ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔how often does a PAPR need to be fit-tested? - ✔✔6 months
✔✔which of the following will increase a persons' chances of getting lung cancer? -
✔✔smoking, using a paper respirator, and taking lunch in the shower rooms
✔✔the procedure for applying a protective coating or sealant to a surface from which
ACM has been removed is called - ✔✔encapsulant
✔✔what month/year was the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act signed into
law? - ✔✔Oct-86
✔✔Title 8 - ✔✔CalOSHA
✔✔ACM - ✔✔asbestos containing material
✔✔EPA - ✔✔environmental protection agency
✔✔What is ACM by EPA? - ✔✔any material more than 1% asbestos
✔✔OSHA - ✔✔occupational health and safety administration
✔✔NESHAP - ✔✔national emissions standard for hazardous air pollutants
✔✔AHERA - ✔✔asbestos hazard emergency response act
✔✔ASHARA - ✔✔asbestos school hazard abatement reauthorization act
✔✔LEA - ✔✔local education agency
, ✔✔DOT - ✔✔department of transportation
✔✔CPSC - ✔✔consumer product safety commission
✔✔NIST - ✔✔national institute of standards and technology
✔✔NIOSH - ✔✔national institute of occupational safety and health
✔✔NVLAP - ✔✔national voluntary laborartory accredidation program
✔✔Rough-in- - ✔✔to lay out the basic lines wihtout making the final connections or
turning off direct power
✔✔when is a rough-in done? - ✔✔preliminary stage to apporval of a building, electrical,
or plumbing inspector
✔✔Rough-out- - ✔✔framing and rough structure of the building
✔✔plenum - ✔✔space between dropped ceiling and ceiling where HVAC units pull air
from
✔✔seal fit test/seal check (everytime you put a repirator on)? - ✔✔negative pressure
check and positive pressure check
✔✔what color are the HEPA filters used for our masks? - ✔✔purple or magenta
✔✔PEL - ✔✔Permissible Exposure Limit - 0.1f/cc
✔✔EL - ✔✔Excursion Limit - 1.0f/cc
✔✔mesothelioma - ✔✔Cancer and very fatal. Cancer of the lining encircling the lungs
(Plueral Mesothelioma) or the lining surrounding the abdominal cavity (peritoneal
mesothelioma)
✔✔Asbestosis - ✔✔Only asbestos related disease that is not considered a cancer. It is
a member of diseases generally called fibrosis or fibrotic lung disease
✔✔Lung Cancer - ✔✔Largest killer of asbestos workers. The symptoms are shortness
of breath, chest pain, and coughing up blood
✔✔Asbestos workers who smoke vs. asbestos workers who don't smoke have
_________ the amount to contracting lung cancer - ✔✔50-90 times