Instruments
Science & Theory
Controls
Standards
Miscelleanous
100
This type of air sampling is attached to a worker in their breathing zone.
What is Personal air sampling?
100
This is the most important characteristic for determining particle behavior.
What is size?
100
This is the "last resort" in controlling for hazards.
What is PPE?
100
OSHA's occupational exposure limits are called ___.
What is PEL?
100
The year the Occupational Safety and Health Act was signed.
When was 1970?
200
Active air sampling requires the use of a(n) ____, while passive air sampling does not.
What is an air pump?
200
This is the dose at which 50% of a test population would be killed.
What is LD50?
200
The Hierarchy of Controls, from top to bottom, is:
1. _______
2. _______
3. _______
4. _______
5. _______
What are Elimination, Substitution, Engineering controls, Administrative controls, PPE?
200
ACGIH's recommended occupational exposure limits are called ___.
What are TLVs?
200
ARECC stands for...
What is Anticipate, Recognize, Evaluate, Control, Confirm?
300
This type of add-on to a pump sampling set up separates larger particles from respirable particles
What is a Respirable Dust Cyclone / Cyclone
300
This organic form of a heavy metal has a complex cycle in the environment: beginning as emissions, through the water cycle, and biomagnifying in seafood.
What is methylmercury?
300
Chemical fume hoods and biosafety cabinets are examples of ____.
What is LEV?
300
Under OSHA, employees exposed to noise above ____ must be in a Hearing Conservation Program.
85 dBA.
300
Under which president were both OSHA and EPA created?
Who is Richard Nixon?
400
This instrument measures ______.
What is air velocity?
400
This is the Most Penetrating Particle Size (MPPS) of a HEPA filter.
What is 0.3 μm?
400
This test must be done annually for employees who are in a respiratory protection program.
What is Respirator Fit Testing?
400
Hazardous waste falls under this environmental law.
What is RCRA?
400
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) is better known as what?
What is Superfund?
500
This instrument is used in a duct to measure total pressure and static pressure.
What is a pitot tube?
500
This "factor" is the workplace level of respiratory protection that a respirator (or class of respirators) is expected to provide to employees. Hint: The more advanced and covered a respirator becomes, this increases
Assigned Protection Factor (APF)
500
At this Biosafety Level (BSL), ALL procedures involving infectious material MUST be done within a biosafety cabinet.
What is BSL-3?
500
List the 6 criteria air pollutants under NAAQS.
What are:
- ozone
- particulate matter (PM)
- lead
- carbon monoxide (CO)
- sulfur oxides (SOx)
- nitrogen oxides (NOx)
500
This person is the current EPA Administrator.
Who is Lee Zeldin?