CSST CORRECT COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔· HEPA Filters - ✔✔Catch greater than 99% of dust particulates 0.3 microns and
greater at all times
✔✔· What is a Type C respirator? - ✔✔Air supplied
✔✔· What is the muco-ciliary escalator? - ✔✔Moves object by mucus to swallow
✔✔· What are the monitoring requirements on supplied air respirators? - ✔✔Daily on
Class I jobs
No monitoring required on other classes
✔✔· What is the amount of liters breath in 1 hour? - ✔✔1000
✔✔· When is a PCM ok to use in school? - ✔✔Less than 160 sq. ft or 260 LF
Or if decided by the owner
✔✔· If not a credited inspector, but have a building inspector, what types of surveys can
you perform? - ✔✔For bidding purposes only on residential buildings
✔✔· What are you assessing in friable ACM materials in schools? - ✔✔Location
Category
Condition
Potential for damage
Type of material
✔✔· What are you assessing in non-friable ACBM in schools? - ✔✔Identify and
document
✔✔· Who reviews AHERA management plans? - ✔✔OLA/OPSC
, ✔✔· What does the inspection team consist of? - ✔✔Building owner rep
Architect
Facility/maintenance director
Consulting staff
✔✔· What must be done in periodic surveillance? - ✔✔Visually inspect areas identified
in the management plan
✔✔· What does the AHERA reinspection assess? - ✔✔EPA recommends
Condition of friable ACM
Visual and physical inspection of non-friable ACM
✔✔· What does the inspection include? - ✔✔Identify homogenous areas and functional
spaces
Collection of bulk samples
Physical assessment and classification of material
✔✔· When is an O&M completed? - ✔✔When asbestos will remain in the building
✔✔· When do workers need fall protection? - ✔✔6ft or higher
✔✔· When do you double bag asbestos waste? - ✔✔Greater than 1%
✔✔· When must scaffold guards and toe boards be installed? - ✔✔10 ft or more
✔✔· Ladders - ✔✔4:1 ratio
Every 4 ft up is 1 foot out
3rd from the top is highest you can stand
✔✔· Not to exceed temp on glove bags. - ✔✔150 degrees, 130 degrees safe temp
✔✔According to Title 8 1529, how is 0.1% treated? - ✔✔Must be abated but not double
bagged
✔✔· A free-standing scaffold of 4 ft base has a max height of what? - ✔✔16 ft
✔✔· What training must custodians who come in contact with asbestos have? - ✔✔2-
hour awareness
✔✔· What is amended water? - ✔✔Surfactant added to increase the ability of liquid to
penetrate ACM
✔✔· Can a competent person conduct an exposure assessment? - ✔✔Yes
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔· HEPA Filters - ✔✔Catch greater than 99% of dust particulates 0.3 microns and
greater at all times
✔✔· What is a Type C respirator? - ✔✔Air supplied
✔✔· What is the muco-ciliary escalator? - ✔✔Moves object by mucus to swallow
✔✔· What are the monitoring requirements on supplied air respirators? - ✔✔Daily on
Class I jobs
No monitoring required on other classes
✔✔· What is the amount of liters breath in 1 hour? - ✔✔1000
✔✔· When is a PCM ok to use in school? - ✔✔Less than 160 sq. ft or 260 LF
Or if decided by the owner
✔✔· If not a credited inspector, but have a building inspector, what types of surveys can
you perform? - ✔✔For bidding purposes only on residential buildings
✔✔· What are you assessing in friable ACM materials in schools? - ✔✔Location
Category
Condition
Potential for damage
Type of material
✔✔· What are you assessing in non-friable ACBM in schools? - ✔✔Identify and
document
✔✔· Who reviews AHERA management plans? - ✔✔OLA/OPSC
, ✔✔· What does the inspection team consist of? - ✔✔Building owner rep
Architect
Facility/maintenance director
Consulting staff
✔✔· What must be done in periodic surveillance? - ✔✔Visually inspect areas identified
in the management plan
✔✔· What does the AHERA reinspection assess? - ✔✔EPA recommends
Condition of friable ACM
Visual and physical inspection of non-friable ACM
✔✔· What does the inspection include? - ✔✔Identify homogenous areas and functional
spaces
Collection of bulk samples
Physical assessment and classification of material
✔✔· When is an O&M completed? - ✔✔When asbestos will remain in the building
✔✔· When do workers need fall protection? - ✔✔6ft or higher
✔✔· When do you double bag asbestos waste? - ✔✔Greater than 1%
✔✔· When must scaffold guards and toe boards be installed? - ✔✔10 ft or more
✔✔· Ladders - ✔✔4:1 ratio
Every 4 ft up is 1 foot out
3rd from the top is highest you can stand
✔✔· Not to exceed temp on glove bags. - ✔✔150 degrees, 130 degrees safe temp
✔✔According to Title 8 1529, how is 0.1% treated? - ✔✔Must be abated but not double
bagged
✔✔· A free-standing scaffold of 4 ft base has a max height of what? - ✔✔16 ft
✔✔· What training must custodians who come in contact with asbestos have? - ✔✔2-
hour awareness
✔✔· What is amended water? - ✔✔Surfactant added to increase the ability of liquid to
penetrate ACM
✔✔· Can a competent person conduct an exposure assessment? - ✔✔Yes
