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Model Lead-Based Paint Risk Assessor | Practice
Questions, Answers & Detailed Rationales | 2026
Resource Features
➢ Detailed answers and rationales
➢ Lead-risk assessment scenarios
➢ Sampling and inspection practice
➢ XRF-related review
➢ EPA Model Lead-Based Paint Risk Assessor practice questions
,EPA Model Lead-Based Paint Risk Assessor |
Practice Questions, Answers & Detailed
Rationales | 2026
Question 1
What year were lead levels reduced in consumer products?
A) 1968
B) 1978
C) 1988
D) 1990
Answer: B) 1978
Rationale: The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
banned lead paint in residential properties and reduced lead
levels in consumer products in 1978.
Question 2
What group regulated the lead level permitted in consumer
products?
,A) EPA
B) HUD
C) Consumer Product Safety Commission
D) OSHA
Answer: C) Consumer Product Safety Commission
Rationale: The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is
responsible for regulating lead levels permitted in consumer
products, including the 1978 ban on lead paint in residential
properties.
Question 3
Define Target Housing:
A) Housing built after 1990
B) Housing built before 1978
C) Housing with known lead hazards
D) Housing occupied by children only
Answer: B) Housing built before 1978
Rationale: Target housing is defined as any housing constructed
prior to 1978, except for housing built for the elderly or disabled,
unless a child under 6 will live there.
, Question 4
Define Child Occupied Facility:
A) Built before 1978, occupied by a child 6 years or younger, 2x
week, 3hrs/visit, 6hrs/week, 60hrs/year
B) Any building with children present
C) Built after 1978 with children present
D) A daycare center only
Answer: A) Built before 1978, occupied by a child 6 years or
younger, 2x week, 3hrs/visit, 6hrs/week, 60hrs/year
Rationale: A child-occupied facility is a building or portion of a
building constructed prior to 1978, visited regularly by the same
child, 6 years of age or under on at least 2 different days within
any week.
Question 5
True or False: The risk assessor should be involved in the process
of selecting a contractor.
A) True
B) False
Model Lead-Based Paint Risk Assessor | Practice
Questions, Answers & Detailed Rationales | 2026
Resource Features
➢ Detailed answers and rationales
➢ Lead-risk assessment scenarios
➢ Sampling and inspection practice
➢ XRF-related review
➢ EPA Model Lead-Based Paint Risk Assessor practice questions
,EPA Model Lead-Based Paint Risk Assessor |
Practice Questions, Answers & Detailed
Rationales | 2026
Question 1
What year were lead levels reduced in consumer products?
A) 1968
B) 1978
C) 1988
D) 1990
Answer: B) 1978
Rationale: The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
banned lead paint in residential properties and reduced lead
levels in consumer products in 1978.
Question 2
What group regulated the lead level permitted in consumer
products?
,A) EPA
B) HUD
C) Consumer Product Safety Commission
D) OSHA
Answer: C) Consumer Product Safety Commission
Rationale: The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is
responsible for regulating lead levels permitted in consumer
products, including the 1978 ban on lead paint in residential
properties.
Question 3
Define Target Housing:
A) Housing built after 1990
B) Housing built before 1978
C) Housing with known lead hazards
D) Housing occupied by children only
Answer: B) Housing built before 1978
Rationale: Target housing is defined as any housing constructed
prior to 1978, except for housing built for the elderly or disabled,
unless a child under 6 will live there.
, Question 4
Define Child Occupied Facility:
A) Built before 1978, occupied by a child 6 years or younger, 2x
week, 3hrs/visit, 6hrs/week, 60hrs/year
B) Any building with children present
C) Built after 1978 with children present
D) A daycare center only
Answer: A) Built before 1978, occupied by a child 6 years or
younger, 2x week, 3hrs/visit, 6hrs/week, 60hrs/year
Rationale: A child-occupied facility is a building or portion of a
building constructed prior to 1978, visited regularly by the same
child, 6 years of age or under on at least 2 different days within
any week.
Question 5
True or False: The risk assessor should be involved in the process
of selecting a contractor.
A) True
B) False
