaffold to carry out work at height, when must a competent person routinely inspect the scaffold?

After it has been erected and then at intervals not exceeding 10 days

After it has been erected and then at monthly intervals

Before it is first used and then at intervals not exceeding seven days

Only after it has been erected

27. What is the most common source of high levels of lead in the atmosphere during demolition work of on old building?

Stripping lead sheeting

Hot cutting coated steel

Cold cutting fuel tanks

Cold cutting lead-covered cable

28. What is a residual risk?

Risk created as a by-product of processes

A smaller risk that does not require control measures

Risk created by loose materials and slurry

The small level of risk that may still remain after a control measure is put in place

29. What, in order, are the four key stages in the HSE’s model for health and safety management?

Plan, check, act, do

Plan, check, revise, act

Plan, survey, confirm, act

Plan, do, check, act

30. An employer’s risk assessment was carried out a week prior to the work beginning. What does this mean?

This is normal, and no further action needs to be taken

This is normal, and a point of work risk assessment should be carried out before work begins

This risk assessment has expired, and a new one must be obtained from the employer before work can begin

This is illegal

31. You become aware that an active bird’s nest has been destroyed on your site. Which of the following is a possible outcome?

A prohibition notice issued by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

A caution or prosecution by the police wildlife crimes officer

Prosecution by the RSPB

A visit from an RSPCA inspector

32. What must all workers do under the regulations for manual handling?

Only exceed the ways identified in the risk assessment if they know they are capable of lifting them

Lift any size load they feel comfortable with

Make a list of all the heavy things they have to carry

All of the requirements of their employers safe systems of work

33. How do workers find out what to do if they are injured on site?

By looking for the first aid sign

By asking someone on site

By attending a first aid course

It should be included at the site induction

34. How must silty water be treated?

In a settlement tank

It must NOT be left to settle

It must be chemically cleansed by a registered contractor

With the correct chemical diluents

35. How should access be controlled, if people are working in a riser shaft?

By a permit to work system

By a site security operative

By those who are working in it

By the main contractor

36. To prevent pollution to watercourses what would be the best solution to control surface water run-off from material stockpiles?

Channelling the water run-off directly into the foul water sewer

Installing silt fence around the stockpile

Making sure stockpiles are more than 215 m away from watercourses

Directing the water run-off away from the watercourse to the nearest surface water drain

37. Where the person carrying out the task is a woman, by how much is it recommended that the load should be lightened?

0.8

0.6

0.3

Not at all

38. When detecting underground services, why is it important not to rely on a cable avoidance tool?

It should not be used for this task

It will not detect any hazardous services

It may not detect all necessary services

It often gives unreliable readings

39. Which two types of records are commonly used by supervisors to document their work?

Pragmatic

Reactive

Proactive

Spontaneous

40. Supervisors are advised to encourage workers to use SLAM. What does this stand for?

Safe, local, affordable, manageable

Size, length, altitude, momentum

Stabilize, level, adjust, move

Stop, look, assess, manage

41. Which of the following describes good supervision?

Giving workers space to learn by doing when incidents occur

Leading by example, both intervening in and challenging unsafe situations

Leading by example, taking detailed notes when you observe a dangerous situation

Maintaining a distance from your team to project strength and authority

42. Why is it essential for all workers to attend site induction?

Workers will get to know all the new starters

Permits to work will be handed out

Specific health and safety rules will be explained

Risk assessments will be handed out

43. When must the Health and Safety Executive be informed if there is a fatal accident or reportable dangerous occurrence on-site?

Within 7-days

Immediately

Within 10 days

Within 5-days

44. Where are workers likely to breathe in the highest quantities of dust when drilling, cutting, sanding or grinding?

In a large indoor space

Outside on a still day

Outside on a windy day

In a small room

45. Which of the following is TRUE regarding prosecutions for health and safety law?

The defendant is always guilty to some degree in the eyes of the law

The defendant is effectively guilty until proven innocent

The defendant is innocent until proven guilty

The defendant will not have access to legal representation

46. What are the legal minimum facilities that should be provided on site for washing your hands?

Running hot water and electric hand-dryers

Hot and cold water (or warm water), soap, and a way to dry hands

A cold water standpipe and paper towels

There is no need to provide washing facilities

47. At what level of oxygen in the atmosphere will humans begin to suffer from ill health effects?

0.16

0.19

0.21

0.25

48. On visiting a site you noticed that it is next to a primary school. what is likely to be the most effective way of keeping children off construction sites?

Giving safety talks to the local schools and youth clubs

Erecting security fencing or hoarding and keeping all entrance Gates closed

Putting up keep out posters

Sending a flyer to local households telling them to keep their children off site

49. Which equipment may need to be used with a cable avoidance tool (CAT) to detect cables?

Insulated shovel or spade

Signal generator (genny)

Gas detector

Excavator bucket with no teeth

50. ou are set to begin work near a scheduled monument. What must you first do?

Acquire scheduled monument consent

Inform the local authority

Nothing in particular, if the work does not put the monument at risk

Shield the monument with adequate protection such as netting or screens

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