Title: Ch. 3.2.1 Safety Quiz
Course: Lab Safety > Section: Day 2

Adapted from Laboratory Safety for Chemistry Students by Hill and Finster, 2010 by Wiley

Q: The GHS
- Is a system for classifying and labeling hazardous chemicals so that all countries classify and label chemicals in the same way
- Was adopted by the United Nations in 2003 after initially being designed in 1992
- Allows participating countries to sell and buy chemicals across their borders with confidence that the hazardous chemicals are identified and labeled in the same way
- All of the above
A: All of the above

Q: The GHS labels will use
- Chemical pictograms only since language barriers prevent the use of words
- "Signal Words" that will be understood regardless of what language is used
- Chemical pictograms and signal words
- Chemical pictograms, signal words, and hazard statements
A: Chemical pictograms, signal words, and hazard statements

Q: The GHS is
- Simple and uses consistent rating systems for various hazards
- Simple but uses inconsistent rating systems for various hazards
- Complicated but uses consistent rating systems for various hazards
- Complicated and uses inconsistent rating systems for various hazards
A: Complicated and uses inconsistent rating systems for various hazards

Q: What are the main categories of hazards used in the GHS?
- Physical and health
- Human and environmental
- Physical, human, and environmental
- Physical, health, and environmental
A: Physical, health, and environmental

Q: The rating systems used by the NFPA and the GHS for flammable liquids and solids are
- Identical
- Very similar
- The "reverse" of each other
- Similar, except the NFPA uses Arabic numbers and the GHS uses Roman numerals
A: The "reverse" of each other

Q: The original and the now-expected adoption dates for the GHS are
- 2003 and 2008
- 2003 and 2015
- 2008 and 2015
- 2008 and uncertain
A: 2008 and 2015

Q: What United States agencies are involved in the implimentation of the GHS?
- EPA, DOT, OSHA
- EPA, DOT, CPSC
- EPA, OSHA, CPSC
- EPA, DOT, OSHA, CPSC
A: EPA, DOT, OSHA, CPSC

Q: The GHS will use
- MSDS-like documents
- Labels
- 29 pictograms
- All of the above
A: All of the above