EPA Lead Inspector New 2023-2024 /Questions And
Answers 100% Score!!!
Quiz :lead based paint - Answer :1mg/cm^2 or .5% by weight
Quiz :title X - Answer :aka Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act
of 1992
-shifted focus of federal legislation from acting on existing lead-based paint
hazards to preventing new hazards from occurring
-has regs governing the training and certifcation of lead professionals
-Fed regs DO NOT require LBP inspections; risk assessments, or abatement in
target housing or child-occupied facilities
-congress passed in order to protect families from exposure to lead from paint,
dust and soil
-only acting on existing homes containing lead based paint
Quiz :3 reasons children more susceptible to EBLL - Answer :1) development
2) habits 3) body stature
Quiz :lead based paint inspection - Answer :surface to surface investigation to
determine the presence of a lead based paint following Title X
Quiz :deteriorated paint - Answer :chipping, chalking, flaking
Quiz :accessible surface - Answer :"chewable" surfaces, ie. window sills
Quiz :friction surface - Answer :interior/ exterior w/ abrasion or friction ie
windows, floor and stair surfaces
Quiz :impact surface - Answer :interior/ exterior surface that is subject to
damage by repeated sudden force ie door frames
Quiz :abatement - Answer :any measure or set of measures designed to
permanently eliminate lead-based paint. inclduing: removal of paint and dust,
permanent encolsure or encapsulation of lead based paint, replacement of
painted surfaces, removing soil
Quiz :child occupied facility - Answer :-building/ portion of building built
before 1978
, -visited by same child under 6 years of age twice a week, 3 hours at a time OR
combined weekly visit lasts 6 hours
Quiz :clearance levels (definition) - Answer :values that indicate the maximum
amount of lead permitted in dust on surface following completion of an
abatement activity
Quiz :EPA & State: clearance for surface levels - Answer :interior floor: 40
micro gs/ ft^2
interior window sills: 250 micro gs/ ft^2
troughs: 400 micro gs/ ft^2
Quiz :EPA & state: clearance levels for soil samples - Answer :PA: 400 micro
gs/ g
Yard: 1200 micro gs/ g
Quiz :containment - Answer :process to protect workers and the environment
by controlling exposures to the lead-contaminated dust and debris created
during an abatement
Quiz :dripline - Answer :area within 3 feet surrounding the perimeter of a
building
Quiz :encapsulant - Answer :substance that forms a barrier between lead
based paint and the environment using a liquid-applied coating (with or
without reinforcement materials) or an adhesively bonded covering material
Quiz :enclosure - Answer :use of rigid, durable construction materials that are
mechanically fastened to the substrate in order to act as a barrier between
lead based paint and the environment
Quiz :"poor" paint - Answer :more than 10 sq ft of deteriorated paint or
exterior components w large surface areas; OR more than 2 sq ft of
deteriorated paint on interior components w large surface areas; OR more
than 10 % of total surface area of the component is deteriorated on interior /
exterior components w small surface areas
Quiz :interim controls - Answer :set of measures designed to temporarily
reduce human exposure or likely exposure to lead paint
Answers 100% Score!!!
Quiz :lead based paint - Answer :1mg/cm^2 or .5% by weight
Quiz :title X - Answer :aka Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act
of 1992
-shifted focus of federal legislation from acting on existing lead-based paint
hazards to preventing new hazards from occurring
-has regs governing the training and certifcation of lead professionals
-Fed regs DO NOT require LBP inspections; risk assessments, or abatement in
target housing or child-occupied facilities
-congress passed in order to protect families from exposure to lead from paint,
dust and soil
-only acting on existing homes containing lead based paint
Quiz :3 reasons children more susceptible to EBLL - Answer :1) development
2) habits 3) body stature
Quiz :lead based paint inspection - Answer :surface to surface investigation to
determine the presence of a lead based paint following Title X
Quiz :deteriorated paint - Answer :chipping, chalking, flaking
Quiz :accessible surface - Answer :"chewable" surfaces, ie. window sills
Quiz :friction surface - Answer :interior/ exterior w/ abrasion or friction ie
windows, floor and stair surfaces
Quiz :impact surface - Answer :interior/ exterior surface that is subject to
damage by repeated sudden force ie door frames
Quiz :abatement - Answer :any measure or set of measures designed to
permanently eliminate lead-based paint. inclduing: removal of paint and dust,
permanent encolsure or encapsulation of lead based paint, replacement of
painted surfaces, removing soil
Quiz :child occupied facility - Answer :-building/ portion of building built
before 1978
, -visited by same child under 6 years of age twice a week, 3 hours at a time OR
combined weekly visit lasts 6 hours
Quiz :clearance levels (definition) - Answer :values that indicate the maximum
amount of lead permitted in dust on surface following completion of an
abatement activity
Quiz :EPA & State: clearance for surface levels - Answer :interior floor: 40
micro gs/ ft^2
interior window sills: 250 micro gs/ ft^2
troughs: 400 micro gs/ ft^2
Quiz :EPA & state: clearance levels for soil samples - Answer :PA: 400 micro
gs/ g
Yard: 1200 micro gs/ g
Quiz :containment - Answer :process to protect workers and the environment
by controlling exposures to the lead-contaminated dust and debris created
during an abatement
Quiz :dripline - Answer :area within 3 feet surrounding the perimeter of a
building
Quiz :encapsulant - Answer :substance that forms a barrier between lead
based paint and the environment using a liquid-applied coating (with or
without reinforcement materials) or an adhesively bonded covering material
Quiz :enclosure - Answer :use of rigid, durable construction materials that are
mechanically fastened to the substrate in order to act as a barrier between
lead based paint and the environment
Quiz :"poor" paint - Answer :more than 10 sq ft of deteriorated paint or
exterior components w large surface areas; OR more than 2 sq ft of
deteriorated paint on interior components w large surface areas; OR more
than 10 % of total surface area of the component is deteriorated on interior /
exterior components w small surface areas
Quiz :interim controls - Answer :set of measures designed to temporarily
reduce human exposure or likely exposure to lead paint
