NEHA REHS STUDY GUIDE || ALL POSSIBLE
QUESTIONS WITH GUARANTEED CORRECT
ANSWERS.
IOM MISSION OF PUBLIC HEALTH correct answers Fulfilling society's interest in assuring
conditions in which people can be healthy
3 CHALLENGES FACING FUTURE PUBLIC HEALTH correct answers Climate change,
population growth and rising standard of living and the resulting deterioration of resources, and
novel or pharmaceutical resistant pathogens
AREC correct answers Anticipation, recognition, evaluation and control
MALFEASANCE correct answers Intentional doing of an act that is wrongful and known to be
wholly unauthorized
EXAMPLE OF MALFEASNCE correct answers REHS intentionally omitting critical violations
from a restaurant inspection report in exchange for free food
MISFEASANCE correct answers Doing an authorized act in an unauthorized manner.
EXAMPLE OF MISFEASANCE correct answers REHS overlooks critical violations during a
restaurant inspection because the facility is owned by a relative.
NONFEASANCE correct answers Total failure to perform official duties without sufficient
excuse to justify doing so.
EXAMPLE OF NONFEASANCE correct answers REHS intentionally ignores critical violations
at a restaurant inspection because it's the end of the work day and they don't want to exceed
normal work hours.
ACTIVE IMMUNITY correct answers The immunity that results from the production of
antibodies by the immune system in response to the presence of an antigen.
Examples: natural (exposure to organism) or vaccine induced.
LAG PHASE correct answers A short period of time just prior to exponential growth of a
bacterial population during which no, or very limited, cell division occurs
LOG/GROWTH PHASE correct answers The period of exponential growth of bacterial
population
AGENT correct answers
MODE OF TRANSMISSION correct answers A way an infectious/causative agent/pathogen can
be transferred from one person, object, animal to another.
QUESTIONS WITH GUARANTEED CORRECT
ANSWERS.
IOM MISSION OF PUBLIC HEALTH correct answers Fulfilling society's interest in assuring
conditions in which people can be healthy
3 CHALLENGES FACING FUTURE PUBLIC HEALTH correct answers Climate change,
population growth and rising standard of living and the resulting deterioration of resources, and
novel or pharmaceutical resistant pathogens
AREC correct answers Anticipation, recognition, evaluation and control
MALFEASANCE correct answers Intentional doing of an act that is wrongful and known to be
wholly unauthorized
EXAMPLE OF MALFEASNCE correct answers REHS intentionally omitting critical violations
from a restaurant inspection report in exchange for free food
MISFEASANCE correct answers Doing an authorized act in an unauthorized manner.
EXAMPLE OF MISFEASANCE correct answers REHS overlooks critical violations during a
restaurant inspection because the facility is owned by a relative.
NONFEASANCE correct answers Total failure to perform official duties without sufficient
excuse to justify doing so.
EXAMPLE OF NONFEASANCE correct answers REHS intentionally ignores critical violations
at a restaurant inspection because it's the end of the work day and they don't want to exceed
normal work hours.
ACTIVE IMMUNITY correct answers The immunity that results from the production of
antibodies by the immune system in response to the presence of an antigen.
Examples: natural (exposure to organism) or vaccine induced.
LAG PHASE correct answers A short period of time just prior to exponential growth of a
bacterial population during which no, or very limited, cell division occurs
LOG/GROWTH PHASE correct answers The period of exponential growth of bacterial
population
AGENT correct answers
MODE OF TRANSMISSION correct answers A way an infectious/causative agent/pathogen can
be transferred from one person, object, animal to another.
