CSCS Mock Test for Supervisors - Set 13 - Coteca

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

To record the accident details

To record the health and safety standards of the structure

To assist in the preparation of final accounts for the structure

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

On a scaffold the unprotected gap between any guard-rail, toe-board, barrier or other similar means of protection should NOT exceed:

400 mm

600 mm

500 mm

470 mm

For a ladder, what is the maximum vertical height that may be climbed before an intermediate landing place is required?

9 m

7.5 m

8.5 m

8 m

Before planning for anyone to enter a confined space, following the principles of prevention, what should be the first consideration of the manager or supervisor?

Have all who intend to enter the confined space been properly trained?

Has a safe means of access and egress been established?

Has the atmosphere in the confined space been tested?

Is there an alternative method of doing the work?

The advantage of using safety nets rather than harness and lanyard is that:

safety nets provide collective fall protection

safety nets do not need inspecting

safety nets can be rigged by anyone

workers’ lanyards can get entangled with other workers’ lanyards

When is it advisable to take precautions to prevent the fall of persons, plant or materials into an excavation?

When the excavation is 2 m or more deep

At all times

When the excavation is 1.2 m or more deep

When there is a risk from an underground cable or other servicewrong

You will find the details of the welfare facilities that must be provided on site in which regulations?

The Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations

The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations

The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations

The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations

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

In a locked, external compound at least 3 m from any oxygen cylinders

Within a secure storage container

Covered by a tarpaulin to shield the compressed cylinder from sunlight

In a locked cellar with clear warning signs

Under the current Construction (Design and Management) Regulations, which of the following must the principal contractor ensure is specifically provided before allowing any demolition work to commence?

A construction phase safety plan

The arrangements for demolition recorded in writing

A generic risk assessment

A pre-tender health and safety plan

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

Use the scaffold with care and display a warning notice

Make sure the scaffolders complete the scaffold

Tell all operatives not to use the scaffold

Prevent access to the scaffold by unauthorised people and add warning signage and barriers where required

In considering what measures to take to protect people against risks to their health and safety, personal protective equipment (PPE) should always be regarded as:

the best way to tackle the job

the last resort

the first line of defence

the only practical measure

What danger is created by excessive oxygen in a confined space?

Increased flammability of combustible materials

False sense of security

Increase in breathing rate of workers

Increased working time inside work area

Which piece of equipment is used with a cable avoidance tool (CAT) to detect cables?

Metal detector

Gas detector

Compressor

Signal generator

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

By those who are working in it

By the main contractor

By a permit to work system

By a site security operative

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

415 volts

240 volts

50 volts

110 volts

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

The anchorage point may fail

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

It is a distraction for other workers

They may suffer severe trauma or even death

On a scaffold the minimum height of the main guard-rail must be:

950 mm

875 mm

1,000 mm

910 mm

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

Make sure personal protective equipment (PPE) is available

Avoid the risk altogether if possible

Give priority to measures that protect the whole workforce

Adapt the work to the individual

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

let the public know what you are doing

prevent complaints from the public

minimise the number of people below at any one time

prevent anything falling on to people below

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:

supervise or monitor construction work

supervise the principal contractor’s implementation of the construction phase health and safety plan

collect accident statistics for the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

manage the flow of health and safety information between contractors and other parties

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