EPA RISK ASSESSOR PRACTICE EXAM 2025/2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔What is the maximum number of paint chips that can be included in a composite,
paint chip sample? - ✔✔5
✔✔Which of the following information is not useful for risk assessments -
✔✔Geographical location of the property
✔✔A Risk Assessment may include the following questions to the residents except -
✔✔Where do they go to Church?
✔✔What is the maximum number of dust wipes that can be included in a composite
dust wipe sample? - ✔✔4
✔✔Interim controls may include all of the following except: - ✔✔Removal and
replacement of windows
✔✔A lead-based paint hazard, as defined in 40 CFR Part 745 Subpart D, includes
which one of the following? - ✔✔Any "chewable" surface painted with LBP that has
teeth marks
✔✔Which of the following is an objective of a risk assessment? - ✔✔To establish
hazard controls that may include abatement.
✔✔What is necessary before using "targeted" sampling in multi-family - ✔✔Project
information from the owner.
✔✔When is paint classified as "intact"? - ✔✔When deterioration is less than the di
minimis levels
✔✔When could XRF test results be useful in a risk assessment report? - ✔✔When the
XRF testing was performed according to proper protocol.
✔✔What is the best way to determine if a laboratory can accurately measure the
amount of lead in a wipe sample? - ✔✔Submit "blind", spiked samples with a known
amount of lead dust
✔✔On-going monitoring should include: - ✔✔Visual assessment of the property and
dust wipe sampling.
✔✔A Risk Assessor does not need to: - ✔✔Use an XRF instrument for a risk
assessment.
, ✔✔The primary goal of an Elevated Blood Level (EBL) investigation is to: - ✔✔Find the
source of the lead poisoning.
✔✔At what blood lead level in a child under age six does the CDC recommend an
environmental evaluation? - ✔✔One test of 20 ug/dl or greater or repeated tests
between15 ug/dl and 19 ug/dl
✔✔For sampling in multi-family properties, what are the three methods of unit
selection? - ✔✔Target, worst case, random.
✔✔Unless state law provides otherwise, what is the risk assessor's role in educating
occupants about the lead hazards of the property being evaluated? - ✔✔The risk
assessor should provide the client information about lead poisoning and prevention and
encourage him or her to share the information with occupants.
✔✔46. When does a risk assessor collect paint chip samples or perform XRF testing -
✔✔When the paint is deteriorated.
✔✔When is clearance testing required? - ✔✔After abatement or when renovations may
disturb lead-based paint
✔✔Di minimis measurements for deteriorated paint are: - ✔✔2 ft2 per interior room, 20
ft2 of exterior surfaces, 10% of component area.
✔✔A moisture meter may be useful in a Risk Assessment because it can: - ✔✔Measure
moisture in substrates.
✔✔When selecting units for targeted and worst case sampling, how does the risk
assessor treat units known to contain children with EBLs? - ✔✔Units with EBLs are
added to the total number after communicating with the Health Department.
✔✔Which of the following categories of paint failure is most likely caused by
moisture/mildew damage? - ✔✔Surface-coat failure.
✔✔Of the following kinds of environmental sampling, which must be done during risk
assessment? - ✔✔Dust
✔✔Efflorescence" of paint indicates - ✔✔Mildew problems on masonry
✔✔The hazard control recommendations made in a risk assessment report are: -
✔✔Site-specific.
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔What is the maximum number of paint chips that can be included in a composite,
paint chip sample? - ✔✔5
✔✔Which of the following information is not useful for risk assessments -
✔✔Geographical location of the property
✔✔A Risk Assessment may include the following questions to the residents except -
✔✔Where do they go to Church?
✔✔What is the maximum number of dust wipes that can be included in a composite
dust wipe sample? - ✔✔4
✔✔Interim controls may include all of the following except: - ✔✔Removal and
replacement of windows
✔✔A lead-based paint hazard, as defined in 40 CFR Part 745 Subpart D, includes
which one of the following? - ✔✔Any "chewable" surface painted with LBP that has
teeth marks
✔✔Which of the following is an objective of a risk assessment? - ✔✔To establish
hazard controls that may include abatement.
✔✔What is necessary before using "targeted" sampling in multi-family - ✔✔Project
information from the owner.
✔✔When is paint classified as "intact"? - ✔✔When deterioration is less than the di
minimis levels
✔✔When could XRF test results be useful in a risk assessment report? - ✔✔When the
XRF testing was performed according to proper protocol.
✔✔What is the best way to determine if a laboratory can accurately measure the
amount of lead in a wipe sample? - ✔✔Submit "blind", spiked samples with a known
amount of lead dust
✔✔On-going monitoring should include: - ✔✔Visual assessment of the property and
dust wipe sampling.
✔✔A Risk Assessor does not need to: - ✔✔Use an XRF instrument for a risk
assessment.
, ✔✔The primary goal of an Elevated Blood Level (EBL) investigation is to: - ✔✔Find the
source of the lead poisoning.
✔✔At what blood lead level in a child under age six does the CDC recommend an
environmental evaluation? - ✔✔One test of 20 ug/dl or greater or repeated tests
between15 ug/dl and 19 ug/dl
✔✔For sampling in multi-family properties, what are the three methods of unit
selection? - ✔✔Target, worst case, random.
✔✔Unless state law provides otherwise, what is the risk assessor's role in educating
occupants about the lead hazards of the property being evaluated? - ✔✔The risk
assessor should provide the client information about lead poisoning and prevention and
encourage him or her to share the information with occupants.
✔✔46. When does a risk assessor collect paint chip samples or perform XRF testing -
✔✔When the paint is deteriorated.
✔✔When is clearance testing required? - ✔✔After abatement or when renovations may
disturb lead-based paint
✔✔Di minimis measurements for deteriorated paint are: - ✔✔2 ft2 per interior room, 20
ft2 of exterior surfaces, 10% of component area.
✔✔A moisture meter may be useful in a Risk Assessment because it can: - ✔✔Measure
moisture in substrates.
✔✔When selecting units for targeted and worst case sampling, how does the risk
assessor treat units known to contain children with EBLs? - ✔✔Units with EBLs are
added to the total number after communicating with the Health Department.
✔✔Which of the following categories of paint failure is most likely caused by
moisture/mildew damage? - ✔✔Surface-coat failure.
✔✔Of the following kinds of environmental sampling, which must be done during risk
assessment? - ✔✔Dust
✔✔Efflorescence" of paint indicates - ✔✔Mildew problems on masonry
✔✔The hazard control recommendations made in a risk assessment report are: -
✔✔Site-specific.
