ECS (Electrotechnical Certification Scheme) Quiz 3

The assessment will be made up from 288 questions covering ten topics. The 40 questions in the ECS test is made up from the following topics:

General Health and Safety at Work 5   Manual Handling Operations 4
Reporting Accidents 3   Personal Protective Equipment at Work 4
Health and Hygiene 3   Fire and Emergency 4
Work at Height 5   Work Equipment 4
Special Site Hazards 3   Electrotechnical 5

Listed below are the areas of knowledge that will be assessed.

1. General Health & Safety - (Total 40 Questions) You should have a basic understanding of:

  • How the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, Regulations and Approved Codes of Practice affect you
  • Employer’s responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work Act
  • Your responsibilities to yourself and to others under the Health and Safety at Work Act
  • How health and safety law is enforced
  • The powers of Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspectors
  • The key features of health and safety signs in the workplace
  

2. Manual Handling Operations - (Total 27 Questions) You should have a basic understanding of:

  • What manual handling operations mean in the context of an employee and what employers must do to protect employees from injury
  • The types of injury you could suffer from carrying out manual handling tasks
  • The parts of your body most likely to be affected by manual handling injuries
  • How to decide whether a manual handling activity is safe
  • What must be taken into account when making a manual handling risk assessment
  • The principles of good manual handling techniques

3. Reporting Accidents - (Total 32 Questions) You should have a basic understanding of:

  • The need to report injuries, accidents, certain diseases and dangerous occurrences to the Health and Safety Executive
  • Why you must report accidents to your employer
  • The need to record in the accident book all accidents that cause any injury whatsoever
  • What reportable injuries, dangerous occurrences and reportable diseases are
  

4. Personal Protective Equipment at Work - (Total 28 Questions) You should have a basic understanding of:

  • When PPE should be worn
  • Why your employer must provide you with PPE
  • Why you must use the PPE provided by the employer
  • Why you must take care of PPE supplied for your use
  • Why you must report lost or damaged PPE to your immediate superior
  • The possible effects of not wearing PPE
  • The limitations of PPE

5. Health and Hygiene - (Total 27 Questions) You should have a basic understanding of:

  • The dangers of exposure to substances, such as asbestos
  • The importance of good personal hygiene when working with hazardous substances
  • How to reduce the risks of diseases carried by vermin
  • The welfare facilities required to be provided on construction sites.
  • How to reduce the risks from hand-arm vibration and noise at work
  

6. Fire and Emergency - (Total 32 Questions) You should have a basic understanding of:

  • What to do in the event of an emergency at work
  • The types of fire extinguishers available and the types of fires they can each be used on
  • The importance of first aid following an accident

7. Work at Height - (Total 28 Questions) You should have a basic understanding of:

  • The importance of using the most suitable access equipment for the task
  • Only working from ladders or stepladders when the task is of low risk and short duration
  • Safety precautions to be taken when using scaffolds, mobile elevated work platforms, safety harnesses etc.
  

8. Work Equipment - (Total 24 Questions) You should have a basic understanding of:

  • Only using work equipment you have been trained and authorised to use
  • The importance of carrying out checks on equipment before use
  • Reporting any defects and not using defective equipment
  • The voltage limitations on electrical equipment used on site
  • The safe use of extension cables

9. Special Site Hazards - (Total 16 Questions) You should have a basic understanding of:

  • The safety precautions to be taken before working in a confined space
  • The precautions to be taken when carrying out excavation work to reduce the risks from contact with underground services, falling materials etc.
  • The precautions to be taken when working near overhead power lines
  • The dangers to pedestrians from vehicles on site
  

10. Electrotechnical - (Total 34 Questions) You should have an understanding of:

  • The effects of electric current on the body
  • The types of socket outlets used on construction sites
  • The need for persons working on electrical systems to be competent to do so
  • The use of residual current devices for supplementary protection against electric shock
  • Safe isolation procedures when working on electrical systems and equipment
  • Only working ‘live’ in exceptional circumstances
  • Safe working with optical fibres

All Reporting Accidents (32 Questions in total but only 3 random questions will be choosen for the test by the computer)

1. What should you ensure if you suffer an injury through a manual handling operation?
a) You get paid for the job
b) The injury is recorded
c) You get help and carry on working
d) You take time off work

2. Why should a serious accident be reported?
a) It helps the site find out what caused it
b) It is a legal requirement
c) So that the site manager can see who is to blame
d) So that the company will be held responsible

3. What immediate action should you take if you suffer an injury through carrying a load?
a) Advise your doctor of your injury
b) Tell your supervisor or employer
c) Tell your working companion
d) Carry on working as best you can

4. 4 Under RIDDOR, which one of the following must be reported?
a) Accidents where the injured person wishes to make a claim
b) Fracture other than to fingers, thumbs or toes
c) All ‘near misses’ even if no one was hurt
d) All accidents causing any injury

5. Which one of the following have the power to examine an accident record?
a) The HSE inspector
b) An insurance company
c) A doctor
d) A workmate

6. Which of the following should be recorded following an accident?
a) The date and time the accident occurred
b) Your date of birth
c) The weather conditions
d) Your National Insurance Number

7. Which one of the following accounts for most accidents each year on construction sites?
a) Struck by moving vehicles
b) Electrocution
c) Trench collapses
d) Slips, trips and falls

8. Which one of the following is NOT classified as a major injury under RIDDOR?
a) A fractured finger
b) Fractured arm
c) Temporary loss of eyesight
d) Broken wrist

9. Which one of the following should you do if you witness a serious accident on site?
a) Pretend you saw nothing
b) Say nothing in case you get in trouble
c) Discuss what to do with your workmates
d) Tell your supervisor what you saw happening

10. A workmate tells you that he witnessed an accident the previous day and the victim was taken to hospital. He asks you for advice on what he should do. Do you tell him to:
a) speak to the site nurse about what he saw
b) tell his supervisor that he saw what happened
c) telephone the hospital to find out how the injured person is
d) say nothing to anyone in case he gets someone in trouble

11. 11 If a person at work suffers an injury (other than a major injury) due to an accident at work, it is reportable under RIDDOR if they are incapacitated for work for:
a) Over 1 day
b) Over 3 days
c) Over half a day
d) Over 2 days

12. What must an employer do with their accident records following completion of a construction project?
a) They are sent to the Health and Safety Executive
b) They are destroyed on site with other non-essential documents
c) They are kept safe by the employer
d) They are sent to the employer’s insurance company

13. At work who would you report a dangerous occurrence to?
a) The emergency services
b) Your supervisor or employer
c) Another employee
d) The client for the project

14. Following a reportable dangerous occurrence when must the enforcing authority be informed?
a) Within 5 days
b) Within 48 hours
c) Without delay
d) Within 24 hours

15. Accidents causing any injury should always be recorded in:
a) The site engineer’s day book
b) Your employer’s accident recording system
c) Your personal diary
d) The main contractor’s diary

16. Which one of the following is classed as an occupational disease under RIDDOR?
a) Mental disorder
b) Asbestosis
c) Amputation
d) Influenza

17. When a person is injured at work, who should enter the details in the accident book?
a) The injured person’s supervisor
b) The injured person or anyone acting for them
c) The site manager or engineer
d) The site safety manager

18. If you are involved in a minor accident at work, whose duty is it to report it to site management?
a) Any witness to the accident
b) The police, fire or ambulance who attend
c) It is your own responsibility
d) The site foreman should report it

19. You have suffered an accident which has made you incapable of your normal work for over 3 days. Which of the following actions MUST be taken by your employer?
a) The emergency services are asked to attend the site
b) The local hospital is informed
c) The relevant enforcing authority is informed
d) A deduction is made from your wages for days lost

20. The collapse of scaffolding is only notifiable as a dangerous occurrence when the scaffolding is which one of the following?
a) Over 15 metres in height
b) Any height
c) Over 10 metres in height
d) Over 5 metres in height

21. If there is a fatal accident on site, when must the Health and Safety Executive be informed?
a) Without delay
b) Within 10 days
c) Within 7 days
d) Within 5 days

22. When must an accident be recorded in the site’s accident book?
a) When an accident causes damage to plant or equipment
b) Only when a person is injured and will be off work for more than three days
c) When the injury is serious enough for first aid to be needed.
d) When an accident causes injury to an employee while at work

23. Which of the following have to be entered into the accident book?
a) All accidents causing any damage
b) All accidents causing an injury
c) Only accidents causing serious injury
d) Only accidents causing time off work

24. When must injury accidents be recorded?
a) Only if you break a bone
b) Only if you have time off work
c) Any time they occur
d) Only if you need to go to hospital

25. An entry must be made in the accident book when
a) the person has been off sick for three days
b) management thinks it is appropriate
c) an accident causes personal injury to an employee
d) the severity of the accident may result in a compensation claim

26. Which of the following MUST be recorded in an accident book?
a) Your National Insurance number
b) Your date of birth
c) Your occupation
d) Your phone number

27. Which of the following can you learn from an accident?
a) A combination of human error and mechanical failure always causes injury
b) Ideas on how you would prevent it happening again
c) That mechanical failures are most dangerous
d) How human error is always a cause

28. Could making an entry in the accident book help you if you later make a claim for compensation?
a) Only if it is a serious injury
b) No
c) Only in the event of a fatality
d) Yes

29. Why is it important to report ’near miss’ accidents to your employer?
a) It’s the law
b) To make the figures look good
c) So lessons can be learned, preventing an accident next time
d) So that someone can be disciplined

30. Who should you report serious accidents to?
a) Your workmate
b) Your employer or supervisor
c) The police
d) The ambulance service

31. What is the aim of carrying out an accident investigation?
a) To determine the cause(s) and prevent a re-occurrence
b) To establish what injuries were sustained
c) To find out who is at fault
d) To establish the cost of any damage incurred

32. You have witnessed a serious accident on your site, and are interviewed by an HSE inspector. Should you:
a) tell the inspector what your mates say you should tell him
b) ask your supervisor what you should say to the inspector
c) co-operate fully with the inspector and tell him exactly what you saw
d) don’t tell him anything


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