Asbestos: Dangers and Types Quiz

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Asbestos: Dangers and Types Quiz OB
Oliver Balay
Quiz by Oliver Balay, updated more than 1 year ago
Oliver Balay
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Question 1

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Exposure through inhalation to asbestos affects the lungs.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 2

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You should continue to work as soon as you have discovered the presence of asbestos.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 3

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What is the brown type of asbestos called?
Answer
  • Chrysotile
  • Chrysolite
  • Amosite
  • Amosile

Question 4

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What should you do as soon as you discover the presence of asbestos in the work place?
Answer
  • Continue to work as long as you do not disturb the asbestos.
  • Stop working, go home and tell your supervisor in the morning.
  • Continue to work with the asbestos even though you may have had some training.
  • Stop working immediately and report it to your supervisor.

Question 5

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What is the colour of the most harmful and dangerous form of asbestos?
Answer
  • Brown
  • White
  • Blue
  • Grey

Question 6

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Chrysotile asbestos has a white colour to it.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 7

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A dust mask is safe to use when working with or removing asbestos in the work place.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 8

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Select all of the following health implications when being exposed to asbestos over time.
Answer
  • Dust allergies
  • Lung cancer
  • Flu
  • Mesothelioma

Question 9

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The latest Control of Asbestos Regulations has been amended to which year?
Answer
  • 1992
  • 2006
  • 2014
  • 2012

Question 10

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Mesothelioma is a form of asbestos-related lung cancer.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 11

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When coming across asbestos when must you stop working and inform your supervisor?
Answer
  • After you have removed the asbestos from the work place.
  • After you have further investigated the presence of asbestos by disturbing the material a few times.
  • When you think you cannot remove the asbestos all by yourself.
  • Immediately when you have (or think) you have discovered the presence of asbestos.

Question 12

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Asbestos is a dust-like fibrous mineral which can be manufactured in various material forms.
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  • True
  • False

Question 13

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Asbestos is only present within buildings constructed before the year 1990?
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 14

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In the UK, Asbestos will be the cause of deaths of around 20 tradesman each week including 6 electricians.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 15

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The colour of Amosite asbestos is?
Answer
  • Yellow
  • Blue
  • White
  • Brown

Question 16

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What colour is Crocidilite asbestos?
Answer
  • Green
  • Blue
  • Brown
  • White
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