NEHA RS/REHSPractice Study Guide
Questions
d) Haemophilus influenzae type B - ✅✅ -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
✅✅
a) Person-to-person transfer of cysts from the feces of the infected
individual - -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
c) Regulatory responsibilities -✅✅ -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
b) Nephelometric Turbidity Units (NTU) - ✅✅ -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)
, ✅✅
d) The occurrence in a community or region of cases of an illness clearly in
excess of expectancy - -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
a) Skin -✅✅ -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
c) Schistosomiasis - ✅✅-Swimmer's itch is a common name for which of
the following diseases?
a) Leptospirosis
b) Subdural dermatitis
c) Schistosomiasis
d) Trichiniasis
b) Heat disinfection -✅✅ -Which of the following factors would least
contribute to the emergence of a new infectious disease?
a) Human behavior
b) Heat disinfection
c) Antibiotic use
d) Disinfectant use
b) contaminated food - ✅✅-Listeriosis is commonly associated with
a) contaminated water
b) contaminated food
c) infected mice
,d) infected birds
c) escherichia coli O157:H7 - ✅✅-Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome is caused
by an infection with
a) dracunculus medinensis
b) staphylococcus aureus
c) escherichia coli O157:H7
d) salmonella typhimurium
a) lag phase - ✅✅ -The basic principles of disease control include all of
the following except
a) lag phase
b) control of disease source
c) mode of transmission
d) understanding susceptibility
d) constant presence of an illness - ✅✅ -Which one of the following
phrases most accurately describes the term endemic?
a) sporadic occurrence of an illness
b) illnesses that exceed expected levels
c) all illnesses present at any one time
d) constant presence of an illness
d) incubation period -✅✅ -The interval between exposure to an infectious
agent and the appearance of the first symptom is called the
a) transmission period
b) susceptible period
c) reactive period
d) incubation period
a) malfeasance - ✅✅ -An environmental health specialist receives a cash
payment from a restaurant operator in order to receive a passing restaurant
inspection score. This event is known as
a) malfeasance
b) misfeasance
, c) nonfeasance
d) exclusionary rule
c) nonfeasance - ✅✅ -An environmental health manager trains
environmental health specialists on the operation of environmental probe
thermometers. In the interest of time, the manager omits a training section
on safe sheathing of the thermometer, and subsequently an environmental
health specialist punctures their finger and injures themselves. This is an
example of
a) malfeasance
b) misfeasance
c) nonfeasance
d) exclusionary rule
b) misfeasance - ✅✅ -An environmental health specialist informs vector
control staff to perform "landing counts" on their skin in a known mosquito
breeding ground which is confirmed to be positive with West Nile virus. This
is an example of
a) malfeasance
b) misfeasance
c) nonfeasance
d) exclusionary rule
a) indirect mode of transmission - ✅✅-Vehicleborne, vectorborne, or
airborne are all examples of:
a) indirect mode of transmission
b) direct mode of transmission
c) hosts
d) life cycle sequences
a) respondeat superior - ✅✅ -An employer is held liable for the torts of its
employees committed within the scope of their employment. This is
referred to as:
a) respondeat superior
b) parens patriae
Questions
d) Haemophilus influenzae type B - ✅✅ -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
✅✅
a) Person-to-person transfer of cysts from the feces of the infected
individual - -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
c) Regulatory responsibilities -✅✅ -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
b) Nephelometric Turbidity Units (NTU) - ✅✅ -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)
, ✅✅
d) The occurrence in a community or region of cases of an illness clearly in
excess of expectancy - -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
a) Skin -✅✅ -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
c) Schistosomiasis - ✅✅-Swimmer's itch is a common name for which of
the following diseases?
a) Leptospirosis
b) Subdural dermatitis
c) Schistosomiasis
d) Trichiniasis
b) Heat disinfection -✅✅ -Which of the following factors would least
contribute to the emergence of a new infectious disease?
a) Human behavior
b) Heat disinfection
c) Antibiotic use
d) Disinfectant use
b) contaminated food - ✅✅-Listeriosis is commonly associated with
a) contaminated water
b) contaminated food
c) infected mice
,d) infected birds
c) escherichia coli O157:H7 - ✅✅-Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome is caused
by an infection with
a) dracunculus medinensis
b) staphylococcus aureus
c) escherichia coli O157:H7
d) salmonella typhimurium
a) lag phase - ✅✅ -The basic principles of disease control include all of
the following except
a) lag phase
b) control of disease source
c) mode of transmission
d) understanding susceptibility
d) constant presence of an illness - ✅✅ -Which one of the following
phrases most accurately describes the term endemic?
a) sporadic occurrence of an illness
b) illnesses that exceed expected levels
c) all illnesses present at any one time
d) constant presence of an illness
d) incubation period -✅✅ -The interval between exposure to an infectious
agent and the appearance of the first symptom is called the
a) transmission period
b) susceptible period
c) reactive period
d) incubation period
a) malfeasance - ✅✅ -An environmental health specialist receives a cash
payment from a restaurant operator in order to receive a passing restaurant
inspection score. This event is known as
a) malfeasance
b) misfeasance
, c) nonfeasance
d) exclusionary rule
c) nonfeasance - ✅✅ -An environmental health manager trains
environmental health specialists on the operation of environmental probe
thermometers. In the interest of time, the manager omits a training section
on safe sheathing of the thermometer, and subsequently an environmental
health specialist punctures their finger and injures themselves. This is an
example of
a) malfeasance
b) misfeasance
c) nonfeasance
d) exclusionary rule
b) misfeasance - ✅✅ -An environmental health specialist informs vector
control staff to perform "landing counts" on their skin in a known mosquito
breeding ground which is confirmed to be positive with West Nile virus. This
is an example of
a) malfeasance
b) misfeasance
c) nonfeasance
d) exclusionary rule
a) indirect mode of transmission - ✅✅-Vehicleborne, vectorborne, or
airborne are all examples of:
a) indirect mode of transmission
b) direct mode of transmission
c) hosts
d) life cycle sequences
a) respondeat superior - ✅✅ -An employer is held liable for the torts of its
employees committed within the scope of their employment. This is
referred to as:
a) respondeat superior
b) parens patriae
