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