Lead Inspector Study Guide – Complete Exam Prep, Practice Questions &
Certification Review
The role of a Risk Assessor is to determine and report - ANS ✔✔-Type of LBP hazards
-Severity of LBP hazards
-Location of LBP hazards
· Soil Sampling is not necessary if? - ANS ✔✔No bare soil exists on the property
· A Risk Assessment includes? - ANS ✔✔Occupant Questionnaire
· Floor plans for Risk Assessment identify rooms and room equivalents by? - ANS ✔✔o Room
number and room function
· In Multi-family housing, when no information is available on the building's history
maintenance, or management practices; and not all units can be accessed, which sampling
selection method should be used? - ANS ✔✔o Worse-Case Sampling
· The Clearance examination involves? - ANS ✔✔o A written history of the property
· Interim controls do not include - ANS ✔✔o Covering such a surface with a coating or other
treatment,
· For the purpose of a Risk Assessment the term similar dwellings describe dwelling that - ANS
✔✔o Were built at the same time, are of similar construction, have a common painting,
maintenance and management history
, · For a Risk Assessment the visual examination categorizes the paint condition on surfaces as -
ANS ✔✔o Intact, Deteriorated
· In Michigan, an EBL environmental investigation can only be performed by? - ANS ✔✔o A
certified lead inspector/risk assessor that has received the MI elevated blood lead (EBL)
endorsement
· Preliminary data collection (resident questionnaire) will help a Risk Assessor? - ANS ✔✔o
Prioritize areas of concern and develop a sampling scheme
· Worse Case sampling selection requires that the risk assessor has? - ANS ✔✔o Access to all
units
· Soil-lead hazards may be abated by what method? - ANS ✔✔o Replacement
· According to the EPA, which of the following is not an acceptable method for identifying lead-
based paint? - ANS ✔✔o Chemical test kits
· Soil samples should not be taken from which of the following? - ANS ✔✔o Grassy areas where
children play
· The process of determining that painted surfaces are lead safe in dwellings where lead based
paint remains after a lead abatement project is called? - ANS ✔✔o Re-Evaluation
· A Risk Assessment report contains all the following: - ANS ✔✔o Clearance wipe sample results
· In Michigan, during a risk assessment the number of rooms (if available) that dust wipe sample
are taken in is? - ANS ✔✔o 6
Certification Review
The role of a Risk Assessor is to determine and report - ANS ✔✔-Type of LBP hazards
-Severity of LBP hazards
-Location of LBP hazards
· Soil Sampling is not necessary if? - ANS ✔✔No bare soil exists on the property
· A Risk Assessment includes? - ANS ✔✔Occupant Questionnaire
· Floor plans for Risk Assessment identify rooms and room equivalents by? - ANS ✔✔o Room
number and room function
· In Multi-family housing, when no information is available on the building's history
maintenance, or management practices; and not all units can be accessed, which sampling
selection method should be used? - ANS ✔✔o Worse-Case Sampling
· The Clearance examination involves? - ANS ✔✔o A written history of the property
· Interim controls do not include - ANS ✔✔o Covering such a surface with a coating or other
treatment,
· For the purpose of a Risk Assessment the term similar dwellings describe dwelling that - ANS
✔✔o Were built at the same time, are of similar construction, have a common painting,
maintenance and management history
, · For a Risk Assessment the visual examination categorizes the paint condition on surfaces as -
ANS ✔✔o Intact, Deteriorated
· In Michigan, an EBL environmental investigation can only be performed by? - ANS ✔✔o A
certified lead inspector/risk assessor that has received the MI elevated blood lead (EBL)
endorsement
· Preliminary data collection (resident questionnaire) will help a Risk Assessor? - ANS ✔✔o
Prioritize areas of concern and develop a sampling scheme
· Worse Case sampling selection requires that the risk assessor has? - ANS ✔✔o Access to all
units
· Soil-lead hazards may be abated by what method? - ANS ✔✔o Replacement
· According to the EPA, which of the following is not an acceptable method for identifying lead-
based paint? - ANS ✔✔o Chemical test kits
· Soil samples should not be taken from which of the following? - ANS ✔✔o Grassy areas where
children play
· The process of determining that painted surfaces are lead safe in dwellings where lead based
paint remains after a lead abatement project is called? - ANS ✔✔o Re-Evaluation
· A Risk Assessment report contains all the following: - ANS ✔✔o Clearance wipe sample results
· In Michigan, during a risk assessment the number of rooms (if available) that dust wipe sample
are taken in is? - ANS ✔✔o 6
