REHS EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

REHS EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS Tapeworm infection is probably due to: echinococcus most outdoor air emissions are derived from transportation indoor air quality depends on sources of air pollution in the building, sources of pollution outside the building, and the exchange of air between the inside and outside the total amount of oxygen demand in a sample (in mg/L) as measured by a specific strong chemical oxidation procedure is called the: COD a black light is used by food inspectors to determine the presence of rodent urine sodium thiosulfate is added to water sample bottles to inactivate chlorine in water minimum separation distance are required and specified between the disposal field and: dwelling, property line, water course, and well (all of the above) NIOSH is the research arm of: OSHA the mandated public health activities listed in title 8-chapter 52 on the NJ administrative code are known as: core activities the legal definition of air pollution in NJ states that is the presence of one or more air contaminants in the outdoor atmosphere the venetians took important steps toward the control of communicable diseases when the introduced the practice of isolating ships that were under suspicion of carrying epidemic diseases. This practice is called quarintine the term commonly used when a pathogenic organism enters and multiplies in the blood of a susceptible host is: septicemia which of the following organisms produces an environmentally resistant spore? clostridium botulinum a type of resource recovery program currently approved by NJ that, via special permit, allows clams to be taken from marginally polluted waters and cleansed prior to release for market sale is depuration in taking a lab sample for water microbiology, you should: use a sterile container, take at least 100 ml for total coliform, keep the sample cold and have the sample analyzed within 30 hrs (all of the above) in collecting a water sample for volatile organic compounds, you need a 40ml glass vial with septum seal and an acid preservative in choosing a laboratory, health departments must make sure they are NJDEPE certified for the test you want performed good public health management requires intelligence, organizational behavior, human resources, firm knowledge in health and epidedemiology. (all of the above) mixed construction/demolition material consisting of wood, metal, brick and concrete is considered a source separated recyclable and can be used as clean fill false which of the following characteristics may cause a chemical to be categorized as hazardous? flammable, toxic, corrosive, explosive (all of the above) which of the following act as sources of oxygen into a surface water? atmospheric reaeration and photosynthesis (both c and d) bacteria reproduce by fission