IS-0005.a exam questions with answers

IS-0005.a exam questions with answers |\ |\ |\ |\




Absorption - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Entry of toxicants through
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the skin. Passing of a substance into the circulatory system.
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ACGIH - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔American Conference of
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Governmental Industrial Hygienist |\ |\




Acute Expose - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Short term exposure of a
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toxic substance.
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Acute Toxicity - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Poisonous effects from a
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short-term exposure. The LD50 of a substance (deadly does that
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50% of test animals fall to toxicity) is the measure of this.
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Additive Effect - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Biological response to
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multiple chemicals exposure that are equal to the all the effects
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of the agents on their own.
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Adsorption - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Chemical bonding to soil
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Aerosol - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A solid particle/liquid droplet
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suspended in air. These are larger than a molecule that can be
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filtered form the air. |\ |\ |\

, Antagonism - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Two chemicals interfering |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


with each other's actions or when one interferes with the action
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of another.
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Aquifer - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Underground bed/layer of earth,
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gravel, or porous storage containing water.
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Asphyxiants - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Chemicals starving the |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


cells of an individual from life-giving oxygen needed to upkeep
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metabolism.


Biodegradable - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Quickly decomposable |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


by the actions of microorganisms.
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Biomagnification - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Tendency of certain |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


chemicals to get concentrated as they move into and up the food
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chain.
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Boiling Point - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Temp where a liquid
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becomes a gas and boils. Chemicals with low boiling points can
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boil and evaporate quickly if a material is flammable also has a
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low boiling point a special fire hazard exists.
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Carcinogen - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Chemical/physical agent |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


that encourages cells to develop cancer.
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