White Card Practice Test (CPCWHS1001) 2026: Teste prático 2

Teste prático 2 de 2 — White Card Practice Test (CPCWHS1001): mais 35 perguntas com respostas e explicações.

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60 perguntas
Verificado em 11 de outubro de 2026

Pergunta 1 de 35
When must a SWMS be prepared?
- Only for jobs longer than a month
- Only after an incident
- Before high risk construction work starts
- Once a year
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Resposta: C. Before high risk construction work starts
The PCBU must make sure a SWMS is prepared before the high risk construction work starts.
Pergunta 2 de 35
High risk construction work is not being done the way the SWMS says. What must happen?
- The work must stop immediately, or as soon as it is safe, and the SWMS is reviewed
- Keep working and fix it at the end of the day
- Tell the client after the job is finished
- Throw the SWMS away
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Resposta: A. The work must stop immediately, or as soon as it is safe, and the SWMS is reviewed
Work must stop and not restart until it can be done in line with the SWMS, which should be reviewed.
Pergunta 3 de 35
Construction work with a risk of a person falling more than how far is high risk construction work?
- 2 metres
- 10 metres
- 20 metres
- 50 centimetres
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Resposta: A. 2 metres
Work with a risk of a fall of more than 2 metres is high risk construction work and needs a SWMS.
Pergunta 4 de 35
Work in or near a trench deeper than what depth is high risk construction work?
- 0.5 metres
- 5 metres
- 10 metres
- 1.5 metres
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Resposta: D. 1.5 metres
Work in or near a shaft or trench with an excavated depth of more than 1.5 metres is high risk construction work.
Pergunta 5 de 35
Which of these jobs is high risk construction work that needs a SWMS?
- Reading the site plans
- Sweeping the site office
- Eating lunch in the crib room
- Work that is likely to disturb asbestos
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Resposta: D. Work that is likely to disturb asbestos
Work that involves, or is likely to involve, disturbing asbestos is high risk construction work.
Pergunta 6 de 35
Which task is on the list of high risk construction work?
- Filling in a timesheet
- Attending a toolbox talk
- Putting up a notice in the site office
- Work on or near energised electrical installations
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Resposta: D. Work on or near energised electrical installations
Work on or near energised electrical installations or services is on the high risk construction work list.
Pergunta 7 de 35
Which of these is classed as high risk construction work?
- Checking your white card
- Work in an area where powered mobile plant is moving
- Washing your hands in the amenities
- Signing in at the site office
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Resposta: B. Work in an area where powered mobile plant is moving
Work in an area with movement of powered mobile plant, such as excavators and loaders, is high risk construction work.
Pergunta 8 de 35
For construction projects worth how much must a principal contractor be appointed?
- $250,000 or more
- $10 million or more
- Any value
- $1,000 or more
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Resposta: A. $250,000 or more
A principal contractor must be appointed for construction projects valued at $250,000 or more.
Pergunta 9 de 35
What must a principal contractor prepare in writing before work on the project begins?
- A WHS management plan
- A marketing plan
- A tax return
- A list of workers' home addresses
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Resposta: A. A WHS management plan
The principal contractor must prepare a written WHS management plan before work begins and make it available to workers.
Pergunta 10 de 35
What must the principal contractor's site signs show?
- The weather forecast
- The names of every worker
- The price of the building
- The principal contractor's contact details
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Resposta: D. The principal contractor's contact details
Principal contractors must put up signs showing their contact details so people can reach them.
Pergunta 11 de 35
You have a white card and start at a new site. What else should you receive?
- A high risk work licence
- A new white card for that site
- A site-specific induction about that site's hazards and procedures
- Nothing: the white card covers every site
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Resposta: C. A site-specific induction about that site's hazards and procedures
The white card is general. Each workplace also gives a site-specific induction about its own safety issues.
Pergunta 12 de 35
What is a toolbox talk?
- A high risk work licence course
- A sale of second-hand tools
- A short pre-start meeting about the work, its hazards and controls
- A talk about tool prices
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Resposta: C. A short pre-start meeting about the work, its hazards and controls
Toolbox talks or pre-start meetings help builders, subcontractors and workers share safety information and consult.
Pergunta 13 de 35
Who can represent workers when a PCBU consults them about health and safety?
- A delivery driver
- The client's lawyer
- Nobody: workers cannot be represented
- A health and safety representative (HSR)
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Resposta: D. A health and safety representative (HSR)
Workers can be represented in consultation by an elected health and safety representative.
Pergunta 14 de 35
Where do you find information about a hazardous chemical's dangers, safe handling and first aid?
- The site timesheet
- Its safety data sheet (SDS)
- The weather app
- The shop receipt
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Resposta: B. Its safety data sheet (SDS)
White card training covers the purpose of safety data sheets, SWMS and job safety analyses.
Pergunta 15 de 35
What is the best way to stop people falling from the edge of a roof?
- Tell workers to move faster near the edge
- Give workers sunglasses
- Put up a sign that says 'Be careful'
- Install edge protection such as a guardrail system
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Resposta: D. Install edge protection such as a guardrail system
A physical barrier like a roof perimeter guardrail stops falls. It is more reliable than signs or instructions.
Pergunta 16 de 35
What does a residual current device (RCD), or safety switch, do?
- Makes power tools run faster
- Measures noise levels
- Stores electricity for later
- Cuts the power fast to reduce the risk of electric shock
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Resposta: D. Cuts the power fast to reduce the risk of electric shock
RCDs are an engineering control that reduce the risk of electric shock.
Pergunta 17 de 35
You uncover sheeting that you think may contain asbestos. What should you do?
- Break off a piece to check it
- Sweep it up and put it in the bin
- Stop work, do not disturb it, and tell your supervisor
- Cut it with a power saw to remove it quickly
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Resposta: C. Stop work, do not disturb it, and tell your supervisor
Do not disturb suspected asbestos. Stop, keep others away and report it so it can be checked and managed.
Pergunta 18 de 35
How does asbestos harm people?
- Breathing in its fibres can cause asbestosis, lung cancer and mesothelioma
- It only harms people who eat it
- It burns the skin on contact
- It damages hearing
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Resposta: A. Breathing in its fibres can cause asbestosis, lung cancer and mesothelioma
Asbestos fibres breathed into the lungs can cause serious diseases, often many years later.
Pergunta 19 de 35
Who can remove asbestos?
- Any labourer with a broom
- Anyone wearing a dust mask
- Only people with special training and a licence
- Any worker with a white card
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Resposta: C. Only people with special training and a licence
Safe Work Australia says you need special training and a licence to remove asbestos.
Pergunta 20 de 35
Which task can release harmful respirable crystalline silica dust?
- Painting a timber fence by brush
- Laying carpet
- Hanging wallpaper
- Dry cutting concrete, brick or stone
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Resposta: D. Dry cutting concrete, brick or stone
Cutting, grinding, drilling or sanding stone, concrete and masonry, especially dry, can release silica dust that causes silicosis.
Pergunta 21 de 35
Which control reduces silica dust when cutting with power tools?
- Dry cutting in a closed room
- Water suppression (wet cutting) or on-tool dust extraction
- Blowing the dust away with compressed air
- Cutting faster so it is over sooner
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Resposta: B. Water suppression (wet cutting) or on-tool dust extraction
Wet cutting, on-tool extraction or local exhaust ventilation capture dust at the source. A respirator is also needed.
Pergunta 22 de 35
What has applied to engineered stone in most of Australia since 1 July 2024?
- Work on or with it is banned, except for stone installed before the ban
- It can only be cut indoors
- Nothing has changed
- It can only be used for kitchen benchtops
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Resposta: A. Work on or with it is banned, except for stone installed before the ban
A national prohibition on engineered stone applies from 1 July 2024 in most jurisdictions.
Pergunta 23 de 35
Which PPE helps protect against excessive noise?
- A high-visibility vest
- Earplugs or earmuffs
- Steel-capped boots
- Safety glasses
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Resposta: B. Earplugs or earmuffs
Hearing protection such as earplugs or earmuffs reduces exposure to excessive noise.
Pergunta 24 de 35
Which is an engineering control for manual handling risk?
- Lifting with a bent back and twisting
- Telling workers to lift faster
- Using a hoist to lift heavy tools and materials
- Carrying as much as possible in one go
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Resposta: C. Using a hoist to lift heavy tools and materials
Mechanical aids like hoists reduce the risk of musculoskeletal injuries from lifting.
Pergunta 25 de 35
How can workers on foot be kept safe from mobile plant?
- Let workers walk behind reversing machines
- Ask workers to wear dark clothing
- Separate the plant work zone with physical barriers and a traffic management plan
- Remove all signs so drivers are not distracted
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Resposta: C. Separate the plant work zone with physical barriers and a traffic management plan
Physical barriers, exclusion zones and traffic management plans keep people and mobile plant apart.
Pergunta 26 de 35
A sign shows a red circle with a red diagonal line over a black symbol. What does it mean?
- Emergency information
- Mandatory: you must do this
- Warning: a hazard is nearby
- Prohibition: you must not do this
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Resposta: D. Prohibition: you must not do this
Prohibition signs use a red circle and slash to show an action that is not permitted.
Pergunta 27 de 35
What does a sign with a white symbol on a solid blue circle mean?
- You must not do this
- You must do this (mandatory)
- Emergency exit this way
- Fire equipment is here
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Resposta: B. You must do this (mandatory)
Blue circle signs are mandatory signs, such as 'hard hats must be worn'.
Pergunta 28 de 35
What does a yellow sign with a black triangle usually mean?
- That smoking is allowed
- Warning of a hazard that is not likely to be life-threatening
- Where the first aid kit is
- That an action is mandatory
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Resposta: B. Warning of a hazard that is not likely to be life-threatening
Warning signs have a black triangle on yellow, for example a forklift hazard sign.
Pergunta 29 de 35
A sign has the word DANGER in white on a red oval inside a black rectangle. What does it mean?
- The area is a smoking area
- There is a hazard that is likely to be life-threatening
- You must wear a hard hat
- First aid is available here
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Resposta: B. There is a hazard that is likely to be life-threatening
Danger signs warn of hazards likely to be life-threatening, such as high voltage.
Pergunta 30 de 35
Which signs are green with white symbols or text?
- Fire equipment signs
- Prohibition signs
- Emergency information signs, such as exits and first aid
- Mandatory signs
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Resposta: C. Emergency information signs, such as exits and first aid
Emergency information signs, showing exits, safety equipment and first aid, are green with white text or symbols.
Pergunta 31 de 35
A worker is seriously injured on site. When must the WHS regulator be notified?
- At the end of the project
- Within 30 days
- Only if the worker asks
- Immediately after becoming aware of it
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Resposta: D. Immediately after becoming aware of it
Deaths, serious injuries or illnesses and dangerous incidents must be notified to the regulator immediately.
Pergunta 32 de 35
After a notifiable incident, what must be done with the incident scene?
- Clean it up straight away
- Take the damaged equipment home
- Leave it undisturbed until an inspector arrives or gives directions, except to help people or make it safe
- Restart work as normal
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Resposta: C. Leave it undisturbed until an inspector arrives or gives directions, except to help people or make it safe
The scene must not be disturbed, except to help an injured person, make the site safe or follow police or inspector directions.
Pergunta 33 de 35
A tool falls from a scaffold but misses everyone. What should you do?
- Throw the tool away
- Report it as a near miss so the cause can be fixed
- Say nothing because nobody was hurt
- Leave the site for the day
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Resposta: B. Report it as a near miss so the cause can be fixed
Near misses and dangerous occurrences should be reported so hazards are fixed before someone is hurt.
Pergunta 34 de 35
You reasonably believe a task would expose you to a serious risk from an immediate hazard. What can you do?
- Keep working so you do not lose pay
- Stop or refuse the work and tell the PCBU as soon as practicable
- Ask a new worker to do it instead
- Walk off site without telling anyone
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Resposta: B. Stop or refuse the work and tell the PCBU as soon as practicable
Workers can cease unsafe work in these cases, but must tell the PCBU and stay available for suitable alternative work.
Pergunta 35 de 35
Why must workers not come to site affected by alcohol or drugs?
- It only matters for office staff
- It only matters if they are late
- It is fine if they feel okay
- It can put themselves and others at serious risk
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Resposta: D. It can put themselves and others at serious risk
Not working under the influence of drugs or alcohol is one of the safe work practices taught in white card training.

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