AMRT REVIEW TIPS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SET A+
✔✔Sanitizer - ✔✔A biocide that significantly reduces the number of vegetative
environmental bacteria of public health importance
✔✔Disinfectant - ✔✔A biocide that significantly reduces or kills up to 99.99% of
recognized human pathogens and may kill some bacterial spores
✔✔Sterilant - ✔✔A biocide that can completely kill or inactivate significant challenges of
resistant bacterial spores
✔✔Fungistat - ✔✔A product that suppresses fungal growth
✔✔Bacteriostat - ✔✔A product that suppresses bacterial growth
✔✔Ozone - ✔✔A gaseous phase biocide that is toxic to humans and is not
recommended for microbial remediation
✔✔UV Light - ✔✔Used inside HVAC ducts, crowded waiting rooms, airlocks and
laboratories in an effort to control infectious agents
✔✔Why should initial sampling be conducted? - ✔✔1. Determine scope
2. Protect the contractor
3. I.D. areas that may be impacted with settled spores
✔✔Why is post remediation sampling conducted? - ✔✔1. Verify successful remediation
2. Re-occupancy
3. Liability
✔✔What is the air sample of choice for verification and why? - ✔✔Spore traps because
they are quick and provide the total microbial load
, ✔✔benefit of collecting a viable air sample - ✔✔The cultures can speciated
✔✔4 common types of surface samples - ✔✔1. Bulk
2. Swab
3. Contact plate
4. Tape
✔✔requirements for an IEP - ✔✔Certification, education, training, and experience
✔✔requirements for reading samples - ✔✔Education, special training, and extensive
experience
✔✔water activity - ✔✔The amount of moisture available on a surface that mold can use
to support growth
✔✔3 primary sewage biohazards - ✔✔1. Bacteria
2. Parasites
3. Viruses
✔✔3 secondary sewage biohazards - ✔✔1. endotoxins
2. fungi
3. mycotoxins
✔✔4 common sewage viruses - ✔✔1. rotavirus
2. hepatitis
3. adenovirus
4. G.I. virus
✔✔Pathogenic - ✔✔Disease causing
✔✔Carcinogenic - ✔✔Potential to cause cancer
✔✔Who governs indoor air quality? - ✔✔No one
✔✔Hydrophobic - ✔✔Does not like water
✔✔example of a hydrophilic mold - ✔✔Stachybotrys
✔✔example of xerophilic mold - ✔✔Aspergillus and Penicillium
✔✔Sporulation - ✔✔The point in a fungal organism life cycle that it begins to produce
and release spores
SET A+
✔✔Sanitizer - ✔✔A biocide that significantly reduces the number of vegetative
environmental bacteria of public health importance
✔✔Disinfectant - ✔✔A biocide that significantly reduces or kills up to 99.99% of
recognized human pathogens and may kill some bacterial spores
✔✔Sterilant - ✔✔A biocide that can completely kill or inactivate significant challenges of
resistant bacterial spores
✔✔Fungistat - ✔✔A product that suppresses fungal growth
✔✔Bacteriostat - ✔✔A product that suppresses bacterial growth
✔✔Ozone - ✔✔A gaseous phase biocide that is toxic to humans and is not
recommended for microbial remediation
✔✔UV Light - ✔✔Used inside HVAC ducts, crowded waiting rooms, airlocks and
laboratories in an effort to control infectious agents
✔✔Why should initial sampling be conducted? - ✔✔1. Determine scope
2. Protect the contractor
3. I.D. areas that may be impacted with settled spores
✔✔Why is post remediation sampling conducted? - ✔✔1. Verify successful remediation
2. Re-occupancy
3. Liability
✔✔What is the air sample of choice for verification and why? - ✔✔Spore traps because
they are quick and provide the total microbial load
, ✔✔benefit of collecting a viable air sample - ✔✔The cultures can speciated
✔✔4 common types of surface samples - ✔✔1. Bulk
2. Swab
3. Contact plate
4. Tape
✔✔requirements for an IEP - ✔✔Certification, education, training, and experience
✔✔requirements for reading samples - ✔✔Education, special training, and extensive
experience
✔✔water activity - ✔✔The amount of moisture available on a surface that mold can use
to support growth
✔✔3 primary sewage biohazards - ✔✔1. Bacteria
2. Parasites
3. Viruses
✔✔3 secondary sewage biohazards - ✔✔1. endotoxins
2. fungi
3. mycotoxins
✔✔4 common sewage viruses - ✔✔1. rotavirus
2. hepatitis
3. adenovirus
4. G.I. virus
✔✔Pathogenic - ✔✔Disease causing
✔✔Carcinogenic - ✔✔Potential to cause cancer
✔✔Who governs indoor air quality? - ✔✔No one
✔✔Hydrophobic - ✔✔Does not like water
✔✔example of a hydrophilic mold - ✔✔Stachybotrys
✔✔example of xerophilic mold - ✔✔Aspergillus and Penicillium
✔✔Sporulation - ✔✔The point in a fungal organism life cycle that it begins to produce
and release spores
