The SMSTS Refresher exam at a glance
Our mock test is built to match the official CITB SMSTS Refresher assessment.
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What is the SMSTS Refresher mock test?
The SMSTS Refresher is the one-day course that keeps your Site Management Safety Training Scheme certificate valid. If you are a site manager, project manager or contracts manager, you must renew before your certificate reaches its five-year expiry — miss that window and you face sitting the full five-day SMSTS again. This free mock test helps you walk into the refresher assessment confident and up to date.
Our practice test mirrors the format of the official assessment: 25 multiple-choice questions, a 35-minute time limit and an 81% pass mark, meaning around 21 correct answers. It concentrates on what has changed since your last course — new health and safety legislation, updated HSE guidance and CDM 2015 — so you can spot gaps in your knowledge and revise them well before the real thing.
What the SMSTS Refresher mock test covers
Legislation and HSE updates
The health and safety law changes and revised HSE guidance introduced since your original SMSTS, and what they mean for day-to-day site management.
CDM 2015 refresher
A recap of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 — duty-holder roles, the construction phase plan and coordinating safe delivery on site.
Risk management and planning
Updated approaches to risk assessment, method statements and construction phase planning, keeping your control measures aligned with current best practice.
Your continuing legal duties
The ongoing responsibilities a site manager carries under health and safety law, and how to demonstrate compliance and due diligence in your role.
Behavioural and leadership safety
How managers shape a positive safety culture through visible leadership, worker engagement and influencing behaviour, not just enforcing rules and procedures.
Why renewal before expiry matters
The consequences of letting your certificate lapse, and why renewing within the five-year window avoids re-sitting the full five-day SMSTS course.
Why practise with our SMSTS Refresher mock test?
Renew with confidence
Walk into your refresher assessment knowing you have already practised the format and can recall the current legislation and guidance under time pressure.
Completely free
No registration, no card details and no trial period — just open the test and start practising as many times as you need.
Matches the real format
Same 25-question structure, 35-minute limit and 81% pass mark as the official assessment, so there are no surprises on the day.
Instant results by email
Finish the test and your score and answers arrive by email straight away, so you can see exactly which topics need more revision.
How to pass your SMSTS Refresher exam first time
- Time yourself against the clock — with 25 questions in 35 minutes you have a little under 90 seconds each, so keep a steady pace and don't dwell too long on any one question.
- Aim to beat the 81% pass mark comfortably; treat anything below 21 out of 25 as a signal to revise more before you sit the official refresher.
- Focus your revision on what has changed since your last SMSTS — new legislation and updated HSE guidance are where experienced managers most often slip up.
- Read each question fully before answering; refresher questions often hinge on a single word about duties, roles or current CDM 2015 requirements.
- Retake the test until you can pass it consistently, then use your emailed results to pinpoint the topics that still catch you out.
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SMSTS Refresher mock test FAQs
Yes — it is completely free, with no registration, no card details and no trial. We fund the platform through selected training partners, so you can practise the SMSTS Refresher test as many times as you like at no cost.
Each SMSTS Refresher mock test has 25 multiple-choice questions, matching the number you will answer in the official refresher assessment.
The pass mark is 81%, which works out at roughly 21 correct answers out of 25. We would encourage you to aim higher so you have a comfortable margin on the day.
You have 35 minutes to answer the 25 questions, the same time limit as the official assessment. That gives you a little under 90 seconds per question.
No. Live CITB questions cannot be published, so ours are written by trainers to match the official SMSTS Refresher syllabus, style and difficulty. They prepare you well without being copies of the real paper.
No. This is practice only. To renew your certificate you must attend the official CITB SMSTS Refresher course and pass its assessment. Our test simply helps you prepare with confidence.
Sit it under timed conditions, review the answers you got wrong, then revise those topics — especially recent legislation and CDM 2015 changes — and retake it until you pass comfortably every time.
Yes, as often as you like. There are five separate tests with no overlapping questions, and the answer options are shuffled each time, so you keep practising properly rather than memorising a fixed order.
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