Workplace safety quiz — 20 questions with answers.

Who it's for: Adults at work, ages 16 and up: staff inductions and refresher training. Check the answers against your own organisation's rules before you use it.

Use them for a new-starter induction, a yearly refresher, or a check after safety training. They are general good practice, so add your own site's rules and contacts. Every question has one correct answer except question 15, which has two. All twenty fit in one Quizoma quiz.

The 20 workplace safety questions with answers

Correct answers are marked with a tick. The same questions, with the same answers, are in the CSV file, in the same order.

Fire safety

1. When you hear the fire alarm, what should you do first?
   A. Finish what you are doing · B. Leave by the nearest safe exit ✓ · C. Take the lift · D. Collect your belongings
2. Why should you not use a lift during a fire?
   A. It is kept for managers · B. It may stop and trap you ✓ · C. It is too slow · D. It uses too much electricity
3. A water fire extinguisher must never be used on which kind of fire?
   A. A wood fire · B. A paper fire · C. A fabric fire · D. An electrical fire ✓
4. Which extinguisher is suitable for a fire in electrical equipment?
   A. Foam on live wires · B. A wet cloth · C. Water · D. Carbon dioxide (CO2) ✓
5. The fire triangle is heat, fuel and what?
   A. Water · B. Carbon · C. Oxygen ✓ · D. Smoke

First aid

6. What should you do first when you find someone injured?
   A. Give them a drink · B. Move them straight away · C. Leave and tell nobody · D. Check that the area is safe for you ✓
7. For a minor burn, how long should you cool it under cool running water?
   A. About 20 minutes ✓ · B. About 10 seconds · C. About 1 minute · D. About 2 hours
8. What is the first thing to do for severe bleeding?
   A. Wait for it to stop · B. Put butter on it · C. Give the person food · D. Press firmly on the wound ✓
9. Who is the recovery position for?
   A. Someone awake and talking · B. Someone who is choking · C. Someone unconscious who is breathing ✓ · D. Someone with a broken leg
10. Where should an injury at work be recorded?
    A. In the accident book or incident report ✓ · B. Nowhere · C. On social media · D. In a personal diary

Everyday hazards

11. You see a spill on the floor. What should you do?
    A. Put up a warning sign and get it cleaned ✓ · B. Walk around it and say nothing · C. Ignore it · D. Cover it with paper
12. How should you lift a heavy box?
    A. Bend from the waist · B. Twist while you lift · C. Bend your knees and keep your back straight ✓ · D. Hold it at arm's length
13. What does PPE stand for?
    A. Public Protection Equipment · B. Personal Power Equipment · C. Personal Protective Equipment ✓ · D. Private Property Entry
14. You notice a damaged electrical cable. What should you do?
    A. Stop using it and report it ✓ · B. Fix it with tape yourself · C. Hide it under a desk · D. Keep using it carefully
15. Which of these are trip hazards? (more than one answer)
    A. A clear corridor · B. Boxes left in walkways ✓ · C. Trailing cables ✓ · D. A fitted handrail

Data security

16. Which of these is the best password practice?
    A. The same password everywhere · B. A password written on your desk · C. A long, unique passphrase for each account ✓ · D. Your date of birth
17. An email from "IT" asks for your password. What should you do?
    A. Reply with your password · B. Report it as phishing ✓ · C. Forward it to colleagues · D. Click the link to check
18. What should you do when you leave your desk?
    A. Stay logged in · B. Lock your screen ✓ · C. Tell a colleague your password · D. Switch off only the monitor
19. You find a USB stick in the car park. What should you do?
    A. Use it for your own files · B. Hand it to IT without plugging it in ✓ · C. Plug it in to find the owner · D. Take it home
20. What does two-factor authentication add?
    A. A second copy of the same password · B. A backup email address · C. A second check, such as a code on your phone ✓ · D. Faster sign-in

Some wrong options are common unsafe habits. Take the lift in question 1 is dangerous, and question 2 explains why; paper in question 3 is exactly what water is for — electrical fires are the danger; and plug it in to find the owner in question 19 is how malware gets in. Quizoma's results show the accuracy of every question, so you will see which rule needs repeating. Results can be downloaded as PDF, Excel or CSV for your training records.

Staff can take the same quiz again until they pass: switch on Retake and set a pass mark. See quizzes for staff training for how teams use Quizoma.

How to use this template

1. Download the file: quizoma-template-workplace-safety-quiz.csv.
2. Open Quizoma Studio in your browser (or the Android app) and choose Import from file.
3. Pick the .csv. Quizoma shows every question for review before anything is saved, so you can fix a wording, drop a question or add your own.
4. Save, then share the 6-character quiz code or QR with your class. Participants answer at quizoma.com/take in any browser.

Timing and points are set on the quiz when you import, not in the file. If you would rather not import at all, you can type the questions into the online quiz maker directly.

What is in the file

One row per question: the question, then the options, then a final correct column holding the number of the right option. Where more than one option is right, the numbers are joined with a |. The first lines look like this:

question,option1,option2,option3,option4,correct
"When you hear the fire alarm, what should you do first?",Finish what you are doing,Leave by the nearest safe exit,Take the lift,Collect your belongings,2
What should you do first when you find someone injured?,Give them a drink,Move them straight away,Leave and tell nobody,Check that the area is safe for you,4

Open it in any spreadsheet to edit, and save it as CSV again before importing — an .xlsx file is not read. The same format is described on the templates page.