AHERA Building Inspector Refresher – Exam

The term “suspect material”, as used by AHERA, is all material except:

“Areas which are uniform in color, texture, construction/application date and general appearance”, is a description of:

A currently certified AHERA Building Inspector is required when conducting an asbestos inspection in which of the following?

According to AHERA, if a homogeneous area of friable surfacing material is less than 1,000 square feet, how many samples must be taken as a minimum?

AHERA requires that the Building Inspector conduct a written assessment of all friable ACBM and TSI ACM. This consists of:

Vinyl floor tile should be reanalyzed by gravimetric reduction and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) if found by Polarized Light Microscopy (PLM) to be:

Where is “random sampling” required by regulation?

What does the phrase “manner of sampling” refer to in AHERA?

According to the Asbestos NESHAP, in order to call a suspect ACM negative, a Point Count must be performed if friable material is found by Polarized Light Microscopy (PLM) to be:

An inspector collecting bulk samples is regulated by OSHA under what class of work?

A half-mask air purifying respirator will maintain “clean air” of .01 f/cc at what maximum exposure level? (MUC)

The following is a summary of inspection results on an AHERA asbestos inspection of a building.

By AHERA standards, which materials may be considered not to contain asbestos?

Which of the following ACBM are considered TSI?

Assessment is required for which of the following ACBM?

Because of the synergistic effect of smoking to asbestos exposure, the occupationally exposed smoker is at least ___ times more likely to develop lung cancer than the non-smoking general public:

The following is a summary of inspection results on an AHERA asbestos inspection of a building.

By AHERA standards, which of the following is ACBM?

What is the current OSHA “permissible exposure limit” or PEL, as a TWA?

The following is a summary of inspection results on an AHERA asbestos inspection of a building.

By AHERA standards, which materials were sampled sufficiently to prove negative?

Numbers 1 through 4 of the Physical Assessment are reserved for materials that are:

An inspector is never exempt from the requirement to wear a respirator when sampling which of the following materials?

A “popcorn ceiling” in a functional space is 900 square feet. It has localized damage over about 20% of the surface. What is the correct assessment category?

A site contains six buildings, all built at the same time, by the same contractor, with the same materials. Which of the following is correct?

When collecting samples of suspect ACBM assemblies consisting of multiple layers, the sampling inspector must:

Which of the following are addressed in the written assessment?

According to AHERA, the minimum number of friable surfacing material samples which must be taken in an area from 1,000 square feet to 5,000 square feet is: