Lead Inspector or Assessor Course
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Permanent abatement options include... - answer Paint removal, component removal,
enclosure, encapsulation
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 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 Evaluation - NO
, Clearance Inspections - NO - answer Certified Lead Worker
Permanent Abatement and work over PEL - YES
Abatement Planning - YES
Hazard Evaluation - NO
Clearance Inspections - NO - answer Certified Lead Supervisor
Permanent Abatement and work over PEL - NO
Abatement Planning - YES
Hazard Evaluation - NO
Clearance Inspections - YES - answer Certified Lead Project Monitor
Permanent Abatement and work over PEL - NO
Abatement Planning - NO
Hazard Evaluation - YES
Clearance Inspections - YES - answer Certified Lead Inspector / Assessor and Certified Sampling
Tech (under the supervision of an inspector/assessor)
Lead has been used in paint for what three main reasons? - answer as pigment, to add
durability and corrosion control, and as a drying agent
What is the greatest risk of lead exposure that people face? - answer Man-made processes and
products
Currently, what is the principal industrial use of lead? - answer Manufacture of electrical storage
batteries
Where does the major exposure to lead for most adults come from? - answer The work place
