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What is the MOST common cause of bacterial meningitis in children
under five years of age?
a. Neisseria meningitides
b. Group B Streptococci
c. Streptococcus pneumoniae
d. Haemophilius influenzea type B -
correct answer ✅d. Haemophilius influenza type B
How is "giardiasis USUALLY transmitted to others?
a. Person-to-person transfer of cysts from the feces of the infected
individual.
b. Drinking unfiltered water from streams and lakes.
c. Drinking unboiled water from streams and lakes.
d. Drinking inadequately chlorinated water from a municipal water
distribution system. -
correct answer ✅a. Person-to-person transfer of cysts from the
feces of the infected individual.
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Which of the following duties of state and local health agencies is
intended to ensure that the public's health and welfare are
protected?
a. Community-intensive planning.
b. Statutory administrative action.
c. Regulatory responsibilities.
d. Plan implementation. -
correct answer ✅c. Regulatory responsibilities.
Which of the following is a measure of the amount of light
scattered by particles suspended in a water test sample?
a. Formazin Turbidity Units (FTU)
b. Nephelometric Turbidity Units (NTU)
c. Hydrosyntalic Turbidity Units (HTU)
d. Lorcetic Turbidity Units (LTU) -
correct answer ✅b. Nephelometric Turbidity Units (NTU)
What is an epidemic?
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a. The constant presence of a disease within a community or
region.
b. The presence of an infectious agent on the body surface.
c. The presence of infection in a host without clear, recognizable
clinic symptoms.
d. The occurrence in a community or region of cases of an illness
clearly in excess of expectancy. -
correct answer ✅d. 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?
a. Skin
b. Respiratory tract
c. Reproductive organs
d. Digestive tract -
correct answer ✅a. Skin
Swimmer's itch is a common name for which of the following
diseases?
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a. Leptospirosis
b. Subdural dermatitis
c. Schistosomiasis
d. Trichiniasis -
correct answer ✅c. Schistosomiasis
Which of the following factors would LEAST contribute to the
emergence of new infectious disease?
a. Human behavior
b. Heat disinfection
c. Antibiotic use
d. Disinfectant use -
correct answer ✅b. Heat disinfection
Listeriosis is COMMONLY associated with:
a. Contaminated water
b. Contaminated food
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What is the MOST common cause of bacterial meningitis in children
under five years of age?
a. Neisseria meningitides
b. Group B Streptococci
c. Streptococcus pneumoniae
d. Haemophilius influenzea type B -
correct answer ✅d. Haemophilius influenza type B
How is "giardiasis USUALLY transmitted to others?
a. Person-to-person transfer of cysts from the feces of the infected
individual.
b. Drinking unfiltered water from streams and lakes.
c. Drinking unboiled water from streams and lakes.
d. Drinking inadequately chlorinated water from a municipal water
distribution system. -
correct answer ✅a. Person-to-person transfer of cysts from the
feces of the infected individual.
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Which of the following duties of state and local health agencies is
intended to ensure that the public's health and welfare are
protected?
a. Community-intensive planning.
b. Statutory administrative action.
c. Regulatory responsibilities.
d. Plan implementation. -
correct answer ✅c. Regulatory responsibilities.
Which of the following is a measure of the amount of light
scattered by particles suspended in a water test sample?
a. Formazin Turbidity Units (FTU)
b. Nephelometric Turbidity Units (NTU)
c. Hydrosyntalic Turbidity Units (HTU)
d. Lorcetic Turbidity Units (LTU) -
correct answer ✅b. Nephelometric Turbidity Units (NTU)
What is an epidemic?
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a. The constant presence of a disease within a community or
region.
b. The presence of an infectious agent on the body surface.
c. The presence of infection in a host without clear, recognizable
clinic symptoms.
d. The occurrence in a community or region of cases of an illness
clearly in excess of expectancy. -
correct answer ✅d. 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?
a. Skin
b. Respiratory tract
c. Reproductive organs
d. Digestive tract -
correct answer ✅a. Skin
Swimmer's itch is a common name for which of the following
diseases?
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a. Leptospirosis
b. Subdural dermatitis
c. Schistosomiasis
d. Trichiniasis -
correct answer ✅c. Schistosomiasis
Which of the following factors would LEAST contribute to the
emergence of new infectious disease?
a. Human behavior
b. Heat disinfection
c. Antibiotic use
d. Disinfectant use -
correct answer ✅b. Heat disinfection
Listeriosis is COMMONLY associated with:
a. Contaminated water
b. Contaminated food
