Title: Ch. 5.2.3 quiz
Course: Lab Safety > Section: Day 3

Adapted from Laboratory Safety by Hill and Finster, 2010 by Wiley

Q: What class of chemicals is incompatible with azides, cyanides, hydrides, perchlorates, and sulfides?
- Acids
- Bases
- Oxidizing agents
- Reducing agents
A: Acids

Q: What class of chemicals is incompatible with anhydrides, organic nitro compounds, and acids?
- Acids
- Bases
- Oxidizing agents
- Reducing agents
A: Bases

Q: What class of chemicals is incompatible with chromates, peroxides, and permanganates?
- Acids
- Bases
- Oxidizing agents
- Reducing agents
A: Reducing agents

Q: Which of the following is incompatible with hydrides, carbides, and alkali metals? Select all that apply.
- Pyrophorics
- Reducing agents
- Water
- Aqueous solutions
A: Water; Aqueous solutions

Q: Chemicals with large positive reduction potentials can also be described as... (Select all that apply)
- Strong oxidizing agents
- Strong reducing agents
- Easily oxidized
- Easily reduced
A: Strong oxidizing agents; Easily reduced

Q: Chemicals with large negative reduction potentials can also be described as... (Select all that apply.)
- Strong oxidizing agents
- Strong reducing agents
- Easily oxidized
- Easily reduced
A: Strong reducing agents; Easily oxidized

Q: Mixing a concentrated strong acid and a concentrated strong base is dangerous because...
- The reaction between H+ and OH- is very exothermic
- Acid-Base reactions are always dangerous
- When using concentrated solutions, the relative amount of water available to absorb the heat is small
- Both (a) and (b)
- Both (a) and (c)
- Bothe (b) and (c)
A: Both (a) and (c)

Q: Why are perchlorate salts unusually hazardous?
- They are toxic and volatile
- Some are shock-sensitive
- They are strong bases
- They are water-reactive
A: Some are shock-sensitive