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    This document is a health and safety test paper containing 15 multiple choice questions. It instructs test takers to write their name, date, course and instructor's name on the answer sheet. It also provides instructions on how to mark answers and what to do after completing the test. The test covers topics such as employer duties for health and safety, accident reporting, personal protective equipment responsibilities, noise and asbestos exposure risks, work at height definitions, accident recording, and more.

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    This document is a health and safety test paper containing 15 multiple choice questions. It instructs test takers to write their name, date, course and instructor's name on the answer sheet. It also provides instructions on how to mark answers and what to do after completing the test. The test covers topics such as employer duties for health and safety, accident reporting, personal protective equipment responsibilities, noise and asbestos exposure risks, work at height definitions, accident recording, and more.

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    Health & Safety

    TEST PAPER
    DO NOT OPEN THIS PAPER UNTIL TOLD SO

    1. Write your name, date, course and instructors name on


    top of the answer sheet provided with this paper.

    2. When marking the answer sheet put a X in the


    appropriate box to each question. Should you wish to
    change your answer during the test period, delete by
    putting a clear line through the middle of the X i.e X
    Multiple answers will not be accepted.

    3. You have thirty minutes to complete the test.

    4. When you have finished, sign your answer sheet and


    turn the paper face down and remain quietly in your
    seat.

    DO NOT WRITE OR MARK THIS PAPER

    Page 1 of 1
    OSTS Health and Safety Issue Status 1
    1. The Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 creates duties for?

    a) Employers, Employees and Public


    b) Employers, Employees and Trespassers
    c) Employers, Employees and Others
    d) Employers, Employees and Client

    2. Who should you report a serious accident to?

    a) Your supervisor (employer)


    b) Your workmate
    c) The police service
    d) The ambulance service

    3. The responsibility of providing PPE is with?

    a) The employee
    b) The client
    c) The employer
    d) The principal contractor

    4. What is the result on the body of prolonged exposure to high levels of


    noise?

    a) You will become impotent


    b) You will lose your sense of feeling
    c) You will go blind
    d) You will go deaf

    5. Asbestos can cause fatal diseases by what means?

    a) Breathing the dust in


    b) Working at height
    c) Not wearing gloves
    d) Not wearing a hard hat

    Page 2 of 2
    OSTS Health and Safety Issue Status 1
    6. Work at Height is defined as any place and distance from which a fall
    could cause?

    a) Dizziness
    b) A personal injury
    c) A near miss
    d) Breathing issues

    7. The type of accident that kills most building workers is?

    a) Being hit by falling objects


    b) Electric Shock
    c) Trapped
    d) Falls

    8. Which types of accident should be recorded in the accident book?

    a) Major injuries or death of a person


    b) All accidents causing any injury
    c) Broken limbs or injuries requiring hospital treatment
    d) Accidents are not required to be recoded

    9. What does COSHH stand for?

    a) Control of Substances Hazardous to Health


    b) Control of Scaffold at a Hindering Height
    c) Chemicals & Substances Harmful to Health
    d) Chemical, Substances and Harmful Hazards

    10. While working, you discover material that you think could be asbestos.
    What should you do?

    a) Clear up any dust and fragments, put them in a bin then carry
    on working
    b) Dampen the material to prevent further dust being created, then
    carry on working
    c) Stop work immediately and report your suspicions to your
    supervisor
    d) Put a 3mm mask on and carry on working

    Page 3 of 3
    OSTS Health and Safety Issue Status 1
    11. If your hands are very dirty, which of the following should you use to
    get them clean?

    a) Thinners
    b) White spirit
    c) Paraffin
    d) Soap and water

    12. How can you help to prevent accidents?

    a) Read site notice boards


    b) Know where the first aid kit is kept
    c) Report any unsafe conditions
    d) Know how to get help quickly

    13. Which of the following combinations of PPE is most common on


    construction sites?

    a) Gloves, Boots, Boiler-suit


    b) Boots, Gloves Hardhat
    c) Hardhat, Boiler-suit, Gloves
    d) Hardhat, Gloves, Boots, Light eye protection

    14. If you are provided with a cabin or other facility for eating and drinking
    whilst on a break, whose responsibility is it to ensure that it is kept
    reasonably tidy when being used?

    a) The local council


    b) The people who built the facility
    c) The office staff
    d) Yours

    15. As an individual, you could be summoned to court and prosecuted for


    not working safely or endangering someone else at work?

    a) Only if you turn up to court


    b) True
    c) Only if you are self employed
    d) False

    Page 4 of 4
    OSTS Health and Safety Issue Status 1

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