Asbestos Worker Examination Actual Questions and
Answers with complete solution
When friable asbestos-containing materials are disturbed or damaged, fibers may
be released into the air. These fibers are best controlled by...
B. using wet methods to handle the materials
Exposure to asbestos fibers can cause the following disease...
B. asbestos, lung cancer, and mesothelioma
The typical latency period for developing asbestos related disease is...
C. over 10 years
When released into the air, asbestos fibers...
b. may stay afloat for as long as several days
Friable asbestos means...
a. asbestos-containing material that can easily be crumbles by hand pressure
Asbestos has been used in the following construction materials...
d. All of the above. Spray on, insulation, trasite
The most hazardous asbestos fibers are...
d. invisble to the naked eye
Personal air samples for asbestos are collected...
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...
b. encapsulants
If the plastic sheeting used to contain the work area rips...
b. stop work and seal it immediately
Amended water is applied to asbestos-containing material during removal in
order to...
a. wet the fibers more effeciently and to reduce the airborne level
Which of the following are covered under the Asbestos Hazard Emergency
Response Act...
e. all of the above are covered by AHERA. puclic colleges, libraries, private, child care
centers
During large abatement projects, building ventilation systems should be shut
down...
a. inside the entire work area
Workers leaving the work area must pass through the following decontamination
sequence...
c. equipment room, shower room, clean room
During decontamination, workers remove their respirators...
b. inside the shower after it has been cleansed
Heat stress on an abatement site may result in the following...
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...
d. sliding the wet material down an enclosed inclined chute
Answers with complete solution
When friable asbestos-containing materials are disturbed or damaged, fibers may
be released into the air. These fibers are best controlled by...
B. using wet methods to handle the materials
Exposure to asbestos fibers can cause the following disease...
B. asbestos, lung cancer, and mesothelioma
The typical latency period for developing asbestos related disease is...
C. over 10 years
When released into the air, asbestos fibers...
b. may stay afloat for as long as several days
Friable asbestos means...
a. asbestos-containing material that can easily be crumbles by hand pressure
Asbestos has been used in the following construction materials...
d. All of the above. Spray on, insulation, trasite
The most hazardous asbestos fibers are...
d. invisble to the naked eye
Personal air samples for asbestos are collected...
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...
b. encapsulants
If the plastic sheeting used to contain the work area rips...
b. stop work and seal it immediately
Amended water is applied to asbestos-containing material during removal in
order to...
a. wet the fibers more effeciently and to reduce the airborne level
Which of the following are covered under the Asbestos Hazard Emergency
Response Act...
e. all of the above are covered by AHERA. puclic colleges, libraries, private, child care
centers
During large abatement projects, building ventilation systems should be shut
down...
a. inside the entire work area
Workers leaving the work area must pass through the following decontamination
sequence...
c. equipment room, shower room, clean room
During decontamination, workers remove their respirators...
b. inside the shower after it has been cleansed
Heat stress on an abatement site may result in the following...
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...
d. sliding the wet material down an enclosed inclined chute
