ASBESTOS CERTIFIED SITE SURVEILLANCE
TECHNICIAN COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS | GRADED AND THE
LATEST SERIES
Representative assessment
Ans: Building may elect a representative assessment for repeating functional
spaces. 25% of the building must be inspected.
Question: Who does OSHA require to have a medical exam?
Ans: Workers engaged for 30 or more days per year, workers at or above
PEL, and workers required to wear respirators.
Question: Asbestos must be disposed of in what class landfill?
Ans: Class 3
Question: EPA inspectors must give how many days notice to LEA prior to
inspection?
Ans: At least 5 days
Question: TEM
Ans: Only required to be used in AHERA if it is a widely used area like a
classroom. Areas > 160 ft. or 260 lnft.
Question: When was asbestos used in large amounts?
,Ans: 1930's - 1970's
Question: What date were LEA's required to have a management plan in
place? When was the plan required to be submitted?
Ans: Plan submitted by: Oct 1988
In place by July: 1989
Question: If not possible to have a shower at decons, what are workers to do?
Ans: Workers are to HEPA vacuum suit, then walk to shower.
Question: Personal Sampling
Ans: Responsibility of contractor and required by OSHA.
Question: ACCM
Ans: Title 8 Section 1529 (Cal-OSHA)
Any manufactured material greater than 1% by weight.
Question: ACBM
Ans: AHERA
Materials in interior construction of a school
> 1%
Question: ACM
,Ans: EPA, OSHA, Cal-OSHA
> 1% asbestos
Question: If employer ceases to do business they must...
Ans: inform current affected employers of rights to medical records and notify
Cal-OSHA 3 months prior to ending business.
Question: During abatement a "competent person" must be onsite at...
Ans: All times
Question: What areas of the school are not included in AHERA?
Ans: The exterior (i.e. outside stucco, the roof, ect.)
Question: ___________ refers to the tendency of material to hold itself.
Ans: Cohesion
Question: AHERA requires a visual assessment of friable and suspected friable
material in shcools to be done by school maintenance every________
Ans: 6 month
p/s
Question: Vaulted ceiling math equation
Ans: (1/2)(π)(D)(L)=A
, Question: What is the maximum abrasion speed allowed on flooring
Ans: 300 RPM
Question: Personal air monitoring results must be posted by the employer no
later than...
Ans: 5 working days
Question: At what temperature shall glove bags not be used?
Ans: > 150°F
Question: Electronic equipment in an enclosure must have what attached to
prevent electrocution?
Ans: Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI)
Question: PCM cannot detect fibers smaller than...
Ans: 0.25 microns
Question: TSCA
Ans: Toxic Substances Control Act
Question: Accessible
TECHNICIAN COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS | GRADED AND THE
LATEST SERIES
Representative assessment
Ans: Building may elect a representative assessment for repeating functional
spaces. 25% of the building must be inspected.
Question: Who does OSHA require to have a medical exam?
Ans: Workers engaged for 30 or more days per year, workers at or above
PEL, and workers required to wear respirators.
Question: Asbestos must be disposed of in what class landfill?
Ans: Class 3
Question: EPA inspectors must give how many days notice to LEA prior to
inspection?
Ans: At least 5 days
Question: TEM
Ans: Only required to be used in AHERA if it is a widely used area like a
classroom. Areas > 160 ft. or 260 lnft.
Question: When was asbestos used in large amounts?
,Ans: 1930's - 1970's
Question: What date were LEA's required to have a management plan in
place? When was the plan required to be submitted?
Ans: Plan submitted by: Oct 1988
In place by July: 1989
Question: If not possible to have a shower at decons, what are workers to do?
Ans: Workers are to HEPA vacuum suit, then walk to shower.
Question: Personal Sampling
Ans: Responsibility of contractor and required by OSHA.
Question: ACCM
Ans: Title 8 Section 1529 (Cal-OSHA)
Any manufactured material greater than 1% by weight.
Question: ACBM
Ans: AHERA
Materials in interior construction of a school
> 1%
Question: ACM
,Ans: EPA, OSHA, Cal-OSHA
> 1% asbestos
Question: If employer ceases to do business they must...
Ans: inform current affected employers of rights to medical records and notify
Cal-OSHA 3 months prior to ending business.
Question: During abatement a "competent person" must be onsite at...
Ans: All times
Question: What areas of the school are not included in AHERA?
Ans: The exterior (i.e. outside stucco, the roof, ect.)
Question: ___________ refers to the tendency of material to hold itself.
Ans: Cohesion
Question: AHERA requires a visual assessment of friable and suspected friable
material in shcools to be done by school maintenance every________
Ans: 6 month
p/s
Question: Vaulted ceiling math equation
Ans: (1/2)(π)(D)(L)=A
, Question: What is the maximum abrasion speed allowed on flooring
Ans: 300 RPM
Question: Personal air monitoring results must be posted by the employer no
later than...
Ans: 5 working days
Question: At what temperature shall glove bags not be used?
Ans: > 150°F
Question: Electronic equipment in an enclosure must have what attached to
prevent electrocution?
Ans: Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI)
Question: PCM cannot detect fibers smaller than...
Ans: 0.25 microns
Question: TSCA
Ans: Toxic Substances Control Act
Question: Accessible
