OHIO Lead Risk Assessor Study Guide/Terms EXAM
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ANSWERS (CORRECT VERIFIED SOLUTIONS)
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The federal agency responsible for protecting workers who work
with lead in construction is
ANSWERS: OSHA
What is OSHA's Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) for lead?
ANSWERS: 50 micrograms per cubic meter of air (50 µg/m3)
How much lead must be in paint for OSHA to consider it to be lead-
based paint?
ANSWERS: ANY
Name some common items/objects that Lead is often found in.
ANSWERS: Vinyl blinds, ceramic coating and electrical cable
coatings
,Most common ways lead enters the body?
ANSWERS: Inhaling (breathing) and/or Ingesting (eating)
If lead gets in your body it may damage your
ANSWERS: Central and Peripheral Nervous System,
Cardiovascular System, and Kidneys. (Reproductive, too)
Lead was used in paint because it
ANSWERS: Adds durability and serves as a drying agent.
EPA recommends that we use XRF instruments for which HUD and
EPA have developed:
ANSWERS: Performance characteristics sheet
When surfaces do not allow for use of an XRF, we should take paint
chips and send them to labs accredited by:
ANSWERS: The National Lead Laboratory Accreditation Program
(NLLAP)
, The degree of agreement of repeated measurements when using an
instrument, such as, an XRF is called:
ANSWERS: Precision
Inspectors should check XRF's calibration at a minimum:
ANSWERS: At the beginning of each inspection, every four hours
during an inspection, and at the end of each inspection.
When is it advisable to group interior components with
exterior components for the purpose of testing for paint?
ANSWERS: We should NEVER group interior with exterior.
For the purposes of a lead inspection our definition of multifamily
housing could include units of similar in construction when:
ANSWERS: Any number of units built from 1960 to 1977.
When performing an inspection an inspection for lead-based
paint, a testing combination is made up of the:
ANSWERS: Room equivalent, component and substrate.
LATEST 2026-2027 ACTUAL TEST ACCURATE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (CORRECT VERIFIED SOLUTIONS)
CURRENTLY UPDATED VERSION |ALREADY
GRADED A+
The federal agency responsible for protecting workers who work
with lead in construction is
ANSWERS: OSHA
What is OSHA's Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) for lead?
ANSWERS: 50 micrograms per cubic meter of air (50 µg/m3)
How much lead must be in paint for OSHA to consider it to be lead-
based paint?
ANSWERS: ANY
Name some common items/objects that Lead is often found in.
ANSWERS: Vinyl blinds, ceramic coating and electrical cable
coatings
,Most common ways lead enters the body?
ANSWERS: Inhaling (breathing) and/or Ingesting (eating)
If lead gets in your body it may damage your
ANSWERS: Central and Peripheral Nervous System,
Cardiovascular System, and Kidneys. (Reproductive, too)
Lead was used in paint because it
ANSWERS: Adds durability and serves as a drying agent.
EPA recommends that we use XRF instruments for which HUD and
EPA have developed:
ANSWERS: Performance characteristics sheet
When surfaces do not allow for use of an XRF, we should take paint
chips and send them to labs accredited by:
ANSWERS: The National Lead Laboratory Accreditation Program
(NLLAP)
, The degree of agreement of repeated measurements when using an
instrument, such as, an XRF is called:
ANSWERS: Precision
Inspectors should check XRF's calibration at a minimum:
ANSWERS: At the beginning of each inspection, every four hours
during an inspection, and at the end of each inspection.
When is it advisable to group interior components with
exterior components for the purpose of testing for paint?
ANSWERS: We should NEVER group interior with exterior.
For the purposes of a lead inspection our definition of multifamily
housing could include units of similar in construction when:
ANSWERS: Any number of units built from 1960 to 1977.
When performing an inspection an inspection for lead-based
paint, a testing combination is made up of the:
ANSWERS: Room equivalent, component and substrate.
