AMPP C3 Coating Inspector Exam Questions 2025: Practice Test & Answers

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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