REHS/RS Epidemiology and Disease Exam Elaboration with 100% Correct Answers

REHS/RS Epidemiology and Disease Exam Elaboration with 100% Correct Answers What is the proper term for disinfectants used on skin? *Ans* antisepsis What are you most likely to get typhoid fever from? *Ans* pit/privy toilet adjacent to spring What is most likely the cause of biological contamination and causing health problems at home? *Ans* Tobacco smoke An apartment tenant is complaining about a rash with red marks, this is most likely NOT from...? *Ans* Ticks A dirty bar of soap is likely to be considered a...? *Ans* fomite What is someone most likely to get from a prison facility? *Ans* staph and Hepatitis B and C What type of Hepatitis is transmitted fecal-oral? *Ans* A and E How is giardiasis transmitted? *Ans* person to person from feces of infected individual Silicosis is caused by what? *Ans* repeated and lengthy exposure to tiny bits of silica dust What does NOT affect the development of silicosis? What does affect silicosis development? *Ans* Not: size of asbestos particles Does: size, types, etc. What part of the body does typhoid fever affect? *Ans* circulatory What genus of mosquito is most likely to carry West Nile Virus? *Ans* culex What is the most common type of cockroach found in urban areas in the US? *Ans* German What type of cockroach is called and considered a waterbug? *Ans* oriental What is syndromic surveillance? *Ans* Data of reportable disease