EPA Lead Risk Assessor Certification | Practice
Questions and Answers | Verified Accurate
• Lead Inspection -✓✓Which is more useful for the renovation contractor, the lead
inspection or the risk assessment?
• Visual
Dust
Soil
Paint Chip
XRF
Water -✓✓What six sampling methods do Risk Assessors use to identify lead
hazards?
• Notify the client in writing -✓✓A certified Risk Assessor may conduct a Risk
assessment on a property which is to be abated by the firm for which they work, if
they...
• 30 ug/m3 -✓✓What is the OSHA Action Level for lead?
• Optional -✓✓Water sampling as part of a Risk Assessment is:
Mandatory, Optional, or Never included?
• Dust
Friction Surface
Impact Surface
Chewable Surface
Deteriorated Paint
Soil -✓✓What are the six LBP hazards defined by EPA?
• 1,200 ppm -✓✓EPA Soil lead hazard in general yard area
• True -✓✓XRF analysis is the most common method for determining LBP
• False, XRF is most commonly used to determine LBP but not hazards -✓✓XRF
analysis is the most common method for determining lead hazards
, • Performance Characteristic Sheet (PCS) supplied with the XRF -✓✓Where
would you find operational data for an XRF?
• 13 -✓✓How many dust samples are usually taken for a Risk Assessment?
• Removal
Enclosure
Encapsulation -✓✓What are the three forms of lead abatement?
• 3 shots on the 1.02 standard -✓✓How do you calibrate an XRF?
• Beginning
End
Every 4 hours
Every time the device is powered down -✓✓How often do you calibrate an XRF?
• Equal to or greater than 1.0 mg/cm2 -✓✓LBP per XRF
• Greater than 0.5% by weight -✓✓LBP % level by paint chip analysis
• 40 ug/ft2 -✓✓EPA Floor clearance/hazard level
• 250 ug/ft2 -✓✓EPA Window sill or stool clearance/hazard level
• 400 ug/ft2 -✓✓EPA Window trough or well clearance/hazard level
• 50 ug/m3 -✓✓OSHA lead PEL
• 30 ug/m3 -✓✓OSHA lead Action Level
• 400 ppm -✓✓EPA Soil play area/vegetable garden clearance/hazard level
• 1,200 ppm -✓✓EPA Soil other parts of yard clearance/hazard level
• 5,000 ppm -✓✓HUD required Level for soil abatement
Questions and Answers | Verified Accurate
• Lead Inspection -✓✓Which is more useful for the renovation contractor, the lead
inspection or the risk assessment?
• Visual
Dust
Soil
Paint Chip
XRF
Water -✓✓What six sampling methods do Risk Assessors use to identify lead
hazards?
• Notify the client in writing -✓✓A certified Risk Assessor may conduct a Risk
assessment on a property which is to be abated by the firm for which they work, if
they...
• 30 ug/m3 -✓✓What is the OSHA Action Level for lead?
• Optional -✓✓Water sampling as part of a Risk Assessment is:
Mandatory, Optional, or Never included?
• Dust
Friction Surface
Impact Surface
Chewable Surface
Deteriorated Paint
Soil -✓✓What are the six LBP hazards defined by EPA?
• 1,200 ppm -✓✓EPA Soil lead hazard in general yard area
• True -✓✓XRF analysis is the most common method for determining LBP
• False, XRF is most commonly used to determine LBP but not hazards -✓✓XRF
analysis is the most common method for determining lead hazards
, • Performance Characteristic Sheet (PCS) supplied with the XRF -✓✓Where
would you find operational data for an XRF?
• 13 -✓✓How many dust samples are usually taken for a Risk Assessment?
• Removal
Enclosure
Encapsulation -✓✓What are the three forms of lead abatement?
• 3 shots on the 1.02 standard -✓✓How do you calibrate an XRF?
• Beginning
End
Every 4 hours
Every time the device is powered down -✓✓How often do you calibrate an XRF?
• Equal to or greater than 1.0 mg/cm2 -✓✓LBP per XRF
• Greater than 0.5% by weight -✓✓LBP % level by paint chip analysis
• 40 ug/ft2 -✓✓EPA Floor clearance/hazard level
• 250 ug/ft2 -✓✓EPA Window sill or stool clearance/hazard level
• 400 ug/ft2 -✓✓EPA Window trough or well clearance/hazard level
• 50 ug/m3 -✓✓OSHA lead PEL
• 30 ug/m3 -✓✓OSHA lead Action Level
• 400 ppm -✓✓EPA Soil play area/vegetable garden clearance/hazard level
• 1,200 ppm -✓✓EPA Soil other parts of yard clearance/hazard level
• 5,000 ppm -✓✓HUD required Level for soil abatement
