EPA Lead Risk Assessor Certification |
Actual Exam Questions and Answers |
100% Correct
‣ True or False, at home test kit results can only be included in a report if they indicate
that a home has lead. -✓✓False, at home test kits can only be included in reports if the
results are negative.
‣ Painted wall sockets, switches and plates, and walls are an example of what? -
✓✓Testing combination
‣ Risk Assessor -✓✓conducts risk assessments, samples for the presence of lead in
dust + soil for the purpose of abatement clearance testing.
‣ 2017 Clearance Levels (HUD) -✓✓Interior Floors < 10 ug/ft^2
Porch Floors < 40 ug/ft^2
Sills < 100 ug/ft^2
Troughs < 100 ug/ft^2
‣ Child occupied facility -✓✓Anywhere a child spends a minimum 2 days a week, 3 days
in a week, 6 hours a visit and 60 hours a year.
‣ Substrates -✓✓wood, metal, plaster, concrete
‣ Dripline -✓✓Area w/in 3 ft surrounding perimeter of building
‣ Impact surface -✓✓an interior or exterior surface that is subject to damage from
repeated impacts (parts of door frames)
‣ Lead Based Paint (check) -✓✓paint or other surfaces that contain:
1. 1 ug/cm^2
2. >0.5% by weight
3. 5,000 mg/g
‣ Mid-yard -✓✓Midway between the drip line of a residential building and nearest
property boundary
‣ Permanently Covered Soil -✓✓pavement or concrete, NOT grass, mulch or gravel
‣ Lead Hazard Screen -✓✓purpose of screen is to determine if full risk assessment is
needed.
, Includes a visual inspection, testing of deteriorated paint and at LEAST 2 dust samples
‣ Percentage of lead housing -✓✓90% of housing built < 1940
80% of housing built < 1959
62% of housing built < 1972
‣ Where is the greatest threat of lead contamination? -✓✓Dripline
‣ What type of water is more corrosive for lead pipes? -✓✓Hot "soft" water is more
corrosive
‣ Symptoms of acute lead poisoning -✓✓- abdomen pain
- constipation
- irritability
- fatigue
- weakness
‣ Title X (1992) -✓✓Lead based paint hazard reduction act
‣ Adult EBLL -✓✓Greater than or equal to 40 ug/dL
Blood tests required every 2 months until 2 tests < 40 ug/dL.
‣ Civil Liability -✓✓Statutory law
Administrative law
common law
Tort law - negligence
‣ True or False, HUD does not consider intact lead based paint as a lead-based paint
hazard? -✓✓True, as long as the paint is not deteriorated
‣ Soil lead hazard action level (HUD) -✓✓400 ppm
‣ What is considered bare soil? -✓✓Area with more than 9ft ^2 of soil
‣ Abatement -✓✓Any measure or set of measures designed to permanently eliminate
lead-based paint hazards.
Includes encapsulation and enclosure
‣ What are the EPA post abatement clearance standards? -✓✓Uncarpeted floors < 40
ug/ft^2
Window Sills < 250 ug/ft^2
Actual Exam Questions and Answers |
100% Correct
‣ True or False, at home test kit results can only be included in a report if they indicate
that a home has lead. -✓✓False, at home test kits can only be included in reports if the
results are negative.
‣ Painted wall sockets, switches and plates, and walls are an example of what? -
✓✓Testing combination
‣ Risk Assessor -✓✓conducts risk assessments, samples for the presence of lead in
dust + soil for the purpose of abatement clearance testing.
‣ 2017 Clearance Levels (HUD) -✓✓Interior Floors < 10 ug/ft^2
Porch Floors < 40 ug/ft^2
Sills < 100 ug/ft^2
Troughs < 100 ug/ft^2
‣ Child occupied facility -✓✓Anywhere a child spends a minimum 2 days a week, 3 days
in a week, 6 hours a visit and 60 hours a year.
‣ Substrates -✓✓wood, metal, plaster, concrete
‣ Dripline -✓✓Area w/in 3 ft surrounding perimeter of building
‣ Impact surface -✓✓an interior or exterior surface that is subject to damage from
repeated impacts (parts of door frames)
‣ Lead Based Paint (check) -✓✓paint or other surfaces that contain:
1. 1 ug/cm^2
2. >0.5% by weight
3. 5,000 mg/g
‣ Mid-yard -✓✓Midway between the drip line of a residential building and nearest
property boundary
‣ Permanently Covered Soil -✓✓pavement or concrete, NOT grass, mulch or gravel
‣ Lead Hazard Screen -✓✓purpose of screen is to determine if full risk assessment is
needed.
, Includes a visual inspection, testing of deteriorated paint and at LEAST 2 dust samples
‣ Percentage of lead housing -✓✓90% of housing built < 1940
80% of housing built < 1959
62% of housing built < 1972
‣ Where is the greatest threat of lead contamination? -✓✓Dripline
‣ What type of water is more corrosive for lead pipes? -✓✓Hot "soft" water is more
corrosive
‣ Symptoms of acute lead poisoning -✓✓- abdomen pain
- constipation
- irritability
- fatigue
- weakness
‣ Title X (1992) -✓✓Lead based paint hazard reduction act
‣ Adult EBLL -✓✓Greater than or equal to 40 ug/dL
Blood tests required every 2 months until 2 tests < 40 ug/dL.
‣ Civil Liability -✓✓Statutory law
Administrative law
common law
Tort law - negligence
‣ True or False, HUD does not consider intact lead based paint as a lead-based paint
hazard? -✓✓True, as long as the paint is not deteriorated
‣ Soil lead hazard action level (HUD) -✓✓400 ppm
‣ What is considered bare soil? -✓✓Area with more than 9ft ^2 of soil
‣ Abatement -✓✓Any measure or set of measures designed to permanently eliminate
lead-based paint hazards.
Includes encapsulation and enclosure
‣ What are the EPA post abatement clearance standards? -✓✓Uncarpeted floors < 40
ug/ft^2
Window Sills < 250 ug/ft^2
