HSC FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
The practice of establishment and maintaining healthy or hygienic conditions in the
environment is: - Answer -Sanitation
Porous, water-saturated layers of underground bedrock, sand and gravel that can yield
economically significant amounts of water and referred to as: - Answer -Aquifers
Water pollution that occurs through the runoff, seepage, or falling of pollutants into the
water is: - Answer -Nonpoint Source Pollution
The average U.S. resident uses an average of how much water each day? - Answer -
80-100 gallons
The substance that remains after humans have used water for domestic or commercial
purposes is: - Answer -Wastewater
Injury prevention education is the process of changing people's health directed
behavior. - Answer -True
Any behavior that would increase the probability of an injury occurring is an: - Answer -
Unsafe Act
An injury causing any restriction of normal activity beyond the day of the injury's
occurrence is a(n): - Answer -Disabling Injury
In the United States, the leading type of unintentional injury death is due to: - Answer -
Motor Vehicle Crashes
The second leading cause of unintentional injury death in the United States is: - Answer
-Unintentional Poisonings
In terms of unintentional injuries, falls disproportionately affect: - Answer -Elders
The age group with the highest unintentional injury death rate is: - Answer -Elders
The place where the most unintentional injuries occur is: - Answer -Home
The place where the most unintentional injury deaths occur is: - Answer -Home
The single most important factor in intentional and unintentional injuries is: - Answer -
Alcohol
Youth employment peaks during: - Answer -Summer
The practice of establishment and maintaining healthy or hygienic conditions in the
environment is: - Answer -Sanitation
Porous, water-saturated layers of underground bedrock, sand and gravel that can yield
economically significant amounts of water and referred to as: - Answer -Aquifers
Water pollution that occurs through the runoff, seepage, or falling of pollutants into the
water is: - Answer -Nonpoint Source Pollution
The average U.S. resident uses an average of how much water each day? - Answer -
80-100 gallons
The substance that remains after humans have used water for domestic or commercial
purposes is: - Answer -Wastewater
Injury prevention education is the process of changing people's health directed
behavior. - Answer -True
Any behavior that would increase the probability of an injury occurring is an: - Answer -
Unsafe Act
An injury causing any restriction of normal activity beyond the day of the injury's
occurrence is a(n): - Answer -Disabling Injury
In the United States, the leading type of unintentional injury death is due to: - Answer -
Motor Vehicle Crashes
The second leading cause of unintentional injury death in the United States is: - Answer
-Unintentional Poisonings
In terms of unintentional injuries, falls disproportionately affect: - Answer -Elders
The age group with the highest unintentional injury death rate is: - Answer -Elders
The place where the most unintentional injuries occur is: - Answer -Home
The place where the most unintentional injury deaths occur is: - Answer -Home
The single most important factor in intentional and unintentional injuries is: - Answer -
Alcohol
Youth employment peaks during: - Answer -Summer
