Title: Ch. 7.1.1 Safety Quiz
Course: Lab Safety > Section: Day 5

Based on the section 7.1.1 Managing Risk - Making Decisions about Safety from the book Laboratory Safety for Chemistry Students by Hill and Finster, 2010 John Wiley and Sons

Q: The process of risk assessment is
- highly quantified, with low uncertainty, with regard to toxicology data
- highly quantified, with low uncertainty, with regard to exposure measurements
- Fraught with uncertainty in many situations
- both (a) and (b)
A: Fraught with uncertainty in many situations

Q: Risk management
- can involve quantitative calculations of how much risk to accept
- can involve crude estimates of how much risk to accept
- should follow some process of risk assessment
- all of the above
A: should follow some process of risk assessment

Q: In general, people tend to
- accept about the same level of risk
- differ widely with regard to the level of risk they are willing to accept
- access risk in the same fashion
- none of the above
A: differ widely with regard to the level of risk they are willing to accept

Q: American governance has generally
- avoided the complicated task of risk assessment and mangement
- avoided establishing laws about risk management since not everyone agrees how to do this
- set laws based on a single philosophy about risk managment
- established different kinds of laws related to risk management that are situation dependent
A: established different kinds of laws related to risk management that are situation dependent

Q: "Zero-based" laws are
- fairly uncommon
- based on the notion that we should balance risks and benefits
- based on the notion that we should balance costs and benefits
- based on the concept of a de minimus criterion for assessing risk level
A: fairly uncommon

Q: The SWDA, TSDA, and FIFRA are examples of
- zero-based laws
- balancing laws
- technology-based laws
- a combination of (a) and (b)
A: balancing laws

Q: Technology-based laws can change over time since
- "action levels" will change as better toxicology risks are identified
- the degree to which a particular technology can minimize exposure might improve over time
- the goal is to always be as close to a "zero-based" law as possible
- the balance between risk and benefit will change depending on what political party is in legislative control
A: the degree to which a particular technology can minimize exposure might improve over time

Q: When scientists are working in labs, the process of risk management most closely resembles
- a "zero-based" approach to taking risks in labs
- a "balancing" approach to taking risks in labs
- a "technology-based" approach to taking risks in labs
- a combination of (a) and (b)
A: a combination of (a) and (b)

Q: With regard to risk assessment and risk management in a laboratory, scientists
- make judgments based on their eduation
- make judgments based on the local safety and management culture of an organization
- tend to all generally perform these tasks in the same way
- both (a) and (b)
A: make judgments based on their eduation

Q: Incidents in the laboratory can be virtually eliminated if
- scientists take only known risks
- scientists eliminate all possible hazards in a laboratory while still performing necessary experiments
- risk assessment and risk management processes are carefully considered in all activities in the laboratory
- scientists take only unknown risks
A: risk assessment and risk management processes are carefully considered in all activities in the laboratory