EPA Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Certified Renovator course test
Testing for lead-based paint: practice questions
Our EPA Lead RRP Renovator bank has 18 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
What is the regulated lead level that a recognized test kit is designed to detect?
- Any detectable lead
- 1.0 mg/cm² or more than 0.5% by weight
- 5 mg/cm² or 1% by weight
- 0.1 mg/cm² or 0.06% by weight
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B. 1.0 mg/cm² or more than 0.5% by weight — Section 745.83 defines a recognized test kit as able to detect lead at or above 1.0 mg/cm² or more than 0.5% by weight.
Question 2
Under 745.88, which EPA program tests kits for recognition?
- The Toxics Release Inventory reporting program
- EPA's Environmental Technology Verification Program
- The Energy Star product labelling program
- The WaterSense fixture labelling program
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B. EPA's Environmental Technology Verification Program — Section 745.88(b) says kits are tested through EPA's Environmental Technology Verification Program or an equivalent approved program.
Question 3
Test kit results showing no lead-based paint on the affected components mean the firm:
- Need not follow RRP work practices for those components
- Must still deliver the pamphlet for those components
- Must still use full containment for those components
- Must notify EPA in writing before starting the work
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A. Need not follow RRP work practices for those components — Section 745.82(a)(2) makes the subpart inapplicable when every affected component is tested and found free of lead-based paint.
Question 4
Who may use an EPA-recognized test kit to qualify a job for the test-kit exemption?
- Any homeowner
- Any worker trained on the job
- A certified renovator
- A real estate agent
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C. A certified renovator — Section 745.82(a)(2) requires a certified renovator using a recognized kit and following the manufacturer's instructions.
Question 5
Paint chip samples must be analysed by which kind of laboratory?
- An EPA-recognized (NLLAP) laboratory
- A state drinking water laboratory
- The renovator's own field laboratory
- Any hospital laboratory that tests blood lead
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A. An EPA-recognized (NLLAP) laboratory — Section 745.82(a)(3) requires analysis by an EPA-recognized laboratory under TSCA 405(b); records name the NLLAP-recognized entity.