Asbestos Worker Examination UPDATED
Actual Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
When friable asbestos-containing materials are disturbed or damaged, fibers may be released
into the air. These fibers are best controlled by... - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔B. using wet
methods to handle the materials
Exposure to asbestos fibers can cause the following disease... - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔B.
asbestos, lung cancer, and mesothelioma
The typical latency period for developing asbestos related disease is... - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔C. over 10 years
When released into the air, asbestos fibers... - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔b. may stay afloat
for as long as several days
Friable asbestos means... - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔a. asbestos-containing material that
can easily be crumbles by hand pressure
Asbestos has been used in the following construction materials... - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔d. All of the above. Spray on, insulation, trasite
The most hazardous asbestos fibers are... - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔d. invisble to the
naked eye
Personal air samples for asbestos are collected... - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔b. with an open
face filter attached to a battery operated pump placed within the workers breathing zone
Penetrating and bridging are the names of two types of... - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔b.
encapsulants
, If the plastic sheeting used to contain the work area rips... - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔b.
stop work and seal it immediately
Amended water is applied to asbestos-containing material during removal in order to... -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔a. wet the fibers more effeciently and to reduce the airborne level
Which of the following are covered under the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act... -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔e. all of the above are covered by AHERA. puclic colleges,
libraries, private, child care centers
During large abatement projects, building ventilation systems should be shut down... -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔a. inside the entire work area
Workers leaving the work area must pass through the following decontamination sequence... -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔c. equipment room, shower room, clean room
During decontamination, workers remove their respirators... - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔b.
inside the shower after it has been cleansed
Heat stress on an abatement site may result in the following... - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔d.
all of the above. Heat stroke, exhaustion, and dehydration
When asbestos-containing materials are being removed 40 feet above floor level, fiber release
can be minimized by... - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔d. sliding the wet material down an
enclosed inclined chute
Glove bags may be used to remove asbestos-containing materials from pipes. When using
glove bags.. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔b. amended water is used to wet the material and
for clean up
After removal of asbestos-containing material, but before final clearance... - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔c. all surfaces are wet wiped and vacuumed
Actual Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
When friable asbestos-containing materials are disturbed or damaged, fibers may be released
into the air. These fibers are best controlled by... - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔B. using wet
methods to handle the materials
Exposure to asbestos fibers can cause the following disease... - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔B.
asbestos, lung cancer, and mesothelioma
The typical latency period for developing asbestos related disease is... - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔C. over 10 years
When released into the air, asbestos fibers... - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔b. may stay afloat
for as long as several days
Friable asbestos means... - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔a. asbestos-containing material that
can easily be crumbles by hand pressure
Asbestos has been used in the following construction materials... - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔d. All of the above. Spray on, insulation, trasite
The most hazardous asbestos fibers are... - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔d. invisble to the
naked eye
Personal air samples for asbestos are collected... - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔b. with an open
face filter attached to a battery operated pump placed within the workers breathing zone
Penetrating and bridging are the names of two types of... - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔b.
encapsulants
, If the plastic sheeting used to contain the work area rips... - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔b.
stop work and seal it immediately
Amended water is applied to asbestos-containing material during removal in order to... -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔a. wet the fibers more effeciently and to reduce the airborne level
Which of the following are covered under the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act... -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔e. all of the above are covered by AHERA. puclic colleges,
libraries, private, child care centers
During large abatement projects, building ventilation systems should be shut down... -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔a. inside the entire work area
Workers leaving the work area must pass through the following decontamination sequence... -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔c. equipment room, shower room, clean room
During decontamination, workers remove their respirators... - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔b.
inside the shower after it has been cleansed
Heat stress on an abatement site may result in the following... - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔d.
all of the above. Heat stroke, exhaustion, and dehydration
When asbestos-containing materials are being removed 40 feet above floor level, fiber release
can be minimized by... - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔d. sliding the wet material down an
enclosed inclined chute
Glove bags may be used to remove asbestos-containing materials from pipes. When using
glove bags.. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔b. amended water is used to wet the material and
for clean up
After removal of asbestos-containing material, but before final clearance... - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔c. all surfaces are wet wiped and vacuumed
