Asbestos Supervisor Initial Exam | 100% Correct
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Asbestos is what type of material? - ✔✔Naturally occurring fibrous silicate material
Asbestos health problems are caused mainly by: - ✔✔Inhalation of asbestos fibers into the lower lung
area
Smokers who work with asbestos are ______ times more likely to develop lung cancer over a non-
smoking, non-asbestos worker. - ✔✔50
Which asbestos related disease is always terminal, not related to smoking and caused more by the
smallest fibers? - ✔✔mesothelioma
A half-face, negative pressure, HEPA cartridge respirator has a protection factor of 10. This means: -
✔✔The mask will protect the worker up to 10 times the OSHA PEL
Per OSHA 29 CFR 1926.1101 determination of employee exposure shall be made from ____________
samples that are representative of the 8 hour TWA of each employee. - ✔✔Breathing Zone
The term HEPA means: - ✔✔High Efficiency Particulate Air (absolute)
What type of vacuum should be used for picking up Asbestos debris? - ✔✔HEPA
Which respirator is the minimum level of approved respiratory protection for asbestos abatement? -
✔✔Half face negative pressure Respirator
Which type of Asbestos "wet" with water easiest? - ✔✔Anthophyllite
Which individual, if properly certified, would have access to an asbestos site in a building? - ✔✔a.
Project monitor (b) building representative
(c) contractor representative
