Free mock exam
Using a tower safely as an electrician — PASMA Towers for Users Practice
Free topic-focused mock exam: all 30 questions on Using a tower safely as an electrician, drawn from the wider PASMA Towers for Users bank. 35-minute timer, 70% to pass, worked explanation on every question. Use this when you've taken the full mock once and want to drill the topics you got wrong.
- Questions
- 30
- Time limit
- 35 min
- Pass mark
- 70% · 21/30
- Question bank
- 30
Free, no sign-up. Retake as many times as you like — the questions are reshuffled, with the answer order changed.
Sample questions
01For construction work, what is the largest unprotected gap the law allows between a tower’s top guard-rail and the next rail below it?
- ANo more than 950 mm
- BNo more than 600 mm
- CNo more than 470 mm
- DNo more than 300 mm
Why: For construction work, WAHR Schedule 2 requires the top guard-rail to be at least 950 mm above the edge and any unprotected gap between it and the intermediate rail to be no more than 470 mm. The 950 mm figure is the minimum height of the top rail, not a gap. Correctly fitted parts from the tower’s own system give those dimensions without improvising.
02HSE describes a correctly built tower as collective protection. What does that mean for the people working on it?
- AThe guard-rails protect everyone, with no action by each
- BIt protects the people below the tower but not on it
- CEach person must clip a harness to the guard-rail
- DIt protects only the person who built and inspected it
Why: Collective protection protects everyone at once without each person having to do anything to be protected. Once a tower is built correctly, the guard-rails stop people falling, the toe-boards stop tools and materials going over the edge and the platform gives a firm place to stand, for whoever is on it. A harness is personal protection, which the regulations put after collective protection. Protecting people below is a separate job for toe-boards, barriers and regulation 10.
03You have hired a tower for a containment job. Where do you find the safe working load for its platform and for the tower as a whole?
- AOn the induction sheet for the site
- BIn HSE’s tower scaffold guidance page
- CIn the Work at Height Regulations 2005
- DIn the manufacturer’s manual for it
Why: The safe working loads come from the manufacturer, in the manual for that tower, and may differ between configurations. The regulations are the tempting answer, but they only say a platform must not be loaded so that it could collapse or deform, with no kilogram figure. HSE guidance simply says do not overload the platform, and a site induction does not set a tower’s capacity.
Common questions
Is the Using a tower safely as an electrician mock exam free?
Yes, it is free with no sign-up needed. Questions are pulled at random from a substantial bank, with a worked explanation on every question after you submit.
Can I retake the mock exam?
Yes. Every attempt picks a different random selection and reshuffles the options, so each retake gives you genuinely new questions. No limit on retakes.
Does this count as a qualification?
No. This is independent practice material and does not award a qualification, card or certificate. Where a subject has a formal qualification or card, you gain it through an approved provider.