2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔TSI - ✔✔Thermal System Insulation
✔✔latency period - ✔✔Gap between exposure and presentation of symptoms
✔✔what is the latency period associated with asbestos exposure? - ✔✔10-40 years
✔✔what are the main 3 diseases associated with asbestos exposure? - ✔✔Asbestosis
Mesothelioma
Lung Cancer
✔✔Required Components of an Asbestos Medical Exam - ✔✔1. health and work history
2. general physical
3. pulmonary function test
4. cheat x-ray
✔✔When do asbestos workers need a medical exam? - ✔✔1. Before using a negative
pressure respirator
2. when working a class 1-3 asbestos job for more than 30 days over a year
3. when they reach or exceed the PEL or EL.
✔✔B reader - ✔✔Doctors who specialize in reading chest x-rays for asbestos workers
✔✔PPE - ✔✔personal protective equipment
✔✔APR - ✔✔Air Purifying Respirator
✔✔SAR - ✔✔Supplied Air Respirator
✔✔Primary routes of exposure - ✔✔inhalation & ingestion
✔✔categories of asbestos - ✔✔serpentine & amphibole
✔✔who produces asbestos? - ✔✔Brazil
Russia
India
China
✔✔Serpentine asbestos - ✔✔Curly and flexible fiber in asbestosis; bonds with water
(Chrysotile)