Assessment of Basic Knowledge and Understanding of the General Risks Arising from Construction Work [Set 1]

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1. What does your employer’s safety and health policy tell you? *

4 points

A. Who is responsible for safety and health in your company

B. Your working hours

C. How to safely use tools and equipment

D. The correct way to do a job

2. Why is a risk assessment important? *

4 points

A. It lets you know where all safety equipment is located

B. It tells you the statistics of accidents reported on the job site

C. It helps you identify the people in charge of safety and health on the job site

D. It identifies known hazards on the site and provides safe methods for following through with tasks

3. You find that you cannot do a job as the method statement says you should. What do you do? *

4 points

A. Make up your own way of doing the job

B. Do not start work until you have talked with your supervisor

C. Ask your workmates how they think you should do the job

D. Contact the Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH)

4. The monitoring and controlling of safety and health procedures can be either proactive or reactive. Proactive monitoring means? *

4 points

A. ensuring that workers always do the work that they have been instructed to do safely

B. deciding how to prevent accidents similar to those that have already occurred

C. looking at the work to be done, what could go wrong and how it could be done safely

D. checking that all workers read and understand all safety and health information

5. What should you do if you discover children playing on a work site? *

4 points

A. Report it to your supervisor

B. Escort them to a safe place immediately

C. Call the police

D. Inform the DOSH

6. Before work starts in a confined space, how should the air be checked? *

4 points

A. Someone should go in and sniff the air

B. The air should be tested with a meter

C. Someone should look around to see if there is toxic gas

D. The air should be tested with a match to see if it stays alight

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

4 points

A. How long the job will take

B. To avoid the need for workers to enter the space

C. How many workers will be required

D. Personal protective equipment (PPE)

8. Which of the following precautions should be taken to prevent a dumper from falling into an excavation when tipping material into it? *

4 points

A. Dumpers kept 5 m away from the excavation

B. Stop blocks provided parallel to the trench appropriate to the vehicle’s wheel size

C. Dumper drivers required to judge the distance carefully or given stop signals by another person

D. Cones or signage erected to indicate safe tipping point

9. An excavation must be supported if: *

4 points

A. It is more than 1.2 m deep

B. It is more than 4 m deep

C. There is a risk of the sides falling in

D. Any buried services cross the excavation

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

4 points

A. Increased in breathing rate of workers

B. Increased flammability of combustible materials

C. Increased working time inside work area

D. False sense of security

11. What are toe boards used for when working at height? *

4 points

A. To stop workers dangling their feet over the edge

B. To clean the underneath of your boots

C. To prevent children from climbing on the scaffold

D. To prevent tools and materials from falling over the edge

12. You need to stack materials on a working platform. What is the best way to stop them falling over the toe-board? *

4 points

A. Fit brick guards or netting to the edge

B. Put a warning sign on the stack

C. Build the stack so that it leans away from the edge

D. Cover the stack with polythene

13. Some materials need to be lifted to a platform and a guard rail needs to be removed. You are not a scaffolder. Can you remove the rail? *

4 points

A. Yes, if you put it back as soon as the material has been landed

B. No, only a scaffolder can remove the guard rail but you can put it back

C. No, only a scaffolder can remove and replace the guard rail

D. Yes, if you put it back at the end of your shift

14. Tools and materials can easily fall from a scaffold platform. What is the best way to protect the people below? *

4 points

A. Make sure they are wearing safety helmets

B. Tell them you will be working above them

C. Use brick guards to stop any items falling below

D. Tell the people below to stop work and clear the area

15. What should you do if climbing to a certain height on a ladder makes you uncomfortable? *

4 points

A. Notify your site supervisor

B. Climb only to the height where you feel comfortable

C. Change the ladder

D. Ask a coworker to climb the ladder

16. Which one of the following factors must be considered when providing first-aid facilities on site? *

4 points

A. The cost of the first-aid equipment

B. The hazards, risks and nature of the work carried out

C. The difficulty in finding time to purchase the necessary equipment

D. The space in the site office to store the necessary equipment

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

4 points

A. In a locked cellar with clear warning signs

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

C. Within a secure storage container

D. Covered by a tarpaulin to shield the compressed cylinder from sunlight

18. You are working in a confined space when you notice the smell of bad eggs. This smell is a sign of: *

4 points

A. hydrogen sulphide

B. oxygen

C. methane

D. carbon dioxide

19. If the on-site toilet does not work and is always left a mess, what should you do? *

4 points

A. Investigate the problem yourself and try to fix it

B. Take advantage of your break and use the toilet at a nearby business

C. Avoid using the toilet completely

D. Let your supervisor know about the problem

20. Information about chemicals commonly found on a job site can be found: *

4 points

A. on your employment contract

B. on a DOSH poster on the job site

C. on the MSDS sheet

D. on the sign-in sheet

21. Why should you try to use battery-powered tools rather than electrical ones? *

4 points

A. They are cheaper to run

B. They will not give you an electric shock

C. They will not give you hand-arm vibration

D. They do not need to be tested or serviced

22. Excessive noise, such as that experienced on a construction site, has the potential to damage your hearing over time. What is an early sign of hearing loss? *

4 points

A. A ringing sound or temporary hearing loss

B. Frequent inner ear infection

C. A rash that appears around the outer part of your ear

D. There are no early signs

23. How long can disposable masks be used? *

4 points

A. 10 working days

B. 7 working days

C. 3 working days

D. 1 day, or 1 shift

24. Which of these materials would you use a water fire extinguisher on? *

4 points

A. Paper, textiles, wood and solid materials

B. Flammable liquids such as gasoline

C. Combustible metals

D. Live electrical fires

25. A crane has to do a difficult lift. The signaller asks you to help, but you are not trained in plant signals. What should you do? *

4 points

A. Politely refuse and explain you don’t know how to signal

B. Start giving signals to the crane driver

C. Only help if the signaller really can’t manage alone

D. Ask the signaller to show you what signals to use

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