NYS Asbestos Investigator EXAM STUDY
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1. Asbestos types - ANSWER ✔ Chrysotile,
Amosite,
Crocidolite,
Anthophyllite
Actinolite
Tremolite
2. ACM is defined as what? - ANSWER ✔ Asbestos-containing material,
defined as any material containing more than 1% asbestos by weight
3. When did the EPA guidance go into effect? - ANSWER ✔ March 31, 1986
4. Friable Asbestos - ANSWER ✔ means any ACM applied to ceilings, walls,
structural activities that can be crumbled pulverized or reduced to powder by
hand pressure
5. Local Education Agency (LEA) - ANSWER ✔ public school district or
any owner of a private, non-profit or secondary education facility
6. Response action - ANSWER ✔ means methods to protect human health
and the environment from ACM
7. What is the goal AHERA? - ANSWER ✔ To identify the presence of
ACM in a school facility
8. When is a response action required? - ANSWER ✔ When damage or
potential damage occurs
,9. ACBM - ANSWER ✔ Asbestos Containing Building Material
10.homogenous area - ANSWER ✔ means an area of surfacing material,
thermal insulation, or miscellaneous material that is uniform in color and
texture
11.miscellaneous building materials - ANSWER ✔ materials that are not
included in thermal or surfacing, interior building components; floor and
ceiling tiles, wall paper, glue
12.operations and maintenance program - ANSWER ✔ A program of work
practices regarding ACBM
13.Supervisor Certificate - ANSWER ✔ a person who oversees asbestos
abatement
14.project designer certificate - ANSWER ✔ the person who plans the scope,
testing, phasing and remediation methods to be utilized on an asbestos
project
15.Project monitor certificate - ANSWER ✔ a person outside of the abatement
contractor supervisor who oversees the scope timing and phasing on
abatement project
16.Management planner certificate - ANSWER ✔ a person who assess the
hazard posed by the presence of asbestos or asbestos containing material
17.Phase one in asbestos project - ANSWER ✔ survey, planning, and design,
background air sampling
18.Phase II in asbestos projects - ANSWER ✔ Abetment start to end
19.Wen does the abatement contractor need to provide notice to the NYSDOL
prior to a large project? - ANSWER ✔ 10 calendar days before
,20.What is required to be given to tenants/occupants? By EPA - ANSWER ✔
written notification 10 days before for the floor it is happening on and one
below or above, as well as adjacent building
21.What is required for small or minor project for tenant/occupant notification?
- ANSWER ✔ At least three calendar days before
22.What kind of buildings are exceptions to the building survey rules? -
ANSWER ✔ Agriculture buildings, buildings constructed after 1974, or a
structurally unsound structure as certified by personal
23.What ae the building survey elements? (6) for ahera - ANSWER ✔ -
Review of building plans and records, if available
- A visual inspection for PACM and suspect miscellaneous ACM
- Sampling and analysis of suspect material
- Identify and assess the locations, quantities, friability and conditions
of all types of suspect materials at the affected portion of the building
- Building location, owner's name and address, name and address of the
owner's agent, the party performing the survey, the laboratory used,
and all respective licenses and certifications for all parties involved;
- A listing of homogeneous areas identifying which ones are ACM and
all laboratory
analyses reports for bulk samples collected.
24.What must be done with the survey results in regards to construction? -
ANSWER ✔ kept on the construction site throughout the duration, be sent
to the government entity for permitting, be sent to proper authorities for
demolition permits
25.If new material is uncovered that was not sampled what is to be done? -
ANSWER ✔ Work should be stopped till sampled
26.how long are abatement records held for? - ANSWER ✔ 30 years
27.AHERA - ANSWER ✔ Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act
(applies to k-12)
, 28.Amphibole - ANSWER ✔ One of two major groups of minerals from
which the asbesitform minerals are derived- distinguished by their chain-like
crystal structure and chemical composition.
29.Amosite - ANSWER ✔ "Brown" Asbestos. Fibrous Amphibole mineral.
2nd most abundantly used type in U.S. Primarily used in cement products
(Siding and pipes).
30.Asbestos - ANSWER ✔ A generic name given to a number of naturally
occurring hydrated mineral silicates that possess a unique crystalline
structure.
31.ACBM - ANSWER ✔ Asbestos Containing Building Material (AHERA
Definition)
32.ACM - ANSWER ✔ Asbestos-containing material, defined as any material
containing more than 1% asbestos.
33.ASHARA - ANSWER ✔ Asbestos School Hazard Abatement
Reauthorization Act of 1992- EPA regulation which extended inspector,
contractor/supervisor, designer, and workers to public and commercial
buildings.
34.Building Inspector - ANSWER ✔ A person who conducts a survey of a
building for the presence of asbestos-containing materials. Must be
accredited under AHERA and ASHARA regulations.
35.Category I Nonfriable ACM - ANSWER ✔ Asbestos-containing packings,
gaskets, resilient floor covering and asphalt roofing products containing
more that 1% asbestos.
36.Category II nonfriable ACM - ANSWER ✔ Any material, excluding
Category I nonfriable ACM, containing more than 1% asbestos that when
dry, cannot be crumbled by hand pressure.
37.Chrysotile - ANSWER ✔ The only asbestiform mineral of the serpentine
group. It is the most common form of asbestos used in buildings. Also
known as White Asbestos.
GUIDE 2026/2027 ACCURATE QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT DETAILED SOLUTIONS ||
100% GUARANTEED PASS
<NEWEST VERSION>
1. Asbestos types - ANSWER ✔ Chrysotile,
Amosite,
Crocidolite,
Anthophyllite
Actinolite
Tremolite
2. ACM is defined as what? - ANSWER ✔ Asbestos-containing material,
defined as any material containing more than 1% asbestos by weight
3. When did the EPA guidance go into effect? - ANSWER ✔ March 31, 1986
4. Friable Asbestos - ANSWER ✔ means any ACM applied to ceilings, walls,
structural activities that can be crumbled pulverized or reduced to powder by
hand pressure
5. Local Education Agency (LEA) - ANSWER ✔ public school district or
any owner of a private, non-profit or secondary education facility
6. Response action - ANSWER ✔ means methods to protect human health
and the environment from ACM
7. What is the goal AHERA? - ANSWER ✔ To identify the presence of
ACM in a school facility
8. When is a response action required? - ANSWER ✔ When damage or
potential damage occurs
,9. ACBM - ANSWER ✔ Asbestos Containing Building Material
10.homogenous area - ANSWER ✔ means an area of surfacing material,
thermal insulation, or miscellaneous material that is uniform in color and
texture
11.miscellaneous building materials - ANSWER ✔ materials that are not
included in thermal or surfacing, interior building components; floor and
ceiling tiles, wall paper, glue
12.operations and maintenance program - ANSWER ✔ A program of work
practices regarding ACBM
13.Supervisor Certificate - ANSWER ✔ a person who oversees asbestos
abatement
14.project designer certificate - ANSWER ✔ the person who plans the scope,
testing, phasing and remediation methods to be utilized on an asbestos
project
15.Project monitor certificate - ANSWER ✔ a person outside of the abatement
contractor supervisor who oversees the scope timing and phasing on
abatement project
16.Management planner certificate - ANSWER ✔ a person who assess the
hazard posed by the presence of asbestos or asbestos containing material
17.Phase one in asbestos project - ANSWER ✔ survey, planning, and design,
background air sampling
18.Phase II in asbestos projects - ANSWER ✔ Abetment start to end
19.Wen does the abatement contractor need to provide notice to the NYSDOL
prior to a large project? - ANSWER ✔ 10 calendar days before
,20.What is required to be given to tenants/occupants? By EPA - ANSWER ✔
written notification 10 days before for the floor it is happening on and one
below or above, as well as adjacent building
21.What is required for small or minor project for tenant/occupant notification?
- ANSWER ✔ At least three calendar days before
22.What kind of buildings are exceptions to the building survey rules? -
ANSWER ✔ Agriculture buildings, buildings constructed after 1974, or a
structurally unsound structure as certified by personal
23.What ae the building survey elements? (6) for ahera - ANSWER ✔ -
Review of building plans and records, if available
- A visual inspection for PACM and suspect miscellaneous ACM
- Sampling and analysis of suspect material
- Identify and assess the locations, quantities, friability and conditions
of all types of suspect materials at the affected portion of the building
- Building location, owner's name and address, name and address of the
owner's agent, the party performing the survey, the laboratory used,
and all respective licenses and certifications for all parties involved;
- A listing of homogeneous areas identifying which ones are ACM and
all laboratory
analyses reports for bulk samples collected.
24.What must be done with the survey results in regards to construction? -
ANSWER ✔ kept on the construction site throughout the duration, be sent
to the government entity for permitting, be sent to proper authorities for
demolition permits
25.If new material is uncovered that was not sampled what is to be done? -
ANSWER ✔ Work should be stopped till sampled
26.how long are abatement records held for? - ANSWER ✔ 30 years
27.AHERA - ANSWER ✔ Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act
(applies to k-12)
, 28.Amphibole - ANSWER ✔ One of two major groups of minerals from
which the asbesitform minerals are derived- distinguished by their chain-like
crystal structure and chemical composition.
29.Amosite - ANSWER ✔ "Brown" Asbestos. Fibrous Amphibole mineral.
2nd most abundantly used type in U.S. Primarily used in cement products
(Siding and pipes).
30.Asbestos - ANSWER ✔ A generic name given to a number of naturally
occurring hydrated mineral silicates that possess a unique crystalline
structure.
31.ACBM - ANSWER ✔ Asbestos Containing Building Material (AHERA
Definition)
32.ACM - ANSWER ✔ Asbestos-containing material, defined as any material
containing more than 1% asbestos.
33.ASHARA - ANSWER ✔ Asbestos School Hazard Abatement
Reauthorization Act of 1992- EPA regulation which extended inspector,
contractor/supervisor, designer, and workers to public and commercial
buildings.
34.Building Inspector - ANSWER ✔ A person who conducts a survey of a
building for the presence of asbestos-containing materials. Must be
accredited under AHERA and ASHARA regulations.
35.Category I Nonfriable ACM - ANSWER ✔ Asbestos-containing packings,
gaskets, resilient floor covering and asphalt roofing products containing
more that 1% asbestos.
36.Category II nonfriable ACM - ANSWER ✔ Any material, excluding
Category I nonfriable ACM, containing more than 1% asbestos that when
dry, cannot be crumbled by hand pressure.
37.Chrysotile - ANSWER ✔ The only asbestiform mineral of the serpentine
group. It is the most common form of asbestos used in buildings. Also
known as White Asbestos.
