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Asbestos Test Study Guide Exam Questions
With Correct Answers
Category 1 nonfriable asbestos-containing material (AMC) - answer✔means asbestos-containing
packages, gaskets, resilient floor covering, and asphalt roofing products containing more than 1
percent asbestos as determined using the method specified in appendix E, subpart E, 40 CRF part
763, section 1, Polarized Light Microscopy
Category II nonfiriable AMC - answer✔means any material, excluding Category I nonfirable
AMC, containing more than 1 percent asbestos as determined using the method specified in
appendix E, subpart E, 40 CRF part 763, section 1, Polarized Light Microscopy that , when dry,
cannot be crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by hand pressure
Demolition - answer✔means the wrecking of tacking out of any load-supporting structural
member of a facility together with any related handling operations or the international burning of
any facility
Friable asbestos material - answer✔means any material containing more than 1 percent asbestos
as determined using the method specified in appendix E, subpart E, 40 CRF part 763, section 1,
Polarized Light Microscopy that , when dry, can be crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder
by hand pressure. If the asbestos content is less than 10 percent as determined by a method other
than point counting by polarized light microscopy (PLM), verify the asbestos content by point
counting using PLM.
Regulated asbestos-containing material (RAMC) - answer✔means (a) Friable asbestos material,
(b) Category I nonfriable AMC that has become friable, (c) Category I nonfirbale AMC that will
be or has been subjected to sanding, grinding, cutting, or abrading, or (d) Category II Nonfirable
ACM that has become crumbled, pulverized, or recorded, or reduced to powder by the forces
expected to act on the material in the course of demolition or renovation operations regulated by
this subpart
Renovations - answer✔means altering a facility or one or more facility components in any way,
including the stripping or removal of RAMC from a facility component. Operations in which
load-supporting structural members are wrecked or taken out of demolitions.
Visible emissions - answer✔means any emissions, which are visually detectable with out the
help of instruments, coming form RAMC or asbestos-containing waste material, or form any
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asbestos milling, manufacturing, or fabricating operations. This does not include condensed,
uncombined water vapor
61.145 Standard for demolition and renovation (a) 1 (i) - answer✔At least 80 linear meters (260
linear feet) on pipes or at least 15 square meters (160 square feet) on another facility components
61.145 Standard for demolition and renovation (a) 1 (ii) - answer✔At least 1 cubic meter (35
cubic feet) off facility components where the length or area could not be measured previously
Asbestos containing material (AMC) ~ Schools - answer✔when referring to school buildings
means any material or product which contains more than 1 percent asbestos.
Asbestos-containing building material (ACBM) ~ Schools - answer✔means surfacing AMC,
thermal system insulation, or miscellaneous AMC that is found in or on interior structural
members of other parts of a school building
Functional Space ~ Schools - answer✔means any room, group of rooms, or homogeneous area
(including crawl spaces or the space between a dropped ceiling and the floor or roof deck above),
such as classroom(s), a cafeteria, gymnasium, hallway(s), designated by a person accredited to
prepare management plans, design abatement projects, or conduct response actions
Homogeneous area - answer✔means any area of surfacing material, thermal systems insulation
material, or miscellaneous material that is uniform in color and texture
Miscellaneous material - answer✔means interior building material on structural components or
fixtures, such as floors and ceiling tiles, and does not include surfacing material or thermal
system insulation
Response action - answer✔means a method including removal, encapsulation, enclosure, repair,
operations and maintenance, that protects human health and the environment from friable ACMB
Surfacing material - answer✔means material in a school building that is spray-on, toweled-on, or
otherwise applied to surfaces, such as acoustical plaster on ceilings ans fireproofing materials on
structural members, or other materials on surfaces for acoustical, fireproofing, or other purposes
Thermal system insulation - answer✔means material in a school building applied to pipes,
fittings, boilers, breaching , tanks, ducts, or other interior structural components to prevent heat
loss or gain, or water condensation, or for other purposes
763.85 Inspections and reinspections
(a) Inspections (1) - answer✔exceptions as provided in paragraph (a)(2) of this section, before
October 12, 1988, local education agencies shall inspect each school building that they lease,
own, or otherwise use for as a school building to identify all locations of friable and nonfriable
ACBM
763.85 Inspections and reinspections
