NEHA/REHS EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 100% SOLVED.
,How does the Institute of Medicine (IOM) defines the mission of public health? -
ANSWERAs "fulfilling society's interest in assuring conditions in which people can be
healthy".
What are the 10 Essential Public Health Services (ES)? - ANSWER1. 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
What are three forces that may help shape the future of the environmental health
profession? - ANSWER1. Climate change and resulting ecosystem changes and natural
disasters
2. Population growth and the global rise in standard of living resulting in faster
deterioration of the natural environment
3. Novel or pharmaceutical-resistant pathogens
What does AREC stand for? - ANSWERanticipation, recognition, evaluation, control
Compliance and enforcement intervention strategies can be divided into what two
groups? - ANSWER1. Those designed to achieve immediate on-site correction.
2. Those designed to achieve long-term compliance.
What is a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)? - ANSWERA standard operation
procedure (SOP) is a written process that provides consistent guidance to employees
within an organization as to how they should properly complete a given task in a uniform
manner. It provides detailed steps and details the tools necessary to complete the task.
What is Malfeasance? - ANSWERThe doing of an act that is wrongful and that is known
to be wholly unauthorized by the official.
What is Misfeasance? - ANSWERThe doing of an authorized act in an unauthorized
manner.
What is Nonfeasance? - ANSWERThe failure to perform an official duty without
sufficient excuse.
, What are the two main types of epidemiological studies that can be used in an
epidemiological investigation? - ANSWERDescriptive and Analytical.
Active Immunity - ANSWERResults when exposure to a disease organism triggers the
immune system to produce antibodies to that disease. Active immunity can be acquired
through natural immunity or vaccine-induced immunity
Passive Immunity - ANSWERWhen a person is given antibodies to a disease rather
than producing them through his or her own immune system.
Agent (biology/epi) - ANSWERA factor (e.g., a microorganism or chemical substance)
or form of energy whose presence, excessive presence, or in the case of deficiency
diseases, relative absence is essential for the occurrence of a disease or other adverse
health outcome.
Mode of Transmission - ANSWERThe manner in which an agent is transmitted from its
reservoir to a susceptible host.
Carrier - ANSWERA person or animal that harbors the infectious agent for a disease
and can transmit it to others, but does not demonstrate signs of the disease. A carrier
can be asymptomatic (never indicate signs of the disease) or can display signs of the
disease only during the incubation period, convalescence, or postconvalescence. The
period of being a carrier can be short (a transient carrier) or long (a chronic carrier).
Morbidity - ANSWER(disease) Any departure, subjective or objective, from a state of
physiological or psychological health and well-being.
Mortality - ANSWERDeath
Demographic Information - ANSWERPersonal characteristics of a person or group (e.g.,
age, sex, race/ethnicity, residence, and occupation) demographic information is used in
descriptive epidemiology to characterize patients or populations.
Pandemic - ANSWERAn epidemic occurring over a widespread area (multiple countries
or continents) and usually affecting a substantial proportion of the population.
Endemic - ANSWERThe constant presence of an agent or health condition within a
given geographic area or population; can also refer to the usual prevalence of an agent
or condition.
Epidemic - ANSWERThe occurrence of more cases of disease, injury, or other health
condition than expected in a given area or among a specific group of persons during a
particular period. Usually, the cases are presumed to have a common cause or to be
related to one another in some way.
AND ANSWERS 100% SOLVED.
,How does the Institute of Medicine (IOM) defines the mission of public health? -
ANSWERAs "fulfilling society's interest in assuring conditions in which people can be
healthy".
What are the 10 Essential Public Health Services (ES)? - ANSWER1. 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
What are three forces that may help shape the future of the environmental health
profession? - ANSWER1. Climate change and resulting ecosystem changes and natural
disasters
2. Population growth and the global rise in standard of living resulting in faster
deterioration of the natural environment
3. Novel or pharmaceutical-resistant pathogens
What does AREC stand for? - ANSWERanticipation, recognition, evaluation, control
Compliance and enforcement intervention strategies can be divided into what two
groups? - ANSWER1. Those designed to achieve immediate on-site correction.
2. Those designed to achieve long-term compliance.
What is a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)? - ANSWERA standard operation
procedure (SOP) is a written process that provides consistent guidance to employees
within an organization as to how they should properly complete a given task in a uniform
manner. It provides detailed steps and details the tools necessary to complete the task.
What is Malfeasance? - ANSWERThe doing of an act that is wrongful and that is known
to be wholly unauthorized by the official.
What is Misfeasance? - ANSWERThe doing of an authorized act in an unauthorized
manner.
What is Nonfeasance? - ANSWERThe failure to perform an official duty without
sufficient excuse.
, What are the two main types of epidemiological studies that can be used in an
epidemiological investigation? - ANSWERDescriptive and Analytical.
Active Immunity - ANSWERResults when exposure to a disease organism triggers the
immune system to produce antibodies to that disease. Active immunity can be acquired
through natural immunity or vaccine-induced immunity
Passive Immunity - ANSWERWhen a person is given antibodies to a disease rather
than producing them through his or her own immune system.
Agent (biology/epi) - ANSWERA factor (e.g., a microorganism or chemical substance)
or form of energy whose presence, excessive presence, or in the case of deficiency
diseases, relative absence is essential for the occurrence of a disease or other adverse
health outcome.
Mode of Transmission - ANSWERThe manner in which an agent is transmitted from its
reservoir to a susceptible host.
Carrier - ANSWERA person or animal that harbors the infectious agent for a disease
and can transmit it to others, but does not demonstrate signs of the disease. A carrier
can be asymptomatic (never indicate signs of the disease) or can display signs of the
disease only during the incubation period, convalescence, or postconvalescence. The
period of being a carrier can be short (a transient carrier) or long (a chronic carrier).
Morbidity - ANSWER(disease) Any departure, subjective or objective, from a state of
physiological or psychological health and well-being.
Mortality - ANSWERDeath
Demographic Information - ANSWERPersonal characteristics of a person or group (e.g.,
age, sex, race/ethnicity, residence, and occupation) demographic information is used in
descriptive epidemiology to characterize patients or populations.
Pandemic - ANSWERAn epidemic occurring over a widespread area (multiple countries
or continents) and usually affecting a substantial proportion of the population.
Endemic - ANSWERThe constant presence of an agent or health condition within a
given geographic area or population; can also refer to the usual prevalence of an agent
or condition.
Epidemic - ANSWERThe occurrence of more cases of disease, injury, or other health
condition than expected in a given area or among a specific group of persons during a
particular period. Usually, the cases are presumed to have a common cause or to be
related to one another in some way.
