CSCS Practice Test

CSCS Managers & Professionals Test: Free MAP Mock Test

The CSCS MAP test is the Managers and Professionals test, the version of the CITB Health, Safety and Environment (HS&E) test you need for the Black Manager card and several professional cards. It was updated in June 2023 and is no longer role-specific, so revise broadly. Format: 50 questions, 45 minutes, pass mark 45 out of 50 (90%). This is the MAP version of our free CSCS practice test.

CITB HS&E MAP Mock Test: sections A to E (timed)

  • 50 questions · 45 minutes · pass mark 90%
  • Timed, exam conditions: answers are revealed at the end, just like the real CITB HS&E test.
  • A fresh set of questions every attempt, 10 from each of CITB's five MAP sections, with leadership and CDM duties in section A.
  • The clock keeps running if you leave the page, as it would in the test centre.

The five MAP test sections

  1. ALegal and management10 questions in our mock, from: Leadership & Management (MAP), CDM Regulations, General Responsibilities & Risk Assessment, Accident Reporting (RIDDOR) & First Aid
  2. BOccupational health, wellbeing and welfare10 questions in our mock, from: Health & Welfare, Mental Health & Wellbeing, Manual Handling, Hazardous Substances (COSHH), Dust, Fumes & Respiratory Risks, Noise & Vibration (HAVS)
  3. CGeneral safety10 questions in our mock, from: PPE (Personal Protective Equipment), Fire Safety & Emergency Procedures, Safety Signs & Signals, Site Transport & Traffic Management, Electrical Safety
  4. DHigh risk activities10 questions in our mock, from: Working at Height, Excavations & Confined Spaces, Buried & Underground Services, Demolition (Specialist), Highway Works (Specialist)
  5. EEnvironment10 questions in our mock, from: Environmental Awareness & Waste

Section names: CITB Managers and Professionals test page, checked October 2026. CITB does not publish how many questions each section carries, so our mock gives each one 10.

What the MAP test asks that the Operatives test does not

The knowledge overlaps heavily, but the framing changes. Operatives questions ask what a hazard looks like and what you personally should do about it. MAP questions ask what you do with authority: who holds which duty under CDM 2015, what you are entitled to stop, and what the law requires you to write down. The commercially convenient answer, carrying on or sorting it later, is reliably the wrong one. To drill that framing, with every answer explained, work through the CSCS Leadership & Management (MAP) questions.

Duty holders, not just hazards

CDM 2015 splits duties between client, principal designer, principal contractor, contractor and worker. Many MAP questions turn on which of those five you are being asked about.

What has to be recorded

The construction phase plan, the health and safety file, the F10 notification, risk assessments where five or more are employed, and demolition arrangements in writing before work begins.

Not role-specific since June 2023

The test was updated so it no longer targets a particular job title. Revise all five sections rather than the one closest to your role.

Leading indicators, not just accidents

HSE’s Plan, Do, Check, Act guidance asks for preventive information such as training progress to carry weight alongside incident data such as accident and sickness absence rates.

Black card mock test: is MAP your test?

Yes, if you are applying for the black Manager card. CSCS requires every applicant for it to pass the CITB Managers and Professionals test, and the same test is required for the Academically and Professionally Qualified Person cards. The timed mock above follows the five MAP sections rather than the Operatives areas, and draws section A from our leadership, CDM and legal duties banks. The qualification the card needs is set out on Black CSCS Card (Manager).

After the MAP mock

Much of the underlying health, safety and environment knowledge overlaps with the Operatives test, so the CSCS mock test for Operatives is useful extra timed practice. Work your weak areas in the CSCS test questions and answers first. The Leadership & Management (MAP) questions and the CDM Regulations questions carry most of the MAP-specific ground. If you supervise rather than manage, check the Supervisory specialist test instead, and confirm which Black CSCS Card (Manager) you are most likely applying for before booking.