ASP Exam Question & Answers
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Presbycusis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Hearing loss
due to old age
Presbyopia - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔impaired vision
as a result of aging, difficulty focusing
Byssinosis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Disease from
inhaling cotton fibers. Also called "brown lung disease" or
"Monday fever". Reaction against cotton, linen, hemp
products in textile/fabric industry.
Four (4) types of human errors discussed in Human
Factors Engineering. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔"Errors
C.O.S.T. time and money"
1. Commission: doing something wrong
2. Omission: leaving something out
3. Sequence: doing something in the wrong order
4. Timing: doing something out of allotted time, too fast
or too slow
Does the employers have to post OSHA citations? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Yes, for 3 days or until
corrected.
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Audiogram - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Written record
of hearing threshold at specified frequencies.
Audiometer - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a device that
can present tones of different frequencies, from low in
pitch to high in pitch, at different volumes from soft to
loud
What dB at 3000 hz during an audiogram means the
person can't hear the tone? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔30 dB
Factors that affect absorption of noise - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔angle to noise source, frequency of
noise, density, condition/cleanliness, type of mounting,
shape of surface
To improve noise absorption through engineering
controls, what properties do you want? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Good porosity, thickness, air gaps
Emissivity - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Ratio of
radiation emitted by a surface to the radiation emitted by
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a black body at the same temperature. A black body is
1.0 (highest), down to 0 (bright, reflective surfaces).
Emissivity of bright metal surfaces - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Low - less than 0.1 (bright metal is a
good reflector), meaning it is good for reducing radiant
heat.
Emissivity of unpolished surfaces - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Close to 1.0, which is high, meaning not great for
reducing radiant heat.
Carpal tunnel affects what nerve and what parts of the
hand? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Median nerve.
Thumb, pointer and ring fingers, NOT the pinky.
Inflammation and pain in the wrist. Thenar wasting is sign
of advanced disease.
Metal Fume Fever - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Acute
condition from brief high exposure to metal fumes (e.g.,
zinc, magnesium, their oxides). Symptoms appear from 4
to 12 hours after exposure -- fever, shaking chills (flu-
like). Recovery is quick. Workers can develop immunity,
but a break and re-exposure normally makes it worse.
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What do altitude changes affect (and not affect)
regarding fans? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Horsepower needed (air has less mass), static
pressure (not as much needed). But the CFM (volumetric
rate) is NOT changed by altitude, and neither is RPM of
the fan.
SCBA & airline respirator rules - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Must be Grade D or higher; can use high pressure air;
oil pumped with filtering is acceptable. Medical oxygen is
NOT allowed - dangerous because of increased
flammability.
Abduction, adduction, flexion, extension - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Adbuction: increasing angle of arm to
body, AWAY.
Adduction: decreasing angle of arm to body, TOWARD.
Extension: increasing angle of forearm to bicep.
Flexion: decreasing angle of forearm to bicep.
Grade D breathing air - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔19.5%-23.5% oxygen
<5 mg/m3 of oil
<10 ppm CO
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Presbycusis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Hearing loss
due to old age
Presbyopia - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔impaired vision
as a result of aging, difficulty focusing
Byssinosis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Disease from
inhaling cotton fibers. Also called "brown lung disease" or
"Monday fever". Reaction against cotton, linen, hemp
products in textile/fabric industry.
Four (4) types of human errors discussed in Human
Factors Engineering. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔"Errors
C.O.S.T. time and money"
1. Commission: doing something wrong
2. Omission: leaving something out
3. Sequence: doing something in the wrong order
4. Timing: doing something out of allotted time, too fast
or too slow
Does the employers have to post OSHA citations? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Yes, for 3 days or until
corrected.
,ASP Exam Question & Answers
(Latest 2025 )
Audiogram - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Written record
of hearing threshold at specified frequencies.
Audiometer - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a device that
can present tones of different frequencies, from low in
pitch to high in pitch, at different volumes from soft to
loud
What dB at 3000 hz during an audiogram means the
person can't hear the tone? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔30 dB
Factors that affect absorption of noise - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔angle to noise source, frequency of
noise, density, condition/cleanliness, type of mounting,
shape of surface
To improve noise absorption through engineering
controls, what properties do you want? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Good porosity, thickness, air gaps
Emissivity - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Ratio of
radiation emitted by a surface to the radiation emitted by
,ASP Exam Question & Answers
(Latest 2025 )
a black body at the same temperature. A black body is
1.0 (highest), down to 0 (bright, reflective surfaces).
Emissivity of bright metal surfaces - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Low - less than 0.1 (bright metal is a
good reflector), meaning it is good for reducing radiant
heat.
Emissivity of unpolished surfaces - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Close to 1.0, which is high, meaning not great for
reducing radiant heat.
Carpal tunnel affects what nerve and what parts of the
hand? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Median nerve.
Thumb, pointer and ring fingers, NOT the pinky.
Inflammation and pain in the wrist. Thenar wasting is sign
of advanced disease.
Metal Fume Fever - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Acute
condition from brief high exposure to metal fumes (e.g.,
zinc, magnesium, their oxides). Symptoms appear from 4
to 12 hours after exposure -- fever, shaking chills (flu-
like). Recovery is quick. Workers can develop immunity,
but a break and re-exposure normally makes it worse.
, ASP Exam Question & Answers
(Latest 2025 )
What do altitude changes affect (and not affect)
regarding fans? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Horsepower needed (air has less mass), static
pressure (not as much needed). But the CFM (volumetric
rate) is NOT changed by altitude, and neither is RPM of
the fan.
SCBA & airline respirator rules - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Must be Grade D or higher; can use high pressure air;
oil pumped with filtering is acceptable. Medical oxygen is
NOT allowed - dangerous because of increased
flammability.
Abduction, adduction, flexion, extension - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Adbuction: increasing angle of arm to
body, AWAY.
Adduction: decreasing angle of arm to body, TOWARD.
Extension: increasing angle of forearm to bicep.
Flexion: decreasing angle of forearm to bicep.
Grade D breathing air - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔19.5%-23.5% oxygen
<5 mg/m3 of oil
<10 ppm CO
