Environmental Health and Safety Exam 1 with all Correct
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NEHA environmental health definition ✔Correct Answer-protection against environmental
factors that may adversely impact human health or the ecological balances essential to long-
term human health and environmental quality, whether in the natural or man-made
environment
WHO environmental health definition ✔Correct Answer-addresses all the physical, chemical,
and biological factors external to a person, and all the related factors impacting behaviors. It
encompasses the assessment and control of those environmental factors that can potentially
affect health.
Examples of government environmental health careers ✔Correct Answer-health inspector
Examples of industrial environmental health careers ✔Correct Answer-industrial hygienist,
safety professional, consultants
Health inspector ✔Correct Answer-monitors and regulates air, water, food, wastes, noise,
toxic substances, pollutants, disease vectors, and unsafe conditions
Industrial Hygienist ✔Correct Answer-identifies and controls hazards due to work
safety professional ✔Correct Answer-prevents and controls hazards to worker, property, and
environment
consultants ✔Correct Answer-focus on the efects of poisons. e.g. toxicologists
The 3 P's ✔Correct Answer-Pollution, population, poverty
____ % of industrial wastes are dumped untreated and pollute the water supply ✔Correct
Answer-70
Most future population growth will likely occur in ✔Correct Answer-developing nation urban
areas
____ increases susceptibility to and magnifies the effect of disease ✔Correct Answer-under-
nutrition
, World population will rise from ___ billion to ___ billion by ____ ✔Correct Answer-6.9, 9.1,
2050
developing nation conditions that contribute to disease ✔Correct Answer-crowdedness, lack
of clean water, sanitation, and vector control
reduction in mortality in the 1960's due to ✔Correct Answer-agriculture, better health care,
better sanitation
Dip in population growth in China due to ✔Correct Answer-mismanagement of collectivized
farms, leading to famine; killed 30 million and cut fertility rate
1960's growth rate decline due to ✔Correct Answer-rising age of marriage and use of
contraceptives
2011 person increase per second ✔Correct Answer-2.4 person
____ of humanity is now under ___ years of age ✔Correct Answer-1/3, 15
Developing nation population age structure ✔Correct Answer-pyramid
developed nation population age structure ✔Correct Answer-stovepipe
pyramid structure ✔Correct Answer-many pre-reproductives (children) that will become
reproductive aduluts
stovepipe structure ✔Correct Answer-many post-reproductives (elderly)
As nations develop they tend to change from ____ to _____ age structure ✔Correct Answer-
pyramid, stovepipe
demographic transition ✔Correct Answer-As nations develop they tend to change from
pyramid to stovepipe age structure
epidemiologic transition ✔Correct Answer-as nations develop the primary cause of disease
changes from acute, infectious, and communicable to chronic and noncommunicable
As nations develop the primary cause of disease changes from _______ to _____ ✔Correct
Answer-cute, infectious, and communicable; chronic and noncommunicable
Carrying capacity ✔Correct Answer-Is the population supported by an area without
undergoing environmental degradation
& 100% Verified Answers |Latest Version |Already
Graded A+
NEHA environmental health definition ✔Correct Answer-protection against environmental
factors that may adversely impact human health or the ecological balances essential to long-
term human health and environmental quality, whether in the natural or man-made
environment
WHO environmental health definition ✔Correct Answer-addresses all the physical, chemical,
and biological factors external to a person, and all the related factors impacting behaviors. It
encompasses the assessment and control of those environmental factors that can potentially
affect health.
Examples of government environmental health careers ✔Correct Answer-health inspector
Examples of industrial environmental health careers ✔Correct Answer-industrial hygienist,
safety professional, consultants
Health inspector ✔Correct Answer-monitors and regulates air, water, food, wastes, noise,
toxic substances, pollutants, disease vectors, and unsafe conditions
Industrial Hygienist ✔Correct Answer-identifies and controls hazards due to work
safety professional ✔Correct Answer-prevents and controls hazards to worker, property, and
environment
consultants ✔Correct Answer-focus on the efects of poisons. e.g. toxicologists
The 3 P's ✔Correct Answer-Pollution, population, poverty
____ % of industrial wastes are dumped untreated and pollute the water supply ✔Correct
Answer-70
Most future population growth will likely occur in ✔Correct Answer-developing nation urban
areas
____ increases susceptibility to and magnifies the effect of disease ✔Correct Answer-under-
nutrition
, World population will rise from ___ billion to ___ billion by ____ ✔Correct Answer-6.9, 9.1,
2050
developing nation conditions that contribute to disease ✔Correct Answer-crowdedness, lack
of clean water, sanitation, and vector control
reduction in mortality in the 1960's due to ✔Correct Answer-agriculture, better health care,
better sanitation
Dip in population growth in China due to ✔Correct Answer-mismanagement of collectivized
farms, leading to famine; killed 30 million and cut fertility rate
1960's growth rate decline due to ✔Correct Answer-rising age of marriage and use of
contraceptives
2011 person increase per second ✔Correct Answer-2.4 person
____ of humanity is now under ___ years of age ✔Correct Answer-1/3, 15
Developing nation population age structure ✔Correct Answer-pyramid
developed nation population age structure ✔Correct Answer-stovepipe
pyramid structure ✔Correct Answer-many pre-reproductives (children) that will become
reproductive aduluts
stovepipe structure ✔Correct Answer-many post-reproductives (elderly)
As nations develop they tend to change from ____ to _____ age structure ✔Correct Answer-
pyramid, stovepipe
demographic transition ✔Correct Answer-As nations develop they tend to change from
pyramid to stovepipe age structure
epidemiologic transition ✔Correct Answer-as nations develop the primary cause of disease
changes from acute, infectious, and communicable to chronic and noncommunicable
As nations develop the primary cause of disease changes from _______ to _____ ✔Correct
Answer-cute, infectious, and communicable; chronic and noncommunicable
Carrying capacity ✔Correct Answer-Is the population supported by an area without
undergoing environmental degradation
