PHSC Lab Safety | 50 Questions and Answers 2023/2024
1) OSHA was created under the department of labor to: (select all that apply)
a. Establish independent responsibilities and rights for all
b. Reduce workplace hazards
c. Provide research
d. Protect the environment - B reduce workplace hazards
C Provide Research
2) OSHA is also known as
a. William Stagner Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
b. William-Steiger Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
c. William-Steiger Occasional Safety and Health Act of 1970
d. William Steerger Occupational Safety and Health Act and 1970 - B William-Steiger Occupational Safety
and Health Act of 1970
3) Employers Rights and Responsibilities : (select all that apply)
a. Examine workplace conditions and comply with applicable standards
b. Warn employees of potential hazards
c. Read the OSHA poster
d. Report hazardous conditions to OSHA - ABD
4) Employee Rights and Responsibilities: (select all that apply)
a. Wear or use required safety gear/equipment
b. Keep OSHA records
c. Follow safe work practices
d. Expect Health and Safety on the job without reprisal - ACD
,5) OSHA penalties that finds the employer knows that a problem exists and makes no attempt to correct
it, would be known as
a. Failure to abate violation
b. Other-than- serious violation
c. Willful violation
d. Serious violation - C Willful Violation
6) A repeated OSHA violation could cost the employer
a. $70,000
b. $7,000
c. $1,000
d. 3 years in jail - A 70,000
7) The ventilation type defined as controlling contaminants at the source before mixing with
breathing air is
a. General ventilation
b. Dilution ventilation
c. Local ventilation
d. Specific ventilation - C Local Ventilation
8) The OSHA final PPE rule states that
a. Employers must pay for PPE
b. Employers must pay for PPE and everyday clothing
c. Employers must pay for everyday clothing and hair nets
d. Employees must pay for PPE - A Employers must pay for PPE
9) Eye and face protection is required by 29 CFR 1910.133
a. Only when working with chemicals
b. In the presence of molten metal, light radiation and chemical gases
,c. Only when comfortable
d. Only if contacts cannot be safely worn - B In the Presence of molten metal, light radiation and
chemical gases
10) The inherent risks of wearing contacts include all of the following except
a. They are difficult to remove if chemicals get in the eye
b. They prevent natural eye fluids from removing contaminants
c. They promote eye infections
d. They may absorb chemical vapors - C They promote eye infection
11) A respirator that fully encloses the entire head would be known as
a. Disposable respirator
b. Tight fitting full face respirator
c. Powered air purifying respirator
d. Tight fitting half face respirator - C powered air purifying respirator
The following 2 questions refer to this label for Acetone
12) The pictograms in the label are
a. Flammables and Skin/Eye corrosion
b. Oxidizers and Gases under pressure
c. Oxidizers and Carcinogens
d. Flammables and Skin/eye irritation
13) In the label, " Danger!" would be considered the
a. Hazard statement
b. Product identifier
c. Signal word
d. Precautionary statement - D Flammables and Skin/eye irritation
C Signal word
, 14) OSHA laboratory standard applies to:
a. All individuals engaged in the lab use of hazardous chemicals
b. All individuals engaged in the use of chemicals outside a defined lab
c. All individuals engaged in lab use of chemicals without a potential for exposure
d. All individuals engaged in the use of cleaning supplies - A all individuals engaged in the lab use of
hazardous chemicals
15) OSHA chemical hygiene plan includes (select all that apply)
a. Permissible exposure limits
b. Safe removal of contaminated wastes
c. Specifications for emergency spills
d. Annual review and worker training - A,B,D
16) It has been noted that multiple OSHA standards may be applied to the laboratory. All the following
apply except:
a. Bloodborne Pathogen standard
b. Control of Hazardous Energy standard
c. Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide standard
d. Hazard Communication standard - C insecticide, fungicide and rodenticide standard
17) The section of a SDS one would find allergic reactions would be
a. Stability and Reactivity
b. Handling and storage
c. Hazard identification
d. Toxicological Information - D toxicological information
18) The section of the SDS one would find spills and their clean up would be
a. Identification
b. Exposure controls
1) OSHA was created under the department of labor to: (select all that apply)
a. Establish independent responsibilities and rights for all
b. Reduce workplace hazards
c. Provide research
d. Protect the environment - B reduce workplace hazards
C Provide Research
2) OSHA is also known as
a. William Stagner Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
b. William-Steiger Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
c. William-Steiger Occasional Safety and Health Act of 1970
d. William Steerger Occupational Safety and Health Act and 1970 - B William-Steiger Occupational Safety
and Health Act of 1970
3) Employers Rights and Responsibilities : (select all that apply)
a. Examine workplace conditions and comply with applicable standards
b. Warn employees of potential hazards
c. Read the OSHA poster
d. Report hazardous conditions to OSHA - ABD
4) Employee Rights and Responsibilities: (select all that apply)
a. Wear or use required safety gear/equipment
b. Keep OSHA records
c. Follow safe work practices
d. Expect Health and Safety on the job without reprisal - ACD
,5) OSHA penalties that finds the employer knows that a problem exists and makes no attempt to correct
it, would be known as
a. Failure to abate violation
b. Other-than- serious violation
c. Willful violation
d. Serious violation - C Willful Violation
6) A repeated OSHA violation could cost the employer
a. $70,000
b. $7,000
c. $1,000
d. 3 years in jail - A 70,000
7) The ventilation type defined as controlling contaminants at the source before mixing with
breathing air is
a. General ventilation
b. Dilution ventilation
c. Local ventilation
d. Specific ventilation - C Local Ventilation
8) The OSHA final PPE rule states that
a. Employers must pay for PPE
b. Employers must pay for PPE and everyday clothing
c. Employers must pay for everyday clothing and hair nets
d. Employees must pay for PPE - A Employers must pay for PPE
9) Eye and face protection is required by 29 CFR 1910.133
a. Only when working with chemicals
b. In the presence of molten metal, light radiation and chemical gases
,c. Only when comfortable
d. Only if contacts cannot be safely worn - B In the Presence of molten metal, light radiation and
chemical gases
10) The inherent risks of wearing contacts include all of the following except
a. They are difficult to remove if chemicals get in the eye
b. They prevent natural eye fluids from removing contaminants
c. They promote eye infections
d. They may absorb chemical vapors - C They promote eye infection
11) A respirator that fully encloses the entire head would be known as
a. Disposable respirator
b. Tight fitting full face respirator
c. Powered air purifying respirator
d. Tight fitting half face respirator - C powered air purifying respirator
The following 2 questions refer to this label for Acetone
12) The pictograms in the label are
a. Flammables and Skin/Eye corrosion
b. Oxidizers and Gases under pressure
c. Oxidizers and Carcinogens
d. Flammables and Skin/eye irritation
13) In the label, " Danger!" would be considered the
a. Hazard statement
b. Product identifier
c. Signal word
d. Precautionary statement - D Flammables and Skin/eye irritation
C Signal word
, 14) OSHA laboratory standard applies to:
a. All individuals engaged in the lab use of hazardous chemicals
b. All individuals engaged in the use of chemicals outside a defined lab
c. All individuals engaged in lab use of chemicals without a potential for exposure
d. All individuals engaged in the use of cleaning supplies - A all individuals engaged in the lab use of
hazardous chemicals
15) OSHA chemical hygiene plan includes (select all that apply)
a. Permissible exposure limits
b. Safe removal of contaminated wastes
c. Specifications for emergency spills
d. Annual review and worker training - A,B,D
16) It has been noted that multiple OSHA standards may be applied to the laboratory. All the following
apply except:
a. Bloodborne Pathogen standard
b. Control of Hazardous Energy standard
c. Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide standard
d. Hazard Communication standard - C insecticide, fungicide and rodenticide standard
17) The section of a SDS one would find allergic reactions would be
a. Stability and Reactivity
b. Handling and storage
c. Hazard identification
d. Toxicological Information - D toxicological information
18) The section of the SDS one would find spills and their clean up would be
a. Identification
b. Exposure controls
