ECS (Electrotechnical Certification Scheme) Quiz 6

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 Fire and Emergency (32 Questions in total but only 4 random questions will be choosen for the test by the computer)

1. An emergency route(s) must be provided on construction sites to ensure:
a) Safe passage to the open air
b) Safe passage to the rest area
c) Safe passage to a secure place of safety
d) Safe passage to the ground from height

2. What action should you take if you discover a fire?
a) Leave it because you will get the blame
b) Raise the alarm
c) Carry on working if it is safe to do so
d) Extinguish the fire without raising the alarm

3. If there had been a small fire, who should you report it to?
a) Your supervisor
b) The main contractor’s site agent
c) The site’s fire marshal
d) The resident site engineer

4. If you discover a fire at work, what should you do first:
a) telephone 999
b) use a fire extinguisher to put it out
c) run around looking for an alarm to sound
d) raise the alarm and warn fellow workers

5. What is a fire assembly point?
a) The place to go when the fire alarm sounds
b) A place where the fire brigade goes to
c) A place where fire extinguishers are kept
d) The place where the fire alarm is

6. Where would you go in the event of a fire?
a) To the canteen for a cup of tea
b) To the fire assembly point
c) To the site hut
d) To the fire to see what is going on

7. What should you do if you hear the fire alarm?
a) Ignore it because it might be someone playing around
b) Leave work for the day
c) Evacuate the premises to a designated place of safety
d) Go towards the sound to find out what is going on

8. All new fire extinguishers are coloured red. How do you know the difference between types?
a) A different colour panel or band is on the body of the extinguishers
b) During site induction, you will be told where the different types of extinguishers are
c) The weight and shape of the extinguisher
d) The type of extinguisher is written on a sign next to it

9. A black-labelled fire extinguisher contains:
a) Dry powder
b) Water
c) Foam
d) Carbon dioxide

10. What is a blue-labelled fire extinguisher filled with?
a) Water
b) Foam
c) Dry powder
d) Carbon Dioxide

11. Which fire extinguisher should not be used on flammable liquid fires?
a) Carbon dioxide
b) Powder
c) Water
d) Foam

12. What colour is a water filled fire extinguisher, or its label?
a) Black
b) Cream
c) Red
d) Green

13. When discharging carbon dioxide fire extinguishers, the nozzle:
a) becomes warm
b) becomes very hot
c) becomes very cold
d) doesn’t change temperature

14. For fires involving spilled petrol, which types of fire extinguisher could you use?
a) Water, carbon dioxide or foam
b) Water, foam or dry powder
c) Foam, carbon dioxide or dry powder
d) Water, carbon dioxide or dry powder

15. Which types of fire extinguishers should be used on electrical fires?
a) Foam and water
b) Carbon dioxide and dry powder
c) Dry powder and foam
d) Water and carbon dioxide

16. A red-labelled fire extinguisher should NOT be used:
a) on wood fires
b) where there is a risk of electrocution
c) on burning clothes
d) on burning furniture

17. A workmate burns their hand on a piece of very hot metal. What should you do first?
a) Rub some cream or Vaseline into the burn
b) Cover the burn with something dry
c) Warn other people about the piece of hot metal
d) Put their hand in cold water if it is available

18. Which of the following items should not be in a first aid box?
a) Safety pins
b) Pain killers
c) Disposable gloves
d) Triangular bandages

19. From the following list which is approved by the HSE to train and certify first aiders?
a) General Medical Council
b) Local Health Centre
c) British Red Cross and St John/St Andrew’s Ambulance Associations
d) National Health Service

20. If you came across an injury on site, what is the first thing you should do?
a) Tell the casualty to visit their doctor
b) Inform the HSE
c) Contact a first aider
d) Try and find out what happened

21. An employee has a fall and is obviously unconscious. What is the FIRST thing you should do?
a) Send someone for the first-aider
b) Find out if there were any witnesses
c) Try to protect them from any further injury
d) Put them in the recovery position

22. A labourer gets an electric shock; looks a bit pale but says they are alright. What should you do?
a) Send someone for the first-aider
b) Tell them to report it to their supervisor
c) Go and check the electrics so it cannot happen again
d) See if they want a drink or a cigarette

23. Which of the following must an employer consider when making provisions for first aid?
a) How much working space will be wasted
b) How much will it cost
c) Whether the local ambulance service can be used
d) The likely types of injury

24. In an on-site emergency, which of the following must a first aider NOT do?
a) Treat an unconscious patient
b) Control bleeding
c) Give resuscitation
d) Give medicines to patients without authorisation

25. What should you do first in an attempt to revive a casualty who has stopped breathing?
a) Stop the bleeding
b) Attend to any broken bones
c) Try and give the casualty a drink
d) Try and start the casualty breathing

26. If someone has fallen off a ladder and they say their leg is broken, what should you do?
a) Send for the first-aider
b) Help them to the cabin or mess hut
c) Move the ladder so no-one trips over it
d) Bandage their legs together

27. Your workmate suddenly gets a foreign body in the eye. What should you do?
a) Take your workmate to the supervisor
b) Use a clean handkerchief to try and remove it
c) Wash your hands before touching your mate’s face
d) Send someone for the first-aider

28. A person nearly collapses complaining of stomach pains. What should you do?
a) Send someone for the first-aider
b) Go and find them something to drink
c) Help them to find somewhere comfortable to sit
d) Ask them if they want something to eat

29. A workmate lifting a big box suddenly shouts “oh, my back” and drops the box. What should you do?
a) Tell them to leave it for someone else to lift
b) Send for the first-aider
c) Help them to lift the box
d) Find them somewhere comfortable to sit and rest

30. What should you do immediately if you get a small cut on a finger whilst at work?
a) Carry on working
b) Get first aid
c) Ask your employer to report it to the HSE
d) Just wash it clean

31. In an emergency situation at work you should do what?
a) Phone the HSE Inspectorate
b) Obey the site emergency procedure
c) Ensure your work mates are all accounted for
d) Leave the site immediately

32. What does the sound of a siren on-site normally indicate?
a) A fire
b) A toxic escape
c) An explosion
d) An emergency


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