NEHA - Chapter 1 Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
What are the core functions of public health -
correct answer ✅Assessment, Policy Development, and Assurance
Environmental Health is what we do to collectively... -
correct answer ✅assure that the environmental conditions in
which we live are healthy
Decision making is driven by what factors? -
correct answer ✅Crisis, emerging public health risks, concerns of
organized interest groups, and prevailing social and political
conditions
The essence of environmental health is... -
correct answer ✅the prevention, detection, and control of
environmental hazards that affect human health.
The types of epidemiolocial studies available to the professional -
correct answer ✅descriptive and analytical
Emerging agents and diseases in our profession are -
correct answer ✅E. Coli O157: H7, Listeria, Cryptosporidium,
, NEHA - Chapter 1 Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Campylobacter, HIV, Hantavirus, Ebola virus, West Nile virus, Asian
bird flu
Portals of exit from a reservoir are -
correct answer ✅respiratory tract, genitourinary, alimentary (canal
- mouth to anus), skin, in utero
Direct transmission -
correct answer ✅skin-to-skin or person-to-person, and aerosol or
droplet transmission
Indirect transmission -
correct answer ✅when the reservior and the host (susceptible) are
separated
Vector spread -
correct answer ✅spread via an arthropod
Vehicle spread -
correct answer ✅involves transmission via inanimate objects
Answers (Grade A+)
What are the core functions of public health -
correct answer ✅Assessment, Policy Development, and Assurance
Environmental Health is what we do to collectively... -
correct answer ✅assure that the environmental conditions in
which we live are healthy
Decision making is driven by what factors? -
correct answer ✅Crisis, emerging public health risks, concerns of
organized interest groups, and prevailing social and political
conditions
The essence of environmental health is... -
correct answer ✅the prevention, detection, and control of
environmental hazards that affect human health.
The types of epidemiolocial studies available to the professional -
correct answer ✅descriptive and analytical
Emerging agents and diseases in our profession are -
correct answer ✅E. Coli O157: H7, Listeria, Cryptosporidium,
, NEHA - Chapter 1 Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Campylobacter, HIV, Hantavirus, Ebola virus, West Nile virus, Asian
bird flu
Portals of exit from a reservoir are -
correct answer ✅respiratory tract, genitourinary, alimentary (canal
- mouth to anus), skin, in utero
Direct transmission -
correct answer ✅skin-to-skin or person-to-person, and aerosol or
droplet transmission
Indirect transmission -
correct answer ✅when the reservior and the host (susceptible) are
separated
Vector spread -
correct answer ✅spread via an arthropod
Vehicle spread -
correct answer ✅involves transmission via inanimate objects
