General Safety Test for Engineering Drawing and Design 

I.	Match the following safety terms with their correct definitions. (12 points)

1. Safety		2. Accident		3. First aid		4. Hazard	

_______State or condition of being safe or freedom from danger, risk, or injury.  
_______Suddenly occurring, unintentional event that causes injury or property damage.  
_______A potential source of danger.  
_______Immediate temporary care given to the victim of an accident or sudden illness until the services of a physician can be obtained.

II. Safety is the responsibility of the student, teacher, and the school.  Answer the following statements by placing either a T for true or an F for false in the appropriate blanks that precede the statements. (20 points)

_____  It is the responsibility of the school to offer adequate facilities, including a classroom large enough to accommodate students without crowding. 

_____  The school is to provide an emergency plan for students and the instructor to follow in emergency situations.

_____  It is the teacher’s responsibility to provide a well organized, progressive, instructional program that challenges all students thus eliminating free time when horseplay and unsafe acts commonly occur.  

_____  The teacher is responsible for providing adequate facilities including good lighting and temperature control. 

_____  The teacher is to provide adequate instruction in the safe use and proper care of all drafting and reproduction equipment.  

_____  The teacher is responsible for providing a well planned cleanup program with individual 	assignments.

_____  Students should conduct themselves in a manner conducive to safe practice and are responsible for their own actions in the classroom.  

_____  Students should be responsible for their own area and equipment and see that it is kept in good working condition. 

_____  Students are responsible if they abuse or misuse any piece of equipment in the classroom. 

_____  Students are to report any safety hazard to the instructor.

III.	Fill in the blanks with the proper word(s) that relate to classroom environment and equipment. (10 points)
	
tools	clean	accidents	crowded	aligned	
narrow	cleanup	lighting	storage	environment	

Classroom environment safety hazards include several areas including ________aisles and poor_______. Lack of _______ area and _______ conditions can also add to the safety hazards of the classroom, although the school and the teacher are primarily responsible for these areas. As a student, I can help by keeping my desk properly _______ as the drafting tables have sharp corners. I can also help by keeping my work area neat and _______, being careful when using reproduction equipment and the paper cutter. It is important to keep the work area neat and clean to avoid _______. It is also important to keep an _______ close to what is found in industry. In order to have a clean environment students must pickup trash, return _______ and equipment to the storage area, make sure their desks are in the proper place and participate in a _______ program.

IV.	Fire safety (18 points)

The fire triangle consists of _______, _______ and _______. 

The four classes of fires are:
___________- Fires that occur with combustible metals 
___________- fires that occur with flammable liquids
___________- fires that occur in or near electrical equipment
___________- fires that occur in ordinary combustible materials

Two types of fires that are most likely to occur in the drafting lab are _________ and _________.

V. 	List three of the six steps to follow in case of an accident in the drafting room. (15 points)
1. ___________________________________________________________________________.
2. ___________________________________________________________________________.
3. ___________________________________________________________________________.

VI. 	List five of the ten rules for personal safety. (25 points)

1. ___________________________________________________________________________.
2. ___________________________________________________________________________.
3. ___________________________________________________________________________.
4. ___________________________________________________________________________.
5. ___________________________________________________________________________.

I pledge to do all that I can to conduct myself in a safe manner while in the drafting lab and to follow all of the rules as set forth by the instructor, the Engineering Drawing syllabus and the student handbook.
	Signed______________________________________________Date________________