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  1. What does SDS Section 1, Identification, cover for the chemical's identity?
  2. What does SDS Section 2, Hazard(s) Identification, cover?
  3. What does SDS Section 3, Composition/Information on Ingredients, cover?
  4. What does SDS Section 4, First-Aid Measures, cover?
  5. What does SDS Section 5, Fire-Fighting Measures, cover?
  6. What does SDS Section 6, Accidental Release Measures, cover?
  7. What does SDS Section 7, Handling and Storage, cover?
  8. What does SDS Section 8, Exposure Controls/Personal Protection, cover?
  9. What does SDS Section 9, Physical and Chemical Properties, cover?
  10. What does SDS Section 10, Stability and Reactivity, cover?
  11. What does SDS Section 11, Toxicological Information, cover?
  12. Which of the following is true about Section 12, Ecological Information, of the Safety Data Sheet?
  13. What does SDS Section 13, Disposal Considerations, cover?
  14. You should refer to the most updated SDS for the chemicals you are working with. Which SDS section tells you the last known revision date?
  15. How many sections must the proper SDS have?
  16. Section one of a safety data sheet indicates what?
  17. Which statement about the information on a safety data sheet (SDS) is true?
  18. Sections ________ of the Safety Data Sheet (SDS) contain general information about the chemical, identification, hazards, composition, safe handling practices, and emergency control measures.
  19. If a chemical manufacturer, importer, or employer becomes aware of any significant information regarding the hazards of the chemical or ways to protect against hazards, this new information must be added to the SDS within how many months?
  20. True or false: with this update to the Standard, we changed from Safety Data Sheet (SDS) to Material Safety Data Sheets.
  21. True or false: First Aid Measures are not required on an SDS.
  22. Potential cancer causing agents within a material are addressed in which section of the SDS sheet: Ecological Information, Stability and Reactivity, Toxicological Information, or Composition/Information on Ingredients?
  23. You are preparing to work with Chemical A. You open the appropriate storage cabinet, and notice Chemical B, as well as Chemical A. Based on your knowledge of both chemicals you suspect that they should not be stored together. Which section of the SDS should you consult, in order to confirm your suspicion?
  24. Under the Hazard Communication Standard, employers are responsible for which of the following?
  25. Which of the following statements are true about Safety Data Sheets in your workplace?
  26. You are working to bring a healthcare facility into compliance with the SDS-related provisions of OSHA's HCS. The facility has compiled a list of all hazardous chemicals to which workers in the facility might be exposed, and an SDS corresponding to each chemical on the list has been obtained and filed. For full compliance, you advise that this facility also must:
  27. For safety data sheets, "readily accessible" means which: easy to get at except during a power failure, must be on paper, immediate access regardless of the situation, or orally over the phone?
  28. Which of the following is the primary source for detailed chemical hazard information, a chemical's fact sheet including detailed information about a chemical's hazards and how to protect workers from those hazards?
  29. Which of the following information is contained on an SDS?
  30. If a product is an oxidizing agent, which pictogram will appear on the label to warn about the oxidizer class of chemical hazards?
  31. A product labeled with the Skull and Crossbones pictogram indicates what hazard?
  32. You are preparing a chemical hazard label for a new product. You know that the product is flammable, carcinogenic, and may irritate the respiratory tract. What pictogram(s) should be on the label?
  33. Pictograms used on labels must be set in the shape of which: a square with a red outline, black symbol, and white background; a square with a blue outline, black symbol, and white background; a flame with a red outline; or a hexagon with a red outline?
  34. True or false: if a chemical has multiple hazards, only the pictogram of the most damaging hazard will be displayed on the label.
  35. What is a GHS pictogram and what is its purpose?
  36. All containers of hazardous chemicals leaving the workplace must be labeled, tagged, or marked with all of the following information EXCEPT:
  37. What information must be included on a hazardous chemical label?
  38. Which of the following is not required on labels: the ingredients, signal words, pictogram, or precautionary statements?
  39. Labels must now include new information including which: product identifier, histogram, MSDS sheets, or email address?
  40. Which of the following represents the basic warning found on hazard warning labels: Danger (highly toxic), Warning (moderately toxic), Caution (slightly toxic), or either Danger or Warning?
  41. What is the purpose of a GHS signal word?
  42. What is the meaning of the following GHS signal words: Danger and Warning?
  43. What is the difference between a GHS hazard statement and a GHS precautionary statement?
  44. Who is responsible for the proper labeling of hazardous chemicals after they reach the workplace or jobsite?
  45. Which of the following is true about the labeling of chemicals?
  46. Hazard Communication covers both ______ and health hazards.
  47. Chemicals in the __________ class are liquids which, even in small quantities, are liable to ignite within 5 minutes after coming into contact with air.
  48. OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard (HazCom) is designed to ensure that information about ________ and associated protective measures is disseminated.
  49. Chemical manufacturers and importers must convey the hazard information they learn from their evaluations to downstream employers by means of labels on containers and:
  50. Which of the following best describes corrosives: a chemical that causes a harmless, warm sensation upon contact; a chemical that glows in the dark; a chemical that registers -14 on the pH scale; or a chemical that causes visible destruction of, or irreversible damage to, living tissue at the point of contact?
  51. Examples of hazardous chemicals categories with their associated physical hazards include all of the following EXCEPT: compressed gas, explosives, spent shell casings, or water-reactive materials.
  52. What is the purpose of the Hazard Communication Standard?
  53. What is the difference between a health hazard and a physical hazard?
  54. The Hazard Communication Standard was modified to adopt the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). What is the purpose of the GHS?
  55. Which of the following describe OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard?
  56. According to the HazCom Standard, the employer's written hazard communication program must include which of the following?
  57. Which of the following should your employer include in your training about hazardous chemicals at the workplace?
  58. You are a new employee and have questions about your company's Hazard Communications Program. Which of the following identifies the proper access to the Hazard Communication Program at your workplace?
  59. When do employees receive training on hazardous chemicals in the workplace?
  60. Which statement about hazard communication training requirements is true?
  61. Must an employer label a portable container into which a worker transfers a hazardous chemical from a labeled container for that worker's own immediate use?
  62. May an employer remove or deface the label on an incoming container of a hazardous chemical?
  63. What language must workplace labels and other forms of warning be in?
  64. How soon must a chemical manufacturer, importer, distributor or employer revise a label after becoming newly aware of significant information about the chemical's hazards?
  65. If a label carries the signal word Danger, may it also carry the signal word Warning?
  66. When the skull and crossbones pictogram is on a label, may the exclamation mark also appear for acute toxicity?
  67. Two hazards of a chemical call for the same pictogram. How many times does that pictogram appear on the label?
  68. What are the four types of precautionary statements on a HazCom label?
  69. Where employees travel between workplaces during a shift, where may the safety data sheets be kept?
  70. Under HazCom, what is combustible dust?
  71. Under HazCom, what is a simple asphyxiant?
  72. What does "hazard not otherwise classified" (HNOC) mean under HazCom?
  73. When was the most recent update to the Hazard Communication Standard published, and when did it take effect?

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