LEAD INSPECTOR FINAL STUDY PAPER
2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED
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●● What agencies focus on childhood lead poisoning prevention?
Answer: CDPH, HUD, EPA
●● What is the CAL OSHA Standard for lead? Answer: Title 8 CCR
1532.1
●● What is the Guidelines for the Evaluation and Control of Lead Based
Paint Hazards in Housing? Answer: 1995 HUD Guidelines
●● When was the revision to Chapter 7 of the Guidelines for the
Evaluation and Control of Lead Based Paint Hazards in Housing
enacted? Answer: 1997
●● Target Housing Answer: Housing where children may live and spend
time in.
●● T/F Every purchaser of any interest in residential real property on
which a residential dwelling was built prior to 1978 is notified that such
property may present exposure to lead from lead based paint. Answer:
True
,●● The federal regulation for re-certification occurs how often? Answer:
Every 3 years
●● In California, how often is re-certification? Answer: Every other year
●● What is the California standard equivalent to 29 CFR 1926.62?
Answer: Title 8 CCR 1532.1
●● What is the California standard equivalent to 29 CFR 1910.134?
Answer: Title 8 CCR 5144
●● What are the two documents that base the Lead Based Paint
Inspections? Answer: HUD 1995/1997 and EPA 40 CFR part 745
●● What is EPA 40 CFR part 745? Answer: Lead; Requirements for
Lead Based Paint Activities in Target Housing and Child Occupied
Facilities
●● What is HUD 1995/1997? Answer: Guidelines for the Evaluation and
Control of Lead Based Paint Hazards in Housing
,●● Lead based paint Answer: paint, varnish, shellac or other coating on
surfaces that contain 1.0 mg/cm2 or more of lead or 0.5% or more lead
in weight
●● Lead based paint hazards Answer: any condition that cause exposure
to lead contaminated dust, lead contaminated soil or lead contaminated
paint that is deteriorated or present in accessible surfaces, friction
surfaces, or impact surfaces that would result in adverse human health
effects
●● Lead based paint inspection Answer: a surface-by-surface
investigation to determine the presence of lead based paint and the
provision of a report explaining the results of the investigation
●● What are the HUD primary substrates? Answer: brick, concrete,
drywall, metal, wood, and plaster
●● What is the inspector's job during an inspection? Answer: To test a
surface in the interior of each dwelling unit that is representative of each
type of painted, stained, shellacked or varnished testing combination in
every room equivalent.
●● T/F Lead inspection includes soil testing. Answer: False - soil testing
is part of a risk assessment or if requested by the owner
, ●● Room equivalent Answer: an identifiable 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 Answer: those 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 Answer: the material underneath the paint
●● Testing combination Answer: unique combination of room
equivalent, building component type and substrate
●● Deteriorated paint Answer: any 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 Answer: surface 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)
●● Multi-family housing (for the purposes of a lead based paint
inspection only) Answer: Any group of units that is similar in
construction from unit to unit with 1) 21 or more units if any were built
2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED
A+
●● What agencies focus on childhood lead poisoning prevention?
Answer: CDPH, HUD, EPA
●● What is the CAL OSHA Standard for lead? Answer: Title 8 CCR
1532.1
●● What is the Guidelines for the Evaluation and Control of Lead Based
Paint Hazards in Housing? Answer: 1995 HUD Guidelines
●● When was the revision to Chapter 7 of the Guidelines for the
Evaluation and Control of Lead Based Paint Hazards in Housing
enacted? Answer: 1997
●● Target Housing Answer: Housing where children may live and spend
time in.
●● T/F Every purchaser of any interest in residential real property on
which a residential dwelling was built prior to 1978 is notified that such
property may present exposure to lead from lead based paint. Answer:
True
,●● The federal regulation for re-certification occurs how often? Answer:
Every 3 years
●● In California, how often is re-certification? Answer: Every other year
●● What is the California standard equivalent to 29 CFR 1926.62?
Answer: Title 8 CCR 1532.1
●● What is the California standard equivalent to 29 CFR 1910.134?
Answer: Title 8 CCR 5144
●● What are the two documents that base the Lead Based Paint
Inspections? Answer: HUD 1995/1997 and EPA 40 CFR part 745
●● What is EPA 40 CFR part 745? Answer: Lead; Requirements for
Lead Based Paint Activities in Target Housing and Child Occupied
Facilities
●● What is HUD 1995/1997? Answer: Guidelines for the Evaluation and
Control of Lead Based Paint Hazards in Housing
,●● Lead based paint Answer: paint, varnish, shellac or other coating on
surfaces that contain 1.0 mg/cm2 or more of lead or 0.5% or more lead
in weight
●● Lead based paint hazards Answer: any condition that cause exposure
to lead contaminated dust, lead contaminated soil or lead contaminated
paint that is deteriorated or present in accessible surfaces, friction
surfaces, or impact surfaces that would result in adverse human health
effects
●● Lead based paint inspection Answer: a surface-by-surface
investigation to determine the presence of lead based paint and the
provision of a report explaining the results of the investigation
●● What are the HUD primary substrates? Answer: brick, concrete,
drywall, metal, wood, and plaster
●● What is the inspector's job during an inspection? Answer: To test a
surface in the interior of each dwelling unit that is representative of each
type of painted, stained, shellacked or varnished testing combination in
every room equivalent.
●● T/F Lead inspection includes soil testing. Answer: False - soil testing
is part of a risk assessment or if requested by the owner
, ●● Room equivalent Answer: an identifiable 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 Answer: those 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 Answer: the material underneath the paint
●● Testing combination Answer: unique combination of room
equivalent, building component type and substrate
●● Deteriorated paint Answer: any 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 Answer: surface 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)
●● Multi-family housing (for the purposes of a lead based paint
inspection only) Answer: Any group of units that is similar in
construction from unit to unit with 1) 21 or more units if any were built
