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Free First aid mock test
Twenty questions in 30 minutes on the role of the first aider, the primary survey, CPR and the defibrillator, the recovery position, choking, bleeding, shock, seizures and minor injuries.
The Emergency First Aid at Work award is assessed mainly by your trainer watching you do CPR, the recovery position and the other skills. Centres use a short written or spoken check of knowledge alongside that, and this test is our own practice version of it rather than a copy of any centre's paper.
Each attempt picks a new set of questions from a bank of 44, so you can practise as often as you like.
A first aider gives immediate care, calls for help and supports the casualty. Prescribing or choosing medicines is for healthcare professionals.
Clean the skin, grip the splinter close to the skin with clean tweezers and pull it out along the line it went in, then clean and cover the area. If it is deep, over a joint or will not come out, seek medical advice.
Dry the chest so the pads stick and the shock is effective, and move the casualty clear of standing water. The AED can then be used as normal.
If the casualty can cough and speak, the airway is only partly blocked. A strong cough is the most effective way to clear it, so encourage it and watch closely.
Once the date has passed the packaging can no longer be relied on to keep the dressing sterile. Replace them and report the kit so it is checked and restocked.
Turn the AED on as soon as it arrives. It talks you through every step. Expose the chest, attach the pads and keep compressions going while this is done if possible.
The question bank has 44 questions across these topics. Every attempt mixes them at random.
The Emergency First Aid at Work award is one day, and the knowledge it checks is practical: what a first aider is for and the limits of the role, how to avoid passing on infection, how to assess a scene and a casualty with the primary survey, when and how to start CPR, how a defibrillator is used, when to use the recovery position, how to clear a choking adult, how to control bleeding and recognise shock, what to do during a seizure, and how to deal with the small injuries that make up most of a first aider's work.
For most learners the first aid day is the first day of their SIA course, and the practical assessment follows that afternoon. Knowing the sequence before you arrive, especially the primary survey and the CPR numbers, means you can spend the day on the hands on practice rather than the theory.
Twenty questions takes ten minutes. Run it in practice mode the evening before your course, and again after, and the numbers will stick.
The assessment is mostly practical. Your trainer watches you carry out CPR, use the defibrillator trainer, put someone in the recovery position and deal with choking and bleeding. Most centres also check your knowledge with a short set of questions, which this test prepares you for.
Since 2021 the SIA has required a valid Emergency First Aid at Work certificate, or equivalent, before you can take a Door Supervisor or Security Guard course, and since April 2025 before a refresher as well. Our SIA courses include the first aid day.
Three years. For an SIA course the certificate needs at least 12 months left to run on the day the course starts.
Thirty chest compressions then two rescue breaths, repeated. Compress the centre of the chest 5 to 6 centimetres deep at 100 to 120 compressions a minute, and send someone for a defibrillator as soon as you can.
Questions last checked: 20 October 2026. These are practice questions written for London SIA Course, not the official exam papers.
Practise with our free mock tests until you pass comfortably, then book your course.