Practice Questions & Review
Lead Was used in paint because it: - ANS ✔✔Ads Durability and serves as a drying agent
Lead is sometimes found in drinking water because lead is in: - ANS ✔✔Pipe solder and
Plumbing fixtures.
What form of lead is often found in house paint? - ANS ✔✔White Lead
How much lead must be present in a painted surface for it to be considered lead-based paint by
HUD? - ANS ✔✔At least 1 milligram per square centimeter
The federal agency responsible for protecting workers who work with lead in construction is? -
ANS ✔✔OSHA
What is OSHA's PEL for Lead? - ANS ✔✔50 micrograms per cubic meter of air
How much lead must be in paint for OSHA to consider it to be lead-based paint? - ANS ✔✔Any
amount of lead
Lead is often found in: - ANS ✔✔Vinyl blinds, ceramic coating and electrical cable coatings.
Lead usually enters the body by: - ANS ✔✔Breathing in or eating.
If lead gets in your body it may damage your: - ANS ✔✔Nervous system, reproductive system
and kidneys.
, The CDC recommends community prevention activities when children blood lead levels are at
least: - ANS ✔✔10ug/ dl
A medical procedure used to remove lead from blood is: - ANS ✔✔Chelation
How do we determine if we exceed OSHA's PEL? - ANS ✔✔Personal Air monitoring.
When we take paint chips samples, we: - ANS ✔✔Decontaminate any lead dust that may be
created
Final clearance testing for a lead abatement project is performed using: - ANS ✔✔Surface
wiping sampling.
The Lea dust clearance levels of the current EPA regulations are: - ANS ✔✔40-floors
250-window sills
400- window troughs
EPA certifications recognizes the following work discipline: - ANS ✔✔Inspector, Risk Assessor,
Supervisor, Worker, Contractor
EPA has defined a child-occupied facility to mean a facility were a child's combined annual visits
last at least: - ANS ✔✔60 hours
When testing for lead using an XRF analyzer it is best to: - ANS ✔✔Have the residents leave
during testing.
When we are charged with negligence our best defense is likely to be that we: - ANS ✔✔We
followed the best technology available.