Tulane RS Exam Practice QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Which is NOT one of the core functions of Environmental Public Health? - CORRECT
ANSWER Coordination
What is one of the Ten Essential Services of Environmental Public Health? - CORRECT
ANSWER Monitoring environmental and health status to identify and solve community
environmental health problems
How is the term endemic best described? - CORRECT ANSWER Constant presence of an
illness in a population
What is the interval between exposure to an infectious agent and the appearance of the first symptom
called? - CORRECT ANSWER Incubation period
On what basis is government authority to regulate for environmental public health in the states
established? - CORRECT ANSWER Police Powers
What is it called when a food establishment known to have an imminent health hazard is not closed by
the environmental public health professional? - CORRECT ANSWER Nonfeasance
Campylobacter is mostly associated with what? - CORRECT ANSWER Contaminated food
What is a person that harbors a specific infectious agent in the absence of clinical symptoms called? -
CORRECT ANSWER Carrier
Is it true that an epidemic is the occurrence in a community or region of cases of illness clearly in
excess of expectancy? - CORRECT ANSWER True
Give an example of a non-communicable communicable disease. - CORRECT
ANSWER Diabetes
, What must the environmental health specialist understand regarding the epidemiological concept of
disease process? - CORRECT ANSWER Host, agent and the environment and their interactions
What are inanimate objects that transfer disease organisms called? - CORRECT
ANSWER Fomites
What do the goals of epidemiology NOT include? - CORRECT ANSWER Prosecuting the
person or company responsible
What is the BEST example of agencies where environmental public health can be practiced? -
CORRECT ANSWER State drinking water agencies
What do environmental public health investigations include? - CORRECT ANSWER Good
observational skills and systematic data collection, Personal safety factors, Appropriate inspection
attire and equipment
What do environmental public health managers ensure regarding readiness? - CORRECT
ANSWER Readiness of individuals and the agency to respond to environmental public health
threats and enable recovery of public health services with minimal loss of public and private health
What is one of the Core Competencies of Environmental Public Health? - CORRECT
ANSWER The capacity to effectively educate the public on environmental public health issues
What are examples of environmental public health practitioner's roles and responsibilities? -
CORRECT ANSWER Regulation and monitoring of food production, recreational waters, and
onsite waste water disposal
What must the environmental public health practitioner understand regarding decision making? -
CORRECT ANSWER The legal implications in all areas of decision making, as well as the
rights of the public and of government
Which science is widely used in identifying disease causing factors and environmental conditions
contributing to disease? - CORRECT ANSWER Epidemiology
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Which is NOT one of the core functions of Environmental Public Health? - CORRECT
ANSWER Coordination
What is one of the Ten Essential Services of Environmental Public Health? - CORRECT
ANSWER Monitoring environmental and health status to identify and solve community
environmental health problems
How is the term endemic best described? - CORRECT ANSWER Constant presence of an
illness in a population
What is the interval between exposure to an infectious agent and the appearance of the first symptom
called? - CORRECT ANSWER Incubation period
On what basis is government authority to regulate for environmental public health in the states
established? - CORRECT ANSWER Police Powers
What is it called when a food establishment known to have an imminent health hazard is not closed by
the environmental public health professional? - CORRECT ANSWER Nonfeasance
Campylobacter is mostly associated with what? - CORRECT ANSWER Contaminated food
What is a person that harbors a specific infectious agent in the absence of clinical symptoms called? -
CORRECT ANSWER Carrier
Is it true that an epidemic is the occurrence in a community or region of cases of illness clearly in
excess of expectancy? - CORRECT ANSWER True
Give an example of a non-communicable communicable disease. - CORRECT
ANSWER Diabetes
, What must the environmental health specialist understand regarding the epidemiological concept of
disease process? - CORRECT ANSWER Host, agent and the environment and their interactions
What are inanimate objects that transfer disease organisms called? - CORRECT
ANSWER Fomites
What do the goals of epidemiology NOT include? - CORRECT ANSWER Prosecuting the
person or company responsible
What is the BEST example of agencies where environmental public health can be practiced? -
CORRECT ANSWER State drinking water agencies
What do environmental public health investigations include? - CORRECT ANSWER Good
observational skills and systematic data collection, Personal safety factors, Appropriate inspection
attire and equipment
What do environmental public health managers ensure regarding readiness? - CORRECT
ANSWER Readiness of individuals and the agency to respond to environmental public health
threats and enable recovery of public health services with minimal loss of public and private health
What is one of the Core Competencies of Environmental Public Health? - CORRECT
ANSWER The capacity to effectively educate the public on environmental public health issues
What are examples of environmental public health practitioner's roles and responsibilities? -
CORRECT ANSWER Regulation and monitoring of food production, recreational waters, and
onsite waste water disposal
What must the environmental public health practitioner understand regarding decision making? -
CORRECT ANSWER The legal implications in all areas of decision making, as well as the
rights of the public and of government
Which science is widely used in identifying disease causing factors and environmental conditions
contributing to disease? - CORRECT ANSWER Epidemiology
