CSCS Questions – First Aid and Emergency Procedures – CSCS Mock Test | CSCS Revision

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The CSCS questions below will test your knowledge of First Aid and Emergency Procedures. There are 19 multiple-choice questions in this practice test, and you must answer all questions.

This section focuses on what you should do if there’s an emergency on site. Hint: Always follow the site emergency procedures.

To pass this practice test, you’ll need to get at least 17 out of 19 of these CSCS questions correct. Your results will be shown after submitting your answers. Good luck.

1. Which statement about evacuation routes is true?

They should be kept clear and unobstructed

They should remain lit at all times

They should be used as assembly points when not in use

They should always be painted green

Question 1 of 19

2. What should you do if someone falls while working at height and the person says they can’t feel their legs?

Move him/her into the site office and wait for help to arrive

Ensure they stay still until emergency services arrive

Try to keep his/her legs elevated to help with circulation

Move the person on to their back and bend their legs

Question 2 of 19

3. What’s the FIRST thing you should do if a colleague collapses and there are no first-aiders around?

Place them on their side in the recovery position

Get someone to call the emergency services immediately

Take them to the site office

Give them some painkillers

Question 3 of 19

4. What’s the FIRST thing you should do if a worker collapses while working in a deep inspection chamber?

Ask a colleague to lower you into the inspection chamber using a rope

Find a way into the inspection chamber and try to give the person first-aid treatment

Ask a colleague to inform your supervisor while you enter the inspection chamber and try to rescue the worker

Raise the alarm immediately, stay by the inspection chamber, do not enter

Question 4 of 19

5. What should you do if someone has an accident and you think they have broken a leg?

Ask him/her to turn on the side in the recovery position

Send for medical help immediately

Raise the leg to increase circulation

Use cloth to wrap the broken leg

Question 5 of 19

6. What vital information should be collected after a near miss occurs?

The qualifications of the person/persons involved

The national insurance number of the person recording the near miss

The national insurance numbers of those involved

The activities being carried out by those involved

Question 6 of 19

7. If there is an emergency on site you must ___.

Follow the emergency procedures in place

Find your supervisor and ask him/her what to do

Leave the site immediately

Phone the Health and Safety Executive and seek advice

Question 7 of 19

8. Which of these should NOT be in a first-aid kit?

Plasters

Disposable gloves

Tablets and medicines

Scissors

Question 8 of 19

9. A first aider is allowed to do all the following EXCEPT:

Treat any cuts and wounds you may have

Perform CPR

Try to revive you if you are unconscious

Administer medicines without authorisation

Question 9 of 19

10. What TWO immediate actions should you take after witnessing an accident on site? (Choose 2 answers)

Make sure it is safe before approaching the injured person

Have someone call for help immediately

Sit the person upright and give him/her pain killers

Take the injured person to the site office

Question 10 of 19

11. If there's an emergency on site, what TWO things should you do? (Choose 2 answers)

Complete the task you're doing then leave the area

Gather your belongings, then go to your assembly point

Leave immediately using the nearest exit

Go straight to your designated assembly point

Question 11 of 19

12. What TWO things can you do to obtain information about your site emergency procedures? (Choose 2 answers)

Read your work-site noticeboards

Phone your local hospital and ask them for the site’s safety procedures

Visit the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) website

Attend the site induction

Question 12 of 19

13. What should you do if you notice the first-aid kit at your work site is always empty?

Buy your own supplies and take it in

Ignore it, that’s your supervisor’s job

Speak to the person who looks after the first-aid kit about the matter

Write to the Health and Safety Executive about the matter

Question 13 of 19

14. What should you do if you cut a finger and can't get it to stop bleeding?

Put barrier cream over the cut then carry on working

Clean it yourself then carry on working

Tie it with a cloth to stop the bleeding then carry on working

Seek first aid immediately

Question 14 of 19

15. What is the FIRST thing you should do if someone next to you touches a live cable by accident?

Pull the person away from the cable

Contact the electricity company immediately

Try to isolate the power then get help immediately

Call for an ambulance

Question 15 of 19

16. When does your employer have to provide a first-aid kit?

If 10 or more people are employed

If 5 or more people are employed

It’s up to the employer whether or not to provide a first-aid kit

Employers must provide first-aid kits regardless of the number of employees

Question 16 of 19

17. What is the FIRST thing you should do if someone working outside collapses with stomach pains and no first aider is around?

Give him/her pain killers

Take him/her to the site office

Remove him/her from direct sunlight

Have someone contact emergency services immediately

Question 17 of 19

18. What’s the FIRST thing you should do if you find an injured person while working on your own?

Call 999 and request an ambulance

Move the injured person to your site office

Assess the situation and make sure you are not in any danger

Let your supervisor know someone has been injured

Question 18 of 19

19. What is the FIRST thing you should do if someone working next to you is knocked unconscious and you are not a trained first aider?

Splash water on their face to see if they regain consciousness

Send for medical assistance immediately

Try to perform CPR

Gently slap their face to see if they regain consciousness

Question 19 of 19

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