TEXAS LEAD RISK ASSESSOR EXAM
PREP QUESTIONS & ELABORATED
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Lead Based Paint - Correct Answer ✔✔ Any paint, varnish, Shellac or other coating that
contains lead equal or in excess of 1mg/cm² as measured by an X-ray fluorescence
analyzer or laboratory analysis or .5% by weight (5,000 µg/g, 5,000 ppm or 5,000
mg/kg) by laboratory analysis.
Risk Assessment - Correct Answer ✔✔ An on-site investigation of a residential dwelling
for lead-based paint hazards. Risk assessment includes investigating the age, history,
management and maintenance of the dwelling; conducting a visual assessment;
performing limited environmental sampling, such as dust wipe samples, soil samples
and deteriorated paint samples; and reporting the results that identify acceptable
abatement and interim control strategies based on specific conditions and the owner's
capabilities.
Inspection - Correct Answer ✔✔ A surface-by-surface investigation for determining the
presence of lead-based paint (and in some cases sampling for lead dust and soil) and a
report of the results.
Lead-based paint hazard - Correct Answer ✔✔ A condition in which exposure to lead
from lead-contaminated dust, lead-contaminated soil, deteriorated lead-based paint or
from lead-based paint present on accessible, friction or impact surfaces would result in
adverse human health effects. Title X of the 1992 Housing and Community
Development Act charges the EPA with setting national standards for lead-
contaminated dust and soil.
Primary Prevention - Correct Answer ✔✔ Lead-based paint risk assessments and/or
inspections and abatement and/or interim controls in housing before children are
poisoned.
Secondary Prevention - Correct Answer ✔✔ Blood lead screening programs to identify
children who already have elevated blood lead levels.
Tertiary Prevention - Correct Answer ✔✔ Medical treatment/management of children to
prevent acute injures or death from lead poisoning.
Title X - Correct Answer ✔✔ The purpose of the Title X legislation are to develop a
national infrastructure
To eliminate quickly lead-based paint hazards in all housing
To implement a lead-based paint hazard reduction program
, To establish a workable framework, infrastructure and standard of care of lead-based
paint hazard evaluation and reduction
To reduce the threat of childhood lead poisoning in the housing owned, assisted or
transferred by the federal government
Inspections VS Risk Assessment - Correct Answer ✔✔ Inspections measure lead-
based paint concentrations on a surface-by-surface basis, while risk assessments
identify lead-based hazards.
Neither an inspection nor a risk assessment is designed to investigate the causes of
poisoning in the home of a child with an elevated blood lead level. This type of
evaluation is typically performed by local public health officials who are trained to look
for a specific source of lead poisoning.
Risk Assessment Process - Correct Answer ✔✔ The Systematic approach to the risk
assessment process developed by HUD includes seven major steps. The risk assessor
must:
Obtain background information
Determine the most appropriate evaluation process for the owner's dwelling
Schedule the site visit
Conduct the evaluation (including visual assessment and environmental sampling)
Determine the actual hazards (if any)
Identify options for reducing or eliminating these hazards
Produce a written report
Lead Screen - Correct Answer ✔✔ A lead hazard Screen is a type of risk assessment
that applies to housing in good condition.
Clearance - Correct Answer ✔✔ A risk assessor may combine a risk assessment with
the clearance process to determine if all lead-based paint hazards have been
controlled. Clearance is normally performed after cleanup following abatement or
interim controls to determine if cleanup was done properly and to determine if all lead-
based paint hazards where adequately addressed.
EBL Investigation - Correct Answer ✔✔ This type of investigation is aimed at identifying
a source (or sources) of exposure for a specific child.
Combination Inspection - Correct Answer ✔✔ A combination risk
assessment/inspection integrates a surface-by-surface measurement of lead-based
paint with soil and dust sampling to provide the owner with comprehensive information
on the extent and nature of hazards and what should be done immediately and wat can
be done later to control these hazards.
Clearance: A risk assessor may combine a risk assessment with the clearance process
to determine if all lead-based paint hazards have been controlled. Clearance is normally
performed after cleanup following abatement or interim controls to determine if cleanup
PREP QUESTIONS & ELABORATED
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Lead Based Paint - Correct Answer ✔✔ Any paint, varnish, Shellac or other coating that
contains lead equal or in excess of 1mg/cm² as measured by an X-ray fluorescence
analyzer or laboratory analysis or .5% by weight (5,000 µg/g, 5,000 ppm or 5,000
mg/kg) by laboratory analysis.
Risk Assessment - Correct Answer ✔✔ An on-site investigation of a residential dwelling
for lead-based paint hazards. Risk assessment includes investigating the age, history,
management and maintenance of the dwelling; conducting a visual assessment;
performing limited environmental sampling, such as dust wipe samples, soil samples
and deteriorated paint samples; and reporting the results that identify acceptable
abatement and interim control strategies based on specific conditions and the owner's
capabilities.
Inspection - Correct Answer ✔✔ A surface-by-surface investigation for determining the
presence of lead-based paint (and in some cases sampling for lead dust and soil) and a
report of the results.
Lead-based paint hazard - Correct Answer ✔✔ A condition in which exposure to lead
from lead-contaminated dust, lead-contaminated soil, deteriorated lead-based paint or
from lead-based paint present on accessible, friction or impact surfaces would result in
adverse human health effects. Title X of the 1992 Housing and Community
Development Act charges the EPA with setting national standards for lead-
contaminated dust and soil.
Primary Prevention - Correct Answer ✔✔ Lead-based paint risk assessments and/or
inspections and abatement and/or interim controls in housing before children are
poisoned.
Secondary Prevention - Correct Answer ✔✔ Blood lead screening programs to identify
children who already have elevated blood lead levels.
Tertiary Prevention - Correct Answer ✔✔ Medical treatment/management of children to
prevent acute injures or death from lead poisoning.
Title X - Correct Answer ✔✔ The purpose of the Title X legislation are to develop a
national infrastructure
To eliminate quickly lead-based paint hazards in all housing
To implement a lead-based paint hazard reduction program
, To establish a workable framework, infrastructure and standard of care of lead-based
paint hazard evaluation and reduction
To reduce the threat of childhood lead poisoning in the housing owned, assisted or
transferred by the federal government
Inspections VS Risk Assessment - Correct Answer ✔✔ Inspections measure lead-
based paint concentrations on a surface-by-surface basis, while risk assessments
identify lead-based hazards.
Neither an inspection nor a risk assessment is designed to investigate the causes of
poisoning in the home of a child with an elevated blood lead level. This type of
evaluation is typically performed by local public health officials who are trained to look
for a specific source of lead poisoning.
Risk Assessment Process - Correct Answer ✔✔ The Systematic approach to the risk
assessment process developed by HUD includes seven major steps. The risk assessor
must:
Obtain background information
Determine the most appropriate evaluation process for the owner's dwelling
Schedule the site visit
Conduct the evaluation (including visual assessment and environmental sampling)
Determine the actual hazards (if any)
Identify options for reducing or eliminating these hazards
Produce a written report
Lead Screen - Correct Answer ✔✔ A lead hazard Screen is a type of risk assessment
that applies to housing in good condition.
Clearance - Correct Answer ✔✔ A risk assessor may combine a risk assessment with
the clearance process to determine if all lead-based paint hazards have been
controlled. Clearance is normally performed after cleanup following abatement or
interim controls to determine if cleanup was done properly and to determine if all lead-
based paint hazards where adequately addressed.
EBL Investigation - Correct Answer ✔✔ This type of investigation is aimed at identifying
a source (or sources) of exposure for a specific child.
Combination Inspection - Correct Answer ✔✔ A combination risk
assessment/inspection integrates a surface-by-surface measurement of lead-based
paint with soil and dust sampling to provide the owner with comprehensive information
on the extent and nature of hazards and what should be done immediately and wat can
be done later to control these hazards.
Clearance: A risk assessor may combine a risk assessment with the clearance process
to determine if all lead-based paint hazards have been controlled. Clearance is normally
performed after cleanup following abatement or interim controls to determine if cleanup
