120 Questions That Could Save Your Life Laboratory Safety Quiz

120 Questions That Could Save Your Life

Introduction (7)
Section 1. Your Responsibilities (24)
Section 2. Chemical Hazards (48)
Section 3. Recommended Laboratory Techniques (19)
Section 4. Safety Equipment and Emergency Procedures (22)
This laboratory safety quiz is based on material in the American Chemical Society pamphlet Safety in Academic Chemistry Laboratories, Vol. 1.

You can take this quiz in any order. Select a section from the list or a question from the number block. You don't necessarily have to know the answer to a question -- the idea is to learn as you go. But if you are serious about safety, then you should read the ACS pamphlet carefully, and your overall goal should be to get the questions right on the FIRST try and achieve 100% in all sections. If you get a question wrong, you will be asked it again. If you get it right on the FIRST try, you get a green check and it counts 1 point toward your score; if you get it wrong, think a bit and try another answer. You can still get half a point.

If you can get 100% in 15 minutes, then consider yourself a an expert. But don't let it go to your head.

If you get a lot of yellow checks, you're still learning. Consider taking another look at Safety in Academic Chemistry Laboratories and trying again.

Note to CHOs: It is absolutely trivial to modify this quiz to your own specifications. Just ask me, and I will send you the code, the images, and the simple Excel file that contains the questions.

(preliminary version 3/18/05 feeback: Bob Hanson)