Fillable forms in Adobe Acrobat XI Pro

I am using Acrobat XI Pro to create a fillable form from one of my word documents. I have a field with 7 drop down boxes. Within the drop down, there a 4 choices and each choice has a numerical value.
i.e. One drop down box is: Safety and the 4 choices are:
Critical event = 20
Documented near-miss = 15
Risk = 10
No safety issue = 0
I want the user to choose one and then have the numerical value autopopulate
There are 7 of these drop downs that will have a grand total.
Is there a way to do this in Adobe Acrobat XI Pro?

I looked up a javascript but I don't think I did it correctly.
I have a very basic calculation:
Safety: Dropdown list containing:
     Critical = 20
     Documented near-miss = 15
     Risk = 10
     No safety issue = 0
Next to the dropdown I have a text field text box where the user can enter the numerical value (0, 10, 15, 20)
Then I have a Total Score text field text box where I used the "Calculate" tab, "Value is the sum", "Simplified field notation": then I picked the 7 fields
This returns the total of the entries in the 7 boxes
Just seems like there should be a simpler way.

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