Ohio Lead Abatement State Test Exam Questions With Correct Answers

Ohio Lead Abatement State Test Exam
Questions With Correct Answers.

What is lead? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅A poison

What are the benefits of lead? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Prevents corrosion and
kills mold and Mildew

Is durable and easy to shape

How long has lead been used? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Lead has been used for
thousands of years

How can lead make you sick? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Lead can make you sick if
you breathe or swallow it/

Is lead a metal? If so what type? (heavy/light) - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅A heavy
metal

What is the definition of lead based-pain? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Paint, varnish,
shellac, or other coatings on surfaces that contain more than 1.0 mg/cm2 or more than
0.5% weight.

What are some sources of lead exposure? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Lead based
paint

Leaded gasoline

Industrial releases

Soil

Food

Water

Pottery

Crystal

Glassware

,Different jobs and hobbies

When does lead paint become a health hazard? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅When it
chips or becomes dust or fumes.

How is lead dust created - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Lead-based paint gets old and
deteriorates

Lead-painted surfaces are broken, damaged, or disturbed

Lead-painted surfaces are sanded or scraped

What do lead dust particles stick to? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅All surfaces

Can you see lead dust particles with the naked eye? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅No

What is a MAJOR cause of childhood lead poisoning - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Lead paint in the home

When did the United States ban the use of lead paint in homes? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅1978

What is the GREATEST cause of childhood lead poisoning? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Renovation of homes and child-occupied facilities built before 1978

How many American homes still contain lead paint? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅An
estimated 34 Million homes

3/4 of them contain lead hazards

Which commercial buildings are considered child-occupied facilities? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Daycare centers

Hospitals

Schools

Where is lead based paint still being used? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Many
bridges and steel structures

When lead-based paint deteriorates or is disturbed, what does it create? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅It creates lead dust

, If lead based paint removal on steel structures is not properly contained/removed, what
happens to the community? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Lead dust from paint
removal can pollute a whole community

How much lead can make you sick? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅A small amount
(the size of your nail)

Both children and adults

What type of damage can lead cause - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Permanent
damage

Whose brains and bodies are easily damaged by lead? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Children's developing brains and bodies

Causes neurodevelopment disorders and symptoms

What level of lead can cause permanent damage to a child? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Low levels

Do you have to present symptoms for you to be lead poisoned? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅No; Asymptomatic

Lead poisoning can easily be mistaken for what other illness? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅The Flu

How long does lead stay in your blood? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Months

How does lead stay in the blood? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Lead attaches to your
red blood cells and travels through your body.

How long can lead be stored in your body? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅For more
than 30 years; in your bones.

What is body burden? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The amount of lead stored in your
body

How can lead trapped in the bones poison someone? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Lead can be released from your bones and poison you.

As bones deteriorate or lack of calcium in the body.