C - Only visit if accompanised by the principal contractor
7. The Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations require the colour coding of safety signs. What colours are used on a sign indicating a mandatory activity, for example “Safety helmets must be worn”?
D - Green and white
A - Red, black and white
B - Blue and white
C - Yellow and black
8. Employers are required to provide information to their employees on their health and safety rights and responsibilities and how to get advice by...
D - E-mailing the information to them
A - Telling them verbally when they start work for them
B - Displaying a poster or giving them leaflets approved by the HSE
C - Making them read the company health and safety policy
9. The Health and Safety at Work Act requires employers to provide what for their employees?
D - Suitable transport to work
C - A safe place of work
B - Payment for work done
A - Adequate rest periods
10. How can you help to prevent accidents?
D - Know where the first-aid kit is kept
A - Don't report them
C - Report any unsafe conditions
B - Know how to get help quickly
11. Who is responsible for signing a Company Safety Policy?
D - Managing Director
C - Company Secretary
A - Site Manager
B - Company Safety Officer
12. What do the letters HSE stand for?
D - Health and Safety Executive
C - Health and Safety Exercise
A - Highly Safe Electrician
B - Health and Safety Examiner
13. What do the letters CDM stand for?
B - Control of Dangerous Materials Regulations
D - Construction (Design and Management) Regulations
A - Control of Demolition and Management Regulations
C - Construction (Demolition Management) Regulations
14. If a Health and Safety Executive Inspector issues a "Prohibition Notice" this means that...
D - The HSE must supervise all work from then on
A - The Site Manager can choose whether or not to ignore the notice
B - Specific work activities, highlighted on the notice, must stop
C - The HSE must supervise the work covered by the notice
15. What do the letters ACoP stand for?
D - Accepted Code of Practice
C - Approved Code of Practice
B - Approved Condition of Practice
A - Accepted Code of Provisions
16. A Prohibition notice means...
C - Work is to stop for that day only
B - The work must stop completely
A - When you finish the work you must not start again
D -Work may continue until the end of the day
17. The Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations require the colour coding of safety signs. What colours are used on a sign indicating a mandatory activity, for example “Safety helmets must be worn”?
B - Red, black and white
D - Yellow and black
C - Blue and white
A - Green and white
18. What do the blue and white health and safety signs tell you>
D - Things you must not do
A - Things you must do
C - The hazards in the area
B - Where the nearest fire exit is
19. What must be done before any work begins?
C - Soil assessment
D - Geological survey
B - Assessment of risk
A - Emergency plan
20. What is the main colour on a safety sign stating that you must NOT do something?
