ASBESTOS ESAMS EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
What is another name for trachea? - Correct Answers -Wind Pipe
Who is the largest producer of asbestos in the world? - Correct Answers -Russia
Who is the largest provider of asbestos to the United States? - Correct Answers -
Canada
What is a cancer of the covering of the lung or lining of the chest or abdominal cavities
caused by exposure to asbestos? - Correct Answers -Mesothelioma
Crocidolite is also known as what? - Correct Answers -Blue Asbestos
How long can it take some smaller diameter asbestos fibers to settle? - Correct
Answers -80 Hours
What type of exposure to asbestos is caused by actions such as sweeping, dusting or
unfiltered vacuuming? - Correct Answers -Re-entrainment
The main use of asbestos in construction is for what? - Correct Answers -Strengthen
concrete
What makes an asbestos material non-friable? - Correct Answers -Products where the
asbestos is bound in a tight matrix and will not easily shed asbestos fibbers under
normal day to day use
What chapter in OPNAVINST 5100.23 (series) covers asbestos? - Correct Answers -17
What is now responsible for roughly one half of the deaths that occur from past
asbestos exposures? - Correct Answers -Lung Cancer
When was asbestos in thermal, surfacing and fire proofing materials banned? - Correct
Answers -1973
Which is not a part of the respiratory system? - Correct Answers -Colon
AND ANSWERS
What is another name for trachea? - Correct Answers -Wind Pipe
Who is the largest producer of asbestos in the world? - Correct Answers -Russia
Who is the largest provider of asbestos to the United States? - Correct Answers -
Canada
What is a cancer of the covering of the lung or lining of the chest or abdominal cavities
caused by exposure to asbestos? - Correct Answers -Mesothelioma
Crocidolite is also known as what? - Correct Answers -Blue Asbestos
How long can it take some smaller diameter asbestos fibers to settle? - Correct
Answers -80 Hours
What type of exposure to asbestos is caused by actions such as sweeping, dusting or
unfiltered vacuuming? - Correct Answers -Re-entrainment
The main use of asbestos in construction is for what? - Correct Answers -Strengthen
concrete
What makes an asbestos material non-friable? - Correct Answers -Products where the
asbestos is bound in a tight matrix and will not easily shed asbestos fibbers under
normal day to day use
What chapter in OPNAVINST 5100.23 (series) covers asbestos? - Correct Answers -17
What is now responsible for roughly one half of the deaths that occur from past
asbestos exposures? - Correct Answers -Lung Cancer
When was asbestos in thermal, surfacing and fire proofing materials banned? - Correct
Answers -1973
Which is not a part of the respiratory system? - Correct Answers -Colon
