ENVIROMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCE FINAL EXAMS
WITH VERIFIRED ANSWERS PAPER 2- YEAR 2024-
2025
1. The environment plays a role in human health through associations with:
(A) Acute conditions
(B) Allergic responses
(C) Disability
(D) Chronic disease
(E) All of the Above
E. All of the Above
2. Hazard identification refers to the question of:
(A) What are the health effects that this agent can cause?
(B) What is the relationship between dose and occurrence of health effects in
humans?
(C) What exposures are currently experienced or anticipated under different
conditions?
(D) What is the estimated occurrence of the adverse effect in a given population?
(E) None of the above.
A. What are the health effects that this agent can cause?
,3. Which of the following is NOT a term to describe a "safe" dose level?
(A) POD
(B) NOAEL
(C) BMDL
(D) LOAEL
(E) ADD
E. ADD
4. To ensure the safety of all drinking water from the public water supply in the
United States, standards are set by:
(A) State agencies
(B) Local government
(C) The EPA
(D) The ATSDR
(E) None of above
C. The EPA
5. Dose-response assessment refers to the question of:
(A) What are the health effects that this agent can cause?
(B) What is the relationship between dose and occurrence of health effects in
humans (or animals)?
, (C) What exposures are currently experienced or anticipated under different
conditions?
(D) What is the estimated occurrence of the adverse effect in a given population?
(E) None of the above.
B. What is the relationship between dose and occurrence of health effects in
humans (or animals)?
6. Water scarcity is defined as:
(A) The natural cycle by which water evaporates from water bodies
(B) An annual supply of renewable freshwater less than 1,000 cubic meters per
person
(C) An annual supply of renewable freshwater between 1,000 and 1,700 cubic
meters per person
(D) A layer or section of earth that contains freshwater
(E) The water that is delivered to the distribution system after treatment
B. An annual supply of renewable freshwater less than 1,000 cubic meters per
person
7. Drinking water treatment involves all the following except:
(A) Removal of organic materials
(B) Destruction of microorganisms
(C) Removal of large inorganic particles
(D) Removal of all dissolved chemicals
(E) None of the above
D. Removal of all dissolved chemicals
WITH VERIFIRED ANSWERS PAPER 2- YEAR 2024-
2025
1. The environment plays a role in human health through associations with:
(A) Acute conditions
(B) Allergic responses
(C) Disability
(D) Chronic disease
(E) All of the Above
E. All of the Above
2. Hazard identification refers to the question of:
(A) What are the health effects that this agent can cause?
(B) What is the relationship between dose and occurrence of health effects in
humans?
(C) What exposures are currently experienced or anticipated under different
conditions?
(D) What is the estimated occurrence of the adverse effect in a given population?
(E) None of the above.
A. What are the health effects that this agent can cause?
,3. Which of the following is NOT a term to describe a "safe" dose level?
(A) POD
(B) NOAEL
(C) BMDL
(D) LOAEL
(E) ADD
E. ADD
4. To ensure the safety of all drinking water from the public water supply in the
United States, standards are set by:
(A) State agencies
(B) Local government
(C) The EPA
(D) The ATSDR
(E) None of above
C. The EPA
5. Dose-response assessment refers to the question of:
(A) What are the health effects that this agent can cause?
(B) What is the relationship between dose and occurrence of health effects in
humans (or animals)?
, (C) What exposures are currently experienced or anticipated under different
conditions?
(D) What is the estimated occurrence of the adverse effect in a given population?
(E) None of the above.
B. What is the relationship between dose and occurrence of health effects in
humans (or animals)?
6. Water scarcity is defined as:
(A) The natural cycle by which water evaporates from water bodies
(B) An annual supply of renewable freshwater less than 1,000 cubic meters per
person
(C) An annual supply of renewable freshwater between 1,000 and 1,700 cubic
meters per person
(D) A layer or section of earth that contains freshwater
(E) The water that is delivered to the distribution system after treatment
B. An annual supply of renewable freshwater less than 1,000 cubic meters per
person
7. Drinking water treatment involves all the following except:
(A) Removal of organic materials
(B) Destruction of microorganisms
(C) Removal of large inorganic particles
(D) Removal of all dissolved chemicals
(E) None of the above
D. Removal of all dissolved chemicals
