CITB Managers and Professionals Practice Test 2026

1. Question 1 of 25

   How many questions are in the CITB Managers and Professionals HS&E test, and how many must you get right?

   • A50 questions, with at least 35 correct
   • B50 questions, with at least 45 correct
   • C60 questions, with at least 48 correct
   • D40 questions, with at least 32 correct
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   Answer: B. 50 questions, with at least 45 correct

   CITB states the test has 50 questions and the pass mark is 90%, so you need at least 45 correct answers.

2. Question 2 of 25

   How long do you have to complete the Managers and Professionals test?

   • A60 minutes
   • B45 minutes
   • C30 minutes
   • D90 minutes
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   Answer: B. 45 minutes

   CITB gives candidates 45 minutes to answer the 50 questions in the Managers and Professionals test.

3. Question 3 of 25

   Which list matches the five sections of the current Managers and Professionals test?

   • ALegal and management; design and planning; plant and traffic; fire; waste
   • BLeadership; mental health; general safety; work at height; waste and water
   • CLegal and management; health and welfare; general safety; high risk; environment
   • DSite law and policy; first aid and welfare; general safety; excavations; noise control
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   Answer: C. Legal and management; health and welfare; general safety; high risk; environment

   CITB lists Sections A to E as legal and management, occupational health and welfare, general safety, high risk activities and environment.

4. Question 4 of 25

   Which CSCS cards need a pass in the Managers and Professionals test?

   • AOnly the Gold Supervisor card
   • BThe Labourer and Apprentice cards
   • CThe Black Manager card and the Academically or Professionally Qualified Person cards
   • DEvery card, including the Trainee card
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   Answer: C. The Black Manager card and the Academically or Professionally Qualified Person cards

   CSCS says the MAP test is required for the Black Manager card and the Academically or Professionally Qualified Person cards.

5. Question 5 of 25

   You apply for a Black Manager card. How recent must your Managers and Professionals test pass be?

   • AWithin the two years before you apply
   • BIt can be any age
   • CWithin the last five years
   • DWithin the last six months
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   Answer: A. Within the two years before you apply

   CSCS requires the MAP test to have been passed within the two years before the card application.

6. Question 6 of 25

   Can you use an SMSTS certificate instead of the HS&E test to get a CSCS card?

   • AYes, if it is less than ten years old
   • BNo, CSCS says SMSTS is not accepted for a CSCS card
   • CYes, it replaces the test for every card
   • DYes, but only for the Black Manager card and renewals
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   Answer: B. No, CSCS says SMSTS is not accepted for a CSCS card

   CSCS states that the Site Management Safety Training Scheme is not accepted for a CSCS card, though it can be stored as a record.

7. Question 7 of 25

   Under section 2 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, what standard must an employer meet for employees' health, safety and welfare?

   • AWhatever the insurer requires
   • BAbsolute safety in every case
   • COnly what the client asks for
   • DSo far as is reasonably practicable
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   Answer: D. So far as is reasonably practicable

   Section 2(1) requires employers to ensure the health, safety and welfare of employees so far as is reasonably practicable.

8. Question 8 of 25

   What does section 2(3) of the Act require most employers to prepare?

   • AA written safety policy and the arrangements for it
   • BA list of every visitor's name and home address
   • CA marketing plan that explains safety to clients
   • DA daily safety newsletter for local residents and the public
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   Answer: A. A written safety policy and the arrangements for it

   Section 2(3) requires a written statement of the health and safety policy and arrangements, brought to employees' attention and revised as needed.

9. Question 9 of 25

   Which duty does section 3 of the Act place on an employer?

   • ATo protect non-employees from risks created by its work
   • BTo employ every worker on site directly, not through agencies
   • CTo train members of the public in basic first aid
   • DTo pay for repairs to neighbours' homes near the site
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   Answer: A. To protect non-employees from risks created by its work

   Section 3(1) requires employers to conduct their undertaking so that non-employees are not exposed to risks, so far as reasonably practicable.

10. Question 10 of 25

    A company commits a health and safety offence because of a director's neglect. What does section 37 of the Act allow?

    • AThe director can be prosecuted as well as the company
    • BThe director is protected if they did not visit site
    • COnly the company can be prosecuted
    • DOnly the site operatives can be prosecuted
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    Answer: A. The director can be prosecuted as well as the company

    Section 37 makes a director, manager or similar officer guilty of the offence too when it was due to their consent, connivance or neglect.

11. Question 11 of 25

    An inspector believes a contractor is breaking health and safety law. Which notice requires the breach to be put right within a set period?

    • AA building control notice
    • BAn improvement notice
    • CA planning notice
    • DA stop and search notice
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    Answer: B. An improvement notice

    Under section 21, an improvement notice states the breach and requires it to be remedied within a period that is not shorter than the appeal period.

12. Question 12 of 25

    Under regulation 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, what kind of risk assessment must an employer make?

    • AA suitable and sufficient assessment
    • BA verbal assessment once a year
    • CAn assessment only after an accident
    • DAn assessment written by the client
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    Answer: A. A suitable and sufficient assessment

    Regulation 3 requires a suitable and sufficient assessment of risks to employees and to others affected by the work.

13. Question 13 of 25

    When must an employer record the significant findings of a risk assessment?

    • AWhen it has five or more employees
    • BOnly when it has more than 50 employees
    • COnly for work at height
    • DOnly when HSE asks for it
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    Answer: A. When it has five or more employees

    Employers with five or more employees must record the significant findings and any groups of employees identified as especially at risk.

14. Question 14 of 25

    When must a risk assessment be reviewed?

    • ANever, once it has been signed by a manager
    • BIf it may no longer be valid or after a significant change
    • COnly when a new site manager or director starts
    • DOnly every ten years, or whenever HSE publishes new guidance
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    Answer: B. If it may no longer be valid or after a significant change

    Regulation 3 requires a review if the assessment may no longer be valid or there has been a significant change, and changes must then be made.

15. Question 15 of 25

    You plan to take on a 17-year-old on site. What must happen before they start?

    • AA letter of permission from their school or college
    • BAn assessment covering their inexperience and risk awareness
    • CA medical examination carried out by HSE
    • DNothing extra, because they are treated the same as any adult
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    Answer: B. An assessment covering their inexperience and risk awareness

    Regulation 3 bars employing a young person until an assessment covering their inexperience, immaturity and lack of risk awareness has been made or reviewed.

16. Question 16 of 25

    Under CDM 2015, which duty does the client have?

    • ASupervise operatives on site every day during the build
    • BCarry out every scaffold and excavation inspection on site personally
    • CWrite every method statement for each trade contractor on site
    • DArrange how the project is managed, with enough time and resources
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    Answer: D. Arrange how the project is managed, with enough time and resources

    Regulation 4 requires the client to make suitable arrangements for managing the project, including allocating sufficient time and other resources.

17. Question 17 of 25

    Who must the client give pre-construction information to?

    • AOnly HSE, once the construction work has finished
    • BOnly the local council's building control officer
    • CEvery designer and contractor appointed or being considered
    • DOnly the site manager, who passes it on to workers if needed
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    Answer: C. Every designer and contractor appointed or being considered

    Regulation 4 requires the client to provide pre-construction information as soon as practicable to designers and contractors.

18. Question 18 of 25

    When must a client appoint a principal designer and a principal contractor?

    • AOnly for buildings over ten storeys or with basements
    • BOnly when HSE asks for them after notification
    • CWhen there is or is likely to be more than one contractor
    • DOnly when the project is planned to last longer than one year
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    Answer: C. When there is or is likely to be more than one contractor

    Regulation 5 requires both appointments where there is, or is reasonably foreseeable to be, more than one contractor.

19. Question 19 of 25

    How and when must the principal designer and principal contractor be appointed?

    • AIn writing, as soon as practicable, before construction starts
    • BIn writing, at the end of the project with the health and safety file
    • CBy phone, at any point after work on site has started
    • DVerbally, at the first site meeting with all contractors
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    Answer: A. In writing, as soon as practicable, before construction starts

    Regulation 5 says the client must appoint them in writing, as soon as practicable, and before the construction phase begins.

20. Question 20 of 25

    A commercial client fails to appoint a principal contractor when one is needed. What is the result?

    • AHSE appoints one for the client at no cost to the project
    • BThe project is automatically cancelled until one is named
    • CThe largest contractor on site is fined by HSE
    • DThe client must do the principal contractor's duties
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    Answer: D. The client must do the principal contractor's duties

    Under regulation 5, a client who fails to appoint must fulfil the principal contractor duties in regulations 12 to 14.

21. Question 21 of 25

    On a project for a domestic client with more than one contractor, who normally takes on the client's duties?

    • AThe local authority
    • BThe homeowner's neighbour
    • CThe principal contractor
    • DThe first worker on site
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    Answer: C. The principal contractor

    Regulation 7 passes a domestic client's duties to the contractor, or to the principal contractor when there is more than one contractor.

22. Question 22 of 25

    Which project must be notified to HSE under CDM 2015?

    • AOnly projects with a contract value over a set amount
    • BAny project with more than two workers on site at the same time
    • COver 30 working days with more than 20 workers at once at any point
    • DAny project lasting more than five working days with over five workers
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    Answer: C. Over 30 working days with more than 20 workers at once at any point

    Regulation 6 makes a project notifiable if it lasts over 30 working days with more than 20 workers at once, or exceeds 500 person days.

23. Question 23 of 25

    A project is planned to need 600 person days of work. What does CDM 2015 say?

    • AIt is not notifiable unless 50 people work at once
    • BIt is notifiable only if it is a demolition
    • COnly the designer needs to know
    • DIt is notifiable because it exceeds 500 person days
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    Answer: D. It is notifiable because it exceeds 500 person days

    Regulation 6(1)(b) makes any project scheduled to exceed 500 person days notifiable, whatever the number of workers at one time.

24. Question 24 of 25

    Who must notify HSE of a notifiable project, and where must the notice be shown?

    • AThe client, and it is displayed in the site office
    • BAny worker, and it is kept at head office
    • CThe local council, and it is posted online only
    • DThe site cleaner, and it is kept in a locked drawer
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    Answer: A. The client, and it is displayed in the site office

    Regulation 6 requires the client to notify in writing before the construction phase and the notice to be clearly displayed in the site office.

25. Question 25 of 25

    A contractor knows it lacks the skills and organisational capability for a job. What does CDM 2015 say?

    • AIt must not accept the appointment
    • BIt may accept and learn on the job
    • CIt may accept if the client does not ask
    • DIt may accept if the price is low
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    Answer: A. It must not accept the appointment

    Regulation 8 says a designer or contractor must not accept an appointment unless they have the necessary skills, knowledge, experience and capability.

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The real test: 45 of 50 (90%)