EPA RISK ASSESSOR FINAL PAPER 2025/2026 QUESTIONS
WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔40 ug/dL - ✔✔OSHA back to work level for lead in adult worker blood
✔✔Target housing - ✔✔Any houses built before 1978 except: housing for the elderly,
designated housing for disabled adults, zero-bedroom units (except children under 6),
vacant homes
✔✔ANY building, or portion of building:
Built before 1978;
Visited by the same child who is less than 6 years old;
On 2 separate days per week;
For at least 3 hours per visit;
For a total of 60 hours total per year - ✔✔What is a child occupied facility?
✔✔Disturbed surfaces are less than:
20 sq ft for exterior surfaces
2 sq ft per room for interior surfaces
10% of surface area on any small component surface - ✔✔Surface area criteria where
EPA regulations do not apply?
✔✔10 up to 500 ug/m3 - ✔✔Protection Factor of a 1/2 face NPR, lead concentrations
of?
✔✔50 up to 2,500 ug/m3 - ✔✔Protection Factor of a full-face NPR, lead concentrations
of?
✔✔100 up to 5,000 ug/m3 - ✔✔Protection factor of a PAPR, lead concentrations of?
✔✔OSHA respirator requirements - ✔✔Written program
Respirator training
Fit test
Annual physical
Fit check
✔✔1,000 up to 50,000 ug/m3 - ✔✔Protection Factor of SCBA, lead concentrations of?
✔✔Lead safe work practices - ✔✔1. Minimize or eliminate generation of dust/debris
2. Contain dust/debris in regulated work area
3. Collect debris on disposable sheeting
4. Clean using wet methods and a HEPA vacuum
✔✔Name 3 forms of lead abatement - ✔✔Removal
, Enclosure
Encapsulation
✔✔20 years - ✔✔How long must lead abatement last?
✔✔Address side - ✔✔When diagraming a house for a Risk assessment, the "A" side is
the?
✔✔Lead inspectors and risk assessors - ✔✔Who can conduct lead inspections in target
housing and child occupied facilities?
✔✔To identify the presence and locations of LBP - ✔✔What is the purpose of lead
inspections?
✔✔1978 - ✔✔What year was LBP banned for residential use properties?
✔✔Flu symptoms - ✔✔The symptoms of lead poisoning are most often misdiagnosed
as?
✔✔Material hazard and surface hazard - ✔✔What are the two categories of lead
hazards in a risk assessment?
✔✔LBP and human teeth marks - ✔✔What conditions are necessary to have a
chewable surface hazard?
✔✔LBP, evidence of abrasion, and dust on nearby horizontal surfaces. - ✔✔What
conditions are necessary to have a friction surface hazard?
✔✔LBP, in contact with another building component and evidence of damage -
✔✔What conditions are necessary to have a impact surface hazard?
✔✔Targeted
Random
Worst Case - ✔✔What are the three types of criteria a risk assessor can select for
assessment of a dwelling?
✔✔Where bare soil is present:
1. Dripline of house
2. Play areas and vegetable gardens
3. Areas greater than 9 sq. ft. - ✔✔What exterior soil areas need to be tested?
✔✔50 ug/wipe - ✔✔Blank wipe samples should be recollected if they exceed...?
WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔40 ug/dL - ✔✔OSHA back to work level for lead in adult worker blood
✔✔Target housing - ✔✔Any houses built before 1978 except: housing for the elderly,
designated housing for disabled adults, zero-bedroom units (except children under 6),
vacant homes
✔✔ANY building, or portion of building:
Built before 1978;
Visited by the same child who is less than 6 years old;
On 2 separate days per week;
For at least 3 hours per visit;
For a total of 60 hours total per year - ✔✔What is a child occupied facility?
✔✔Disturbed surfaces are less than:
20 sq ft for exterior surfaces
2 sq ft per room for interior surfaces
10% of surface area on any small component surface - ✔✔Surface area criteria where
EPA regulations do not apply?
✔✔10 up to 500 ug/m3 - ✔✔Protection Factor of a 1/2 face NPR, lead concentrations
of?
✔✔50 up to 2,500 ug/m3 - ✔✔Protection Factor of a full-face NPR, lead concentrations
of?
✔✔100 up to 5,000 ug/m3 - ✔✔Protection factor of a PAPR, lead concentrations of?
✔✔OSHA respirator requirements - ✔✔Written program
Respirator training
Fit test
Annual physical
Fit check
✔✔1,000 up to 50,000 ug/m3 - ✔✔Protection Factor of SCBA, lead concentrations of?
✔✔Lead safe work practices - ✔✔1. Minimize or eliminate generation of dust/debris
2. Contain dust/debris in regulated work area
3. Collect debris on disposable sheeting
4. Clean using wet methods and a HEPA vacuum
✔✔Name 3 forms of lead abatement - ✔✔Removal
, Enclosure
Encapsulation
✔✔20 years - ✔✔How long must lead abatement last?
✔✔Address side - ✔✔When diagraming a house for a Risk assessment, the "A" side is
the?
✔✔Lead inspectors and risk assessors - ✔✔Who can conduct lead inspections in target
housing and child occupied facilities?
✔✔To identify the presence and locations of LBP - ✔✔What is the purpose of lead
inspections?
✔✔1978 - ✔✔What year was LBP banned for residential use properties?
✔✔Flu symptoms - ✔✔The symptoms of lead poisoning are most often misdiagnosed
as?
✔✔Material hazard and surface hazard - ✔✔What are the two categories of lead
hazards in a risk assessment?
✔✔LBP and human teeth marks - ✔✔What conditions are necessary to have a
chewable surface hazard?
✔✔LBP, evidence of abrasion, and dust on nearby horizontal surfaces. - ✔✔What
conditions are necessary to have a friction surface hazard?
✔✔LBP, in contact with another building component and evidence of damage -
✔✔What conditions are necessary to have a impact surface hazard?
✔✔Targeted
Random
Worst Case - ✔✔What are the three types of criteria a risk assessor can select for
assessment of a dwelling?
✔✔Where bare soil is present:
1. Dripline of house
2. Play areas and vegetable gardens
3. Areas greater than 9 sq. ft. - ✔✔What exterior soil areas need to be tested?
✔✔50 ug/wipe - ✔✔Blank wipe samples should be recollected if they exceed...?
