Personal protective equipment only protects people who wear the right item, correctly, every time. These quizzes help you check that in a few minutes at the end of a briefing.
Updated 30 October 2026
Play them live, on the free plan too: participants answer from their phones with a code, no app needed. Each page shows the questions and options; the correct answer is revealed during the game.
Personal protective equipment at work: when it is used, who pays, fit testing, matching PPE to hazards, checks and care. Free quiz with instant feedback and a short explanation for every answer. General good practice, not tied to any one country's law; where a rule is UK-specific we say so. It supports, but does not replace, your employer's training and risk assessment.
PPE is the last line of defence. The hierarchy of controls puts it after elimination, substitution, engineering controls and safe systems of work, so a good quiz starts there: PPE is used for the risk that remains once everything else has been done. In Great Britain, the Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992 require employers to provide suitable PPE free of charge, and workers to use it as instructed and report any loss or defect.
Training normally covers:
The best PPE questions are practical: a dust mask is not a respirator; hearing protection has to be worn all the time in a noisy area to work; gloves that are right for chemicals may be wrong near rotating machinery; a hard hat that has taken a heavy blow should be replaced even if it looks fine. Pictures of safety signs (blue mandatory signs such as «Eye protection must be worn») also make good questions.
Project the quiz, let people join from their phones with a code, and talk through each answer as it appears. Keep a few real items of PPE at hand to show while you discuss. If you need evidence of understanding, run it in Test mode (Formatore plan): named answers, a pass mark and a downloadable record.
Use these quizzes in your courses: team review games during the sessions, then a final test from the phone with named answers, a 70% pass mark and a report for the course file. With the Formatore plan you can also copy and edit the ready-made tests.
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Last. It is used for the risk that remains after elimination, substitution, engineering controls and safe systems of work.
In Great Britain the employer must provide PPE free of charge when it is needed. Other countries have similar rules: check your local regulations.
Whenever the equipment, the job or the risks change, and as a refresher when checks show it is not being used correctly. A short quiz is a quick way to find out.