Employers Can Protect Their Employees Against

Question: Employers can protect their employees against asbestos exposure by providing either air-filtering or atmosphere-supplying _____.

Answer: Respirators

Question: To ensure the protection of the crew, who should collect the samples of possible ACM for laboratory testing?

Answer: A qualified person

Question: In a high-risk asbestos exposure area, the worker with the LOWEST risk of exposure is likely the worker who:

Answer: Disposes of asbestos-contaminated waste materials

Question: The measures required to control asbestos fibers in the air during high-risk activities include all these procedures EXCEPT:

Answer: Keep work area air pressure higher than surrounding pressures

Question: For their workers involved in high-risk asbestos-exposure jobs, employers must provide all these preventive protections EXCEPT:

Answer: Cancer insurance

Question: Willard is going through the decontamination process. Which one of these steps must be completed AFTER he takes a shower?

Answer: Remove respirator

Question: The encapsulation of asbestos-containing materials requires:

Answer: Covering with a sealant or glue to prevent the release of fibers

Question: Willard is doing laboratory testing on 10 pounds of a material thought to be asbestos-containing (ACM). Once he reduces the material to its parts and separates the asbestos, how much must the asbestos weigh before he can define it as ACM?

Answer: 0.1 pound

Question: Most asbestos-related diseases affect workers in all these asbestos-related industries EXCEPT:

Answer: Remediation

Question: The likelihood of a person developing an asbestos-related disease is based on all these factors EXCEPT:

Answer: Gender