Syllabus Section 4 - Test 3 (CDM Regulations)

Challenge your knowledge on the Construction Design and Management Regulations 2015.

1. Who is regulating the rules in UK construction sites?

The Local Planning Authority

The Health and Safety Executive

The Landscape Institute

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2. When would the CDM Regs apply?

Only on commercial notifiable projects

On all domestic and commercial non-notifiable projects

On all building projects, domestic or commercial, notifiable or not

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3. When is a Principal Designer required?

For all commercial projects

For all notifiable projects

For all projects with more than one contractor

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4. Who is responsible for providing welfare facilities during construction?

The Client

The Contractor

The Principal Contractor

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5. What does PCI stand for?

Principal Contractor Information

Pre Construction Information

Principal Construction Information

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6. Under the 2015 changes, what has the role 'CDM Coordinator' changed to?

The Principal Designer

The Principal Contractor

The Health & Safety Officer

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7. Who is responsible for Health & Safety during the pre-construction phase?

The Principal Contractor

The Client

The Principal Designer

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8. What are the contractor's duties?

To eliminate, reduce or control foreseeable risks

To plan, manage and monitor the work under their control

To submit the F10 form on notifiable projects

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9. When is the Construction Phase Plan required?

For notifiable projects

For commercial projects

For every project regardless of its size

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10. Who keeps the Health & Safety file at the end of a project?

The Client

The Principal Designer

The Principal Contractor

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11. What is NOT a condition for a project to be notifiable?

When it lasts for 20 days and involves 30 workers at any time

When it lasts longer than 500 person days

When it lasts for 30 days and involves 20 workers at any time

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12. Who prepares the Construction Phase Plan?

The Client

The Principal Designer

The Principal Contractor

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13. Are the domestic clients exempt from the Regs?

Yes

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14. What type of work are the Regs NOT applicable to?

Horticultural work

Building work

Construction work

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15. What is the overall goal of the Regs?

To make sure that all projects have a Principal Designer assigned

To reduce the risk of harm to those who have to build, use and maintain the developed structures

To create a list of all the hazards in a construction site

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16. Who prepares the Health & Safety file?

The Client

The Principal Designer

The Contractor

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17. Which one of the following is NOT a duty holder under the Regs?

Principal Worker

Principal Designer

Principal Contractor

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18. When is the Health & Safety file required?

For all notifiable projects

For projects involving more than one contractor

When there is a commercial client

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19. Who is responsible for Health & Safety during the construction phase?

The Principal Contractor

The Principal Designer

The Client

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20. What is a person day?

One person working a normal working shift

One person only working during the day

One person only working during a weekday

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Section 4 – Test 3 (CDM Regulations 2015)

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