Biosafety Cabinet Quiz

To provide a clean workspace for general laboratory work

To protect the laboratory worker and the environment from pathogens (correct)

To increase the visibility of the materials being worked on

To facilitate the use of fume hoods in the laboratory

It is cooled before being released into the environment

It is released unfiltered into the laboratory environment

It is HEPA-filtered before exiting the cabinet (correct)

It is treated with UV light before exiting the cabinet

Clean bench provides better protection from pathogens than a BSC

BSC is larger in size than a clean bench

BSC exhaust air is HEPA-filtered, while clean bench exhaust air is unfiltered (correct)

Clean bench is suitable for work with pathogenic agents, while BSC is not

<p>Removing harmful bacteria and viruses from the exhaust air</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A fume hood fails to provide the environmental protection that HEPA filtration in a BSC would provide</p> Signup and view all the answers