NEHA Housing and Built Environment 3

Question 1

Which federal agency enforces the Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) Rule requiring certified contractors in pre-1978 residential housing?

Accepted Answer

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Answer

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

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Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

Answer

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Question 2

Overcrowding in housing is most commonly defined by environmental health standards as more than how many persons per room?

Accepted Answer

1 person per room

Answer

2 persons per room

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0.5 persons per room

Answer

1.5 persons per room

Question 3

Which ventilation principle explains why radon enters homes through foundation cracks due to the pressure difference between indoor air and soil gas?

Accepted Answer

Stack effect (thermal buoyancy)

Answer

Bernoulli's principle

Answer

Dalton's Law of partial pressures

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Henry's Law

Question 4

Secondhand smoke in residential environments is classified by the EPA as which category of carcinogen?

Accepted Answer

Group A (known human carcinogen)

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Group B1 (probable human carcinogen)

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Group C (possible human carcinogen)

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Group D (not classifiable)

Question 5

A visual assessment of a pre-1978 home for lead hazards focuses primarily on identifying which condition of painted surfaces?

Accepted Answer

Deteriorated paint (peeling, chipping, chalking, cracking)

Answer

Paint color and coverage uniformity

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Paint thickness greater than 1 mm

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Recent repainting with latex paint

Question 6

The Healthy Homes Initiative promoted by HUD addresses multiple housing-related health hazards using which primary approach?

Accepted Answer

Integrated, cross-hazard assessment addressing multiple deficiencies simultaneously

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Single-hazard remediation focused only on lead-based paint

Answer

Relocation of residents to newer housing developments

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Mandatory government purchase of substandard housing

Question 7

Formaldehyde off-gassing in homes is most commonly associated with which building materials?

Accepted Answer

Pressed wood products (particleboard, MDF, plywood)

Answer

Concrete and masonry blocks

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Fired clay bricks

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Glass and ceramic tile