LEAD ABATEMENT EXAM SCRIPT
COMPREHENSIVE TEST BANK REVIEW SHEET
SOLVED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ Who is responsible for the satisfactory completion of the project?
Answer: Lead Abatement Supervisors
◉ T/F- US EPA requires that all workers and supervisors who engage
in lead abatement work complete accredited training and obtain
worker certification Answer: True
◉ Other conversions of 1 mg/cm2 (ppm, % by weight, micrograms)
Answer: 1.0mg/cm2 or more of lead
0.5% (5000 ppm) or more by lead weight
100%/0.5% = 200 or 1 in 200
1,000,000 microgram / 5,000 = 200 or 1 in 200
◉ Federal Definition of Lead-Based Paint (amount) Answer: 1
milligram/cm2
◉ gram to milligram to microgram conversion Answer: 1 gram =
1,000 milligram = 1,000,000 micrograms
, ◉ T/F- Lead graphite pencils contribute to Lead Poisoning Answer:
False
◉ T/F- Educators are not associated with lead exposure Answer: True
◉ What is the most common lead exposure to children? Answer:
Playing in lead-contaminated dust
◉ What are the two most common ways lead enters the body?
Answer: Eating (ingestion) and Breathing (Inhalation)
◉ What body system is the most affected by lead? Answer: The
nervous system
◉ Why are children at highest risk of lead poisoning? Answer:
Immature bodies
not fully developed organs
more likely to come into contact w/ lead in the home
◉ What must exposure monitoring records include? Answer: Dates
numbers
duration
location
results of each exposure sample
COMPREHENSIVE TEST BANK REVIEW SHEET
SOLVED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ Who is responsible for the satisfactory completion of the project?
Answer: Lead Abatement Supervisors
◉ T/F- US EPA requires that all workers and supervisors who engage
in lead abatement work complete accredited training and obtain
worker certification Answer: True
◉ Other conversions of 1 mg/cm2 (ppm, % by weight, micrograms)
Answer: 1.0mg/cm2 or more of lead
0.5% (5000 ppm) or more by lead weight
100%/0.5% = 200 or 1 in 200
1,000,000 microgram / 5,000 = 200 or 1 in 200
◉ Federal Definition of Lead-Based Paint (amount) Answer: 1
milligram/cm2
◉ gram to milligram to microgram conversion Answer: 1 gram =
1,000 milligram = 1,000,000 micrograms
, ◉ T/F- Lead graphite pencils contribute to Lead Poisoning Answer:
False
◉ T/F- Educators are not associated with lead exposure Answer: True
◉ What is the most common lead exposure to children? Answer:
Playing in lead-contaminated dust
◉ What are the two most common ways lead enters the body?
Answer: Eating (ingestion) and Breathing (Inhalation)
◉ What body system is the most affected by lead? Answer: The
nervous system
◉ Why are children at highest risk of lead poisoning? Answer:
Immature bodies
not fully developed organs
more likely to come into contact w/ lead in the home
◉ What must exposure monitoring records include? Answer: Dates
numbers
duration
location
results of each exposure sample
