EPA Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Certified Renovator course test
Cleaning and cleaning verification: practice questions
Our EPA Lead RRP Renovator bank has 36 questions on this topic. Here are 5 of them with answers; the full mock exam draws from every topic, like the real one.
Question 1
When dust clearance testing replaces cleaning verification, the firm must re-clean until results are:
- Below 0.5% by weight in the dust
- Below 1,200 ppm, the yard soil standard
- Below the dust-lead action levels in 745.227(e)(8)
- Below the 400 ppm play area soil standard
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C. Below the dust-lead action levels in 745.227(e)(8) — Section 745.85(c)(3) requires re-cleaning until results are below the 745.227(e)(8) action levels or applicable state or local standards.
Question 2
What mopping method is required for uncarpeted floors?
- A dry dust mop pushed in straight lines
- Two-bucket mopping or a wet mopping system
- A single bucket of hot water and a string mop
- A steam cleaner with no rinse step
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B. Two-bucket mopping or a wet mopping system — Floors are mopped using a method keeping wash water separate from rinse water, such as the 2-bucket method, or a wet mopping system.
Question 3
For interior jobs, cleaning extends to surfaces within what distance of the work area?
- 6 feet
- 2 feet
- 10 feet
- 20 feet
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B. 2 feet — Section 745.85(a)(5)(ii) requires cleaning all objects and surfaces in and within 2 feet of the work area.
Question 4
For cleaning verification of floors, the wet cloth must be used how?
- Fixed to a broom head without a handle
- Attached to a long-handled application device
- Held flat in the renovator's hand
- Wrapped around a worker's shoe
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B. Attached to a long-handled application device — Floors must be wiped using an application device with a long handle and a head to which the cloth is attached.
Question 5
Who removes the protective sheeting at the end of a job?
- The owner, after the firm has left
- The firm, misting, folding dirty side in and sealing it
- Nobody; it is left in place for the next job
- The waste hauler when the bags are collected
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B. The firm, misting, folding dirty side in and sealing it — Section 745.85(a)(5)(i)(B) assigns the firm to remove, mist, fold and seal the sheeting, then dispose of it as waste.