EPA LEAD INSPECTOR EXAM AND 2024-2025
ACTUAL EXAM 110 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS WITH
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- a lower cost per surface sampled
Advantages of composite
- increased surface area that can be wiped for the
wipe sampling included. . .
same cost
worker exposure to airborne lead is monitored by
OSHA and NIOSH
Air - Action level for airborne lead is 30 µg/m^3 for an 8
hour shift.
- PEL is 50 µg/m^3
All laboratories used must American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (
be recognized by one of A2LA)
the organizations in the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA)
EPA National Lead
Laboratory Accreditation
Program (NLLAP). At this
time, 2 organizations have
memoranda of
understanding with EPA to
evaluate and recognize
laboratories, they are. . . .
, 1. contains low background lead levels ( less than 5
µg/wipe)
2. is a single thickness
3. is durable and does not tear easily (do not use
Any wipe material that
Whatman filters)
meets the following
4. does not not contain ALOE
criteria may be used:
5. can be digested easily in a NLLAP approved Lab
6. has been shown to yeild 80-120% recovery rates
from samples spiked with lead dust
7. Remains moist during the wipe sampling process
Wood facing below the sill on
windows, in the corner formed
Apron
at the wall surface
Soil not covered with grass, sod, some other similar
Bare Soil vegetation, or paving, including the sand in
sandboxes.
Blank media should 5 µg/wipe
contain no more than _____
µg/wipe
An unexposed sample of the medium being used for
testing (i.e., wipe or filter) that is analyzed to
Blank Sample
determine if the medium has been contaminated with
lead (e.g., at the factory or during transport).
A sample submitted for analysis that has a known
composition and identity that is not known to the
Blind Sample analyst; used to test the analyst's or laboratory's
proficiency in conducting measurements. AKA as
spiked sample
, No. Title X does not define lead contamination in
water as a lead-based paint hazard. Additionally,
Can lead-based paint under the EPA training and certification rules, (Section
inspectors collect water 402 of TSCA), water sampling is included as a part of a
samples? risk assessment, not an INSPECTION. Therefore, lead-
based paint inspectors cannot collect water samples
or recommend corrective measures.
Centimeter conversion to Centimeter is 1/100 of a meter
meter
An interior or exterior surface painted with lead-
based paint that a young child can mouth or chew. A
chewable surface is the same as an "accessible
Chewable surface surface" as defined in 42 U.S.C. 4851b(2). Hard metal
substrates and other materials that cannot be dented
by the bite of a young child are not considered
chewable.
a building or portion of a building, constructed prior
to 1978, visited by the same child, 6 years of age or
younger, on at LEAST 2 different days within any week,
Child-occupied facilities provided that each days visit last at LEAST 3 hours, the
are defined as... combined weekly visits last at least 6 hours, and the
combined annual visits last at least 60 hours.
Ex. day-care center, housing, pre-school,
kindergarten classroom
A room or area that is accessible to residents of more
Common area than one dwelling unit (e.g., hallways or lobbies); in
general, any area not kept locked.
The composite samples -bare floors (or wall-to-wall carpeted floors)
should be collected from -window sill
the following -window trough
components: - exterior surfaces
Contract law relates to situations in which a person
Contract laws are defined
breaks or "breaches" a legally enforceable written or
as. . .
oral agreement or contract
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