Pretest

Module 1

**This pretest is designed to introduce trainees to some of the
information in the training module. This test should not be used for
employee performance evaluation. **

Bloodborne Pathogens

Part I. Multiple Choice.

Select the appropriate answer to each question and write the
corresponding letter (A, B, C, or D) in the space provided on the left
of the question number.

1\. The Bloodborne Pathogens Standard was published by

A. OSHA

B. BBP

C. CRF

D. Your research facility

2\. The Exposure Control Plan must:

A. Be written

B. Provide procedures to minimize/eliminate employee exposure to BBP

C. List work practices that minimize/eliminate employee exposure to BBP

D. All of the above

3\. Negative air HVAC systems prevent infectious materials from leaving
the laboratory by creating a \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ airflow into the
laboratory area.

A. Recirculating

B. Unidirectional

4\. "HEPA" is an acronym for H \_\_\_\_\_ E \_\_\_\_\_ P \_\_\_\_\_ A
\_\_\_\_\_ filter.

A. High Efficiency Particle Assimilating

B. High Exposure Prevention Application

C. High Energy Particle Air

D. High Efficiency Particulate Air

5\. Autoclaves used to decontaminate infectious materials must
routinely:

A. Have the HEPA filter cleaned

B. Be spore-tested

C. Be temperature monitored

D. Both B and C

6\. Animal containment caging is an important \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
control.

A. Pathogenic

B. Hazardous material

C. Reproductive

D. Engineering

7\. Warning labels and signs must be visible and display the biohazard
symbol on:

A. Refrigerators containing blood or potentially infectious materials

B. Freezers containing blood or potentially infectious materials

C. Containers of regulated waste

D. All of the above

8\. Signs at the entrance to laboratories should:

A. List infectious agents

B. List special entry precautions

C. Identify responsible person and contact number

D. All of the above

9\. Which one of the following statements does not apply to needles and
syringes?

A. They should be disposed only when the container is completely full.

B. They should be used carefully to avoid self-inoculation.

C. They should be disposed in leak- and puncture-proof containers.

D. They should be used only when there is no alternative procedure.

Part II. True - False

Write T for true and F for false.

10\. The BBP standard emphasizes a hierarchy of methods to control
occupational exposures to blood and body fluids.

11\. The employer must provide workers with a copy of the Exposure
Control Plan and a written schedule for the annual BBP Standard training
at this facility.

12\. Reviewing job classification in the work environment to determine
relative risk is specified by the exposure control plan.

13\. Biological safety cabinets function to isolate the hazard and
minimize worker exposure to pathogens.

14\. Once installed, biological safety cabinets are re-certified only
when they are moved.

15\. To conserve supplies, sharps containers should be emptied only when
they are completely filled up.

16\. The HBV vaccine is made available by the employer at the time of
employment or position description change involving infectious
materials.

17\. Employees who decline the HBV vaccine must sign a waiver.

18\. Mouth pipeting is permissible in an emergency.

19\. Hands need not be washed after completing laboratory work if gloves
are used.

20\. Work surfaces should be decontaminated before and after use and
immediately after spills.

21\. "Universal Precautions" is an approach to infection control.

22\. With "Universal Precautions", all specimens from all patients must
be treated as infectious.

23\. Protective equipment and clothing should be removed prior to
leaving the lab.

24\. Gloves should be changed if there is visible evidence of blood on
them.