ACVPM EXAM TEST UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Which of the following is not true regarding Harmful
Algal Bloom (HAB) toxins?
a. Can cause disease in nanogram to picogram doses.
b. Have distinct odor/taste that deters people and
animals.
c. Are highly resistant to heat, acid and freezing.
d. Can pass through the blood-brain barrier.
e. Can act as tumor promoters.
Answer:
b. Have distinct odor/taste that deters people and animals.
Question:
2. True or False: Evidence suggests that Harmful Algal
Blooms (HABs) occurring in areas where they were
previously undocumented because people have
inadvertently introduced organisms into new areas
through shipping movements or the transport of living
marine organisms.
Answer:
True:
Question:
3. Which of the following causes histamine poisoning as a
result of consuming improperly handled dark-meat fish
such as tuna or mackerel?
a. Scrombroid
b. Ciguatera
c. Domoic acid
d. Tetrodotoxin
e. Microcystins
Answer:
A. Scrombroid
,Question:
4. What tick is generally associated with development of
alpha-gal syndrome?
a. Black-legged tick - Ixodes scapularis
b. American dog tick - Dermacentor variabilis
c. Lone star tick - Amblyomma americanum
d. Brown dog tick - Rhipicephalus sanguineus
e. Rocky mountain wood tick - Dermacentor andersoni
Answer:
c. Lone star tick - Amblyomma americanum
Question:
5. Which of these waste characteristics is not considered
hazardous by RCRA?
a. Ignitable
b. Corrosive
c. Reactive
d. Acerbic
Answer:
d. Acerbic
Question:
6. What type of waste does Subtitle D of RCRA specifically
regulate?
a. Solid hazardous waste
b. Chemical hazardous waste
c. Non-hazardous solid waste
d. Radioactive waste
Answer:
c. Non-hazardous solid waste
,Question:
7. Which of the following methods, according to the EPA, is
used approximately 90% of the time for the disposal
and/or destruction of infectious chemical or medical
waste?
a. Microwaving the waste.
b. Sending the waste off to an autoclaving company that
is licensed to do this type of disposal.
c. Placing the waste in a medical "red bag", sealing it air-
tight, and then throwing it away in any hospital dumpster.
d. Incineration by a treatment, storage, and disposal
facility (TSDF).
Answer:
D. Incineration by a treatment, storage, and disposal facility (TSDF).
Question:
8. Which toxin is found in the Northeast and Northwest USA
with human signs of muscle weakness, floating sensation
and ataxia?
a. Brevetoxin
b. Domoic Acid
c. Okadaic acid
d. Saxitoxin
e. Ciguatoxin
Answer:
d. Saxitoxin
Question:
9. What number of mature dairy cows confined on an
animal feed operation for more than 45 days constitutes a
CAFO?
a. 1000
b. 500
c. 300
d. 700
e. 1500
Answer:
D. 700
, Question:
10. Which one of the following elements, used as a fungicide,
may be toxic to swine and to humans eating pork from
swine that have ingested the element?
a. Mercury.
b. Iron.
c. Copper.
d. Molybdenum.
e. Cobalt
Answer:
A. Mercury
Question:
11. In the design and operation of a plant utilizing radiation
for the preservation of food, concern must be given to
the protection of operators because the:
a. alpha radiation used represents a potential source of
skin cancer.
b. intensity of the radiation source used is extremely high.
c. preserving agent, a radioactive powder, must be
dusted on the food AND thus constitutes a potential
internal hazard.
d. neutron source used makes shielding difficult.
e. food after irradiation is itself radioactive for a while and
must be handled carefully.
Answer:
b. intensity of the radiation source used is extremely high.
Side note: gamma radiation is used in food irradiation
Question:
12. The most frequent carcinogenic effect of high levels of
total body irradiation is:
a. thyroid carcinoma.
b. leukemia.
c. bone sarcoma.
d. skin carcinoma.
e. gum carcinoma
Answer:
b. leukemia
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Which of the following is not true regarding Harmful
Algal Bloom (HAB) toxins?
a. Can cause disease in nanogram to picogram doses.
b. Have distinct odor/taste that deters people and
animals.
c. Are highly resistant to heat, acid and freezing.
d. Can pass through the blood-brain barrier.
e. Can act as tumor promoters.
Answer:
b. Have distinct odor/taste that deters people and animals.
Question:
2. True or False: Evidence suggests that Harmful Algal
Blooms (HABs) occurring in areas where they were
previously undocumented because people have
inadvertently introduced organisms into new areas
through shipping movements or the transport of living
marine organisms.
Answer:
True:
Question:
3. Which of the following causes histamine poisoning as a
result of consuming improperly handled dark-meat fish
such as tuna or mackerel?
a. Scrombroid
b. Ciguatera
c. Domoic acid
d. Tetrodotoxin
e. Microcystins
Answer:
A. Scrombroid
,Question:
4. What tick is generally associated with development of
alpha-gal syndrome?
a. Black-legged tick - Ixodes scapularis
b. American dog tick - Dermacentor variabilis
c. Lone star tick - Amblyomma americanum
d. Brown dog tick - Rhipicephalus sanguineus
e. Rocky mountain wood tick - Dermacentor andersoni
Answer:
c. Lone star tick - Amblyomma americanum
Question:
5. Which of these waste characteristics is not considered
hazardous by RCRA?
a. Ignitable
b. Corrosive
c. Reactive
d. Acerbic
Answer:
d. Acerbic
Question:
6. What type of waste does Subtitle D of RCRA specifically
regulate?
a. Solid hazardous waste
b. Chemical hazardous waste
c. Non-hazardous solid waste
d. Radioactive waste
Answer:
c. Non-hazardous solid waste
,Question:
7. Which of the following methods, according to the EPA, is
used approximately 90% of the time for the disposal
and/or destruction of infectious chemical or medical
waste?
a. Microwaving the waste.
b. Sending the waste off to an autoclaving company that
is licensed to do this type of disposal.
c. Placing the waste in a medical "red bag", sealing it air-
tight, and then throwing it away in any hospital dumpster.
d. Incineration by a treatment, storage, and disposal
facility (TSDF).
Answer:
D. Incineration by a treatment, storage, and disposal facility (TSDF).
Question:
8. Which toxin is found in the Northeast and Northwest USA
with human signs of muscle weakness, floating sensation
and ataxia?
a. Brevetoxin
b. Domoic Acid
c. Okadaic acid
d. Saxitoxin
e. Ciguatoxin
Answer:
d. Saxitoxin
Question:
9. What number of mature dairy cows confined on an
animal feed operation for more than 45 days constitutes a
CAFO?
a. 1000
b. 500
c. 300
d. 700
e. 1500
Answer:
D. 700
, Question:
10. Which one of the following elements, used as a fungicide,
may be toxic to swine and to humans eating pork from
swine that have ingested the element?
a. Mercury.
b. Iron.
c. Copper.
d. Molybdenum.
e. Cobalt
Answer:
A. Mercury
Question:
11. In the design and operation of a plant utilizing radiation
for the preservation of food, concern must be given to
the protection of operators because the:
a. alpha radiation used represents a potential source of
skin cancer.
b. intensity of the radiation source used is extremely high.
c. preserving agent, a radioactive powder, must be
dusted on the food AND thus constitutes a potential
internal hazard.
d. neutron source used makes shielding difficult.
e. food after irradiation is itself radioactive for a while and
must be handled carefully.
Answer:
b. intensity of the radiation source used is extremely high.
Side note: gamma radiation is used in food irradiation
Question:
12. The most frequent carcinogenic effect of high levels of
total body irradiation is:
a. thyroid carcinoma.
b. leukemia.
c. bone sarcoma.
d. skin carcinoma.
e. gum carcinoma
Answer:
b. leukemia
