Construction Revision & Practice Questions
Exam-style Construction practice questions with full teaching explanations — revise anywhere, free on iOS and Android.
Topics covered
- Level 1 Health and Safety within a Construction Environment — 200 questions
- SSSTS (Site Supervisors' Safety Training Scheme) — 125 questions
- SMSTS (Site Management Safety Training Scheme) — 125 questions
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- To identify hazards and control risks
- To record attendance
- To allocate job roles
- To order equipment
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Correct answer: The main purpose of a risk assessment is to identify hazards and control risks.
- It removes the need to record near misses at height
- It makes scaffolding the only acceptable form of access
- Because falls from height remain one of the biggest causes of fatalities in construction
- It allows lone working at height without any restrictions
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Correct answer: Because falls from height remain one of the biggest causes of fatalities in construction
- It regulates the tax treatment of subcontractor payments
- It defines minimum education standards for site managers
- It sets the national minimum wage for construction workers
- Because it sets the framework on which more detailed UK health and safety regulations are built
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Correct answer: Because it sets the framework on which more detailed UK health and safety regulations are built
- Smoother vehicle movement
- Fractured gas pipe
- Reduced flooding risk
- Improved trench access
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Correct answer: A fractured gas pipe is a typical risk linked to services on site.
- It is used to negotiate the contract value of the works
- It allocates accommodation and travel for operatives
- To meet their legal duty to inform everyone of significant site risks and the controls in place
- It acts as the final assessment of trade skills
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Correct answer: To meet their legal duty to inform everyone of significant site risks and the controls in place
- It removes the need for emergency rescue planning
- It replaces the risk assessment and method statement for the task
- It allows operatives to skip site inductions and training
- It reduces the severity of injury where the hazard cannot be eliminated at source
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Correct answer: It reduces the severity of injury where the hazard cannot be eliminated at source
- To avoid using equipment
- To speed up all tasks
- To protect health and improve safety
- To reduce communication
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Correct answer: Safe manual handling protects health and improves safety when moving materials.
- Avoid, prevent, then arrest — applied in that order of priority
- It encourages the use of ladders for every access task
- It removes the need to record near misses at height
- It makes scaffolding the only acceptable form of access
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Correct answer: Avoid, prevent, then arrest — applied in that order of priority
- It assigns blame after an accident on the project
- It acts as the final operation and maintenance manual
- It replaces site inductions and toolbox talks
- Because CDM 2015 places a legal duty on them to plan, manage and monitor the construction phase safely
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Correct answer: Because CDM 2015 places a legal duty on them to plan, manage and monitor the construction phase safely
- Accident book
- Site map
- Welfare unit
- Slings/harnesses used with lifting operations
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Correct answer: Slings and harnesses used with lifting operations are equipment that directly support manual handling tasks by helping to lift, move, or position heavy loads safely.
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