Office Waste Training Quiz

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Select the correct answer to each of the following questions.

  1. Which waste stream are you most likely to find in an office?

    1.   Used Rags

    2.   Oil filters
    3.  Lithium batteries
    4.   Acetone

  2. Which of these battery types can go directly in the trash?

    1.   Lead acid batteries
    2.   NiCad batteries
    3.   Alkaline batteries
    4.   Lithium Batteries

  3. True or False. Because battery types differ in components and function, they are easily identifiable just by looking at them.

    1.   True
    2.   False

  4. True or False. Many times with larger printer cartridges, the manufacturer will include return shipping information at no cost to the customer.

    1.   True
    2.   False

  5. Mr. Smith has an old printer cartridge. He lost the paperwork to send it back to the manufacturer and a student organization is not interested in a donation, what should he do?

    1.   Throw it in the trash
    2.   Put it in the Waste Accumulation Site to be recycled by Environmental Affairs
    3.   Put it in his desk and forget about it
    4.   Put it in a recycling bin

  6. Which of the following must never go in a Sharps box?

    1.   Broken glass
    2.   Razors
    3.   Bloody tissue
    4.   Both A and C

  7. Broken glass can go

    1.   In the trash
    2.   In a Sharps box
    3.   In the recycling bin
    4.   In a sealed cardboard box, then in the trash

  8. Mrs. Smith has received a new computer monitor, what should she do with her old one?

    1.   Place it in one of the six E-waste bins around campus.
    2.   Place it next to the trash area in the hallway
    3.   Put in on a pallet in the basement
    4.   Break it open and salvage all the silver she can

  9. Mr. Smith’s department has just received top of the line computers and monitors to replace the 34 old computers they were using. What should he do with them?

    1.   Take them down to one of the six E-waste bins around campus
    2.   Call Environmental Affairs to schedule a special pick up
    3.   Sell them to students at a discounted price
    4.   Take them out to the dumpster as soon as possible

  10. Where would be the best place to set up a Waste Accumulation Site

    1.   In the hallway, outside the office
    2.   Under a desk
    3.   On the top shelf in a closet
    4.   In a empty part of the room, underneath a Waste Accumulation Site sign

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Updated July 1, 2008 by SAK