Complete Answers ||2026 Exam guide
Permanent abatement op ons include... - answerPaint removal, component removal, enclosure,
encapsula on
What agencies focus on childhood lead poisoning preven on? - answerCDPH, HUD, EPA
What is the CAL OSHA Standard for lead? - answerTitle 8 CCR 1532.1
What is the Guidelines for the Evalua on and Control of Lead Based Paint Hazards in Housing? -
answer1995 HUD Guidelines
When was the revision to Chapter 7 of the Guidelines for the Evalua on and Control of Lead Based Paint
Hazards in Housing enacted? - answer1997
Target Housing - answerHousing where children may live and spend me in.
T/F Every purchaser of any interest in residen al real property on which a residen al dwelling was built
prior to 1978 is no fied that such property may present exposure to lead from lead based paint. -
answerTrue
The federal regula on for re-cer fica on occurs how o en? - answerEvery 3 years
In California, how o en is re-cer fica on? - answerEvery other year
What is the California standard equivalent to 29 CFR 1926.62? - answerTitle 8 CCR 1532.1
,What is the California standard equivalent to 29 CFR 1910.134? - answerTitle 8 CCR 5144
What are the two documents that base the Lead Based Paint Inspec ons? - answerHUD 1995/1997 and
EPA 40 CFR part 745
What is EPA 40 CFR part 745? - answerLead; Requirements for Lead Based Paint Ac vi es in Target
Housing and Child Occupied Facili es
What is HUD 1995/1997? - answerGuidelines for the Evalua on and Control of Lead Based Paint Hazards
in Housing
Lead based paint - answerpaint, varnish, shellac or other coa ng on surfaces that contain 1.0 mg/cm2 or
more of lead or 0.5% or more lead in weight
Lead based paint hazards - answerany condi on that cause exposure to lead contaminated dust, lead
contaminated soil or lead contaminated paint that is deteriorated or present in accessible surfaces,
fric on surfaces, or impact surfaces that would result in adverse human health effects
Lead based paint inspec on - answera surface-by-surface inves ga on to determine the presence of
lead based paint and the provision of a report explaining the results of the inves ga on
What are the HUD primary substrates? - answerbrick, concrete, drywall, metal, wood, and plaster
What is the inspector's job during an inspec on? - answerTo test a surface in the interior of each
dwelling unit that is representa ve of each type of painted, stained, shellacked or varnished tes ng
combina on in every room equivalent.
,T/F Lead inspec on includes soil tes ng. - answerFalse - soil tes ng is part of a risk assessment or if
requested by the owner
Room equivalent - answeran iden fiable part of a residence, such as a room, house exterior, a foyer,
staircase, hallway or an exterior area (play areas, painted swing sets, painted sandboxes, fences, etc.)
Building component type - answerthose items in the interior or exterior of housing onto which paint,
stain, varnish or shellac has been applied and that have a common substrate
Substrate - answerthe material underneath the paint
Tes ng combina on - answerunique combina on of room equivalent, building component type and
substrate
Deteriorated paint - answerany interior or exterior paint that is peeling, chipping, chalking, cracking or is
located on an interior or exterior surface or fixture that is damaged or deteriorated
Accessible surface - answersurface that protrudes from the surrounding area to the extent that a child
can chew the surface and is within three feet of the floor or ground (e.g. window wills, railing and the
edges of stair treads)
Mul -family housing (for the purposes of a lead based paint inspec on only) - answerAny group of units
that is similar in construc on from unit to unit with 1) 21 or more units if any were built before 1960 or
are of unknown age or 2) 10 or more units if they were built from 1960 - 1977
Permanent Abatement and work over PEL - YES
Abatement Planning - NO
Hazard Evalua on - NO
Clearance Inspec ons - NO - answerCer fied Lead Worker
, Permanent Abatement and work over PEL - YES
Abatement Planning - YES
Hazard Evalua on - NO
Clearance Inspec ons - NO - answerCer fied Lead Supervisor
Permanent Abatement and work over PEL - NO
Abatement Planning - YES
Hazard Evalua on - NO
Clearance Inspec ons - YES - answerCer fied Lead Project Monitor
Permanent Abatement and work over PEL - NO
Abatement Planning - NO
Hazard Evalua on - YES
Clearance Inspec ons - YES - answerCer fied Lead Inspector / Assessor and Cer fied Sampling Tech
(under the supervision of an inspector/assessor)
Lead has been used in paint for what three main reasons? - answeras pigment, to add durability and
corrosion control, and as a drying agent
What is the greatest risk of lead exposure that people face? - answerMan-made processes and products
Currently, what is the principal industrial use of lead? - answerManufacture of electrical storage ba eries
Where does the major exposure to lead for most adults come from? - answerThe work place