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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