EXAM (BUILDING INSPECTION
FOR ASBESTOS) || WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS
, CSST BUILDING INSPECTION EXAM
(BUILDING INSPECTION FOR
ASBESTOS) || WITH COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
What agency does not use the term friable? why? - CORRECT ANSWER - OSHA -
because tools that are used by workers can easily make non friable materials friable.
Primary type of asbestos used in the U.S? - CORRECT ANSWER - Chrysotile.
List three building materials / locations where ACM is likely to be found - CORRECT
ANSWER - fire doors, fume hoods, felt under roofs or siding, amosite sheeting, kiln
bricks and cement, lab equipment, fire safety and equipment, auditorium curtains,
gaskets, vibration joints, etc.
What are the 3 major illnesses related to asbestos exposures? - CORRECT ANSWER
- Asbestosis, Lung Cancer, Mesothelioma.
What is a latency period ? What is the latency period for asbestos related illnesses? -
CORRECT ANSWER - the time between exposure and symptoms / sign of illness. 10-
40 years.
Why does cigarette smoking increase chances of getting an asbestos related illness? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Paralyzes Cillia in lung.
What asbestos related disease normally appears only after long, large, occupational
exposure to asbestos? - CORRECT ANSWER - Asbestosis
what asbestos related disease primarily affects those exposed to asbestos who smoke
cigarettes? - CORRECT ANSWER - lung cancer - increases chances over 50 times.
who must participate in a medical surveillance program - CORRECT ANSWER - -
Employees who conduct Class I, Class II, and Class III work for more than thirty days.
-Employees who are exposed over the PEL for thirty or more days in a year.
When are asbestos medical surveillance physical exams required? - CORRECT
ANSWER - - Before doing the work (pre employment, pre placement)
- Annually
- Upon termination (Cal OSHA requirement)