,COMPREHENSIVE NEHA CHAPTER 2 REHS HAZWOPER ICS NIMS
CERTIFICATION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ 10 essential public health services. Answer: 1. Monitor health
2. Diagnose and investigate
3. Inform, educate, and empower
4. Mobilize community partnerships
5. Develop policies and plans
6. Enforce laws and regulations
7. Link people to needed personal health services
8. Assure a competent workforce
9. Evaluate
10. Research
⩥ Nelson Fabian. Answer: Director of Environmental Health
Association
Three Principles - Current/Future Effect on EH in 1998
1. The transition from a police function to a scientific standing
2. The emergence of environmental protection and the subordination of
EH
3. The privatization of EH
⩥ Responsibility areas of REHS/RS. Answer: ○ Food protection
,○ Potable water
○ Solid/Hazardous waste management
○ Vector control
○ Radiation protection
○ Occupational safety and health
○ Air quality
○ Noise control
○ Housing
○ Institutions and licensed establishments
○ Swimming pools
○ Recreational facilities
○ Disaster sanitation
⩥ Epidemic. Answer: The occurrence in an area of a group of illnesses
similar in nature, clearly in excess of normal expectancy
⩥ Endemic. Answer: Habitual presence of a disease within a
geographical area
⩥ Pandemic. Answer: Outbreak of exceptional proportions spreading
quickly from one part to another
, ⩥ Incidence (Rate). Answer: New cases of a disease in a population
during specific time / Persons at risk during that time period
⩥ Prevalence. Answer: Indicate how many total numbers of cases of a
disease are occurring relative to the total population - occurrence of
disease at a given time
⩥ Morbidity. Answer: The condition of being ill or sick
⩥ Mortality. Answer: The condition of being dead
⩥ Lag phase. Answer: A period when the bacteria are adjusting to the
environment (Adjustment)
⩥ Log phase. Answer: A population grows in a logarithmic fashion
(Growth)
⩥ Descriptive Study (Epi). Answer: The study of the amount and
distribution of disease within a given population by person, place, and
time. Summarizes the basic data available on health and the major
causes of disease
⩥ Analytic Study (Epi). Answer: The study of causes determining the
relatively high or low disease frequency in specific groups. Seeks to
CERTIFICATION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ 10 essential public health services. Answer: 1. Monitor health
2. Diagnose and investigate
3. Inform, educate, and empower
4. Mobilize community partnerships
5. Develop policies and plans
6. Enforce laws and regulations
7. Link people to needed personal health services
8. Assure a competent workforce
9. Evaluate
10. Research
⩥ Nelson Fabian. Answer: Director of Environmental Health
Association
Three Principles - Current/Future Effect on EH in 1998
1. The transition from a police function to a scientific standing
2. The emergence of environmental protection and the subordination of
EH
3. The privatization of EH
⩥ Responsibility areas of REHS/RS. Answer: ○ Food protection
,○ Potable water
○ Solid/Hazardous waste management
○ Vector control
○ Radiation protection
○ Occupational safety and health
○ Air quality
○ Noise control
○ Housing
○ Institutions and licensed establishments
○ Swimming pools
○ Recreational facilities
○ Disaster sanitation
⩥ Epidemic. Answer: The occurrence in an area of a group of illnesses
similar in nature, clearly in excess of normal expectancy
⩥ Endemic. Answer: Habitual presence of a disease within a
geographical area
⩥ Pandemic. Answer: Outbreak of exceptional proportions spreading
quickly from one part to another
, ⩥ Incidence (Rate). Answer: New cases of a disease in a population
during specific time / Persons at risk during that time period
⩥ Prevalence. Answer: Indicate how many total numbers of cases of a
disease are occurring relative to the total population - occurrence of
disease at a given time
⩥ Morbidity. Answer: The condition of being ill or sick
⩥ Mortality. Answer: The condition of being dead
⩥ Lag phase. Answer: A period when the bacteria are adjusting to the
environment (Adjustment)
⩥ Log phase. Answer: A population grows in a logarithmic fashion
(Growth)
⩥ Descriptive Study (Epi). Answer: The study of the amount and
distribution of disease within a given population by person, place, and
time. Summarizes the basic data available on health and the major
causes of disease
⩥ Analytic Study (Epi). Answer: The study of causes determining the
relatively high or low disease frequency in specific groups. Seeks to
