AMRT Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
The amount of moisture available on a surface that mold can use to
support growth is known as the... -
correct answer ✅water activity
How do molds replicate? -
correct answer ✅Sporulation
What molds produce respirable particles? -
correct answer ✅Aspergillus, penicillium
Respirable -
correct answer ✅Can be deeply inhaled into lungs; 5 microns
4 common viruses found in sewage -
correct answer ✅rotavirus, GI virus, adenovirus, hepatitis
Name 3 primary sewage biohazards -
correct answer ✅virus, bacteria, parasites
3 secondary sewage biohazards -
correct answer ✅endotoxins/exotoxins, mycotoxins, mold
,AMRT Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
4 common gram negative bacteria found in sewage -
correct answer ✅e. coli, salmonella, shigella, psuedomonas
Pathogenic -
correct answer ✅disease causing
MC that can support mold growth -
correct answer ✅16
MC that can support wood decaying fungi -
correct answer ✅20
What federal agency governs indoor air quality? -
correct answer ✅none
What factors affect mold growth? -
correct answer ✅temperature, light, water, oxygen, pH,
nutrients/food source
, AMRT Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
What is the nutrient that mold grows best on? -
correct answer ✅Cellulose
Define ERH -
correct answer ✅equilibrium relative humidity (moisture at the
surface)
Example of hydrophilic mold -
correct answer ✅stachybotrys chartarum
Example of mesophilic mold -
correct answer ✅aspergillus & penicillium
Example of xerophilic mold -
correct answer ✅aspergillus & penicillium
4 ways to be exposed to bioaerosols -
correct answer ✅ingestion; cut/puncture/injection; dermal;
inhalation
How do viruses replicate? -
correct answer ✅injection of RNA into live host cell
(Grade A+)
The amount of moisture available on a surface that mold can use to
support growth is known as the... -
correct answer ✅water activity
How do molds replicate? -
correct answer ✅Sporulation
What molds produce respirable particles? -
correct answer ✅Aspergillus, penicillium
Respirable -
correct answer ✅Can be deeply inhaled into lungs; 5 microns
4 common viruses found in sewage -
correct answer ✅rotavirus, GI virus, adenovirus, hepatitis
Name 3 primary sewage biohazards -
correct answer ✅virus, bacteria, parasites
3 secondary sewage biohazards -
correct answer ✅endotoxins/exotoxins, mycotoxins, mold
,AMRT Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
4 common gram negative bacteria found in sewage -
correct answer ✅e. coli, salmonella, shigella, psuedomonas
Pathogenic -
correct answer ✅disease causing
MC that can support mold growth -
correct answer ✅16
MC that can support wood decaying fungi -
correct answer ✅20
What federal agency governs indoor air quality? -
correct answer ✅none
What factors affect mold growth? -
correct answer ✅temperature, light, water, oxygen, pH,
nutrients/food source
, AMRT Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
What is the nutrient that mold grows best on? -
correct answer ✅Cellulose
Define ERH -
correct answer ✅equilibrium relative humidity (moisture at the
surface)
Example of hydrophilic mold -
correct answer ✅stachybotrys chartarum
Example of mesophilic mold -
correct answer ✅aspergillus & penicillium
Example of xerophilic mold -
correct answer ✅aspergillus & penicillium
4 ways to be exposed to bioaerosols -
correct answer ✅ingestion; cut/puncture/injection; dermal;
inhalation
How do viruses replicate? -
correct answer ✅injection of RNA into live host cell
