EPA LEAD INSPECTOR FINAL EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔0-bedroom dwelling - ✔✔any residential dwelling in which the living area is not
separated from the sleeping area. The term includes efficiencies, studio apartments,
dormitory housing, military barracks, and rentals of individual rooms in residential
dwellings
✔✔Risk Assessment - ✔✔1) an onsite investigation to determine the existence, nature,
severity, and location of lead-based paint hazards, and (2) provisions of a report by the
individual or the firm conducting the risk assessment, explaining the results of the
investigation and options for reducing lead-based paint hazards.
✔✔Visual inspection for clearance testing - ✔✔the visual examination of a residential
dwelling or a child occupied facility following an abatement to determine whether or not
the abatement has been successfully completed.
✔✔visual inspection for risk assessment - ✔✔visual examination of a residential
dwelling or a child occupied facility to determine the existence of deteriorated lead-
based paint or other potential sources of lead-based paint hazards
✔✔adequate quality control - ✔✔means a plan or design in which ensures authenticity,
integrity, and accuracy of samples, including dust, soil, and paint chip film samples.
Adequate quality control includes provisions for representative sampling
✔✔binder - ✔✔solid ingredients in a coating that hold the pigment particles in
suspension and attach them to the substrate.
✔✔blistering - ✔✔formation of dome shaped projections in paints or varnish films
resulting from locals loss of adhesion and lifting of the
✔✔chalking - ✔✔formation of a powder on the surface of a paint film caused by
disintegration of the binder during weathering. Can be affected by the choice of a
pigment or binder
✔✔concentration - ✔✔relative content of a specific substance contained within a larger
mass, such as the amount of lead (in micrograms per gram or parts per million by
weight) in sample of dust or soil
✔✔dry disposable cleaning cloth - ✔✔commercially available dry, electrostatically
charged, white disposable cloth designed to be used for cleaning hard surfaces such as
carpeted floors or counter tops
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔0-bedroom dwelling - ✔✔any residential dwelling in which the living area is not
separated from the sleeping area. The term includes efficiencies, studio apartments,
dormitory housing, military barracks, and rentals of individual rooms in residential
dwellings
✔✔Risk Assessment - ✔✔1) an onsite investigation to determine the existence, nature,
severity, and location of lead-based paint hazards, and (2) provisions of a report by the
individual or the firm conducting the risk assessment, explaining the results of the
investigation and options for reducing lead-based paint hazards.
✔✔Visual inspection for clearance testing - ✔✔the visual examination of a residential
dwelling or a child occupied facility following an abatement to determine whether or not
the abatement has been successfully completed.
✔✔visual inspection for risk assessment - ✔✔visual examination of a residential
dwelling or a child occupied facility to determine the existence of deteriorated lead-
based paint or other potential sources of lead-based paint hazards
✔✔adequate quality control - ✔✔means a plan or design in which ensures authenticity,
integrity, and accuracy of samples, including dust, soil, and paint chip film samples.
Adequate quality control includes provisions for representative sampling
✔✔binder - ✔✔solid ingredients in a coating that hold the pigment particles in
suspension and attach them to the substrate.
✔✔blistering - ✔✔formation of dome shaped projections in paints or varnish films
resulting from locals loss of adhesion and lifting of the
✔✔chalking - ✔✔formation of a powder on the surface of a paint film caused by
disintegration of the binder during weathering. Can be affected by the choice of a
pigment or binder
✔✔concentration - ✔✔relative content of a specific substance contained within a larger
mass, such as the amount of lead (in micrograms per gram or parts per million by
weight) in sample of dust or soil
✔✔dry disposable cleaning cloth - ✔✔commercially available dry, electrostatically
charged, white disposable cloth designed to be used for cleaning hard surfaces such as
carpeted floors or counter tops
