EES EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED
The current geological era is described informally as the Anthropocene, a time of
human
Select one:
a. Population decline
b. Alteration of fundamental Earth processes
c. Colonization of other planets
d. Ingenuity and creativity - Answer-B
Which of the following is not an example of what sustainability in health care might look
like?
Select one:
a. Reducing/reusing/recycling materials and chemicals
b. Encouraging patients to bring their own healthy food from home during hospital stays
c. Promoting community resilience through emergency planning
d. Supporting local agriculture through food purchasing policies - Answer-B
A paradox of sustainability is that
Select one:
a. Residents of wealthy countries have lower carbon footprints than residents of less
affluent countries
b. Sustainable economic growth requires higher birth rates
c. Global environmental problems must be addressed with local responses
d. None of the answers given - Answer-C
All of the following grew exponentially during the Great Acceleration except
Select one:
a. Biodiversity
b. Atmospheric reactive nitrogen
c. Atmospheric carbon dioxide
d. Water use - Answer-A
In ancient times, our ancestors confronted which of the following environmental health
challenges:
Select one:
a. Solid waste management
b. Food sanitation
c. Human waste management
, d. All of the listed answers
e. Water sanitation - Answer-D
John Snow, a seminal figure in the history of public health, made his mark by:
Select one:
a. Campaigning against unsafe housing in the tenements of London
b. Conducting the first analysis of vital statistics in England
c. Identifying contaminated water as the cause of a cholera outbreak in London
d. Proposing postulates, or requirements, that establish a causal connection between a
microorganism and human disease
e. Identifying workplace hazards in a rapidly industrializing England - Answer-C
Which of the following environmental health disasters does NOT correctly identify the
toxic exposure?
Select one:
a. Bhopal, India - isocyanates
b. Minamata Bay, Japan - mercury
c. Woburn, Massachusetts - organic chemicals in drinking water
d. Love Canal, New York - contaminated fish from the Great Lakes - Answer-D
With the development of industrialization and urbanization in the 17th through 19th
centuries, which of the following most contributed to heightened public health threats?
Select one:
a. Bubonic plague
b. Crowding and substandard housing in cities
c. Urban mass transit
d. The development toxic pesticides
e. Mass production of industrial products - Answer-B
In the first half of the 20th century in the U.S., infant mortality and total mortality fell
dramatically, and life expectancy rose. Which intervention accounted for the largest part
of these gains?
Select one:
a. Improved literacy
b. Improved surgical techniques
c. The defeat of Jim Crow laws
d. Improved potable water supplies
e. Antibiotics - Answer-D
Complex systems exhibit emergent properties, which refers to
Select one:
a. Properties that can only be observed when parts of the system are interacting with
each other
b. Properties requiring urgent attention to prevent extinction of a population
c. Properties requiring a reductionist approach to study
d. Properties essential to support human health - Answer-A
ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED
The current geological era is described informally as the Anthropocene, a time of
human
Select one:
a. Population decline
b. Alteration of fundamental Earth processes
c. Colonization of other planets
d. Ingenuity and creativity - Answer-B
Which of the following is not an example of what sustainability in health care might look
like?
Select one:
a. Reducing/reusing/recycling materials and chemicals
b. Encouraging patients to bring their own healthy food from home during hospital stays
c. Promoting community resilience through emergency planning
d. Supporting local agriculture through food purchasing policies - Answer-B
A paradox of sustainability is that
Select one:
a. Residents of wealthy countries have lower carbon footprints than residents of less
affluent countries
b. Sustainable economic growth requires higher birth rates
c. Global environmental problems must be addressed with local responses
d. None of the answers given - Answer-C
All of the following grew exponentially during the Great Acceleration except
Select one:
a. Biodiversity
b. Atmospheric reactive nitrogen
c. Atmospheric carbon dioxide
d. Water use - Answer-A
In ancient times, our ancestors confronted which of the following environmental health
challenges:
Select one:
a. Solid waste management
b. Food sanitation
c. Human waste management
, d. All of the listed answers
e. Water sanitation - Answer-D
John Snow, a seminal figure in the history of public health, made his mark by:
Select one:
a. Campaigning against unsafe housing in the tenements of London
b. Conducting the first analysis of vital statistics in England
c. Identifying contaminated water as the cause of a cholera outbreak in London
d. Proposing postulates, or requirements, that establish a causal connection between a
microorganism and human disease
e. Identifying workplace hazards in a rapidly industrializing England - Answer-C
Which of the following environmental health disasters does NOT correctly identify the
toxic exposure?
Select one:
a. Bhopal, India - isocyanates
b. Minamata Bay, Japan - mercury
c. Woburn, Massachusetts - organic chemicals in drinking water
d. Love Canal, New York - contaminated fish from the Great Lakes - Answer-D
With the development of industrialization and urbanization in the 17th through 19th
centuries, which of the following most contributed to heightened public health threats?
Select one:
a. Bubonic plague
b. Crowding and substandard housing in cities
c. Urban mass transit
d. The development toxic pesticides
e. Mass production of industrial products - Answer-B
In the first half of the 20th century in the U.S., infant mortality and total mortality fell
dramatically, and life expectancy rose. Which intervention accounted for the largest part
of these gains?
Select one:
a. Improved literacy
b. Improved surgical techniques
c. The defeat of Jim Crow laws
d. Improved potable water supplies
e. Antibiotics - Answer-D
Complex systems exhibit emergent properties, which refers to
Select one:
a. Properties that can only be observed when parts of the system are interacting with
each other
b. Properties requiring urgent attention to prevent extinction of a population
c. Properties requiring a reductionist approach to study
d. Properties essential to support human health - Answer-A
