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Unit 6: Indoor Environmental Hazards Questions with
Detailed Verified Answers
How can you determine if there's asbestos in a home? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Hire an accredited individual to
test for asbestos
Asbestos was frequently used in manufacturing because of its fire-retardant and insulating
qualities, and because it was strong. However, due to the health consequences of asbestos, it's no
longer used. You may come across items containing asbestos when looking at older properties.
Which of these items could contain asbestos? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Rocks and soil
Flooring
Walls
Roofs
Heating systems
Radon is Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ a naturally occurring radioactive gas that can be found in some homes.
Radon testing is fairly straightforward, and can be done by the homeowner. If radon is found,
measures, such as sealing cracks in the foundation and venting air out of the home, can be taken to
reduce radon levels.
Typical source of Radon? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Soil and Private wells
If radon occurs naturally in the environment, you may think that nothing can be done. First, radon
may not actually be present in the home. Determining its presence is the first step. Then there are
several actions that can be taken to deal with radon.
A Buy a radon detection kit and test the home.
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B Hire a professional to test for the presence of radon.
C Seal any cracks or spaces in concrete slab, foundation walls, and chimney.
D Install a system to vent and filter radon out of the home.
E Replace any pre-1978 materials used in the construction of the home. Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ A. Action that
can be taken
B. Action that can be taken
C. Action that can be taken; Soil and water may contain radon and can enter the house through
cracks and open spaces. Sealing these may help reduce radon levels
D. Action that can be taken
E. Action that DOESN'T help; radon occurs naturally in the environment and was not used in the
manufacturing of construction products. Replacing these items will likely not reduce radon levels
Sales of homes built prior to 1978 require licensees to provide buyers with a pamphlet about the
hazards of lead paint. What makes exposure to lead paint such a hazard that this requirement
exists?
A Children under the age of six are more severely affected.
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Unit 6: Indoor Environmental Hazards Questions with
Detailed Verified Answers
How can you determine if there's asbestos in a home? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Hire an accredited individual to
test for asbestos
Asbestos was frequently used in manufacturing because of its fire-retardant and insulating
qualities, and because it was strong. However, due to the health consequences of asbestos, it's no
longer used. You may come across items containing asbestos when looking at older properties.
Which of these items could contain asbestos? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Rocks and soil
Flooring
Walls
Roofs
Heating systems
Radon is Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ a naturally occurring radioactive gas that can be found in some homes.
Radon testing is fairly straightforward, and can be done by the homeowner. If radon is found,
measures, such as sealing cracks in the foundation and venting air out of the home, can be taken to
reduce radon levels.
Typical source of Radon? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Soil and Private wells
If radon occurs naturally in the environment, you may think that nothing can be done. First, radon
may not actually be present in the home. Determining its presence is the first step. Then there are
several actions that can be taken to deal with radon.
A Buy a radon detection kit and test the home.
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B Hire a professional to test for the presence of radon.
C Seal any cracks or spaces in concrete slab, foundation walls, and chimney.
D Install a system to vent and filter radon out of the home.
E Replace any pre-1978 materials used in the construction of the home. Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ A. Action that
can be taken
B. Action that can be taken
C. Action that can be taken; Soil and water may contain radon and can enter the house through
cracks and open spaces. Sealing these may help reduce radon levels
D. Action that can be taken
E. Action that DOESN'T help; radon occurs naturally in the environment and was not used in the
manufacturing of construction products. Replacing these items will likely not reduce radon levels
Sales of homes built prior to 1978 require licensees to provide buyers with a pamphlet about the
hazards of lead paint. What makes exposure to lead paint such a hazard that this requirement
exists?
A Children under the age of six are more severely affected.
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