ASBESTOS SUPERVISOR STANDARD EXAMS
ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Ground fault circuit interrupters are used in asbestos projects to: - ✔✔Reduced
electrical shock potential
✔✔The difference between Phase Contrast Microscopy (PCM) and Polarized Light
Microscopy (PLM) is: - ✔✔PCM is used to analyze air samples; PLM is used to
analyzed bulk samples
✔✔After the stripping of asbestos materials, the next procedure for the workers to
perform according to ICR 56, after the first cleaning, is to - ✔✔Encapsulate the surface
that were not the subject of abatement
✔✔A "small asbestos project" means asbestos work: - ✔✔a. Involving less than 260
linear feet of pipe insulation
b. more than 25 linear feet of pipe insulation
c. Less than 160 sq. ft. but more than 10 sq. ft of ACM
✔✔Phase contrast microscopy (PCM) counts those fibers: - ✔✔5 microns or larger
✔✔HEPA filters must be: - ✔✔Remove when dirty and discarded as contaminated
waste
✔✔When are critical barriers allowed to be removed? - ✔✔After the final visual
inspection and air results are acceptable
✔✔Plastic on floor layers must extend _______ inches up the wall as a minimum -
✔✔12 inches
✔✔The purpose of amending the water is to - ✔✔Decrease the surface tension of the
water so it "wets" better
, ✔✔If you are fit tested with an M.S.A. half face small respirator, can you be switch into
3M half face medium respirator without checking its fitness? - ✔✔Never
✔✔Carbon monoxide (CO) intoxication may occur if you are working with: - ✔✔a. Type
C respirators
B. Open flame heating systems outside the work area
c. A compressor in a parking lot
✔✔Posting of asbestos abatement warning signs is required: - ✔✔At all entrances to
the work area where airborne concentrations of asbestos may exceed ambient
background levels
✔✔Which class of respirator offers the highest protection? - ✔✔Positive pressure
respirator
✔✔If the work site fails the final air clearance tests: - ✔✔a. Another visual inspection
must be conduct
b. Final clearance air sample must be repeated
c. The entire cleaning process must be repeated
✔✔During your Face Seal Fit Test of your half-life respirator, when you cover the
exhalation valve and blow outward, you are performing the: - ✔✔Positive pressure test
✔✔Pick the best sequence of events: - ✔✔Post signs, pre-clean, plasticize, remove
✔✔OSHA's 0.1 f/cc standards: - ✔✔Is not a safe level
✔✔Which property certified individual is best trained to supervise the implementation of
asbestos work specification for AHERA school projects? - ✔✔Contractor representative
✔✔What action should a site supervisor take when ambient air counts go above 0.01
f/cc outside the containment? - ✔✔Stop removal, mist air with amended water, cleanup
all debris, locate and repair containment breach.
✔✔what is the maximum number of negative air exhausts that can be discharged at the
same termination point? - ✔✔5
✔✔A worker who, though repeatedly instructed to, repeatedly is found not wearing a
respirator during removal should be: - ✔✔Suspended or fired
✔✔ Asbestos is what type of material? - ✔✔Naturally occurring fibrous silicate material
ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Ground fault circuit interrupters are used in asbestos projects to: - ✔✔Reduced
electrical shock potential
✔✔The difference between Phase Contrast Microscopy (PCM) and Polarized Light
Microscopy (PLM) is: - ✔✔PCM is used to analyze air samples; PLM is used to
analyzed bulk samples
✔✔After the stripping of asbestos materials, the next procedure for the workers to
perform according to ICR 56, after the first cleaning, is to - ✔✔Encapsulate the surface
that were not the subject of abatement
✔✔A "small asbestos project" means asbestos work: - ✔✔a. Involving less than 260
linear feet of pipe insulation
b. more than 25 linear feet of pipe insulation
c. Less than 160 sq. ft. but more than 10 sq. ft of ACM
✔✔Phase contrast microscopy (PCM) counts those fibers: - ✔✔5 microns or larger
✔✔HEPA filters must be: - ✔✔Remove when dirty and discarded as contaminated
waste
✔✔When are critical barriers allowed to be removed? - ✔✔After the final visual
inspection and air results are acceptable
✔✔Plastic on floor layers must extend _______ inches up the wall as a minimum -
✔✔12 inches
✔✔The purpose of amending the water is to - ✔✔Decrease the surface tension of the
water so it "wets" better
, ✔✔If you are fit tested with an M.S.A. half face small respirator, can you be switch into
3M half face medium respirator without checking its fitness? - ✔✔Never
✔✔Carbon monoxide (CO) intoxication may occur if you are working with: - ✔✔a. Type
C respirators
B. Open flame heating systems outside the work area
c. A compressor in a parking lot
✔✔Posting of asbestos abatement warning signs is required: - ✔✔At all entrances to
the work area where airborne concentrations of asbestos may exceed ambient
background levels
✔✔Which class of respirator offers the highest protection? - ✔✔Positive pressure
respirator
✔✔If the work site fails the final air clearance tests: - ✔✔a. Another visual inspection
must be conduct
b. Final clearance air sample must be repeated
c. The entire cleaning process must be repeated
✔✔During your Face Seal Fit Test of your half-life respirator, when you cover the
exhalation valve and blow outward, you are performing the: - ✔✔Positive pressure test
✔✔Pick the best sequence of events: - ✔✔Post signs, pre-clean, plasticize, remove
✔✔OSHA's 0.1 f/cc standards: - ✔✔Is not a safe level
✔✔Which property certified individual is best trained to supervise the implementation of
asbestos work specification for AHERA school projects? - ✔✔Contractor representative
✔✔What action should a site supervisor take when ambient air counts go above 0.01
f/cc outside the containment? - ✔✔Stop removal, mist air with amended water, cleanup
all debris, locate and repair containment breach.
✔✔what is the maximum number of negative air exhausts that can be discharged at the
same termination point? - ✔✔5
✔✔A worker who, though repeatedly instructed to, repeatedly is found not wearing a
respirator during removal should be: - ✔✔Suspended or fired
✔✔ Asbestos is what type of material? - ✔✔Naturally occurring fibrous silicate material
