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1. Your employer purchases hazardous material
for use in the work environment. By law your
employer must:
A. Write a safety data sheet (SDS)
B. Obtain a SDS from the manufacturer or
distributor.
C. Test the material to find out if it is
dangerous.
D. Notify the emergency response team.
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1. Your employer purchases hazardous material
for use in the work environment. By law your
employer must:
An SDS should be shipped with all
materials. If this is not done, a Safety Data
Sheet should be requested from the
manufacturer or retrieved on line. The
correct answer is B.
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2 – Chemicals that can cause fire, explosions or
some other violent reaction when they come in
contact with air, water or other chemicals are
known as:
A. Health hazard chemicals
B. Environmental hazard chemicals
C. Physical hazard chemicals
D. Storage hazard chemicals
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2 - Chemicals that can cause fire, explosions or
some other violent reaction when they come in
contact with air, water or other chemicals are
known as:
C. Physical hazard chemicals
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3. The Hazard Communication Standard
(1910.1200) mandates that your employer must
comply with which regulatory requirements:
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A. Chemical inventory
B. Safety data sheets
C. Labeling.
D. Employee training
E. Written program
F. All of the above.
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3. The Hazard Communication Standard
(1910.1200) mandates that your employer must
comply with all five regulatory requirements:
Chemical inventory
Safety data sheets
Labeling
Employee training
Written program.
• F. All of the above.
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4. The Globally Harmonized System was
incorporated in to the OSHA Hazard
Communication Standard (1910.1200) to provide:
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A. Hazard classification for chemicals.
B. A common safety data sheet.
C. Common labeling system requirements.
D. Employee retraining.
E. All of the above.
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4. The Globally Harmonized System was
incorporated in to the OSHA Hazard
Communication Standard (1910.1200) to provide:
• E. All of the above.
All five provisions.
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5. The OSHA Hazard Communication training
requirements are applicable:
• A. To all employees.
• B. Only to employees exposed to hazardous
materials.
• C. To exposed employees under normal
operating conditions or potentially exposed
employees under foreseeable emergencies.
• D. To long term but not temporary employees.
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5. The OSHA Hazard Communication training
requirements are applicable:
• C. To exposed employees under normal
operating conditions or potentially exposed
employees under foreseeable emergencies.
These requirements ensure that all exposed and
potentially exposed employees receive
information about all chemical hazards in the
workplace and that employees are prepared to
deal with emergencies.
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6. This label alerts you to what kind of hazards:
A. Flammables
B. Explosives
C. Oxidizers
D. Acutely toxic
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6. This label alerts you to what kind of hazards:
A. Flammables
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7. When cleaning a bathroom fixture, people
sometimes mix ammonia cleaner with household
bleach. This produces:
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A. Discolored porcelain.
B. Corroded and discolored porcelain
C. A dangerous gas
D. An explosion
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7. When cleaning a bathroom fixture, people
sometimes mix ammonia cleaner with household
bleach. This produces:
• C. A dangerous gas
• Combining ammonia with bleach may
result in a dangerous gas mixture called
chloramines.
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8. This label alerts you to what kind of hazards:
A. Flammables
B. Explosives
C. Corrosive
D. Acutely toxic
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8. This label alerts you to what kind of hazards:
C. Corrosive
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9. The OSHA Hazard Communication Standard
requires your employer to:
• A. Train you every time a new substance comes
in to the plant, even if you are not exposed.
• B. Notify your physician before you work with a
hazardous substance.
• C. Train you when a new chemical representing
a new type of hazard enters your work area.
• D. Post a current list of hazards in the
workplace.
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9. The OSHA Hazard Communication Standard
requires your employer to:
• C. Train you when a new chemical representing
a new type of hazard enters your work area.
• All employees must be retrained as new
hazards, not just chemicals and substances,
enter the work area. Non exposure does not
require training, and physicians are not required
to be notified. Posting is not required
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10. Your "Right to Know" means you can expect
your employer to:
• A. Provide you with information and training
about the possible hazards in your workplace.
• B. Provide access to monitoring equipment.
• C. Provide you with trade secret information
regarding the chemicals you work with.
• D. Inform you of previous hazards in the
workplace.
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10. Your "Right to Know" means you can expect
your employer to:
• A. Provide you with information and training
about the possible hazards in your workplace.
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11. This label alerts you to what kind of
hazards:
A. Flammables
B. Explosives
C. Corrosive
D. Acutely toxic
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11. This label alerts you to what kind of
hazards:
B. Explosives
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12. Under the Hazard Communication Standard,
employees have the following responsibilities:
• A. Learn about the hazards of the chemicals that
you work with.
• B. Find and review the SDSs for the chemicals
you will be using.
• C. Read the container label each time you use
that chemical.
• D. Stay awake during hazcom training.
• E. All of the above.
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12. Under the Hazard Communication Standard,
employees have the following responsibilities:
• E. All of the above.
• The Hazard Communication Standard does not
state specific responsibilities of employees.
However, the OSHA Act of 1970 requires
employees to comply with all occupational
health and safety rules and regulations.
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13. This label alerts you to what kind of
hazards:
A. Flammables
B. Explosives
C. Health hazards
D. Acutely toxic
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13. This label alerts you to what kind of
hazards:
C. Health hazards
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14. You wear protective equipment when you work
around hazardous materials because:
• A. It will keep the materials
uncontaminated.
• B. It minimizes the hazards to you and
possible others.
• C. It minimizes their harmful effects.
• D. The materials may detonate.
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14. You wear protective equipment when you work
around hazardous materials because:
• B. It minimizes the hazards to you and
possible others.
Protective equipment is for your protection
and does not alter the hazardous
chemicals or substances in any way.
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15. This label alerts you to what kind of
hazards:
A. Flammables
B. Explosives
C. Irritants &
sensitizers
D. Acutely toxic
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15. This label alerts you to what kind of
hazards:
C. Irritants & sensitizers
& chemicals that are
acutely toxic, narcotic
or hazardous to the
ozone layer
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16. When filling your vehicle with gasoline, a vapor
is emitted that contains the following carcinogen:
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A. Trichloroethane
B. Benzene
C. Toluene
D. Isopropyl alcohol
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16. When filling your vehicle with gasoline, a vapor
is emitted that contains the following carcinogen:
• B. Benzene
Benzene can cause leukemia.
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17. The Hazard Communication Standard requires
your employer to implement a labeling program.
Indicate which of the following does NOT
represent requirements of the program:
• A. Incoming chemical products must be checked
for labeling.
• B. You must be informed of the labeling
program.
• C. The written Hazard Communication Program
must describe the workplace labeling program.
• D. All labels must be written in the predominant
language of the exposed employee.
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17. The Hazard Communication Standard requires
your employer to implement a labeling program.
Indicate which of the following does NOT
represent requirements of the program:
• D. All labels must be written in the predominant
language of the exposed employee.
The Hazard Communication Standard requires
that all labels be written in ENGLISH. However,
the employer must do everything necessary to
ensure that all of its employees understand.
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18. All labels alert the user to the possible degree
of hazard a substance may represent. Which
sequence describes the lowest to the highest risk
sequence of the hazard:
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A. Caution - Danger
B. Warning - Danger
C. Caution – Warning - Danger
D. Warning – Caution - Danger
E. Warning - Danger - Dead
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18. All labels alert the user to the possible degree
of hazard a substance may represent. Which
sequence describes the lowest to the highest risk
sequence of the hazard:
• B. Warning - Danger
Warning indicates the lowest risk.
Danger the highest.
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19. This label alerts you to what kind of
hazards:
A. Flammables
B. Explosives
C. Irritants &
sensitizers
D. Acutely toxic
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19. This label alerts you to what kind of
hazards:
D. Acutely toxic
This “stuff” will kill you !
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20. Your company receives a chemical product in
bulk. You transfer a small amount to an unlabeled
container to use for a few days. The Hazard
Communication Standard requires that:
• A. A label be created to identify the chemical
and its health and physical hazards.
• B. A Safety Data sheet be attached.
• C. No action be taken.
• D. The container be secured after work hours so
that no others are exposed to unlabeled
chemicals.
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20. Your company receives a chemical product in
bulk. You transfer a small amount to an unlabeled
container to use for a few days. The Hazard
Communication Standard requires that:
• A. A label be created to identify the chemical
and its health and physical hazards.
The Hazard Communication Standard requires
that a temporary container be labeled unless the
contents are to be used during the work shift by
a single operator.
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21. A manufacturer of a chemical product is
required to release trade secret information (list
ingredients) when:
• A. Their product is involved in a life or
death emergency.
• B. Their product has been spilled and the
information is required for proper clean up.
• C. A responsible occupational health
proponent requests information.
• D. All of the above.
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21. A manufacturer of a chemical product is
required to release trade secret information (list
ingredients) when:
• D. All of the above.
Substance specific information is needed to
properly treat overexposed individuals and
to protect your health, safety and
environment.
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22. Chemical manufacturers and importers are
required to do all of the following except:
• A. Classify the hazards of the chemicals which
they produce or import.
• B. Prepare container labels.
• C. Prepare safety data sheets.
• D. Create the workplace chemical inventory.
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22. Chemical manufacturers and importers are
required to do all of the following except:
• C. Create the workplace chemical
inventory.
The Hazard Communication Standard requires that the
employer create a workplace chemical inventory list. A
similar list must be submitted to the Maryland
Department of the Environment every two years.
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23. This label alerts you to what kind of
hazards:
A. Flammables
B. Explosives
C. Compressed
gases
D. Acutely toxic
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23. This label alerts you to what kind of
hazards:
C. Compressed gases
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24. Freon is a gas with a vapor density almost
three times that of air. This means that Freon gas
escaping from your refrigerator in the absence of a
draft will tend to:
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A. Flow along the floor.
B. Float on the ceiling.
C. Mix evenly in the air.
D. Eliminate odors.
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24. Freon is a gas with a vapor density almost
three times that of air. This means that Freon gas
escaping from your refrigerator in the absence of a
draft will tend to:
• A. Flow along the floor.
Many solvent vapors such as Freon are
heavier than air. They tend to accumulate
in low lying areas - making confined
spaces particularly dangerous.
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25. Chemicals that cause skin rash,
headaches or eye irritation are examples of:
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A. Physical hazards
B. Health hazards.
C. Random reactions.
D. All of the above.
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25. Chemicals that cause skin rash, headaches or
eye irritation are examples of:
• B. Health hazards.
There are two classes of hazards. Skin rashes,
headaches and eye irritation are symptoms of
health hazards. Fire, explosion and explosive
chemical reactions are examples of physical
hazards.
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26. The term "acute toxicity" refers to a chemical's:
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A. Long term danger
B. Tendency to form a dangerous gas
C. Tendency to burn
D. Immediate (within 48 hours) adverse
effects of exposure
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26. The term "acute toxicity" refers to a chemical's:
• D. Immediate (within 48 hours) adverse
effects of exposure
If a chemical is "acutely toxic", it will have an
immediate adverse health effect within 48
hours when a person is overexposed.
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27. This label alerts you to what kind of
hazards:
A. Flammables
B. Oxidizers
C. Compressed
gases
D. Acutely toxic
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27. This label alerts you to what kind of
hazards:
B. Oxidizers
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28. The key difference between a flammable liquid
such as alcohol and a combustible liquid such as
charcoal lighter is:
• A. Flammables are ignited by sparks and combustibles
are not.
• B. Combustibles are easily ignited by sparks while
flammables are not.
• C. Methods for cleaning up spills are different for
flammable liquids.
• D. Fire extinguishing methods are different for
combustible liquids.
• E. All of the above.
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28. The key difference between a flammable liquid
such as alcohol and a combustible liquid such as
charcoal lighter is:
• A. Flammables are ignited by sparks and
combustibles are not.
A flammable liquid is easily ignitable by sparks. A
combustible liquid such as charcoal lighter fluid
has a higher flashpoint and generally requires
preheating to be ignited by sparks. A is the
correct answer.
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29. Chemicals with good warning properties:
• A. Have no odor.
• B. Have no color.
• C. Are very irritating to your eyes, nose
and mucous membranes.
• D. Are nontoxic.
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29. Chemicals with good warning properties:
• C. Are very irritating to your eyes, nose
and mucous membranes.
Ammonia is an example of a substance with
good warning properties. You sense or
smell it before it becomes a hazard.
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30. This label alerts you to what kind of
hazards:
A. Flammables
B. Oxidizers
C. Compressed
gases
D. Environmental
hazard
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30. This label alerts you to what kind of
hazards:
D. Environmental
hazard
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31. Toluene, an ingredient in spray paints, has a
flashpoint of 40 degrees F. This means that it:
• A. Gives paint a glossy sheen.
• B. Could readily ignite at room
temperature.
• C. Works best at cool temperatures.
• D. Will ignite at extremely cold
temperatures.
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31. Toluene, an ingredient in spray paints, has a
flashpoint of 40 degrees F. This means that it:
• B. Could readily ignite at room
temperature.
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32. Choose the INCORRECT answer. An example
of a physical hazard is a material's ability to:
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A. Explode easily.
B. Be easily absorbed through the lungs.
C. Freeze your skin on contact.
D. React violently upon contact with air or
water.
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32. Choose the INCORRECT answer. An example
of a physical hazard is a material's ability to:
• B. Be easily absorbed through the lungs.
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33. Statement 1: TOXICITY is the substance's
ability to cause harm.
Statement 2: HAZARD is the likelihood that harm
will occur.
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A. Both statements are correct.
B. The first statement is correct.
C. The second statement is correct.
D. Neither statement is correct.
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33. Statement 1: TOXICITY is the substance's
ability to cause harm.
Statement 2: HAZARD is the likelihood that harm
will occur.
A. Both statements are correct.
Any substance can be toxic with sufficient
exposure. The proper conditions must be
present for a hazard to exist. EXAMPLE: A
stainless steel bar is toxic but not hazardous.
However, when welded, conditions have
changed. Toxic fumes are emitted and a
hazard exists.
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34. Which of the following is NOT true about
carcinogens:
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A. They are a health hazard.
B. Their effects occur immediately.
C. They cause cancer.
D Their effects can occur years after
exposure.
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34. Which of the following is NOT true about
carcinogens:
• B. Their effects occur immediately.
Carcinogens are substances that cause
cancer. Effects can occur many years
after exposure. Examples include
benzene, asbestos and some paint
removers.
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35. Consumer products , as defined by the
Consumer Product Safety Act, are exempt from
the Hazard Communication Standard if:
• A. The duration of exposure is similar to that when used
by a consumer as intended.
• B. The frequency of exposure is similar to that when
used by a consumer as intended.
• C. The material can be purchased in a retail business
like Home Depot or Lowe’s.
• D. A and B.
• E. A, B and C.
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35. Consumer products , as defined by the
Consumer Product Safety Act, are exempt from
the Hazard Communication Standard if:
• D. A and B.
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The duration and frequency of
exposure is similar to that when used by a
consumer as intended.
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36. OSHA requires your employer to maintain a
document that identifies a chemical product and its
physical properties. This document provides
information about the potential hazards of a
product as it is used in the workplace. It is called a:
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A. Label
B. Safety Data sheet.
C. Hazard Communication Program
D. Chemical Data sheet.
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36. OSHA requires your employer to maintain a
document that identifies a chemical product and its
physical properties. This document provides
information about the potential hazards of a
product as it is used in the workplace. It is called a:
• B. Safety Data sheet.
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37. A Safety Data Sheet (SDS) always follows a
consistent format developed by state and federal
agencies.
• TRUE
• FALSE
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37. A Safety Data Sheet (SDS) always follows a
consistent format developed by state and federal
agencies.
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TRUE
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The revised OSHA Hazard Communication Standard
(1910.1200) requires that all SDSs have a standardized
16 section format. Implementation deadline for this
requirement is June 1, 2015.
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38. With few exceptions, the first section on a
Safety Data Sheet deals with:
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A. Physical hazards
B. Health hazards.
C. Product identification
D. Protective equipment.
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38. With few exceptions, the first section on a
Safety Data Sheet deals with:
C. Product identification
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The first section typically identifies the generic
and family name of the product and the product
manufacturer's information. C is the correct
answer.
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39. Basic methods of detecting a hazardous
substance in the workplace can include:
• A. Appearance, odor and color of a substance.
• B. Health problems related to exposure to a
substance.
• C. The use of air sampling.
• D. Using Safety Data Sheets.
• E. All of the above.
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39. Basic methods of detecting a hazardous
substance in the workplace can include:
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E. All of the above.
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The SDS is a resource for evaluating the
characteristics of a substance and is
considered a method of detection. E is the
correct answer.
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40. You have just spilled toluene on the floor and
are unfamiliar with it. The SDS says that the
material is flammable. What is the primary
concern?
• A. Inhalation damage to the lungs.
• B. Mucous membrane irritation.
• C. Turning off any heat or spark producing
equipment.
• D Turning off any heat producing
equipment.
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40. You have just spilled toluene on the floor and
are unfamiliar with it. The MSDS says that under
Section IV, Fire and Explosion Hazard that the
material is flammable. What is the primary
concern?
• C. Turning off any heat or spark
producing equipment.
• Flammable materials can be ignited by a
single spark.
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41. The Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) listed on
the SDS is the amount of that substance that most
healthy workers can:
• A. Breathe daily during a normal work shift
without harmful effects.
• B. Ingest without harmful effects.
• C. Have skin contact without harmful
effects.
• D. All of the above.
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41. The Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) listed on
the SDS is the amount of that substance that most
healthy workers can:
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A. Breathe daily during a normal work shift
without harmful effects.
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The PEL is an air concentration of a substance
that is believed to be a safe level of exposure
as set by law. A is the correct answer.
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42. Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Permissible
Exposure Limits (PELs) are both found on the
SDS. Typical values may range between1 part per
million and 1000 parts per million. If the substance
has a very high TLV or PEL:
• A. You never need to use protective equipment
when using it.
• B. Higher exposure is required to cause ill
effects.
• C. The OSHA regulations forbid its use in the
work area.
• D. Less exposure is required to cause ill effects.
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42. Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Permissible
Exposure Limits (PELs) are both found on the
SDS. Typical values may range between1 part per
million and 1000 parts per million. If the substance
has a very high TLV or PEL:
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B. Higher exposure is required to cause ill
effects.
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A substance with a high PEL is generally less
toxic and more tolerable than a substance with
a low PEL.
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