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How many questions are in the CSCS test?

There are 50, and you have 45 minutes to answer them. In all three versions of the Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) test, the number of questions and the time are the same. It’s really the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) health, safety and environment (HS&E) test, which CSCS asks for before you apply for a card.

  • 90%Pass mark in every version
  • 14Voiceover languages for Operatives
  • EnglishOn screen, whatever the voiceover
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Updated November 2026 · Written from official sources, listed at the bottom of this page

How many questions in the CSCS test do you need right?

It’s 90% in each version: at least 45 of the 50 questions right. CITB gives the same rule on its Operatives, Specialist, and Managers and Professionals pages. Its HS&E test pages don’t give a pass rate.

What the test looks like on screen

You answer on a screen at the test centre. From January 2018, CSCS said, the test added two question styles: multiple choice with images, and drag and drop with text.

CITB’s demo test, linked from its Operatives and Specialist pages, previews the look of the test and its question styles. It isn’t scored, and CITB says to use it as part of your revision, not on its own.

Visit CITB’s Operatives page ↗

Voiceovers and sign language

For the Operatives test, CITB lists voiceovers that let you hear the questions and answers in your chosen language, while the screen stays in English. You choose one when you book online, from these 14 languages:

  • English
  • Welsh
  • Bulgarian
  • Czech
  • French
  • German
  • Hungarian
  • Lithuanian
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Punjabi
  • Romanian
  • Russian
  • Spanish

A British Sign Language (BSL) video is booked the same way: a recording of a signer that plays on screen during the test.

A translator, a reader or other help

For these, contact CITB’s Adjustments team at citb.adjustments@pearson.com. Someone appointed by CITB then comes to the centre with you:

  • A translator, if there’s no voiceover in your language
  • A reader, who reads the questions and answers to you exactly as they appear on screen
  • A reader-recorder, who reads them to you and records your answers as you give them

With any of the three, you get a separate room at the test centre and extra time. CITB says waits for a test date may be longer while it finds the right person. CITB offers these adjustments for tests at a Pearson Professional Centre, and it says you don’t have to have a disability to ask.

Read CITB’s support page ↗
Sources: CITB · CSCS and 4 more. Checked November 2026.

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