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Asbestos Supervisor Initial Exam Questions With Correct Verified Answers Asbestos is what type of material? - ANSWER Naturally occurring fibrous silicate material Asbestos health problems are caused mainly by: - ANSWER Inhalation of asbestos fibers into the lower lung area Smokers who work with asbestos are ______ times more likely to develop lung cancer over a non-smoking, non-asbestos worker. - ANSWER 50 Which asbestos related disease is always terminal, not related to smokin...

Detrital rocks CORRECT ANSWER transported sediment as solid particles -Chief constituents of detrital rocks are Quartz, Feldspars, Micas, Clay minerals (the silicate minerals) 'Chemical' rocks CORRECT ANSWER sediment composed of minerals that were once in solution [biochemical is a better name for them, because many are formed from biologic processes] What are sediments? CORRECT ANSWER Sediments are products of mechanical and chemical weathering and deposited on the Earth surface Often...

1 - Absolute pressure is equal to standard sea-level plus: - Gauge pressure 1 - All of the following are types of scale except: - Silicone Types of scale include: - Silicate - magnesium carbonate - Calcium Carbonate 1 - Complaints in the winter that it is too cold in a building can be offset by: - Raising the humidity and the temperature 1 - Copper tubing is standardized on the basis of use into standard - Wall thickness schedules 1 - Define absolute pressure - The total pressure that i...

Natural Event Geological or atmospheric processes involving the release of energy and has nothing to do with people. Geological is due to the hot interior of the Earth and can be expressed as volcanoes. Atmospheric type of energy is the product of solar energy which can be expressed as tornadoes. Characteristics of a Natural Disaster (5) geological, atmospheric, magnitude, frequency, duration, areal extent Recurrence interval time between same sized events (150 years) frequency 1/recurrenc...

1. A factor or agent which increases the risk of cancer is known as a a. teratogen b. mutagen c. carcinogen d. fomite - carcinogen 2. The four major causes of death among all age groups of Americans include all of the following except. a. homicide b. accidents c. malignant neoplasms d. heart disease - homicide 3. In recent years, the largest number of rabies cases were associated with a. skunks b. bats c. dogs d. raccons. - skunks 4. Asbestosis is caused by fine silicate fibers r...

Science Olympiad: Rocks and minerals Rated A+ Albite H: 6.0, S.G: 2.63. A silicate (NaAlSi3O8) a widely distributed rock-forming feldspar. Generally white or light colore. Two directional cleavage. Almandine H:6.5-7.5, S.G:4.31. Color deep purplish red. Usually found in metamorphic rock. a deep red garnet consisting of iron aluminum silicate Amazonite H: 6.0, S.G: 2.5-2.6, Luster: Glassy-vitreous, Color: Green, white, flesh. The only green feldspar Apatite H 5.0, S.G. 3.1-...

REHS exam 1. A factor or agent which increases the risk of cancer is known as a a. teratogen b. mutagen c. carcinogen d. fomite - correct answer carcinogen 2. The four major causes of death among all age groups of Americans include all of the following except. a. homicide b. accidents c. malignant neoplasms d. heart disease - correct answer homicide 3. In recent years, the largest number of rabies cases were associated with a. skunks b. bats c. dogs d. raccons...

REHS Exam Questions And Answers 1. A factor or agent which increases the risk of cancer is known as a a. teratogen b. mutagen c. carcinogen d. fomite - ANS carcinogen 2. The four major causes of death among all age groups of Americans include all of the following except. a. homicide b. accidents c. malignant neoplasms d. heart disease - ANS homicide 3. In recent years, the largest number of rabies cases were associated with a. skunks b. bats c. dogs d. ra...

SCSC 301 exams 1,2,3,4 latest update graded A+ A soil with 25% _____ and 25% ______by volume is close to ideal -water; organic matter -Air; mineral matter -Air; water -Mineral matter; organic matter Air; water Soil is a dynamic natural body having properties due to the combined effects of _______ and biota as modified by ________ acting on parent material over time. -climate; topography -Time; Weather -Topography; parent material -Biota; climate -Weather; topography climate; topography A ...