CSCS Mock Test for Supervisors - Set 7 - Coteca

How could a site worker check if the RCD through which a 230 volt hand tool is connected to the supply is working correctly ?

Run the tool at top speed to see if it cuts out

Press the test button on the RCD unit

Switch the tool on and off

Switch the power on and off

What is the main danger of leaving someone who has Fallen suspended in a harness for too long ?

They may try to climb back up the structure and fall again

They may suffer loss of consciousness or fatal injury

Anchorage point may fail

It is a distraction to other workers

Ideally, where should a safety net be rigged?

At any height below working position

Immediately below where you are working

2 metres below where you are working

6 metres below where you are working

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

230 volts

50 volts

400 volts

110 volts

Which two of the following factors must be considered when providing first aid facilities on site ?

The number of people expected to be on site at any one time

The hazards, risk and nature of the work carried out

The difficulty in finding time to purchase the necessary equipment

The cost of first aid equipment

The space in the site office to store the necessary equipment? Give two Answers

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

They are used to be left to work alone to gain experience

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

Legislation does not apply to anyone under the age of 18

They are less likely to wear personal protective equipment

When planning possible work in a confined space, what should be the first consideration ?

What personal protective equipment will be needed

How many operatives will be required

How long the job will take

How to avoid the need for operatives to enter the space

What does the proactive monitoring of health and safety procedures involved ?

Checking that all staff read and understand all the health and safety notices

Ensuring that staff always do the work that they have been instructed to do safely

Deciding how to prevent accidents similar to those that have already occurred

Looking at the work to be done, what could go wrong and how it could be done safely

Under the construction (design and management regulations) 2015, where would you find the agreement for managing health and safety for the project you are working on?

In the contract documentation

In the designer’s risk assessment

In the health and safety file

In the construction phase plan

Why must a RCD be used in conjunction with 230 volt electrical equipment?

It lowers the voltage

It makes the tall run at a safe speed

It saves energy and lowers cost

It quickly cuts off the power if there is a fault

Which of the following is a fall-arrest system?

Mobile access towers

Safety harness and lanyard

Mobile elevating work platform

Guardrail and toe board

Which of the following should be the first consideration if you need to use a hazardous substance?

What instruction, training and supervision to provide

How to monitor the exposure to workers in the workplace

How to minimise risk and control exposure

What health surveillance arrangements will be needed

When should an escape route or routes ensure safe access to?

The Open Air

The ground

A place of safety

The first aid room

What is the purpose of using a permit to work system ?

To enable tools and equipment to be properly checked before work starts

To ensure that the job is carried out by the easiest method

To ensure that the job is been carried out quickly

To establish a controlled, safe system of work

Where should LPG cylinders be positioned when supplying an appliance in a site cabin ?

Inside The Cabin in a locked cupboard

Outside the cabin

Under the cabin

Inside the cabin next to the appliance

What is the purpose of the health and safety file that is handed to the client at the end of the project?

To help people who have to carry out work on the structure in the future

To record the accident statistics of a construction project

To help prepare the final accounts for the structure

To record the health and safety standards of the structure

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

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

Display the method statement on a notice board in the office

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

Under what requirements of the work at heights regulations, what must be the minimum width of a working platform be?

4 scaffold boards wide

Suitable and sufficient for the job in hand

2 scaffold boards wide

3 scaffold boards wide

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?

Within 6 hours

Within 24 hours

Within 12 hours

Within 2 hours

Why is it dangerous to use inflatable air bags for fall assist if they are too big for the area to be protected?

Inflation pump will become overloaded

They will exert a sideways pressure on anything that is containing them

The pressure in the bags will cause them to burst

I will not fully inflate

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