CSCS Mock Test For Supervisors – 50 Questions

1. What must be checked if a tower crane is used near an airport?

2. The minimum level of first-aid coverage required at any workplace is an appointed person. Which of the following would you expect the appointed person to carry out?

3. What MUST be in place on hose joints?

4. What is the best way for a supervisor or manager to ensure workers fully understand a method statement?

5. If your company is the principal contractor on a project that is notifiable under the current Construction (Design and Management) Regulations, you may come into contact with the CDM co-ordinator because of their legal duty to:

6. When is it necessary to fit guard-rails to a working platform?

7. You have 35 employees on site – what first aid personnel would be appropriate?

8. Welding is about to start on your site. What should be used to protect passers-by from getting arc eye?

9. Employers must prevent their workers’ exposure to substances hazardous to health where this is reasonably practicable. If it is not reasonably practicable, which of the following should be considered first?

10. The significance of a weekly or daily personal noise exposure of 87 decibels (dBA) is that:

11. Where can you obtain details regarding the welfare facilities that must be present on a construction site?

12. How should cylinders that contain liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) be stored?

13. At what decibel (dBA) level does it become mandatory for an employer to establish hearing protection zones?

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

15. What does a Coshh assessment tell you?

16. What does the Beaufort Scale measure?

17. If a worker tells you they have work-related hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS), where should it be reported?

18. How many people must be employed before recording the significant findings of risk assessments becomes necessary?

19. On the site electrical distribution system, which colour plug indicates a 415 volt supply?

20. Which of the following is NOT something you must ensure when issuing a worker with RPE?

21. Why is it dangerous to leave someone in a harness for too long after they have fallen?

22. Under the current Construction (Design and Management) Regulations, what document must be handed to the client upon completion of the construction phase?

23. What item should be regarded as a last resort for a worker’s safety if he/she is working at height?

24. The current Construction (Design and Management) Regulations require a supported excavation to be inspected:

25. What is the purpose of the health and safety file on a construction project?

26. What danger is created when too much oxygen is in a confined space?

27. What precaution needs to be taken to ensure that a dumper that is tipping materials into an excavation does not fall in?

28. If a sub-contracted worker is 17 years old, what must the employer provide them with?

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

30. Which of the following is a significant hazard when excavating alongside a building or structure?

31. Following a scaffold inspection under the Work at Height Regulations, how soon must a report be given to the person on whose behalf the inspection was made?

32. When MUST the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) be informed of fatal accidents or dangerous occurrences on-site?

33. Whose responsibility is it to put together the construction phase plan?

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

35. What is the purpose of using a ‘permit to work’ system?

36. Which equipment is used in conjunction with a cable avoidance tool (CAT) to detect cables?

37. The minimum height of the main guard-rail on a scaffold should be – – -?

38. What is the safe method of backfilling when underground services have been exposed?

39. Where should an emergency escape route take you to?

40. Which of the following is a fall-arrest system?

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

42. Why should you use a RCD with 230 volt tools?

43. What is the first thing you should consider when choosing access and egress points on a work-site?

44. Which of the following MUST you refer to when putting together a COSHH assessment for a hazardous substance product?

45. What should you do if you notice workers above a safety net are dropping off-cut materials and debris into the net?

46. Which TWO factors should be considered when adding first-aid facilities to a site?

47. In considering what measures to take to protect people against risks to their health and safety, how should you regard personal protective equipment (PPE)?

48. Which of the following will help you avoid purchasing counterfeit PPE?

49. A competent person must routinely inspect a working platform:

50. Where a project is notifiable under the current Construction (Design and Management) Regulations, what must be in place before construction work begins?