ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH EXAMINATION
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWER WITH
EXPLANATION GRADED A+ STUDY GUIDE
SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY
1. Environmental health focuses on:
A. How environment affects human health
B. Only hospitals
C. Only diseases
D. Only medicine
Answer: A
Rationale: It studies environmental factors influencing health.
2. Environmental health hazards include:
A. Physical, chemical, biological agents
B. Only animals
C. Only plants
D. Only buildings
Answer: A
Rationale: Hazards come in multiple forms.
3. Air pollution mainly affects the:
A. Respiratory system
B. Skeletal system
C. Digestive system
D. Nervous system only
Answer: A
Rationale: Inhaled pollutants affect lungs.
4. Waterborne diseases are caused by:
A. Contaminated water
B. Clean water
C. Air
D. Soil only
Answer: A
Rationale: Pathogens in water cause illness.
,5. Example of waterborne disease is:
A. Cholera
B. Malaria
C. Flu
D. Diabetes
Answer: A
Rationale: Cholera spreads via contaminated water.
6. Vector-borne diseases are transmitted by:
A. Insects
B. Air
C. Soil
D. Food only
Answer: A
Rationale: Vectors like mosquitoes transmit disease.
7. Example of vector-borne disease:
A. Malaria
B. Tuberculosis
C. Diabetes
D. Cancer
Answer: A
Rationale: Spread by mosquitoes.
8. Environmental sanitation refers to:
A. Clean water and waste disposal
B. Pollution
C. Noise
D. Deforestation
Answer: A
Rationale: Hygiene and cleanliness systems.
9. Solid waste management includes:
A. Collection and disposal of waste
B. Air pollution
C. Noise control only
D. Farming
Answer: A
Rationale: Waste handling systems.
, 10. Poor sanitation leads to:
A. Disease outbreaks
B. Improved health
C. Clean water
D. Biodiversity increase
Answer: A
Rationale: Increases infection risk.
11. Food hygiene is important to prevent:
A. Foodborne diseases
B. Weather changes
C. Air pollution
D. Soil erosion
Answer: A
Rationale: Prevents contamination.
12. Food contamination can be:
A. Biological, chemical, physical
B. Only physical
C. Only chemical
D. Only biological
Answer: A
Rationale: Multiple contamination types.
13. Food poisoning is caused by:
A. Harmful microorganisms
B. Clean food
C. Water vapor
D. Oxygen
Answer: A
Rationale: Pathogens or toxins.
14. Handwashing helps prevent:
A. Infectious diseases
B. Earthquakes
C. Floods
D. Pollution
Answer: A
Rationale: Reduces pathogen spread.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWER WITH
EXPLANATION GRADED A+ STUDY GUIDE
SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY
1. Environmental health focuses on:
A. How environment affects human health
B. Only hospitals
C. Only diseases
D. Only medicine
Answer: A
Rationale: It studies environmental factors influencing health.
2. Environmental health hazards include:
A. Physical, chemical, biological agents
B. Only animals
C. Only plants
D. Only buildings
Answer: A
Rationale: Hazards come in multiple forms.
3. Air pollution mainly affects the:
A. Respiratory system
B. Skeletal system
C. Digestive system
D. Nervous system only
Answer: A
Rationale: Inhaled pollutants affect lungs.
4. Waterborne diseases are caused by:
A. Contaminated water
B. Clean water
C. Air
D. Soil only
Answer: A
Rationale: Pathogens in water cause illness.
,5. Example of waterborne disease is:
A. Cholera
B. Malaria
C. Flu
D. Diabetes
Answer: A
Rationale: Cholera spreads via contaminated water.
6. Vector-borne diseases are transmitted by:
A. Insects
B. Air
C. Soil
D. Food only
Answer: A
Rationale: Vectors like mosquitoes transmit disease.
7. Example of vector-borne disease:
A. Malaria
B. Tuberculosis
C. Diabetes
D. Cancer
Answer: A
Rationale: Spread by mosquitoes.
8. Environmental sanitation refers to:
A. Clean water and waste disposal
B. Pollution
C. Noise
D. Deforestation
Answer: A
Rationale: Hygiene and cleanliness systems.
9. Solid waste management includes:
A. Collection and disposal of waste
B. Air pollution
C. Noise control only
D. Farming
Answer: A
Rationale: Waste handling systems.
, 10. Poor sanitation leads to:
A. Disease outbreaks
B. Improved health
C. Clean water
D. Biodiversity increase
Answer: A
Rationale: Increases infection risk.
11. Food hygiene is important to prevent:
A. Foodborne diseases
B. Weather changes
C. Air pollution
D. Soil erosion
Answer: A
Rationale: Prevents contamination.
12. Food contamination can be:
A. Biological, chemical, physical
B. Only physical
C. Only chemical
D. Only biological
Answer: A
Rationale: Multiple contamination types.
13. Food poisoning is caused by:
A. Harmful microorganisms
B. Clean food
C. Water vapor
D. Oxygen
Answer: A
Rationale: Pathogens or toxins.
14. Handwashing helps prevent:
A. Infectious diseases
B. Earthquakes
C. Floods
D. Pollution
Answer: A
Rationale: Reduces pathogen spread.
