Question 1
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) Haemophilus influenzae type B
CORRECT ANSWER
d) Haemophilus influenzae type B
Question 2
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
Question 3
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,Which of the following duties of state and local health agencies is focused to protect the
public's health and welfare?
a) Community-intensive planning
b) Statutory administrative action
c) Regulatory responsibilities
d) Plan implementation
CORRECT ANSWER
c) Regulatory responsibilities
Question 4
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)
Question 5
What is an epidemic?
a) The constant presence of a disease within a community or region
b) The presence of an infectious agent on a body surface
c) The presence of infection in a host without clear, recognizable clinical symptoms
d) The occurrence in a community or region of cases of an illness clearly in excess of
expectancy
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,CORRECT ANSWER
d) The occurrence in a community or region of cases of an illness clearly in excess of
expectancy
Question 6
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
Question 7
Swimmer's itch is a common name for which of the following diseases?
a) Leptospirosis
b) Subdural dermatitis
c) Schistosomiasis
d) Trichiniasis
CORRECT ANSWER
c) Schistosomiasis
Question 8
Which of the following factors would least contribute to the emergence of a new
infectious disease?
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, a) Human behavior
b) Heat disinfection
c) Antibiotic use
d) Disinfectant use
CORRECT ANSWER
b) Heat disinfection
Question 9
Listeriosis is commonly associated with
a) contaminated water
b) contaminated food
c) infected mice
d) infected birds
CORRECT ANSWER
b) contaminated food
Question 10
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome is caused by an infection with
a) dracunculus medinensis
b) staphylococcus aureus
c) escherichia coli O157:H7
d) salmonella typhimurium
CORRECT ANSWER
c) escherichia coli O157:H7
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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) Haemophilus influenzae type B
CORRECT ANSWER
d) Haemophilus influenzae type B
Question 2
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
Question 3
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,Which of the following duties of state and local health agencies is focused to protect the
public's health and welfare?
a) Community-intensive planning
b) Statutory administrative action
c) Regulatory responsibilities
d) Plan implementation
CORRECT ANSWER
c) Regulatory responsibilities
Question 4
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)
Question 5
What is an epidemic?
a) The constant presence of a disease within a community or region
b) The presence of an infectious agent on a body surface
c) The presence of infection in a host without clear, recognizable clinical symptoms
d) The occurrence in a community or region of cases of an illness clearly in excess of
expectancy
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,CORRECT ANSWER
d) The occurrence in a community or region of cases of an illness clearly in excess of
expectancy
Question 6
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
Question 7
Swimmer's itch is a common name for which of the following diseases?
a) Leptospirosis
b) Subdural dermatitis
c) Schistosomiasis
d) Trichiniasis
CORRECT ANSWER
c) Schistosomiasis
Question 8
Which of the following factors would least contribute to the emergence of a new
infectious disease?
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, a) Human behavior
b) Heat disinfection
c) Antibiotic use
d) Disinfectant use
CORRECT ANSWER
b) Heat disinfection
Question 9
Listeriosis is commonly associated with
a) contaminated water
b) contaminated food
c) infected mice
d) infected birds
CORRECT ANSWER
b) contaminated food
Question 10
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome is caused by an infection with
a) dracunculus medinensis
b) staphylococcus aureus
c) escherichia coli O157:H7
d) salmonella typhimurium
CORRECT ANSWER
c) escherichia coli O157:H7
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