AMRT STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE ANSWERS 2024/2025 |
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The amount of moisture available on a surface that mold can use to support growth is known as the... -
✔️✔️water activity
How do molds replicate? - ✔️✔️Sporulation
What molds produce respirable particles? - ✔️✔️Aspergillus, penicillium
Respirable - ✔️✔️Can be deeply inhaled into lungs; 5 microns
4 common viruses found in sewage - ✔️✔️rotavirus, GI virus, adenovirus, hepatitis
Name 3 primary sewage biohazards - ✔️✔️virus, bacteria, parasites
3 secondary sewage biohazards - ✔️✔️endotoxins/exotoxins, mycotoxins, mold
4 common gram negative bacteria found in sewage - ✔️✔️e. coli, salmonella, shigella, psuedomonas
Pathogenic - ✔️✔️disease causing
MC that can support mold growth - ✔️✔️16
MC that can support wood decaying fungi - ✔️✔️20
What federal agency governs indoor air quality? - ✔️✔️none
What factors affect mold growth? - ✔️✔️temperature, light, water, oxygen, pH, nutrients/food source
What is the nutrient that mold grows best on? - ✔️✔️Cellulose
, Define ERH - ✔️✔️equilibrium relative humidity (moisture at the surface)
Example of hydrophilic mold - ✔️✔️stachybotrys chartarum
Example of mesophilic mold - ✔️✔️aspergillus & penicillium
Example of xerophilic mold - ✔️✔️aspergillus & penicillium
4 ways to be exposed to bioaerosols - ✔️✔️ingestion; cut/puncture/injection; dermal; inhalation
How do viruses replicate? - ✔️✔️injection of RNA into live host cell
What is the common route of entry for mold exposure? - ✔️✔️inhalation
What is the common route of entry for exposure to category 3 water? - ✔️✔️ingestion
What does MVOC stand for? - ✔️✔️microbial volatile organic compounds
What are MVOCs? - ✔️✔️odor (gaseous waste by-products) released by actively growing molds
3 sources for MVOCs - ✔️✔️reactivated pet urine, wet building materials, bacteria
The presence of MVOCs can be an indicator of: - ✔️✔️unacceptable indoor air quality, active microbial
growth, incomplete remediation
What is a micron? - ✔️✔️unit of measurement equal to 1/1,000,000 meters
What is the definition of viable? - ✔️✔️able to reproduce (germinate)
VERIFIED
The amount of moisture available on a surface that mold can use to support growth is known as the... -
✔️✔️water activity
How do molds replicate? - ✔️✔️Sporulation
What molds produce respirable particles? - ✔️✔️Aspergillus, penicillium
Respirable - ✔️✔️Can be deeply inhaled into lungs; 5 microns
4 common viruses found in sewage - ✔️✔️rotavirus, GI virus, adenovirus, hepatitis
Name 3 primary sewage biohazards - ✔️✔️virus, bacteria, parasites
3 secondary sewage biohazards - ✔️✔️endotoxins/exotoxins, mycotoxins, mold
4 common gram negative bacteria found in sewage - ✔️✔️e. coli, salmonella, shigella, psuedomonas
Pathogenic - ✔️✔️disease causing
MC that can support mold growth - ✔️✔️16
MC that can support wood decaying fungi - ✔️✔️20
What federal agency governs indoor air quality? - ✔️✔️none
What factors affect mold growth? - ✔️✔️temperature, light, water, oxygen, pH, nutrients/food source
What is the nutrient that mold grows best on? - ✔️✔️Cellulose
, Define ERH - ✔️✔️equilibrium relative humidity (moisture at the surface)
Example of hydrophilic mold - ✔️✔️stachybotrys chartarum
Example of mesophilic mold - ✔️✔️aspergillus & penicillium
Example of xerophilic mold - ✔️✔️aspergillus & penicillium
4 ways to be exposed to bioaerosols - ✔️✔️ingestion; cut/puncture/injection; dermal; inhalation
How do viruses replicate? - ✔️✔️injection of RNA into live host cell
What is the common route of entry for mold exposure? - ✔️✔️inhalation
What is the common route of entry for exposure to category 3 water? - ✔️✔️ingestion
What does MVOC stand for? - ✔️✔️microbial volatile organic compounds
What are MVOCs? - ✔️✔️odor (gaseous waste by-products) released by actively growing molds
3 sources for MVOCs - ✔️✔️reactivated pet urine, wet building materials, bacteria
The presence of MVOCs can be an indicator of: - ✔️✔️unacceptable indoor air quality, active microbial
growth, incomplete remediation
What is a micron? - ✔️✔️unit of measurement equal to 1/1,000,000 meters
What is the definition of viable? - ✔️✔️able to reproduce (germinate)
