Personal Protective Equipment Quiz

Who has a responsibility for ensuring that correct Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is provided for work activities?

• The employee.

• The employer.

• The HSE.

• The site labourer.

What should procedures be when removing a gas appliance which contains a number of asbestos rope seals?

• Ask your supervisor for some thick gloves and a dust mask.

• Ask your supervisor for safety boots and a dust mask.

• Ask your supervisor to install a dust extraction system and wear safety goggles.

• Ask your supervisor to have it removed by a specialist contractor.

What is the purpose of a PAT test?

• To check the gas pressure on a blow torch regulator.

• To check the operation of a cartridge operated tool.

• To check the electrical safety of a portable power tool.

• To check the operation of petrol generator.

What are the colours of a warning sign?

• Red and white.

• Green and white.

• Blue and white.

• Yellow and white.

When using a new type of flux for the first time, you should follow the guidance in which type of document?

• The permit to work for the flux.

• The COSHH assessment for the flux.

• The list of chemical ingredients of the flux.

• The site installation specification.

When installing a flue liner to an existing chimney, what access equipment is most suitable?

• Pole ladder and harness.

• Mobile tower scaffold and roof ladder.

• Extension ladder and trestles.

• Trestles and boards.

An operative that has not been trained in first aid, who discovers a work colleague who is conscious after they have fallen and suffered a broken leg, should:

• Only move them if they are in immediate danger and seek immediate medical assistance.

• Perform CPR on them straight away and seek immediate medical assistance.

• Put them into the recovery position and fill in the accident book.

• Splint the leg with wooden battens and report it to the supervisor.

When planning to lift a new section of a commercial cast iron boiler into position, which is too heavy to lift safely alone what action should be taken?

• Continue to lift the boiler section.

• Break the section into smaller more manageable pieces.

• Ask a work colleague to help lift the section into place.

• Install a smaller section and inform the supervisor of the change.

The correct personal protective equipment (PPE) to wear when cutting a pipe chase into lightweight concrete blocks using a disc cutter on a building site, is:

• Overalls, safety boots, hard hat, barrier cream and goggles.

• Overalls, safety boots, hard hat, hi-visibility jacket and goggles.

• Overalls, safety boots, hard hat, dust mask and goggles.

• Overalls, safety boots, hard hat, heavy duty rubber gloves and goggles.

To avoid getting vibration white finger injuries when using power tools such as hammer drills, the correct method for prevention is:

• Thick anti-vibration gloves.

• To take regular breaks.

• To use the ‘full grip’ technique.

• To refuse to use the equipment.