Chapter 1 NEHA REHS/RS Study
Questions with Correct Answers.
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 pneumoniae
D- Hemophilus influenzae type B - Answer D
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 and lakes
C- Drinking unboiled water from streams and lakes
D- Drinking inadequately chlorinated water from a municipal water distribution system - Answer
A
Which of the following duties of state and local health agencies is focused to protect the
public's health and welfare?
A- Community-intensive planning
B- Statutory administrative action
C- Regulatory responsibilities
D- Plan implementation - Answer C
Which of the following is a measure of the amount of light scattered by particles suspended in a
water sample test?
A- Formazin Turbidity Units (FTU)
B- Nephelometric Turbidity Units (NTU)
C- Hydrosuntalic Turbidity Units (HTU)
D- Lorcetic Turbidity Units (LTU) - Answer B
What is an epidemic?
A- The constant presence of a disease within a community or region
B- The presence of an infectious agent on a body surface
C- The presence of infection in a host without clear, recognizable clinical symptoms
Questions with Correct Answers.
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 pneumoniae
D- Hemophilus influenzae type B - Answer D
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 and lakes
C- Drinking unboiled water from streams and lakes
D- Drinking inadequately chlorinated water from a municipal water distribution system - Answer
A
Which of the following duties of state and local health agencies is focused to protect the
public's health and welfare?
A- Community-intensive planning
B- Statutory administrative action
C- Regulatory responsibilities
D- Plan implementation - Answer C
Which of the following is a measure of the amount of light scattered by particles suspended in a
water sample test?
A- Formazin Turbidity Units (FTU)
B- Nephelometric Turbidity Units (NTU)
C- Hydrosuntalic Turbidity Units (HTU)
D- Lorcetic Turbidity Units (LTU) - Answer B
What is an epidemic?
A- The constant presence of a disease within a community or region
B- The presence of an infectious agent on a body surface
C- The presence of infection in a host without clear, recognizable clinical symptoms
