CSCS Mock Test for Supervisors – Gold Card Test

If you would like to hold a Gold CSCS card to become a supervisor, you will need a better understanding of health and safety than most of the other workers on the construction site.

On a worksite being a supervisor has some responsibilities, and you will have to make safety-critical decisions every day, which will be a massive part of your job.

To get hold of your gold CSCS card, you will first have to pass the CITB Health, Safety & Environment Test. This test will consist of 50 multiple choice questions, you will need to get to the pass mark, which is 47 out of 50. These questions will have 38 questions, which will test you on health, safety, and environmental issues, and the other 12 questions will be behavioural case study questions. These will test you on how you should act on a construction site to keep yourself and others safe at all times.

Supervisors taking their test soon can use this free CSCS mock test for supervisors, there are 50 questions in total on this mock test, all multiple choice questions and some will need more than one answer. Good luck and let us know how you got on in the comments below.

1. 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

Stop blocks should be provided parallel to the trench, and appropriate to their vehicles wheel size

Dumpers should be kept 5m away from the excavation

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

Question 1 of 50

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

Outside the cabin

Inside The Cabin in a locked cupboard

Inside the cabin next to the appliance

Under the cabin

Question 2 of 50

3. What should be the capacity of a spillage Bund around a fuel storage tank, in addition to the volume of the tank?

50% (150% of the total content)

30% (130% of the total content)

70% (170% of the total content)

10% (110% of the total content)

Question 3 of 50

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

50 volts

400 volts

110 volts

230 volts

Question 4 of 50

5. When is it advisable to take precautions to prevent people, plant or materials falling into an excavation?

When exclamation is 2 m or deeper

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

All the time

When excavation is 1.2 m or deeper

Question 5 of 50

6. 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?

Adequate welfare facilities

A safety logbook

A premises logbook

A car park or other parking facilities

Question 6 of 50

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

It is a distraction to other workers

Anchorage point may fail

They may suffer loss of consciousness or fatal injury

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

Question 7 of 50

8. 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

Display the method statement on a notice board in the office

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

Question 8 of 50

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

The space in the site office to store the necessary equipment

The hazards, risk and nature of the work carried out

The difficulty in finding time to purchase the necessary equipment

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

The cost of first aid equipment

Question 9 of 50

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

How to monitor the exposure to workers in the workplace

What instruction, training and supervision to provide

How to minimise risk and control exposure

What health surveillance arrangements will be needed

Question 10 of 50

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

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

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

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

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

Question 11 of 50

12. On a scaffold, what must be the largest unprotected gap between any guard rail, toeboard, barrier or other similar means of protection?

470 mm

400 mm

600 mm

500 mm

Question 12 of 50

13. 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?

A suitable site induction, specific to the work

Confirmation of their working hours and rest breaks

Details of the clients brief and project expectations

Information on relevant hazards and control measures

Details for the designers Plan of Work

Question 13 of 50

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

To record the health and safety standards of the structure

To record the accident statistics of a construction project

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

To help prepare the final accounts for the structure

Question 14 of 50

15. What should you do if you noticed that operating working above a safety net are dropping off cuts of material and other debris into the net?

Have the net cleared and inspected, then ensure it is not allowed to happen again

Ensure that the net is cleared of debris is weekly

Ensure that the Met is cleared of debris daily

Nothing, as the debris is all collecting in one place

Question 15 of 50

16. When should guard rails be fitted to a working platform?

If it is possible to fall 2 metres

If it is possible to fall through 3 metres

At any height if a fall could result in an injury

Owning if materials are being sorted on a working platform

Question 16 of 50

17. What is the minimum height of the main guard rail on a scaffold?

910mm

950mm

875mm

1000mm

Question 17 of 50

18. What is your least reliable source of information when assessing the level of vibration from a power tool?

In use vibration measurements of the top

Vibration figures taken from the manufacturers handbook

Vibration data from the Health and Safety Executive master list

Your own judgement based upon observation or experience

Question 18 of 50

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

The first aid room

The Open Air

The ground

A place of safety

Question 19 of 50

20. When must a competent person routinely inspect a working platform?

After eight is erected and then at intervals not exceeding 10 days

After it is erected and then at monthly intervals

After it is erected and at intervals not exceeding 7 days

Only after has been erected

Question 20 of 50

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

Mobile access towers

Guardrail and toe board

Mobile elevating work platform

Safety harness and lanyard

Question 21 of 50

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

The pressure in the bags will cause them to burst

Inflation pump will become overloaded

I will not fully inflate

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

Question 22 of 50

23. Which piece of equipment is used with a cable avoidance tool to detect cables?

Gas detector

Metal detector

Compressor

Signal generator

Question 23 of 50

24. On the site electrical distribution system, which colour plug indicates a 400 volt supply?

Black

Yellow

Blue

Red

Question 24 of 50

25. In which regulations will you find the details of the welfare facilities that must be provided on a construction site?

The management of health and safety at work regulations

Construction (design and management regulations)

The control of substances hazardous to health (COSHH)

The workplace (health, safety and welfare) regulations

Question 25 of 50

26. Which of the following tasks would you expect the Appointed Person for first aid to carry out if someone is injured?

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

They should only apply splints to broken bones

They should contact the emergency services

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

Question 26 of 50

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

In a lifting operation toolbox talk

In approved lifting plan on method statement

In a risk assessment

In the Crane Hire contracts

Question 27 of 50

28. Ideally, where should a safety net be rigged?

Immediately below where you are working

At any height below working position

2 metres below where you are working

6 metres below where you are working

Question 28 of 50

29. 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 health and safety file

In the designer's risk assessment

In the contract documentation

In the construction phase plan

Question 29 of 50

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

Noise and vibration affecting the occupiers of the building

Undermining or weakening the foundations of the building

Excavating to deeply into soft ground

Damage to the surface finish of a building or structure

Question 30 of 50

31. 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 establish a controlled, safe system of work

To ensure that the job is been carried out quickly

Question 31 of 50

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

Switch the power on and off

Press the test button on the RCD unit

Switch the tool on and off

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

Question 32 of 50

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

False sense of security

Increased flammability of combustible materials

Increase in breathing rate of workers

Increase working time inside work area

Question 33 of 50

34. 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

Question 34 of 50

35. How long must you keep inspection records under the construction *design and management) regulations 2015?

For one week on site before sending them to head office

Until the project is completed and then for 3 months

At the site until the project is completed

For three months after the inspection has been carried out

Question 35 of 50

36. 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

Legislation does not apply to anyone under the age of 18

They are less likely to wear personal protective equipment

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

Question 36 of 50

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

8.5 m

9 metres

8 metres

7.5 metres

Question 37 of 50

38. The heavy load has been delivered to the site. What is the first thing that should be considered before trying to move it?

How the risk of manual handling could be reduced

How many people are needed to lift a load

How the need to manually lift the load could be avoided

How far load would have to be carried manually

Question 38 of 50

39. Where must the number of people who may be carried in a passenger hoist on site be displayed?

It should be included in the site induction

It should be displayed on a legible notice in the site welfare area

It should be displayed on a legible notice within the cage of the hoist

It should be explained to the hoist operator

Question 39 of 50

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

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

Prevent access to the scaffold and add warning signage

Make sure the scaffolders complete the scaffold

Tell operatives not used the scaffold

Question 40 of 50

41. What must edge protection be designed to do?

To allow persons to work on both sides of it

To warn people where the edge of the roof is

To secure tools and materials close to the edge

To prevent people and materials from falling

Question 41 of 50

42. How should cylinders containing LPG be stored on site?

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

In a locked cellar with clear warning signs

Within a secure storage container at the back of the site

Covered by tarpaulin to shield the compressed cylinder from sunlight

Question 42 of 50

43. A design feature of some airbags used for full assist 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 run all the time when work is being carried out at height

It must be switched off from time to time to avoid overinflation

It must be electrically powered

Question 43 of 50

44. 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 24 hours

Within 12 hours

Within 2 hours

Within 6 hours

Question 44 of 50

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

2 scaffold boards wide

3 scaffold boards wide

Suitable and sufficient for the job in hand

4 scaffold boards wide

Question 45 of 50

46. What is the significance of a weekly or daily personal noise exposure of 87 decibels?

It is the exposure limit value and must not be exceeded

It is that upper action value and hearing protection must be issued

It is a lower action value and no action is necessary

It is the Peak sound pressure and all work must stop

Question 46 of 50

47. The beaufort scale is important when working at height externally. What does it measure?

It measures wind speed

It measures the load bearing capacity of scaffold

It measures the load-bearing capacity of a flat roof

It measures air temperature

Question 47 of 50

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

How many operatives will be required

How to avoid the need for operatives to enter the space

How long the job will take

What personal protective equipment will be needed

Question 48 of 50

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

Screens

Personal protective equipment

Nothing

Warning signs

Question 49 of 50

50. When the construction (design and management) regulations 2015 apply, what must be in place before construction work begins?

The health and safety file

The method statement

Construction phase plan

A construction Contract agreement

Question 50 of 50

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