Texas Asbestos Inspectors Exam 2026
Questions and Answers
29 CFR 126.1101 - Answer -OSHA Asbestos Standard for the Construction
Industry
40 CFR 763 - Answer -EPA Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA)
Asbestos requirements for schools.
Competent Person - Answer -OSHA- A Person who is capable of of identifying
existing asbestos hazards in the workplace and who has the authority to take
corrective action.
PEL - Answer -OSHA- The Permissible Exposure Limit- a level of Airborne
asbestos above which no employee shall be exposed. The PEL is 0.1 f/cc of air as
an 8 hour time weighted average.
Regulated areas - Answer -OSHA- Areas that may exceed airborne concentration
beyond Permissible Exposure Limits of .1 f/cc
LEA - Answer -EPA - Local Education Agency
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, Facility - Answer -EPA- Any Institutional, Commercial or industrial structure,
installation or building, excluding private homes or apartment buildings with four
or less units.
Owner/ Operator - Answer -EPA- Any Persons who owns, leases operated controls
or supervisorses a building.
Friable Asbestos Containing Material - Answer -EPA- Material that contains more
than 1% asbestos and when dry may be crumbled, pulverized or reduced to powder
by hand pressure.
Demolition - Answer -The wreaking or taking out of any load supporting structural
member if a facility together with any related handling operations.
Renovation - Answer -Altering in any way one or more facility components except
structural members.
Facility Component - Answer -Any pipe, duct, boiler, tank, reactor, turbine or
furnace at or in a facility or any structural member of a facility.
Structural Member - Answer -Any load-supporting member of a facility, such as
beams and load-supporting walls.
Visibile Emissions - Answer -Any Emissions containing particulate asbestos
material that are visually detectable without the aid of instruments.
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Questions and Answers
29 CFR 126.1101 - Answer -OSHA Asbestos Standard for the Construction
Industry
40 CFR 763 - Answer -EPA Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA)
Asbestos requirements for schools.
Competent Person - Answer -OSHA- A Person who is capable of of identifying
existing asbestos hazards in the workplace and who has the authority to take
corrective action.
PEL - Answer -OSHA- The Permissible Exposure Limit- a level of Airborne
asbestos above which no employee shall be exposed. The PEL is 0.1 f/cc of air as
an 8 hour time weighted average.
Regulated areas - Answer -OSHA- Areas that may exceed airborne concentration
beyond Permissible Exposure Limits of .1 f/cc
LEA - Answer -EPA - Local Education Agency
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, Facility - Answer -EPA- Any Institutional, Commercial or industrial structure,
installation or building, excluding private homes or apartment buildings with four
or less units.
Owner/ Operator - Answer -EPA- Any Persons who owns, leases operated controls
or supervisorses a building.
Friable Asbestos Containing Material - Answer -EPA- Material that contains more
than 1% asbestos and when dry may be crumbled, pulverized or reduced to powder
by hand pressure.
Demolition - Answer -The wreaking or taking out of any load supporting structural
member if a facility together with any related handling operations.
Renovation - Answer -Altering in any way one or more facility components except
structural members.
Facility Component - Answer -Any pipe, duct, boiler, tank, reactor, turbine or
furnace at or in a facility or any structural member of a facility.
Structural Member - Answer -Any load-supporting member of a facility, such as
beams and load-supporting walls.
Visibile Emissions - Answer -Any Emissions containing particulate asbestos
material that are visually detectable without the aid of instruments.
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