REHS Exam | With Questions and Verified Answers | Latest Update 2025

REHS EXAM |WITH QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
2025


Which is not one of the core functions of Environmental Public Health?

A. Assurance
B. Coordination
C. Assessment
D. Policy Development
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
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 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
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 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
A. Nonfeasance


Campylobacter is mostly associated with:
A. Contaminated water
B. Infected birds
C. Infected ticks
D. Contaminated food
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
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
A. True


An example of a non-commutable commutable disease is:
A. Diabetes
B. Cholera
C. Influenza
D. Measles
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

, A. True


Inanimate objects that transfer disease organisms are called:
A. Dead
B. Arthropoda
C. Fomites
D. Hormones
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
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 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
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
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