RS/REHS Practice Questions 2026/2027
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• How is "giardiasis" usually transmitted to others? -✓✓Person-to-
person transfer of cysts from the feces of the infected individual
• Which of the following duties of state and local health agencies is
intended to ensure that the public's health and welfare are protected? -
✓✓Regulatory responsibilities
• Which of the following is a measure of the amount of light scattered by
particles suspended in a water test sample? -✓✓Nephelometric
Turbidity units
• What is an epidemic? -✓✓The occurrence in a community or region
of cases of an illness clearly in excess of expectancy
• What portal of entry should a field sanitarian protect to avoid
contracting Lyme disease? -✓✓Skin
• Swimmer's itch is a common name for which of the following
diseases? -✓✓Schistosomiasis
, • Which of the following factors would LEAST contribute to the
emergence of a new infectious disease? -✓✓Heat disinfection
• Listeriosis is commonly associated with -✓✓contaminated food
• Hemolytic uremic syndrome is caused by infection with -
✓✓Escherichia Coli
• The basic principles of disease control include all of the following
EXCEPT -✓✓Lag phase - disease control has control mode of
transmission and susceptibility
• Which one of the following phrases MOST accurately describes the
term endemic? -✓✓constant presence of an illness
• The interval between exposure to an infectious agent and the
appearance of the first symptom is called the: -✓✓incubation period
• An establishment known to have imminent health hazards is not closed
by the inspecting regulatory authority. This example BEST fits the
definition of a: -✓✓nonfeasance
• Vehicleborne, vectorborne, or airborne are all examples of: -
✓✓indirect mode of transmission
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Responses | A+
• How is "giardiasis" usually transmitted to others? -✓✓Person-to-
person transfer of cysts from the feces of the infected individual
• Which of the following duties of state and local health agencies is
intended to ensure that the public's health and welfare are protected? -
✓✓Regulatory responsibilities
• Which of the following is a measure of the amount of light scattered by
particles suspended in a water test sample? -✓✓Nephelometric
Turbidity units
• What is an epidemic? -✓✓The occurrence in a community or region
of cases of an illness clearly in excess of expectancy
• What portal of entry should a field sanitarian protect to avoid
contracting Lyme disease? -✓✓Skin
• Swimmer's itch is a common name for which of the following
diseases? -✓✓Schistosomiasis
, • Which of the following factors would LEAST contribute to the
emergence of a new infectious disease? -✓✓Heat disinfection
• Listeriosis is commonly associated with -✓✓contaminated food
• Hemolytic uremic syndrome is caused by infection with -
✓✓Escherichia Coli
• The basic principles of disease control include all of the following
EXCEPT -✓✓Lag phase - disease control has control mode of
transmission and susceptibility
• Which one of the following phrases MOST accurately describes the
term endemic? -✓✓constant presence of an illness
• The interval between exposure to an infectious agent and the
appearance of the first symptom is called the: -✓✓incubation period
• An establishment known to have imminent health hazards is not closed
by the inspecting regulatory authority. This example BEST fits the
definition of a: -✓✓nonfeasance
• Vehicleborne, vectorborne, or airborne are all examples of: -
✓✓indirect mode of transmission
