Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Asbestos (OSHA) - CORRECT ANSWER Includes chrystolite, amosite, crocidolite,
tremolote, anthrophyllote, actinolite
Class III asbestos work - CORRECT ANSWER Repair and maintenance operations where
"ACM" including TSI and surfacing ACM and PACM, is likely to be disturbed
disturbance - CORRECT ANSWER Disrupt matrix of acm or pack, crumble or pulverize
ACM or PACM, generate visible debris
Employee Exposure - CORRECT ANSWER exposure to airborne asbestos that would occur
if the employee were not using respiratory protective equipment
High-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters - CORRECT ANSWER Filters installed in the
operating room ventilation system that remove 99.97% of particles equal to or larger than 0.3
micrometers.
intact - CORRECT ANSWER ACM has not been crumbled, pulverized, or otherwise
deteriorated so that the asbestos is no longer to be bound in matrix
PACM - CORRECT ANSWER TSI and surfacing material in bldgs built prior to 1980
Regulated Areas - CORRECT ANSWER demarcate areas where airborne concentration of
asbestos exceed/may exceed PEL.
renovation - CORRECT ANSWER Modifying an existing structure
, Surfacing Material - CORRECT ANSWER material sprayed, troweled on or applies to
surfaces (acoustical plaster or fire proofing materials)
Surfacing ACM - CORRECT ANSWER Surfacing material containing 1%< asbestos
TSI ACM - CORRECT ANSWER TSI containing more than one percent Asbestos
Category I-Non-friable ACM - CORRECT ANSWER Packings gaskets resilient floor
coverings asphalt roofing products containing more than one percent ACM
Category II-Non-friable ACM - CORRECT ANSWER All other non friable products
containing more than one perfect asbestos
demolition - CORRECT ANSWER Wrecking or destroying any load bearing structural
member of a facility together with any related handling or intentional burning of any facility
Facility - CORRECT ANSWER Any institutional, public, commercial, residential, or
industrial structure or building
"Facility component" - CORRECT ANSWER Any part of a facility including a component
Friable asbestos material - CORRECT ANSWER Material containing greater than one percent
asbestos as determined by PLM that CAN be crumbled, pulverized, or reduce to powder
If asbestos content is less than 10% verify by point method
In poor condition - CORRECT ANSWER Binding or material losing integrity by peeling,
cracking, or crumbling