EPA LEAD SUPERVISOR TEST BANK WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS 2024/2025
✅How does a lead hazard screen act as a "negative" screen? - Answer: if the results
of the screen indicate that lead hazards are not present, no further testing is required
✅What recommendation is made if more than 5 surfaces have paint in poor condition -
Answer: a fill risk assessment is recommended
✅Interim Controls - Answer: measures designed to temporarily reduce human
exposure or possible exposure to LBP hazards.
✅Interim control measures include - Answer: paint film stabilization; friction and impact
reduction treatments; dust removal; soil covering using non-permanent means
✅Abatement - Answer: measure or measures designed to permanently eliminate LBP
hazards
✅Abate measures include - Answer: building component replacement; enclosure; paint
removal by heat gun, chemical, or contained abrasive; encapsulation (20 yr warranty),
permanent soil covering; soil removal and replacement
✅Three stages of the risk assessment at which counseling and education of owners
and occupants are appropriate - Answer: 1. prior to the risk assessment
2. after the risk assessment but before implementation of any hazard control measures
3. after the implementation of hazard control measures
✅Four functions of final risk assessment report - Answer: 1. summarize results by
indicating where hazards are found
2. indicates range of hazard control options likely to be effective
3. includes all raw data and identifying information
4. in some jurisdictions becomes a legal document
✅Deteriorated paint - Answer: any interior or exterior paint that is peeling, chipping,
chalking, or cracking, or is located on an interior or exterior surface or fixture that is
damaged or deteriorated
✅Friction Surface - Answer: An interior or exterior surfaces that is subject to abrasion
or friction (e.g., certain window, floor, and stair surfaces)
,✅Impact surface - Answer: an interior or exterior surface that is subject to damage
from repeated impacts (parts of door frames)
✅Interim controls - Answer: measures designed to temporarily reduce human
exposure or possible exposure to LBP hazards.
✅Allowable lead quantity in water - Answer: 15 ppb/liter, or 15 mgL
✅Lead blood level of concern for children - Answer: 5 ug/dL
✅NIOSH Lead blood level of concern - Answer: 25 ug/dL
✅OSHA employee lead blood level of concern - Answer: 40 ug/dL
✅OSHA medical removal lead blood level - Answer: 50 ug/d?
✅T/F It is wise for inspectors to be trained in respiratory protection standards but it is
not mandatory for EPA lead inspectors - Answer: True
✅What should an assessor wear at a minimum to perform inspection/risk assessment
of a pre 1978 home? - Answer: booties and rubber gloves
✅Y/N An abatement project has been scheduled in a 1950's house. Is a risk
assessment required by Title X law before work begins - Answer: No
✅T/F The standard procedure for taking a dust sample must include these steps:
layout the sample area; measure 1/10 to 1 square foot; prepare the tube; place gloves
on; properly wipe the sample area in a "S" motion with an approved wipe; place folded
wipe in a sampling tube; clean up sampling materials. - Answer: True
✅Why are dust samples taken? - Answer: to identify lead paint hazards; to see if the
contractor cleaned up properly after renovation; to identify a dust hazard from lead that
may not be paint
✅After a final clearance wipe down, a clearance test can begin _________ after the
clean-up. - Answer: one hour
✅T/F No one should operate the XRF analyzer until they have received radiation
safety training - Answer: True
✅What does a performance characteristic sheet for an XRF instrument determine? -
Answer: XRF specified range; results that are positive, negative, and inconclusive;
calibration check tolerances
, ✅A testing combination is a - Answer: unique combination of room equivalents,
building component types, or substrates
✅Lead Paint 1978 level allowed - Answer: .06%; 600 ppm
✅Current level lead allowed in paint - Answer: .009%; 90 ppm
✅Lead Paint allowed in all other consumer products - Answer: .01%; 100 ppm
✅Hazardous Waste Toxic Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP) - Answer: 5 ppm
✅The use of lead based paint exceeding .06% was banned - Answer: in 1978 for
residential housing.
✅T/F the concentration of lead paint in deteriorating housing must be greater than 1
mg/cm2 by XRF to pose a threat to workers doing renovation or abatement practices. -
Answer: False
✅Title X does not apply to; - Answer: bridges and steel structure; hotels and motels
rented less than 100 days and commercial complexes.
✅What is the primary objective of a Lead Paint Risk Assessment? - Answer: to
discover lead hazards
✅What is the primary objective of a Lead Paint Inspection? - Answer: to discover lead
paint
✅TSCA Title IV, Section 402/404 Rule directed EPA to; - Answer: develop training and
certification requirements for lead professionals. Individuals performing inspections and
risk assessments for lead hazards must be certified through the EPA accredited
program
✅T/F EPA's debris rule advises contractors that lead waste generated during
renovation and remodeling of residential housing is now waived from RCRA's rule and
can be disposed of as municipal waste - Answer: True
✅T/F OSHA established the standard for the worker's permissible exposure limit,
action limit, and exposure time while abating lead - Answer: True
✅T/F Section 1012/1013 within Title X are sections referring to HUD rules - Answer:
True
✅Y/N Are lead inspections mandatory in pre 1978 housing? - Answer: No
CORRECT ANSWERS 2024/2025
✅How does a lead hazard screen act as a "negative" screen? - Answer: if the results
of the screen indicate that lead hazards are not present, no further testing is required
✅What recommendation is made if more than 5 surfaces have paint in poor condition -
Answer: a fill risk assessment is recommended
✅Interim Controls - Answer: measures designed to temporarily reduce human
exposure or possible exposure to LBP hazards.
✅Interim control measures include - Answer: paint film stabilization; friction and impact
reduction treatments; dust removal; soil covering using non-permanent means
✅Abatement - Answer: measure or measures designed to permanently eliminate LBP
hazards
✅Abate measures include - Answer: building component replacement; enclosure; paint
removal by heat gun, chemical, or contained abrasive; encapsulation (20 yr warranty),
permanent soil covering; soil removal and replacement
✅Three stages of the risk assessment at which counseling and education of owners
and occupants are appropriate - Answer: 1. prior to the risk assessment
2. after the risk assessment but before implementation of any hazard control measures
3. after the implementation of hazard control measures
✅Four functions of final risk assessment report - Answer: 1. summarize results by
indicating where hazards are found
2. indicates range of hazard control options likely to be effective
3. includes all raw data and identifying information
4. in some jurisdictions becomes a legal document
✅Deteriorated paint - Answer: any interior or exterior paint that is peeling, chipping,
chalking, or cracking, or is located on an interior or exterior surface or fixture that is
damaged or deteriorated
✅Friction Surface - Answer: An interior or exterior surfaces that is subject to abrasion
or friction (e.g., certain window, floor, and stair surfaces)
,✅Impact surface - Answer: an interior or exterior surface that is subject to damage
from repeated impacts (parts of door frames)
✅Interim controls - Answer: measures designed to temporarily reduce human
exposure or possible exposure to LBP hazards.
✅Allowable lead quantity in water - Answer: 15 ppb/liter, or 15 mgL
✅Lead blood level of concern for children - Answer: 5 ug/dL
✅NIOSH Lead blood level of concern - Answer: 25 ug/dL
✅OSHA employee lead blood level of concern - Answer: 40 ug/dL
✅OSHA medical removal lead blood level - Answer: 50 ug/d?
✅T/F It is wise for inspectors to be trained in respiratory protection standards but it is
not mandatory for EPA lead inspectors - Answer: True
✅What should an assessor wear at a minimum to perform inspection/risk assessment
of a pre 1978 home? - Answer: booties and rubber gloves
✅Y/N An abatement project has been scheduled in a 1950's house. Is a risk
assessment required by Title X law before work begins - Answer: No
✅T/F The standard procedure for taking a dust sample must include these steps:
layout the sample area; measure 1/10 to 1 square foot; prepare the tube; place gloves
on; properly wipe the sample area in a "S" motion with an approved wipe; place folded
wipe in a sampling tube; clean up sampling materials. - Answer: True
✅Why are dust samples taken? - Answer: to identify lead paint hazards; to see if the
contractor cleaned up properly after renovation; to identify a dust hazard from lead that
may not be paint
✅After a final clearance wipe down, a clearance test can begin _________ after the
clean-up. - Answer: one hour
✅T/F No one should operate the XRF analyzer until they have received radiation
safety training - Answer: True
✅What does a performance characteristic sheet for an XRF instrument determine? -
Answer: XRF specified range; results that are positive, negative, and inconclusive;
calibration check tolerances
, ✅A testing combination is a - Answer: unique combination of room equivalents,
building component types, or substrates
✅Lead Paint 1978 level allowed - Answer: .06%; 600 ppm
✅Current level lead allowed in paint - Answer: .009%; 90 ppm
✅Lead Paint allowed in all other consumer products - Answer: .01%; 100 ppm
✅Hazardous Waste Toxic Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP) - Answer: 5 ppm
✅The use of lead based paint exceeding .06% was banned - Answer: in 1978 for
residential housing.
✅T/F the concentration of lead paint in deteriorating housing must be greater than 1
mg/cm2 by XRF to pose a threat to workers doing renovation or abatement practices. -
Answer: False
✅Title X does not apply to; - Answer: bridges and steel structure; hotels and motels
rented less than 100 days and commercial complexes.
✅What is the primary objective of a Lead Paint Risk Assessment? - Answer: to
discover lead hazards
✅What is the primary objective of a Lead Paint Inspection? - Answer: to discover lead
paint
✅TSCA Title IV, Section 402/404 Rule directed EPA to; - Answer: develop training and
certification requirements for lead professionals. Individuals performing inspections and
risk assessments for lead hazards must be certified through the EPA accredited
program
✅T/F EPA's debris rule advises contractors that lead waste generated during
renovation and remodeling of residential housing is now waived from RCRA's rule and
can be disposed of as municipal waste - Answer: True
✅T/F OSHA established the standard for the worker's permissible exposure limit,
action limit, and exposure time while abating lead - Answer: True
✅T/F Section 1012/1013 within Title X are sections referring to HUD rules - Answer:
True
✅Y/N Are lead inspections mandatory in pre 1978 housing? - Answer: No
