NEHA - Chapter 5 Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Wastewater control -
correct answer ✅the most common form of pollution control in
the United States
What does wastewater management include? -
correct answer ✅the control of municipal and industrial sources of
wastewater an subsurface wastewater treatment
How does wastewater management limit the potential negative
impact on sources of potable water supply? -
correct answer ✅by protecting the groundwater table and surface
waters from biological and chemical contamination
What is the largest volume of wastewater produced in the US? -
correct answer ✅municipal wastewater (subsurface is second)
The control of subsurface sewage treatment systems is critically
important for what two reasons? -
correct answer ✅1) not all soil or land is acceptable for subsurface
treatment systems
2) in unsewered areas the proper approval of subsurface sewage
treatment is frequently the only effective control that a community
may have to limit negative impact on groudwater
,NEHA - Chapter 5 Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
What are PERC tests used for? -
correct answer ✅to approve subsurface treatment systems
What type of diseases can be transmitted through human
excrement? -
correct answer ✅cryptosporidium, giardiasis, salmonellosis,
hepatitis A and shigellosis
Major epidemics of cholera ad typhoid fever were caused by what?
-
correct answer ✅improper disposal of wastewater
Who is Dr. Snow? -
correct answer ✅known as the father of field epidemiology
What is Cholera? -
correct answer ✅a contagious disease caused by a poison that
reproduces in the human body and is found in the vomitus and
stools of cholera patients
, NEHA - Chapter 5 Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
What is one of the most fundamental areas of public health
concern? -
correct answer ✅control, treatment, and disposal of wastewater
Public health problems and consequential diseases associated with
wastewater include? -
correct answer ✅pathogenic bacteria (salmonellosis, typhiod
fever, paratyphiod fever, shigellosis, cholera, melioidosis,
Campylobacter enteritis, pathogenic diarrhea, yersiniosis,
listeriosis), viruses (infectious hepatitis, gastroenteritis), protozoa
(amebiasis, giardiasis), spirochetes (leptospirosis), and helminths
(schistosomiasis, ascariasis, paragonimiasis, oxyuriasis)
Sanitation problems related to wastewater are primarily concerned
with what? -
correct answer ✅the adequacy and maintenance of collection and
treatment systems
The failure of most on-site disposal systems is? -
correct answer ✅strongly correlated with poor design, poor
installation, and owner abuse
Answers (Grade A+)
Wastewater control -
correct answer ✅the most common form of pollution control in
the United States
What does wastewater management include? -
correct answer ✅the control of municipal and industrial sources of
wastewater an subsurface wastewater treatment
How does wastewater management limit the potential negative
impact on sources of potable water supply? -
correct answer ✅by protecting the groundwater table and surface
waters from biological and chemical contamination
What is the largest volume of wastewater produced in the US? -
correct answer ✅municipal wastewater (subsurface is second)
The control of subsurface sewage treatment systems is critically
important for what two reasons? -
correct answer ✅1) not all soil or land is acceptable for subsurface
treatment systems
2) in unsewered areas the proper approval of subsurface sewage
treatment is frequently the only effective control that a community
may have to limit negative impact on groudwater
,NEHA - Chapter 5 Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
What are PERC tests used for? -
correct answer ✅to approve subsurface treatment systems
What type of diseases can be transmitted through human
excrement? -
correct answer ✅cryptosporidium, giardiasis, salmonellosis,
hepatitis A and shigellosis
Major epidemics of cholera ad typhoid fever were caused by what?
-
correct answer ✅improper disposal of wastewater
Who is Dr. Snow? -
correct answer ✅known as the father of field epidemiology
What is Cholera? -
correct answer ✅a contagious disease caused by a poison that
reproduces in the human body and is found in the vomitus and
stools of cholera patients
, NEHA - Chapter 5 Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
What is one of the most fundamental areas of public health
concern? -
correct answer ✅control, treatment, and disposal of wastewater
Public health problems and consequential diseases associated with
wastewater include? -
correct answer ✅pathogenic bacteria (salmonellosis, typhiod
fever, paratyphiod fever, shigellosis, cholera, melioidosis,
Campylobacter enteritis, pathogenic diarrhea, yersiniosis,
listeriosis), viruses (infectious hepatitis, gastroenteritis), protozoa
(amebiasis, giardiasis), spirochetes (leptospirosis), and helminths
(schistosomiasis, ascariasis, paragonimiasis, oxyuriasis)
Sanitation problems related to wastewater are primarily concerned
with what? -
correct answer ✅the adequacy and maintenance of collection and
treatment systems
The failure of most on-site disposal systems is? -
correct answer ✅strongly correlated with poor design, poor
installation, and owner abuse
