Asbestos Worker Examination Questions with Latest Update
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Course
Asbestos
Institution
Asbestos
When friable asbestos-containing materials are disturbed or damaged, fibers may be released into the air. These fibers are best controlled by... - Answer-B. using wet methods to handle the materials
Exposure to asbestos fibers can cause the following disease... - Answer-B. asbestos, lung cancer,...
Asbestos Worker Examination
Questions with Latest Update
When friable asbestos-containing materials are disturbed or damaged, fibers may be
released into the air. These fibers are best controlled by... - Answer-B. using wet
methods to handle the materials
Exposure to asbestos fibers can cause the following disease... - Answer-B. asbestos,
lung cancer, and mesothelioma
The typical latency period for developing asbestos related disease is... - Answer-C. over
10 years
When released into the air, asbestos fibers... - Answer-b. may stay afloat for as long as
several days
Friable asbestos means... - Answer-a. asbestos-containing material that can easily be
crumbles by hand pressure
Asbestos has been used in the following construction materials... - Answer-d. All of the
above. Spray on, insulation, trasite
The most hazardous asbestos fibers are... - Answer-d. invisble to the naked eye
Personal air samples for asbestos are collected... - Answer-b. with an open face filter
attached to a battery operated pump placed within the workers breathing zone
Penetrating and bridging are the names of two types of... - Answer-b. encapsulants
If the plastic sheeting used to contain the work area rips... - Answer-b. stop work and
seal it immediately
Amended water is applied to asbestos-containing material during removal in order to... -
Answer-a. wet the fibers more efficiently and to reduce the airborne level
Which of the following are covered under the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response
Act... - Answer-e. all of the above are covered by AHERA. public colleges, libraries,
private, child care centers
During large abatement projects, building ventilation systems should be shut down... -
Answer-a. inside the entire work area
Workers leaving the work area must pass through the following decontamination
sequence... - Answer-c. equipment room, shower room, clean room
, During decontamination, workers remove their respirators... - Answer-b. inside the
shower after it has been cleansed
Heat stress on an abatement site may result in the following... - Answer-d. all of the
above. Heat stroke, exhaustion, and dehydration
When asbestos-containing materials are being removed 40 feet above floor level, fiber
release can be minimized by... - Answer-d. sliding the wet material down an enclosed
inclined chute
Glove bags may be used to remove asbestos-containing materials from pipes. When
using glove bags.. - Answer-b. amended water is used to wet the material and for clean
up
After removal of asbestos-containing material, but before final clearance... - Answer-c.
all surfaces are wet wiped and vacuumed
A full-face TYPE C respirator in the pressure-demand mode with an auxiliary SCBA is
rated with a protection factor of.. - Answer-d. greater than 1,000
A protector factor for a respirator is defined as the... - Answer-a. concentration outside
the mask divided by the concentration inside the mask. quantitative fit test
Workers should shower following the proper decontamination procedures... - Answer-a.
every time they leave the work site under normal circumstances
Electrical hazard protection is provided by all of the following except... - Answer-a.
stapling all flexible cords to the floor
Negative air pressure machines should be equipped with... - Answer-d. all of the above.
an alarm, a high filter, a few filters
High pressure spray nozzles may be used only for applying... - Answer-e. should never
be used
Disposable protective outer clothing (coverall, booties, hands)... - Answer-d. all of the
above. cannot be washed, may increase, should adequately
Encapsulants... - Answer-d. all of the above. may penetrate, remain, be sprayed
Disposable bags used for asbestos water.. - Answer-a. must be labeled with proper
warning information
Half-face air-purifying respirators... - Answer-a. may be recommended for preparation of
the work site and for final clean up
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