ASBESTOS TRAINING COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTION BANK WITH TESTED SOLUTIONS
AND REVIEW AIDS
●● ACBM
Answer: Asbestos Containing Building Material
●● ASHARA
Answer: The Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Reauthorization Act.
Started 1990, effective Nov. 1992, requires that an accredited Building
Inspector perform any asbestos inspection conducted in a public or
commercial building. Extended the training requirement to cover
asbestos workers, supervisors, and inspectors in public and commercial
buildings. ("Under the ASHARA revisions AHERA's training
requirements now apply to all persons working with asbestos in public
and commercial buildings...")
Increased number of hours required for asbestos worker and supervisor
training to 32 and 40 hrs respectively.
●● Building Inspector Responsibilities (AHERA & ASHARA)
Answer: 1. Determining whether ACBM is present in a building
2. Assessing the physical characteristics of the ACBM within the
building.
, ●● A building inspection involves:
Answer: 1. Investigation of records for the identification of ACBM
2. A physical and visual inspection of the building for suspect materials
3. Sampling and analyzing suspect materials to test for asbestos
4. Assessing the condition and location of the ACBM and other
characteristics of the building
●● Management Planner Role
Answer: Uses info from the building inspection to estimate the degree of
current or potential hazard posed by the ACM and develop a plan for
managing the ACM. After ACM is confirmed, create O&M plan, stays in
effect until ACM is removed.
●● OSHA
Answer: Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Protects
workers
●● How AHERA affects your work/changed things:
Answer: 1. Defines ACM as being more than 1%.
2. Lays out 5 control methods: operations and maintenance, enclosure,
encapsulation, repair, and removal.
3. Describes clearance air sampling at end of job with aggressive air
sampling and a TEM.
QUESTION BANK WITH TESTED SOLUTIONS
AND REVIEW AIDS
●● ACBM
Answer: Asbestos Containing Building Material
●● ASHARA
Answer: The Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Reauthorization Act.
Started 1990, effective Nov. 1992, requires that an accredited Building
Inspector perform any asbestos inspection conducted in a public or
commercial building. Extended the training requirement to cover
asbestos workers, supervisors, and inspectors in public and commercial
buildings. ("Under the ASHARA revisions AHERA's training
requirements now apply to all persons working with asbestos in public
and commercial buildings...")
Increased number of hours required for asbestos worker and supervisor
training to 32 and 40 hrs respectively.
●● Building Inspector Responsibilities (AHERA & ASHARA)
Answer: 1. Determining whether ACBM is present in a building
2. Assessing the physical characteristics of the ACBM within the
building.
, ●● A building inspection involves:
Answer: 1. Investigation of records for the identification of ACBM
2. A physical and visual inspection of the building for suspect materials
3. Sampling and analyzing suspect materials to test for asbestos
4. Assessing the condition and location of the ACBM and other
characteristics of the building
●● Management Planner Role
Answer: Uses info from the building inspection to estimate the degree of
current or potential hazard posed by the ACM and develop a plan for
managing the ACM. After ACM is confirmed, create O&M plan, stays in
effect until ACM is removed.
●● OSHA
Answer: Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Protects
workers
●● How AHERA affects your work/changed things:
Answer: 1. Defines ACM as being more than 1%.
2. Lays out 5 control methods: operations and maintenance, enclosure,
encapsulation, repair, and removal.
3. Describes clearance air sampling at end of job with aggressive air
sampling and a TEM.
