Detailed Examination Content



Institute of Professional Environmental Practice

Detailed Examination Content

Outline of Part II:

Practice Area A- Air Quality

All approved QEP candidates are required take one of four practice area exams under Part II.

|1. Fundamentals of the Atmosphere |Wt % |

|Physical structure & composition of the troposphere and stratosphere (temperature, pressure, density, spatial & temporal relationships) |20 |

|Natural composition of the atmosphere (gases, particulates, aerosols, moisture) | |

|Atmospheric pollutant definitions & characteristics (physical & chemical) | |

|Physical & chemical pollutant processes (transport, dispersion, dilution, transformation, scavenging & atmospheric lifetimes.) | |

|Global scale pollutant interactions (photochemistry, global warming, greenhouse effects, greenhouse gases, ozone formation & depletion) | |

|2. Air Pollution Sources & Impacts |20 |

|Sources of air pollutants (mobile, stationary, fugitive) | |

|Natural sources of Air pollution (volcanoes, wild fires, earthquakes, etc.) | |

|Receptors (human, animal, plant, materials, atmospheric processes) | |

|Source/Receptor relationships (spatial & temporal) | |

|Adverse effects (respiratory illness, forest deterioration, materials corrosion, lake acidification, etc.) | |

|Air toxics and risk assessments (cancer burden, acute, chronic, etc.) | |

|3. Pollutant Modeling |15 |

|a. Reasons for modeling (Environmental Impact Analysis, plant siting, emergency response planning, accidental release, public | |

|relations, economic impacts) | |

|Modeling level of effort (screening, planning, compliance) | |

|Types of models (Box, Gaussian Dispersion, Photochemical, Physical, Numerical, etc.) | |

|Model limitations & assumptions | |

|e. Source / Receptor relationships | |

|4. Air Pollution Control |25 |

|Pollution prevention | |

|Control of gaseous pollutants; absorption, adsorption, condensation, incineration | |

|Particulate control; cyclone and inertial separators, wet scrubbers, electrostatic precipitators and baghouses | |

|Management & disposal of waste streams (multimedia) | |

|Emission factors & estimates | |

|f. Compliance planning; limits, standards, technology, & documentation | |

|5. Ambient Air & Source Sampling & Analysis |20 |

|Site selection required for effective sampling | |

|Health & safety precautions | |

|Meteorological monitoring | |

|Isokinetic vs. constant rate vs. proportional sampling | |

|Effects of particle size on sampling accuracy. | |

|Optical remote sensing | |

|Continuous emission monitoring (CEMs) | |

|Reference methods | |

|Instrumentation & data acquisition systems | |

|j. Real-time monitoring vs. intermittent discreet sampling/analysis | |

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