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d) Haemophilus influen-
1. What is the most common cause of bacterial menin-
zae type B
gitis in children under five years of age?
a) Neisseria meningitides
b) Group B Streptococci
c) Streptococcus pneumoniae
d) Haemophilus influenzae type B
a) Person-to-person
2. How is "giardiasis" usually transmitted to others?
a) Person-to-person transfer of cysts from the feces of transfer of cysts from the
the infected individual feces of the infected indi-
b) Drinking unfiltered water from streams and lakes vidual
c) Drinking unboiled water from streams and lakes
d) Drinking inadequately chlorinated water from a
municipal water distribution system
3. Which of the following duties of state and local health c) Regulatory responsibil-
agencies is focused to protect the public's health and ities
welfare?
a) Community-intensive planning
b) Statutory administrative action
c) Regulatory responsibilities
d) Plan implementation
4. Which of the following is a measure of the amount of b) Nephelometric Turbidi-
light scattered by particles suspended in a water test ty Units (NTU)
sample?
a) Formazin Turbidity Units (FTU)
b) Nephelometric Turbidity Units (NTU)
c) Hydrosyntalic Turbidity Units (HTU)
d) Lorcetic Turbidity Units (LTU)
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5.
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What is an epidemic? a) contamina
ed water
a) The constant presence of a disease within a com-
munity 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
d) The occurrence in a community or region of cases
of an illness clearly in excess of expectancy
6. What portal of entry should a field sanitarian protect
to avoid contracting Lyme disease?
a) Skin
b) Respiratory tract
c) Reproductive organs
d) Digestive tract
7. Swimmer's itch is a common name for which of the
following diseases?
a) Leptospirosis
b) Subdural dermatitis
c) Schistosomiasis
d) Trichiniasis
8. Which of the following factors would least contribute
to the emergence of a new infectious disease?
a) Human behavior
b) Heat disinfection
c) Antibiotic use
d) Disinfectant use
9. Listeriosis is commonly associated with
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d) The occurrence in a community or region of cases of an illness clearly in excess
of expectancy
a) Skin
c) Schistosomiasis
b) Heat disinfection
b) contaminated food
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d) Haemophilus influen-
1. What is the most common cause of bacterial menin-
zae type B
gitis in children under five years of age?
a) Neisseria meningitides
b) Group B Streptococci
c) Streptococcus pneumoniae
d) Haemophilus influenzae type B
a) Person-to-person
2. How is "giardiasis" usually transmitted to others?
a) Person-to-person transfer of cysts from the feces of transfer of cysts from the
the infected individual feces of the infected indi-
b) Drinking unfiltered water from streams and lakes vidual
c) Drinking unboiled water from streams and lakes
d) Drinking inadequately chlorinated water from a
municipal water distribution system
3. Which of the following duties of state and local health c) Regulatory responsibil-
agencies is focused to protect the public's health and ities
welfare?
a) Community-intensive planning
b) Statutory administrative action
c) Regulatory responsibilities
d) Plan implementation
4. Which of the following is a measure of the amount of b) Nephelometric Turbidi-
light scattered by particles suspended in a water test ty Units (NTU)
sample?
a) Formazin Turbidity Units (FTU)
b) Nephelometric Turbidity Units (NTU)
c) Hydrosyntalic Turbidity Units (HTU)
d) Lorcetic Turbidity Units (LTU)
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5.
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What is an epidemic? a) contamina
ed water
a) The constant presence of a disease within a com-
munity 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
d) The occurrence in a community or region of cases
of an illness clearly in excess of expectancy
6. What portal of entry should a field sanitarian protect
to avoid contracting Lyme disease?
a) Skin
b) Respiratory tract
c) Reproductive organs
d) Digestive tract
7. Swimmer's itch is a common name for which of the
following diseases?
a) Leptospirosis
b) Subdural dermatitis
c) Schistosomiasis
d) Trichiniasis
8. Which of the following factors would least contribute
to the emergence of a new infectious disease?
a) Human behavior
b) Heat disinfection
c) Antibiotic use
d) Disinfectant use
9. Listeriosis is commonly associated with
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d) The occurrence in a community or region of cases of an illness clearly in excess
of expectancy
a) Skin
c) Schistosomiasis
b) Heat disinfection
b) contaminated food
