QUESTIONS and CORRECT Answers
mental health conditions - CORRECT ANSWER - attribute to 14.3% of deaths worldwide
(approximately eight million people per year)
Depression and anxiety disorders are among the leading causes of global burden of disease,
ranking - CORRECT ANSWER - first and sixth,
It is estimated that ___ of deaths worldwide are attributed to mental health conditions. -
CORRECT ANSWER - 14.3%
Depression alone accounts for ___ of the global burden of disease, ranking first and sixth
respectively. - CORRECT ANSWER - 4%
An estimated ____ of adults will experience a common mental health condition such as anxiety,
depression, or substance abuse over a 12 month period with over ___ of adults experiencing a
mental health condition in their lifetime. - CORRECT ANSWER - 18%, 30%
Approximately _______ of individuals experiencing common mental health are employed -
CORRECT ANSWER - two thirds
In addition to public health concerns, estimates by the U.S. EPA suggest that net avoidable costs
associated with indoor air pollution amount to well over _____ annually with _____ of those
costs attributable to avoidable deaths from radon and environmental tobacco smoke, about ___
from lost productivity and about 10% from avoidable respiratory diseases.5 - CORRECT
ANSWER - $100 billion; 45% ; 45%; 10%
The most common indoor air contaminants are carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide and small
particles into the _____, that release pollutants, such as ____. - CORRECT ANSWER -
combustion sources, such as candles, tobacco products, stoves, furnaces and fireplaces, ; carbon
monoxide, nitrogen dioxide and small particles into the air
, In a recent global burden of disease study, household air pollution was rated as the ____most
important cause of ill health for the world's population.1 - CORRECT ANSWER - tenth
The World Health Organization estimated that, globally, air pollution contributed to
approximately____in 2012.13 Around _____ of those were children under ______. - CORRECT
ANSWER - seven million premature deaths; 600,000; 5 years old.
The following thresholds are met in occupiable spaces for particulate matter (For All Spaces
except Commercial Kitchen Spaces & Industrial): - CORRECT ANSWER - PM2.5: 15
µg/m3 or lower.8
PM10: 50 µg/m3 or lower.9
Option 2: Modified thresholds in polluted regions
For projects where the annual average outdoor PM2.5 level is 35 µg/m3 or higher, the following
thresholds are met: - CORRECT ANSWER - PM2.5: 25 µg/m3 or lower.10
PM10: 50 µg/m3 or lower.10
Option 3: Dynamic thresholds in polluted regions
For projects where the annual average outdoor PM2.5 level is 35 µg/m3 or higher, the following
thresholds are met: - CORRECT ANSWER - PM2.5 less than or equal to 30% of the 24-
or 48-hour average of outdoor levels on the day(s) of performance testing.
PM10 less than or equal to 30% of the 24- or 48-hour average of outdoor levels on the day(s) of
performance testing.
Option 1: Laboratory-based VOC tests
The following thresholds are met in occupiable spaces: