Shocking!!
Also a question based on the lung problems caused from silica dust, is it hardening of lung tissue or pleura lung damage. Am I a construction professional or a doctor? Do I need to know how to protect people from silica dust or delve into the exact way it will affect your lungs. Why not just say silicosis, this is ridiculous.
What next, asking us to show we know how burns affect your skin? Maybe we can describe the difference between first degree and third degree burns too whilst at it.
That should keep us safe. Or we could focus on ways to reduce and burns…and wasting time on poorly designed tests. Scammers.
Response from developer
Dear Brengineer06, I am sorry to hear that you feel the questions are not up to standard. I have reviewed the question about the scaffolding and I think you might have misinterpreted the correct answer. The roofing team themselves are not necessarily expected to erect their OWN scaffolding - the point being made is that the roofing team needs to arrange for a scaffold to be erected. They might do that themselves if they are qualified to, but the point is that a scaffold is needed and they need to ensure one is in place. That notwithstanding, I will pass your comments onto CITB's questions authoring team. Thank you for your comments.
Test questions
Andy Chromik
Excellent app
Fair or not?
Mechanical Engineer
MC
Money spin version
Eng Alzain Mohammed
App review
Great
MAP APP V1
On it a week and now getting passes on the mock test after revising different category’s for an hour every evening.
No brainer when you have access on your tablet or phone anywhere.
Excellent
CITB MAP HS&E test v11
Lawal
Struggling
When I first started using the app I genuinely tried to learn the material properly rather than just memorise answers. After a while I realised that wasn’t really happening. The wording of many questions is so awkward and misleading that you end up doing what most people probably do: repeating them over and over until you’ve memorised the right answer.
That feels a bit backwards to me. Surely the aim should be helping people understand and apply the information not forcing them to remember keywords just to get through the CSCS test.
The only thing I was a bit worried about before the exam was whether the actual test would be different from what I’d crammed using the app. Thankfully it wasn’t. The questions were very similar so all that memorising did the trick. Good news if you’re trying to pass the test …I suppose! Not such great news if the goal is actually learning something along the way.
Response from developer
Dear Miladmhf. Thank you very much for your taking the time to provide your feedback on the CITB HS&E test for Managers and Professionals. We would like to take the opportunity to reflect on your feedback regarding the way in which the questions are asked. All questions and content has been developed by qualified HS&E experts, to ensure that it is relevant and applicable to today’s modern workforce. We have also worked with CSCS to ensure that the new test questions meet the minimum criteria required. Our team continue to collate and review all feedback received from candidates; this includes a continuous review of the questions used in the test and I can confirm that remedial action is being taken where appropriate. Thank you again for your feedback.
CSCS
I revised very quick than text book.
Thank you
