Title: Ch. 3.1.3 Safety Quiz
Course: Lab Safety > Section: Day 2

Bases on the section 3.1.3 Finding Hazard Information: Material Safety Data Sheets in the book Laboratory Safety for Chemistry Students by Hill and Finster, 2010 John Wiley and Sons

Q: What fraction of the known chemicals have been tested for toxicity?
- almost none
- less than 0.1%
- about 25%
- about 65%
A: less than 0.1%

Q: What fraction of the chemicals that you will use in under-graduate chemistry lab will have some safety information associated with them?
- almost none
- a tiny fraction
- about half
- most of them
A: most of them

Q: An (M)SDS is a document that
- is required to be provided with a chemical when purchased from a chemical supply company
- has a wide range of safety information in a (mostly) standardized format
- is not legally required to be accurate
- All of the above
A: All of the above

Q: (M)SDSs are commonly used by chemists because
- they are easily accessible
- they represent the most reliable information about chemicals
- they contain safety information in "common language" that chemists with no safety training can understand
- all chemists have had training on how to read SDSs
A: they are easily accessible

Q: When using sn SDS, the most important first step is to make sure that the SDS
- is in the "standard format"
- refers to the chemical you are using
- has been approved by OSHA
- All of the above
A: refers to the chemical you are using

Q: Hazard information about a particular chemical that is listed on SDSs from various sources
- will always be identical, using standardized language
- may vary
- may be listed in different order, but will always be identical
- is rarely consistent
A: may vary

Q: Safety information on SDSs is usually
- specific enough to be of use to chemists
- written mostly for "industrial" or manufacturing situations more than for chemists in research labs
- written mostly for chemists in research labs more than for "industrial" or manufacturing situations
- written to be useful for chemists, emergency responders, and physicians
A: written mostly for "industrial" or manufacturing situations more than for chemists in research labs