Which is not one of the core functions of Environmental Public Health?
A. Assurance
B. Coordination
C. Assessment
D. Policy Development correct answers B. Coordination
Monitoring environmental and health status to identify and solve community environmental
health problems is one of the:
A. Core competencies of Environmental Public Health
B. Ten essential services of environmental Public Health
C. Revitalization strategies of environmental Public Health
D. None of the Above correct answers B. Ten essential services of environmental Public
Health
Which one of the following phrases most accurately describes the term endemic?
A. Sporadic occurrence of an illness
B. Illnesses that exceed expected levels
C. All illnesses present at any one time
D. Constant presence of an illness in a population correct answers D. Constant presence of an
illness in a population
The inteval between exposure to an infectious agent and the appearance of the first symptom
is called the:
A. Transmission period
B. Incubation period
C. Susceptible period
D. Reactive period correct answers B. Incubation period
In the states, government authority to regulate for environmental Public Health is based on:
A. The Bill of Rights
B. United States Code of Federal Regulations
C. Police Powers
D. The United States Constitution correct answers C. Police Powers
A food establishment known to have an imminent health hazard is not closed by the
environmental public health professional. This is an example of:
A. Nonfeasance
B. Malfeasance
C. Misfeasance
D. Laziness correct answers A. Nonfeasance
Campylobacter is mostly associated with:
A. Contaminated water
B. Infected birds
C. Infected ticks
D. Contaminated food correct answers D. Contaminated food
,A person that harbors a specific infectious agent in the absence of clinical symptoms and can
serve as a potential source of infection is known as a:
A. Contact
B. Pathogen
C. Carrier
D. Toxin correct answers C. Carrier
An epidemic is the occurrence in a community or region of cases of illness clearly in excess
of expectancy.
A. True
B. False correct answers A. True
An example of a non-commutable commutable disease is:
A. Diabetes
B. Cholera
C. Influenza
D. Measles correct answers A. Diabetes
The environmental health specialist must understand the epidemiological concept of disease
process including host, agent and the environment and their interactions.
A. True
B. False correct answers A. True
Inanimate objects that transfer disease organisms are called:
A. Dead
B. Arthropoda
C. Fomites
D. Hormones correct answers C. Fomites
The goals of epidemiology do not include:
A. Prosecuting the person or company responsible
B. Determining the cause of the disease or outbreak
C. Preventing future disease or outbreak occurrence
D. None of the above correct answers A. Prosecuting the person or company responsible
The best example in this list of agencies where environmental public health can be practiced
is:
A. Local law enforcement agencies
B. State drinking water agencies
C. State natural resources agencies
D. Federal energy regulatory agency correct answers B. State drinking water agencies
Environmental public health investigations include:
A. Good observational skills and systematic data collection
B. Personal safety factors
C. Appropriate inspection attire and equipment
D. All of the above correct answers D. All of the above
,Environmental public health managers ensure readiness of individuals do the agency to
respond to environmental public health threats and enable recovery of public health services
with a minimal loss of public and private health.
A. True
B. False correct answers A. True
The capacity to use the environmental public health practitioners' dfrontline role to
effectively educate the public on environmental public health issues is one of the:
A. Ten essential services of environmental public health
B. Revitalization strategies of environmental public health
C. Core competencies of environmental public health
D. Epidemiological investigation techniques correct answers C. Core competencies of
environmental public health
Regulation and ____ of food production, recreational waters, and onsite waste water disposal
are examples of environmental public health practitioners' roles and responsibilities
A. Monitoring
B. Promotion
C. Reporting
D. Ensuring correct answers A. Monitoring
The environmental public health practitioner must have a thorough understanding of the legal
implications in all areas of decision making, as well as the ____ of the public and of
government
A. Managing
B. Promoting
C. Rights
D. Safety correct answers C. Rights
The environmental public health practitioner must recognize the wide use of which science in
identifying disease causing factors, environmental conditions contributing to or modifying
the spread, and occurrence of disease.
A. Microbiology
B. Epidemiology
C. Chemistry
D. Safety correct answers B. Epidemiology
Environmental public health practitioners must know the basic how and why of the ___
process
A. Carbon cycle
B. Administrative procedure
C. Epidemic disease
D. Public safety correct answers C. Epidemic disease
In an environmental public health ____ a problem is identified in terms of its size and nature,
then analyzed, and goals and objectives are set
A. Investigation
B. Inspection
C. Program
D. Trial correct answers A. Investigation
, It is essential that samples, specimens, photographs not only be collected in a legally
defensible manner, but the ____ be adhered to in a way that the courts will accept
A. Defendant'srights
B. Chain of custody
C. Administrative law
D. One of the above correct answers B. Chain of custody
Environmental public health programs regulate and monitor institutions and licensed
establishments, to prevent the spread of nosocomial and other infections, communicable
diseases, and _______.
A. To ensure complete compliance for inhabitants, employees, and the general public
B. To satisfy regulatory requirements for inhabitants, employees, and the general public
C. To enforce critical control measures for inhabitants, employees, and the general public
D. To reduce health and safety risk for inhabitants, employees, and the general public correct
answers D. To reduce health and safety risk for inhabitants, employees, and the general
public
A critical step in any investigation is to carefully document all observations, including times,
dates, locations, and circumstances
A. True
B. False correct answers A. True
What is the most common cause of bacterial meningitis in children under five years of age?
A. Neisseria meningitides
B. Group B Streptococci
C. Streptococcus pneumonia
D. Haemophilus influenza type B correct answers D. Haemophilus influenza type B
How is "giardiasis" usually transmitted to others?
A. Person to person transfer of cysts from the feces of the infected individual
B. Drinking unfiltered water from streams or lakes
C. Drinking uncoiled water from streams or lakes
D. Drinking inadequately chlorinated water from a municipal water distribution system
correct answers A. 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 intended to ensure that the
public health and welfare are protected?
A. Community tensile planning
B. Statutory administrative practices
C. Regulatory responsibilities
D. Plan implementation correct answers C. Regulatory responsibilities
Which of the following is a measure of the amount of light scattered by particles suspended
in a water test sample?
A. Formalin Turbidity units (FTU)
B. Nephelometric Turbidity Units (NTU)
C. Hydrosyntalic Turbidity Units (HTU)
D. Lorcetic Turbidity Units (LTU) correct answers B. Nephelometric Turbidity Units (NTU)