CITB CSCS Test Practice Questions – Full 50 Question Exam

It is never a good idea to take a test without any proper preparation. When it comes to the Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) test, the ideal way to go about preparing is to find out what kind of questions you can expect to see on the test. These 50 CITB Practice CSCS questions will give you an idea of what to expect on the CSCS test, as well as provide you an opportunity to answer them to see what areas you may need to brush up on before sitting for the actual test.

To pass your CSCS exam, you will have to answer 50 multiple choice questions and you will need to get at least 47 correct to get your card. So this is a full exam where you can get the complete 50 questions and see how ready you are for your CSCS exam, so write down your answers, and you will be able to check them at the end. Good luck and please comment with your scores at the end of the CSCS Mock Test.

In this practice test, we have picked some questions from the various topics you will be asked if you were looking to get your green CSCS card as a labourer, these include:  General responsibilities, Accident reporting and recording, Health and Welfare, First aid and emergency procedures, Personal protective equipment and Dust and Fumes (Respiratory Hazards)

1. What does a risk assessment identify?

Give ONE Answer

How to report accidents

The site working hours

Hazards in the work environment

Where the first aid box is kept

Question 1 of 50

2. What does the word hazard mean?

Give ONE Answer

Anything that could cause harm to you or another person

The site accident rate

A type of barrier on a machine guard

The likelihood that something might happen

Question 2 of 50

3. You are about to start a job. How will you know if it needs a permit to work?

Give ONE Answer

Other workers will tell you and you will not be allowed to start work until the permit to work has been issued

The Health and Safety Executive will tell you

You will be told during a site induction and you will not be allowed to start work until the permit to work has been issued

You don't need to know, as permits to work only affect managers

Question 3 of 50

4. What should you do if you cannot do a job in the way described in the method statement?

Give ONE Answer

Make up your own way of doing the job

Do not start work until you have talked to your supervisor

Ask your workmates how about think you should do the job

Contact the Health and Safety Executive

Question 4 of 50

5. What does a permit to work allow?

Give ONE Answer

The emergency services to come on the site after an accident

Certain jobs to be carried out safely under more strictly controlled conditions

Health and safety executive inspectors to visit the site

Untrained people to work without supervision

Question 5 of 50

6. Which three of the following should be included in a method statement?

Give All Correct Answers

The materials, tools and equipment needed

The people involved and the level of competency and training required

Directions to the site

Order and correct way the work should be done

The risks you can take

Question 6 of 50

7. What should you do in an emergency?

Give ONE Answer

Leave site

Phone home

Follow the site emergency procedure

Phone the Health and Safety Executive

Question 7 of 50

8. Where is the assembly point in an emergency?

Give ONE Answer

In the site managers office

At the site of the accident or incident

In the site welfare facilities

At the designated place

Question 8 of 50

9. You have witnessed a serious accident on your site and are to be interviewed by a health and safety executive inspector. What should you do?

Give ONE Answer

Ask your supervisor what you should say to the inspector

Not tell the inspector anything

Co-operate and tell the inspector exactly what you saw

Tell your inspector what your workmates have told you

Question 9 of 50

10. What is the main objective of carrying out an accident investigation?

Give ONE Answer

To find out who is at fault

To find out the cause in order to prevent it happening again

To find out the cost of any damage that occurred

The record what injuries were sustained

Question 10 of 50

11. A scaffold has collapsed and you saw it happen. What should you say when you asked about the accident?

Give ONE Answer

Nothing, as you are not a scaffold expert

As little as possible because you don't want to get people into trouble

Exactly what you saw

Say who you think is to blame and how they should be punished

Question 11 of 50

12. When must you record an accident in the accident book?

Give ONE Answer

If you are injured in any way

Only if you have been off work

Only if you have suffered a broken bone

Only if you have to go to hospital

Question 12 of 50

13. If someone is injured at work, who should record it in the accident book?

Give ONE Answer

The contract manager

The injured someone acting for them

The first aider

Some of the Health and Safety Executive

Question 13 of 50

14. Which of these does not have to be recorded in the accident book?

Give ONE Answer

National Insurance number

The date and time of the accident

Details of your injury

Your home address

Question 14 of 50

15. Which type of accidents should be recorded in the accident book?

Give ONE Answer

Only specified injuries, such as broken arm or death of a person

Only injuries requiring hospital treatment

All accidents causing an injury

Any accidents where the injured person has to stop work

Question 15 of 50

16. What sort of rest area should your employer provide on site?

Give ONE Answer

A covered area

The Covered area and some chairs

The Covered area, table and chairs, and something to heat water and food

Nothing, employees don't have to provide rest areas

Question 16 of 50

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

Give ONE Answer

Nothing, there is no need to provide washing facilities

A bowl, kettle and towel

A cold water standpipe and paper towels

Hot and cold water, soap, and a way to dry your hands

Question 17 of 50

18. The toilets on your site are always dirty or do not flush. What should you do?

Give ONE Answer

Try not to use the toilet while you're at work

Tell the person in charge of the site about the problem

Try to fix the fault yourself

See if you can use the toilets in the nearby cafe or pub

Question 18 of 50

19. It is your first day on site. You find that there is nowhere to wash your hands. What should you do?

Give ONE Answer

Wait until you get home, and then wash them

Go to your local cafe or pub and use the wash basin in their toilets

Speak to your supervisor or the site manager about the problem

There's nothing you can do as the site does not have to provide washing facilities

Question 19 of 50

20. What should you use to clean very dirty hands?

Give ONE Answer

Soap and water

Thinners

White spirit

Paraffin

Question 20 of 50

21. Why should you not use white spirit or other solvents to clean your hands?

Give ONE Answer

They could strip the protective oils from skin

They may remove several layers of skin

They could block the pores of the skin

They may carry harmful bacteria that attack the skin

Question 21 of 50

22. What are two ways of reducing the risk of transferring a hazardous substance from your hands to your mouth?

Give All Correct Answers

Wearing protective gloves while you are working

Washing your hands before eating

Putting barrier cream on your hands before eating

Wearing protective clothes then turning them inside out before eating

Washing your work gloves then putting them on again before eating

Question 22 of 50

23. You can catch an infection called tetanus from contaminated land or water. How does it get into your body?

Give ONE Answer

Through your nose when you breathe

Through an open Cut in your skin

Through your mouth when you eat or drink

It doesn't, it only affects animals and not people

Question 23 of 50

24. What condition can be caused by direct sunlight on bare skin?

Give ONE Answer

Dermatitis

Rickets

Acne

Skin cancer

Question 24 of 50

25. Where will you find out about emergency assembly points?

Give ONE Answer

Risk assessment

A method statement

The site induction

The permit to work

Question 25 of 50

26. How should you be informed about what to do in an emergency? Give 2 answers

Give All Correct Answers

By attending the site induction

By looking in the health and safety file

By asking the Health and Safety Executive

By asking the local hospital

By reading the site notice boards

Question 26 of 50

27. What should not be in the first aid box?

Give ONE Answer

Bandages

Plasters

Safety pins

Tablets and medicines

Question 27 of 50

28. If the first aid box on site is always empty, what should you do?

Give ONE Answer

Bring your own first aid supplies into work

Find out who is taking over the first aid supplies

Find out who looks after the first aid box and let them know

Ignore the problem, it is always the same

Question 28 of 50

29. Does your employer have to provide a first aid box?

Give ONE Answer

Yes, every site must have one

Only if more than 50 people work on-site

Only if more than 25 people work on site

No there is no legal duty to provide one

Question 29 of 50

30. When would you expect eye wash bottles to be provided?

Give ONE Answer

Only on demolition sites where asbestos has been removed

Only on sites where refurbishment is being carried out

On all sites where people could get something in Their Eyes

All sites where showers are needed

Question 30 of 50

31. What should you do if you want to be a first aider?

Give ONE Answer

Watch a first aider treating people and try it yourself

Ask if you can do a first aiders course

Buy a book on first aid and start treating people

Speak to your doctor about it

Question 31 of 50

32. What is the first thing you should do if you are on your own, and you find an injured person?

Give ONE Answer

Go and find your supervisor

Shout and raise the alarm for medical help

Move the injured person to a safe place, and then find your supervisor

Ask the injured person what happens, and then raise the alarm

Question 32 of 50

33. If you are not trained in first aid, and someone is not conscious, what should you do first?

Give ONE Answer

Turn them over so they are laying on their back

Send medical help

Slap their face to wake them up

Give mouth to mouth resuscitation

Question 33 of 50

34. You need to use a grinder, cut off saw, cartridge tool or nail gun. What type of eye protection will you need?

Give ONE Answer

Impact rated goggles or full face shield

Welding goggles

Reading glasses or sunglasses

Light eye protection

Question 34 of 50

35. What will safety footwear with a protective mid sole protect you from?

Give ONE Answer

Twisting your ankle

Spillages which may burn the sole of your foot

Nails or sharp objects puncturing the sole of your foot if you stand on them

Getting blisters in warm, wet conditions

Question 35 of 50

36. When should you wear safety footwear on site?

Give ONE Answer

Only when working at ground level that's outside

Until the site starts to look finished

All the time

When you are working all day on site and not just visiting

Question 36 of 50

37. Which of the following statements about wearing a safety helmet in hot weather is true?

Give ONE Answer

You can drill holes in it to keep your head cool

You can wear it back to front if it is more comfortable that way

You must take it off during the hottest part of the day

You must wear it at all times and in the right way

Question 37 of 50

38. When working in cold weather, what additional measures can you wear under your hard hat

Give ONE Answer

A baseball cap, with the peak to keep the rain out of your eyes

A jumper with a detachable Hood

A woolly hat

Manufacturers attachment addition for cold weather use

Question 38 of 50

39. You have been given disposable foam ear plugs to use, but they keep falling out. What should you do?

Give ONE Answer

Throw them away and work without them

Stop working until you get more suitable ones and are shown how to fit them

Put two earplugs in each ear so they stay in place

Put rolled up tissue paper in your ear

Question 39 of 50

40. Who should provide you with any personal protective equipment you need, including the means to maintain it?

Give ONE Answer

Your employer

You must buy your own

Anyone on site with a budget

No one has a duty to provide it

Question 40 of 50

41. What should you do if your personal protective equipment gets damaged?

Give ONE Answer

Throw it away and work without it

Stop what you are doing until it is replaced

Carry on wearing it but work more quickly

Try to repair it

Question 41 of 50

42. If you have to work Outdoors in bad weather, why should your employer supply you with correctly fitting waterproof clothing?

Give ONE Answer

So you need to take fewer breaks

You need protecting from the weather and are less likely to get muscle strains if you are warm and dry

You are less likely to catch Weil's disease if you are warm and dry

Prevent slips and trips

Question 42 of 50

43. Which of these statements about personal protective equipment is not true?

Give ONE Answer

You must pay for any damage or loss

You must store it correctly when you are not using it

You must report any damage or loss to your supervisor

You must use it as instructed

Question 43 of 50

44. You are about to start a job. How will you know if you need any extra personal protective equipment?

Give ONE Answer

By looking at your employers health and safety policy

You will always need it

From the risk assessment or method statement

A letter will be sent to your home

Question 44 of 50

45. When should high visibility clothing be replaced?

Give ONE Answer

If it is soiled or damaged

When it is 1 year old

When it has been washed

If it has been left outside in adverse weather conditions

Question 45 of 50

46. What is the biggest cause of long term health issues in the construction industry?

Give ONE Answer

Loud noise

Being struck by a vehicle

Slipping and tripping

Breathing in hazardous dust and fumes

Question 46 of 50

47. If you use a power tool to cut or grind materials, why must the dust be collected and not allowed to get into the air?

Give ONE Answer

To save time and avoid having to clear up the mess

Can be harmful to breathe in

The tool will go faster if the dust is collected

You do not need a machine guard if the dust is collected

Question 47 of 50

48. You have been asked to do some work that will create dust. What should you do?

Give ONE Answer

You should not do the work. The dust is highly dangerous

Use equipment to eliminate or reduce the dust, and Wear the correct personal protective equipment

Start work no controls are needed as dust cannot cause serious harm or injury

Work for short periods at a time

Question 48 of 50

49. You are planning work that needs to use a power tool to cut and grind materials. Select the two most efficient ways to control the dust.

Give All Correct Answers

Work slowly and carefully

Use dust extractor or collector fitted to the Machine

Wet cutting

Keep the area clean and tidy

Wear respiratory protective equipment

Question 49 of 50

50. Where are you likely to breath in the highest quantities of dust when drilling, cutting, sanding or grinding?

Give ONE Answer

Outside on a still day

Outside on a windy day

In a small room

In a large indoor space

Question 50 of 50

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