Lab Safety Quiz

Is it good practice to wear contact lenses in a lab environment? What should you do if you accidentally wear your contacts on a lab day?

• Yes, contacts will protect your eyes from hazardous chemicals if your safety goggles fails.

• No, if you accidentally wear your safety goggles you should not tell your teacher because they will get mad and yell at you.

• Yes, if you don't have your contact, you will not be able to read the directions for the lab.

• No, if you accidentally wear your contact lenses to a lab you should tell your teacher and they will figure out the best thing for you to do.

If you do not understand or forgot the directions or procedures of the lab, what should you do?

• Give up and don't even attempt the lab. You should have listened the first time.

• Ask the teacher to clarify the instructions.

• Attempt the Lab to the best of your ability.

• Cry.

What should you do with any chemical waste or materials left after completion of a lab?

• Leave it for your teacher to clean up.

• Pour all the liquids down the sink and throw the solids in the trash.

• Refer to your Lab manual or ask your teacher to find the proper way to dispose of each material.

• Burn it all in the class's incinerator.

Imagine that you just cut your hand during a lab experiment. It is small and there is only a little blood, what should you do?

• Just ignore it, you will be fine.

• Get a bandage.

• Cry.

• Inform your teacher.

You are getting glassware for your group, what three things should you look out for when selecting your glassware?

• Get the shiniest, newest and prettiest glassware.

• Inspect the Glassware for chips, cracks and make sure they are clean.

• Make sure your glassware knows how to stop, drop and roll.

• Inspect glassware to make sure that it is big enough to fit all your materials in at the same time.

Imagine you are doing a lab which requires safety goggles, but you already wear prescription eyeglasses. What should you do?

• Inform your instructor, they will make sure you have goggles that will fit over your regular glasses.

• Take of your prescription glasses and put the safety goggles on instead.

• Nothing, your glasses do the same thing as safety goggles.

• Just wear your safety goggles on your forehead, that counts as on.

Long hair can be considered a Hazard in the lab and should always be worn tied back. What type of clothing can also considered hazardous in a lab environment?

• a Lab coat

• Loose clothing

• Dangling jewelry like a long chain or long earrings

• All answers except lab coat

• Sandals and Flip-flops

When is horseplay and practical jokes appropriate in a lab environment?

• When the teacher is not looking.

• Never.

• If your lab assignment is to dissect a horse.

• If the lab you're doing isn't very dangerous.

What should you do with hot glassware and other equipment that may be hot, when you are done using it?

• Set it off to the side to cool slowly.

• Dunk it in ice-water.

• Hold it in your bare hands until it's cool enough to put down.

• Tell it to chill.

All chemicals and specimens in the lab are _____________. How should you handle them?

• usually just water; No need to handle that carefully

• created equal; Handle them equally

• to be considered dangerous; Handle them with care

• to be considered dangerous; Handle them with your hands