Asbestos Worker Test Questions With
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What is a Greek meaning of the word asbestos? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Inextinguishable
What time frame in history was most of the asbestos installed in
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buildings in the United States? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1950 to 1970s
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Name the country that produces most of the chrysotile asbestos
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worldwide. Name the country that produces the most amosite
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worldwide. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Russia (chrysotile)
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South Africa (amosite)
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What is the most commonly used asbestos? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Chrysotile
What colors are associated with which type of asbestos? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-White: Chrysotile | |
Brown: Amosite |
Blue: Crocidolite
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,What type of us asbestos fiber is the most difficult to keep wet and hard
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to control? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Amosite
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What is the definition of an asbestos fiber? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-5
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microns long with a 3-to-1 aspect ratio
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What are four ways we can keep asbestos out of our body? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Engineering controls |
Work practices
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Protective clothing | |
Respirators
What does PEL stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Permissible Exposure
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Limit
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How many EPA regulation asbestos fibers are there? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-6
What type of asbestos fibers are wavy and what type are straight -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Serpentine (wavy)
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Amphibole (Straight) |
, What are the two states of asbestos? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Friable &
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Non- Friable
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What is the definition of friable - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Can be
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crushed, crumbled or pulverized by hand pressure
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What are the four reasons we used asbestos in building materials? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Will not burn
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Structural stability |
Good thermal and electrical insulator
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Impervious to chemical attack| | |
What are the EPA three categories of a ACM? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Surfacing material |
Thermal system insulation
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Miscellaneous
Surfacing material may be applied by what method - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Sprayed on, troweled on or otherwise applied | | | | | |
What is the most common type of asbestos in Vermiculite? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Tremolite
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What is a Greek meaning of the word asbestos? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Inextinguishable
What time frame in history was most of the asbestos installed in
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buildings in the United States? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1950 to 1970s
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Name the country that produces most of the chrysotile asbestos
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worldwide. Name the country that produces the most amosite
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worldwide. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Russia (chrysotile)
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South Africa (amosite)
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What is the most commonly used asbestos? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Chrysotile
What colors are associated with which type of asbestos? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-White: Chrysotile | |
Brown: Amosite |
Blue: Crocidolite
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,What type of us asbestos fiber is the most difficult to keep wet and hard
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to control? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Amosite
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What is the definition of an asbestos fiber? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-5
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microns long with a 3-to-1 aspect ratio
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What are four ways we can keep asbestos out of our body? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Engineering controls |
Work practices
|
Protective clothing | |
Respirators
What does PEL stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Permissible Exposure
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Limit
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How many EPA regulation asbestos fibers are there? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-6
What type of asbestos fibers are wavy and what type are straight -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Serpentine (wavy)
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Amphibole (Straight) |
, What are the two states of asbestos? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Friable &
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Non- Friable
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What is the definition of friable - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Can be
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crushed, crumbled or pulverized by hand pressure
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What are the four reasons we used asbestos in building materials? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Will not burn
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Structural stability |
Good thermal and electrical insulator
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Impervious to chemical attack| | |
What are the EPA three categories of a ACM? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Surfacing material |
Thermal system insulation
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Miscellaneous
Surfacing material may be applied by what method - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Sprayed on, troweled on or otherwise applied | | | | | |
What is the most common type of asbestos in Vermiculite? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Tremolite
