Quiz ?'s Environmental Health

A national survey of asthma conducted on May 1, 2012 obtained the following results for the state of Oklahoma: X--The number of residents with asthma Y--The population of the state on June 30, 2012; all members of the population were considered at risk. Z--The number of new cases of asthma diagnosed during 2012 The incidence rate of asthma during 2012 (per 100,000) would be expressed as:

(Z/Y) × 100,000

Subacute exposures are those that last for:

1 month or less

The use of Prevalence as a measure aids in:

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Which is true?

FLHealthCHARTS.com is available to the public and may be used to track data for indicators for the state, sounties, and census tracts

According to lecture, to be employed in Environmental Health, you must work for municipal/state/federal governments only

False

In Florida Health Charts, if someone lives in Crawfordville, Wakulla County, but they go to a doctor in Jacksonville, Duval county, their diseases are reported as to being in Duval county?

False

The foundation of Environmental Health is in three branches of science, Epidemiology, Toxicology, and Psychology

False

In United States of America, which group has the legal authority to mandate requirements on the public and industry over all others?

Federal Government

Reasons for the potential spread of avian influenza include which of the following?

Intensive animal husbandry practices

Florida is a third most populace state in the union. Which of these terms best describe the majority of the counties within it?

Medium 50,000-100,000

Which of the following activities characterizes the epidemiological approach (as opposed to the clinical approach)?

Study of cancer occurrences in populations

The risk of acquiring a given disease during a time period is best determined by which of the following?

The incidence rate for that disease in a given period of time

Dixie County experienced 2 infant deaths in 2017 producing an infant death rate of 14.4 per 1,000 live births and 2 infant deaths in 2018 producing an infant death rate of 13.4 per 1,000 live births. Please explain why the rates are different even though the number of infant deaths was the same.

The number of births, the denominator, changed.

In Florida Health Charts, reportable diseases is a set definition. Which includes hundred of diseases?

True

Within Florida Health Charts, showing tabulated data is no longer sufficient, many people relate to and expect to see data visualized in a graph, chart or map.

True

According to the lecture, which of the following is NOT an area of concern in the definition of Environmental Health?

a landslide caused by an earthquake

The Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974 is

about the standards for municipal tap water

Environmental risk transition is most likely to be characterized by:

control of household risks and creation of a new set of problems

According to Healthy People 2020, which of the following is not an environmental objective for outdoor air quality?

increasing the production of clean coal as an energy source

All of the following statements about the 2009 swine flu outbreak are true, except:

it was caused by the H5N1 virus

A chemical that is lipophilic is most likely also to be

persistent in the environment

Is the sentences below best describe a policy or a regulation? .. we conduct our business in a socially and environmentally responsible manner, respecting the law and universal human rights to benefit the communities where we work

policy

An internal dose refers to the:

portion of a substance that becomes internalized in the body.

Which of the following outcomes is not usually associated with world population growth?

prosperity

Which term is best described by the following. is an enforceable law. It is an agreed upon standard that has been ratified by a governmental body. Often it will state the Maximum or Minimum that industry must meet

regulation

A highly volatile chemical at room temperature is most likely to be found in

the air

Compared with adults, children represent a group that is especially vulnerable to environmental hazards for the following reasons, except:

the spend more time indoors

The poisonous substance in Amanita phalloides ("death cap" mushroom) is an example of a(n):

toxin

Sir Percival Pott, who wrote Chirurgical Observations:

was a London surgeon who identified an environmental cause of cancer

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world trade organization