LABORATORY SAFETY QUIZ
Bakersfield College
Name: ____________________________________
Class: _____________________Section: _____________Date: ____________
1. When should safety goggles be worn?
2. How many fire extinguishers are there in the lab and where are they?
3. How do you use a fire extinguisher?
4. What are the limits of what you can do in the lab?
5. How should you point a test tube you are heating?
6. What do you do when you spill a chemical on the desktop or floor?
7. What type of accidents should you report?
8. What should you do or not do with excess chemical reagents?
9. What can you put in reagent bottles or containers?
10. Is contamination a problem in the lab? How?
11. Where do you go to evacuate the building?
12. What kind of clothing or hairstyles are not suitable to lab work and why?
13. What can you put in your mouth while working in the laboratory?
14. How would you get help or report an emergency if the instructor cannot.
15. How to mix acids and water?
16. If you get a chemical in your eyes, how long do you wash them?
17. If you get any chemical on you, what is the best thing to do right away?
18. How would you find out what an unknown chemical is in an unmarked beaker?
19. What do you do if the room fills with an obnoxious or hazardous vapor?
20. What is the most dangerous thing you can do with a burner?