RS/ REHS Questions with accurate detailed solutions
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What is the most common cause of bacterial meningitis in children under five years of age?
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a) Neisseria meningitides
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b) Group B Streptococci
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c) Streptococcus pneumoniae
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d) Haemophilus influenzae type B - ✔✔d) Haemophilus influenzae type B
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How is "giardiasis" usually transmitted to others?
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a) Person-to-person transfer of cysts from the feces of the infected individual
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b) Drinking unfiltered water from streams and lakes
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c) Drinking unboiled water from streams and lakes
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d) Drinking inadequately chlorinated water from a municipal water distribution system - ✔✔a)
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Person-to-person transfer of cysts from the feces of the infected individual || || || || || || || || || ||
Which of the following duties of state and local health agencies is focused to protect the public's
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health and welfare?|| ||
a) Community-intensive planning
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b) Statutory administrative action
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c) Regulatory responsibilities
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d) Plan implementation - ✔✔c) Regulatory responsibilities
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Which of the following is a measure of the amount of light scattered by particles suspended in a
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water test sample?
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a) Formazin Turbidity Units (FTU)
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b) Nephelometric Turbidity Units (NTU)
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c) Hydrosyntalic Turbidity Units (HTU)
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,d) Lorcetic Turbidity Units (LTU) - ✔✔b) Nephelometric Turbidity Units (NTU)
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What is an epidemic?
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a) The constant presence of a disease within a community or region
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b) The presence of an infectious agent on a body surface
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c) The presence of infection in a host without clear, recognizable clinical symptoms
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d) The occurrence in a community or region of cases of an illness clearly in excess of expectancy
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- ✔✔d) The occurrence in a community or region of cases of an illness clearly in excess of
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expectancy
What portal of entry should a field sanitarian protect to avoid contracting Lyme disease?
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a) Skin
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b) Respiratory tract
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c) Reproductive organs
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d) Digestive tract - ✔✔a) Skin
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Swimmer's itch is a common name for which of the following diseases?
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a) Leptospirosis
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b) Subdural dermatitis
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c) Schistosomiasis
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d) Trichiniasis - ✔✔c) Schistosomiasis
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Which of the following factors would least contribute to the emergence of a new infectious
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disease?
a) Human behavior
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b) Heat disinfection
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c) Antibiotic use
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d) Disinfectant use - ✔✔b) Heat disinfection
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,Listeriosis is commonly associated with || || || ||
a) contaminated water
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b) contaminated food
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c) infected mice
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d) infected birds - ✔✔b) contaminated food
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Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome is caused by an infection with
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a) dracunculus medinensis
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b) staphylococcus aureus
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c) escherichia coli O157:H7
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d) salmonella typhimurium - ✔✔c) escherichia coli O157:H7
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The basic principles of disease control include all of the following except
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a) lag phase
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b) control of disease source
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c) mode of transmission
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d) understanding susceptibility - ✔✔a) lag phase
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Which one of the following phrases most accurately describes the term endemic?
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a) sporadic occurrence of an illness
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b) illnesses that exceed expected levels
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c) all illnesses present at any one time
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d) constant presence of an illness - ✔✔d) constant presence of an illness
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The interval between exposure to an infectious agent and the appearance of the first symptom is
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called the ||
, a) transmission period
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b) susceptible period
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c) reactive period
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d) incubation period - ✔✔d) incubation period
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An environmental health specialist receives a cash payment from a restaurant operator in order to
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receive a passing restaurant inspection score. This event is known as
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a) malfeasance
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b) misfeasance
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c) nonfeasance
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d) exclusionary rule - ✔✔a) malfeasance
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An environmental health manager trains environmental health specialists on the operation of
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environmental probe thermometers. In the interest of time, the manager omits a training section
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on safe sheathing of the thermometer, and subsequently an environmental health specialist
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punctures their finger and injures themselves. This is an example of
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a) malfeasance
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b) misfeasance
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c) nonfeasance
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d) exclusionary rule - ✔✔c) nonfeasance
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An environmental health specialist informs vector control staff to perform "landing counts" on
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their skin in a known mosquito breeding ground which is confirmed to be positive with West Nile
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virus. This is an example of
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a) malfeasance
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b) misfeasance
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c) nonfeasance
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d) exclusionary rule - ✔✔b) misfeasance
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What is the most common cause of bacterial meningitis in children under five years of age?
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a) Neisseria meningitides
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b) Group B Streptococci
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c) Streptococcus pneumoniae
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d) Haemophilus influenzae type B - ✔✔d) Haemophilus influenzae type B
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How is "giardiasis" usually transmitted to others?
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a) Person-to-person transfer of cysts from the feces of the infected individual
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b) Drinking unfiltered water from streams and lakes
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c) Drinking unboiled water from streams and lakes
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d) Drinking inadequately chlorinated water from a municipal water distribution system - ✔✔a)
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Person-to-person transfer of cysts from the feces of the infected individual || || || || || || || || || ||
Which of the following duties of state and local health agencies is focused to protect the public's
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health and welfare?|| ||
a) Community-intensive planning
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b) Statutory administrative action
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c) Regulatory responsibilities
|| ||
d) Plan implementation - ✔✔c) Regulatory responsibilities
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Which of the following is a measure of the amount of light scattered by particles suspended in a
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water test sample?
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a) Formazin Turbidity Units (FTU)
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b) Nephelometric Turbidity Units (NTU)
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c) Hydrosyntalic Turbidity Units (HTU)
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,d) Lorcetic Turbidity Units (LTU) - ✔✔b) Nephelometric Turbidity Units (NTU)
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What is an epidemic?
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a) The constant presence of a disease within a community or region
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b) The presence of an infectious agent on a body surface
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c) The presence of infection in a host without clear, recognizable clinical symptoms
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d) The occurrence in a community or region of cases of an illness clearly in excess of expectancy
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- ✔✔d) The occurrence in a community or region of cases of an illness clearly in excess of
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expectancy
What portal of entry should a field sanitarian protect to avoid contracting Lyme disease?
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a) Skin
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b) Respiratory tract
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c) Reproductive organs
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d) Digestive tract - ✔✔a) Skin
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Swimmer's itch is a common name for which of the following diseases?
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a) Leptospirosis
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b) Subdural dermatitis
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c) Schistosomiasis
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d) Trichiniasis - ✔✔c) Schistosomiasis
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Which of the following factors would least contribute to the emergence of a new infectious
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disease?
a) Human behavior
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b) Heat disinfection
|| ||
c) Antibiotic use
|| ||
d) Disinfectant use - ✔✔b) Heat disinfection
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,Listeriosis is commonly associated with || || || ||
a) contaminated water
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b) contaminated food
|| ||
c) infected mice
|| ||
d) infected birds - ✔✔b) contaminated food
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Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome is caused by an infection with
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a) dracunculus medinensis
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b) staphylococcus aureus
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c) escherichia coli O157:H7
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d) salmonella typhimurium - ✔✔c) escherichia coli O157:H7
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The basic principles of disease control include all of the following except
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a) lag phase
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b) control of disease source
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c) mode of transmission
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d) understanding susceptibility - ✔✔a) lag phase
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Which one of the following phrases most accurately describes the term endemic?
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a) sporadic occurrence of an illness
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b) illnesses that exceed expected levels
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c) all illnesses present at any one time
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d) constant presence of an illness - ✔✔d) constant presence of an illness
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The interval between exposure to an infectious agent and the appearance of the first symptom is
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called the ||
, a) transmission period
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b) susceptible period
|| ||
c) reactive period
|| ||
d) incubation period - ✔✔d) incubation period
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An environmental health specialist receives a cash payment from a restaurant operator in order to
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receive a passing restaurant inspection score. This event is known as
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a) malfeasance
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b) misfeasance
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c) nonfeasance
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d) exclusionary rule - ✔✔a) malfeasance
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An environmental health manager trains environmental health specialists on the operation of
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environmental probe thermometers. In the interest of time, the manager omits a training section
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on safe sheathing of the thermometer, and subsequently an environmental health specialist
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punctures their finger and injures themselves. This is an example of
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a) malfeasance
||
b) misfeasance
||
c) nonfeasance
||
d) exclusionary rule - ✔✔c) nonfeasance
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An environmental health specialist informs vector control staff to perform "landing counts" on
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
their skin in a known mosquito breeding ground which is confirmed to be positive with West Nile
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virus. This is an example of
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a) malfeasance
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b) misfeasance
||
c) nonfeasance
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d) exclusionary rule - ✔✔b) misfeasance
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