CAC Test Questions & Answers
Z test is used under AHERA when? - ✔✔When a TEM clearance fails and the cause is suspected
to be from contamination from outside the work area.
The EPA "land ban" notice serves what functi
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CAC Test Questions & Answers
Z test is used under AHERA when? - ✔✔When a TEM clearance fails and the cause is suspected
to be from contamination from outside the work area.
The EPA "land ban" notice serves what function - ✔✔Keeps RCRA wastes out of landfills not
equipped to handle them.
What is NARS - ✔✔An EPA system for tracking contractor violations and compliance.
When is personal air sampling not required on asbestos abatement jobs? - ✔✔When air supplied
respirators are used.
A ladder is being used to access the roof of a building 30 feet above the ground. How high must
the ladder be? - ✔✔34'
Title 8 1529 scaffold criterias
When isolating a room, which will have fireproofing abatement performed, it is recommended to
put down the floor plastic first. Why is this? - ✔✔Any debris generated while hanging wall
polyethylene will be caught by the floor.
Poly chlorinated biphenyls are often encountered on asbestos abatement jobs as a component of
which of the following? - ✔✔Lighting ballasts
Two bags of asbestos waste somehow fall off of a truck on the way to the landfill. By the time
the CHP arrives on site, little kids have started making snowmen out of the asbestos. The judge
finds the building owner under what doctrine? - ✔✔Strict liability
Which of the following is an engineering control? - ✔✔Negative pressure units.
The AHERA regulation requires which of the following? - ✔✔All suspect materials must be
inspected. At the LEA's option, the materials can be assumed asbestos containing.
You have just monitored the abatement of 200 square feet of VAT in a 3rd grade classroom.
What kind of clearance will you now perform? - ✔✔5 TEM samples inside, 5 outside.
You have just monitored the abatement of 20 square feet of VAT in a 4' x 5' janitors closet. What
kind of clearance will you now perform? - ✔✔5 PCM samples inside, 0 outside.
On an abatement job, there are a number of hazards present besides asbestos. Whose
responsibility is it to recognize these hazards, to sample for them if appropriate, and to control
them? - ✔✔Competent person.
What is the maximum allowable level of carbon monoxide in Grade D air? - ✔✔10ppm
GFCI must be installed on all - ✔✔Negative pressure units, power tools, shower waste pumps.
Which of the following is used to sample for personal exposure to organic vapor, when applying
spray glue? - ✔✔Charcoal tube.
The TEM results for an AHERA clearance have just come back from the laboratory. The results
are an average of 2000 structures per square mm of filter area. The contractor thinks that
demolition of Sheetrock walls is causing the problem, and has requested that the outside samples
be analyzed and a Z test performed. What is your response? - ✔✔It is unlikely that the outside
samples would have this high level of fibers; therefore the analysis is not prudent.
There are 8 sections on the cSST exam. Which of the following lists is correct? - ✔✔Project
management, respirators and PPE, regulations, liability and insurance, air monitoring,
inspections, records and reports, general info.
Class I asbestos work - ✔✔means activities involving the removal of TSI and surfacing ACM
and PACM.
Class II asbestos work - ✔✔means activities involving the removal of ACM which is not thermal
system insulation or surfacing material. This includes, but is not limited to, the removal of
asbestos-containing wallboard, floor tile and sheeting, roofing and siding shingles, and
construction mastics.
Class III asbestos work - ✔✔means repair and maintenance operations, where "ACM", including
TSI and surfacing ACM and PACM, is likely to be disturbed.
Class IV asbestos work - ✔✔means maintenance and custodial activities during which
employees contact but do not disturb ACM or PACM and activities to clean up dust, waste and
debris resulting from Class I, II, and III activities.
Asbestos Model Accreditation Plan (MAP) - ✔✔(40 CFR 763 Subpart E Appendix C) mandates
safety training for those who do asbestos removal work, and implements the additional training
requirements mandated by Congress in the Asbestos School Hazard Reauthorization Act of 1990
as well as its requirements for training of asbestos workers in public and commercial buildings.
40 CFR 763 - ✔✔AHERA different subparts
40 CFR 763 subpart E - ✔✔Asbestos containing materials in schools
40 CFR 763 subpart I - ✔✔Prohibition of manufacture, importation, processing and distribution
in commerce of certain ACP; labeling requirements
40 CFR 763 subpart G - ✔✔Asbestos worker protection
Management plan submitted by LEA by - ✔✔October 12 1988
Implemented management plan by - ✔✔July 9, 1989
Transportation of asbestos waste- Department of Transportation - ✔✔49 CFR part 173, subpart J
Disposal of asbestos wasteCovered by the National Emissions Standards for hazardous air
pollutants (NESHAP)- - ✔✔40 CFR part 61, subpart M
Toxic Substances Control Act - ✔✔15 USC 2601
4 main functions of a management planner - ✔✔Conduct hazard assessment, recommend
appropriate response actions, develop management plan to be submitted to the governed of state,
develop an operations and maintenance plan.
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