Farm Chemical Safety & Workshop Safety Regulations
Farm Chemical Safety & Workshop Safety Regulations is one of 9 topics in the Grade 11 Agricultural Technology CAPS syllabus, covered across 3 lessons on Study Vault. Below are real practice questions from this topic with full worked answers.
Sample practice questions
Easy
1. Why should farm chemicals always be kept in their original, correctly labelled containers?
To avoid the serious risk of accidental ingestion or misapplication caused by an unlabelled container
To make the chemicals look more attractive in storage
Original containers are always cheaper than alternatives
Labelling has no safety purpose on a farm
Answer: To avoid the serious risk of accidental ingestion or misapplication caused by an unlabelled container — Chemicals transferred into an unlabelled container, such as an old cooldrink bottle, create a serious risk of accidental ingestion or misapplication.
Easy
2. Why must strong acids and strong bases be stored apart from one another in a chemical store room?
Accidental mixing can produce dangerous reactions or toxic fumes
Acids and bases are always the same chemical, so storage location does not matter
Separating them saves space in the store room
Strong acids and bases cannot be stored indoors at all
Answer: Accidental mixing can produce dangerous reactions or toxic fumes — Incompatible chemicals such as strong acids and strong bases must be stored apart, since accidental mixing can produce dangerous reactions or toxic fumes.
Medium
3. Name the recommended disposal method for an empty, triple-rinsed agricultural chemical container.
Answer: return it to an approved collection point — Empty, triple-rinsed containers should be returned to an approved disposal/collection point, rather than burned, buried or dumped.
