ASBESTOS SUPERVISOR 2027 EVALUATION
ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔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
✔✔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
✔✔How often should a positive/negative pressure face seal be conducted on a negative
pressure respirator? - ✔✔Daily
✔✔According to ICR 56, how large does the clean room of the decontamination unit
have to be if there are 17 workers on the project? - ✔✔96 ft2
✔✔According to OSHA regulation 29 CFR 1926.1101, how often is a medical exam
given to an asbestos abatement worker? - ✔✔At new hire and yearly
✔✔Which of the following make-up an OSHA Medical Evaluation? - ✔✔a. Pulmonary
function test (b) Medical history questionnaire (c) Cardiac evaluation
✔✔The current OSHA permissible exposure limit (PEL) is: - ✔✔0.1 fiber/cc
✔✔NYS Code Rule 56 final clearance air quality standard is: - ✔✔<0.01 fiber/cc or
background level, whichever is greater
✔✔Asbestos was used in which of the following materials? - ✔✔a. Insulation (b) Fire
proofing (c) Acoustical tiles
✔✔The disease caused by the inhalation of asbestos fibers that causes scarring of the
lung tissue and reduces the lung capacity? - ✔✔a. Asbestosis (b) Mesothelioma (c)
Colitis
✔✔An agent added to water to improve wetting and penetration into asbestos-
containing materials and which helps keep asbestos out of the air is a: - ✔✔Surfactant
✔✔What is the EPA definition of friable asbestos containing materials? - ✔✔An
asbestos containing material that can be crumbled or crushed by hand pressure
✔✔A form of highly friable asbestos is: - ✔✔Sprayed-on fire proofing
✔✔What practice(s) does OSHA ban in a regulated work area? - ✔✔a. Eating (b)
Smoking (c) applying cosmetics inside the abatement work area
✔✔The Federal agency responsible for the enforcement of non-governmental worker
protection regulations is: - ✔✔Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA)
ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔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
✔✔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
✔✔How often should a positive/negative pressure face seal be conducted on a negative
pressure respirator? - ✔✔Daily
✔✔According to ICR 56, how large does the clean room of the decontamination unit
have to be if there are 17 workers on the project? - ✔✔96 ft2
✔✔According to OSHA regulation 29 CFR 1926.1101, how often is a medical exam
given to an asbestos abatement worker? - ✔✔At new hire and yearly
✔✔Which of the following make-up an OSHA Medical Evaluation? - ✔✔a. Pulmonary
function test (b) Medical history questionnaire (c) Cardiac evaluation
✔✔The current OSHA permissible exposure limit (PEL) is: - ✔✔0.1 fiber/cc
✔✔NYS Code Rule 56 final clearance air quality standard is: - ✔✔<0.01 fiber/cc or
background level, whichever is greater
✔✔Asbestos was used in which of the following materials? - ✔✔a. Insulation (b) Fire
proofing (c) Acoustical tiles
✔✔The disease caused by the inhalation of asbestos fibers that causes scarring of the
lung tissue and reduces the lung capacity? - ✔✔a. Asbestosis (b) Mesothelioma (c)
Colitis
✔✔An agent added to water to improve wetting and penetration into asbestos-
containing materials and which helps keep asbestos out of the air is a: - ✔✔Surfactant
✔✔What is the EPA definition of friable asbestos containing materials? - ✔✔An
asbestos containing material that can be crumbled or crushed by hand pressure
✔✔A form of highly friable asbestos is: - ✔✔Sprayed-on fire proofing
✔✔What practice(s) does OSHA ban in a regulated work area? - ✔✔a. Eating (b)
Smoking (c) applying cosmetics inside the abatement work area
✔✔The Federal agency responsible for the enforcement of non-governmental worker
protection regulations is: - ✔✔Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA)
