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AMPP C3 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025
Todays allowable concentration in paint, toys, and other
materials - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ 90 PPM (Parts per
Million)
Chronic Exposure - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ Overtime
Accute Exposure - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ High dose, short
time
Kids lead level - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ 3.5
Hazardous Material - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ Beryllium,
Arsenic, Lead, Hexavalent Chromium, Cadmium
Routes of entry - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ inhalation,
ingestion, absorption, injection
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#1 cause of lead into body - .....ANSWER... ✔✔
inhalation or ingestion
How hazardous metals leave the body - .....ANSWER...
✔✔ Urine
Hazardous materials enter the body through... -
.....ANSWER... ✔✔ Workers eating, failure of PPE,
failure to use hand wash, and contamination of clean
areas
Most common place for lead to be stored -
.....ANSWER... ✔✔ Bones
How long is the biological half-life of lead defined -
.....ANSWER... ✔✔ >30 days in blood
Methods of field testing are... - .....ANSWER... ✔✔
XRF Machine and Wet Chemical Tests
Most reliable method to tell if it lead? - .....ANSWER...
✔✔ Paint Chips Sampling
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Action level OSHA - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ 30 in a 8 hr
day
Competent person - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ A person who
is capable of identifying existing and predictable
hazards in the surroundings or working conditions which
are unsanitary, hazardous, or dangerous to employees,
and who has authorization to take prompt corrective
measures to eliminate them.
Lead - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ metallic lead, all organic
lead compounds, and organic lead soaps.
PEL - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ 50 in a 8 hr day
Methods of initial determination - .....ANSWER... ✔✔
Historical or Action
When and who to monitor - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ Best
practice within 24 hr of start of each job
Pull data from highest potential exposure shift
Monitor full day (7 hrs OSHA)
Monitor for other hazardous metals in coatings if
appropriate
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Power tool cleaning WITH dust collection - .....ANSWER...
✔✔ 1/2 face
Power tool cleaning WITHOUT dust collection -
.....ANSWER... ✔✔ Full face
Notify workers of results - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ 5 days
How many people should be monitored? - .....ANSWER...
✔✔ 25% of the people (OSHA)
Results from pre monitoring - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ <30
no monitoring
30-50 every 6 months
>50 3 months
OSHA way of dealing with hazards - .....ANSWER...
✔✔ ELIMINATION
Washing Station - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ Running water
AMPP C3 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025
Todays allowable concentration in paint, toys, and other
materials - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ 90 PPM (Parts per
Million)
Chronic Exposure - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ Overtime
Accute Exposure - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ High dose, short
time
Kids lead level - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ 3.5
Hazardous Material - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ Beryllium,
Arsenic, Lead, Hexavalent Chromium, Cadmium
Routes of entry - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ inhalation,
ingestion, absorption, injection
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#1 cause of lead into body - .....ANSWER... ✔✔
inhalation or ingestion
How hazardous metals leave the body - .....ANSWER...
✔✔ Urine
Hazardous materials enter the body through... -
.....ANSWER... ✔✔ Workers eating, failure of PPE,
failure to use hand wash, and contamination of clean
areas
Most common place for lead to be stored -
.....ANSWER... ✔✔ Bones
How long is the biological half-life of lead defined -
.....ANSWER... ✔✔ >30 days in blood
Methods of field testing are... - .....ANSWER... ✔✔
XRF Machine and Wet Chemical Tests
Most reliable method to tell if it lead? - .....ANSWER...
✔✔ Paint Chips Sampling
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Action level OSHA - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ 30 in a 8 hr
day
Competent person - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ A person who
is capable of identifying existing and predictable
hazards in the surroundings or working conditions which
are unsanitary, hazardous, or dangerous to employees,
and who has authorization to take prompt corrective
measures to eliminate them.
Lead - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ metallic lead, all organic
lead compounds, and organic lead soaps.
PEL - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ 50 in a 8 hr day
Methods of initial determination - .....ANSWER... ✔✔
Historical or Action
When and who to monitor - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ Best
practice within 24 hr of start of each job
Pull data from highest potential exposure shift
Monitor full day (7 hrs OSHA)
Monitor for other hazardous metals in coatings if
appropriate
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Power tool cleaning WITH dust collection - .....ANSWER...
✔✔ 1/2 face
Power tool cleaning WITHOUT dust collection -
.....ANSWER... ✔✔ Full face
Notify workers of results - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ 5 days
How many people should be monitored? - .....ANSWER...
✔✔ 25% of the people (OSHA)
Results from pre monitoring - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ <30
no monitoring
30-50 every 6 months
>50 3 months
OSHA way of dealing with hazards - .....ANSWER...
✔✔ ELIMINATION
Washing Station - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ Running water
