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Environmental Health Quiz!

Environmental Health Quiz!

Questão 1 de 48

1

WHO states that Air Pollution is...

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • The contamination of indoor/outdoor environment by any chemical, physical or biological agent that modifies the natural characteristics of the atmosphere

  • The contamination of the outdoor environment by any chemical, physical or biological agent that modifies the natural characteristics of the atmosphere

  • The contamination of the indoor environment by any chemical, physical or biological agent that modifies the natural characteristics of the atmosphere

  • The contamination of indoor/outdoor environment by chemical agents that modifies the natural characteristics of the atmosphere

Explicação

Questão 2 de 48

1

Which of the following do WHO (2013) describe as sources or air pollution?

Selecione uma ou mais das seguintes:

  • opening tins of baked beans

  • household combustion devices

  • motor vehicles

  • electric wheelchairs

  • industrial facilities

  • forest fires

Explicação

Questão 3 de 48

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Which of the following pollutants of major public health concern as described by WHO (2013)?

Selecione uma ou mais das seguintes:

  • particulate matter 40 and particulate matter 10

  • particulate matter 10 and particulate matter 2.5

  • carbon monoxide

  • carbon dioxide

  • nitrogen dioxide

  • sulphur dioxide

  • ozone

Explicação

Questão 4 de 48

1

Climate change, acid rain and ozone layer damage are consequences of air pollution because

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • air pollution is transboundary

  • air pollution stops abides by country air space laws creating environmental problems for only that country

Explicação

Questão 5 de 48

1

What two principles are embedded into The Rio Convention, Agenda 21, The Air Quality Framework Directive (EU), The Kyoto Protocol and The Montreal Protocol?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • The Preemptive Principle and the Polluter Plays Principle

  • The Precautionary Principle and the Polluter Pays Principle

  • The Precautionary Principle and the Principle of Non-contradiction

  • The Precautionary Principle and the Isle of Man College Principal, Ronald Barr

Explicação

Questão 6 de 48

1

"A property or situation that in particular circumstances could lead to harm"
What does this describe?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Chelsea winger, Eden Hazard

  • Hazard Community and Technical College, Kentucky

  • A Hazard

Explicação

Questão 7 de 48

1

A risk defines:

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • the probability that a good situation could occur in a give period of time

  • the joint between your hand and arm

  • the probability that and adverse situation could occur in a give period of time

Explicação

Questão 8 de 48

1

Risk Assessment is defined as a study of decisions to uncertain consequences. It involves which 5 stages out of the following...

Selecione uma ou mais das seguintes:

  • identification of outcomes

  • estimation of probability of outcomes

  • informing public health

  • identification of risks

  • assessing the significance of risk

  • estimation of magnitude of consequences

Explicação

Questão 9 de 48

1

"linking risk estimation and evaluation to implementation of decisions to minimise risk" describes what?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Risk Management

  • Risk Aversion

  • Risky Business

  • Risk Quotiant

Explicação

Questão 10 de 48

1

What does the Food Safety Act (1990) say to not do which three of the following?

Selecione uma ou mais das seguintes:

  • Render food injurious to health

  • Sell food which is not of the nature/substance/quality expected

  • Sell food without a best before date

  • Sell food not complying with food safety requirements

  • Sell alcohol with ingredients listed on the container

Explicação

Questão 11 de 48

1

The Food Safety Authority inspect and enforce the Food Safety Act (1990) through their three groups; the Food Safety Policy Group, the Enforcement and Food Standards Group and the Corporate Resources and Strategy Group. True or False?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • True

  • False

Explicação

Questão 12 de 48

1

An activity which involves obtaining information about EMPLOYEES health and which helps protect employees from health risks describes what feature of environmental health?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Health Surveillance

  • Screening

  • Health Promotion

Explicação

Questão 13 de 48

1

Which 3 of the following best describe the goals of Health Surveillance?

Selecione uma ou mais das seguintes:

  • Protecting the health of employers by early detection of adverse changes or disease

  • Collecting data for detecting or evaluating health hazards

  • To look out for industrial diseases employers may be responsible for.

  • Protecting the health of employees by early detection of adverse changes or disease

  • Evaluating control measures.

Explicação

Questão 14 de 48

1

The assumptions of public health are:
1. there is a disease associated with the substance in use (e.g. Asthma, Dermatitis, Cancers);
2. it is possible to detect the disease or adverse change and reduce the risk of further harm;
3. the conditions in the workplace make it likely that the disease will appear.
...True or False?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • True

  • False

Explicação

Questão 15 de 48

1

What involves studying of factors and influences of the frequency and distribution of disease, injury, and other health-related events and their causes?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Ethology

  • Epidemiology

  • Edaphology

Explicação

Questão 16 de 48

1

What is "an event, characteristic or condition that precedes a disease without which the disease or condition would not have occurred"?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Cause

  • Risk

  • Consequence

Explicação

Questão 17 de 48

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What is "attribute or circumstance that effects the liability of an individual to be exposed or when exposed to develop the disease or condition"?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • A Variable

  • A Determinant

  • A Risk

Explicação

Questão 18 de 48

1

What is "a factor significantly associated both with the cause and disease in the population, but not the cause itself e.g. smoking/cancer"?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Risk

  • Cause

  • Confounding Variable

Explicação

Questão 19 de 48

1

An Absolute Risk can be described as "incidence of disease within a defined population"; True or False?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • True

  • False

Explicação

Questão 20 de 48

1

The difference between incidence rates in exposed and non-exposed groups is known as...

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • A Risk

  • An Attributable Risk

Explicação

Questão 21 de 48

1

Do Descriptive Studies "Demonstrates patterns of disease and associations within a population. They can track mortality or morbidity over time and compare incidence/prevalence between regions or groups with different characteristics e.g. occupation"?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • No

  • Yes

Explicação

Questão 22 de 48

1

Read the following:
"Data can be analysed from data that is routinely collected, however specific studies are sometime required to obtain data using surveys, as routine data collection might not be in a usable format, have variations in diagnostic criteria and have gaps or inconsistencies.

Designed studies must be aware of error and bias, including subject variation, observer variation and limitations of the surveying methodologies including sample size, validity and randomness."
Does this best describe pros and cons of:

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Descriptive Studies

  • Illustrative Studies

Explicação

Questão 23 de 48

1

What does the following best describe:
"Longitudinal study where a group/population is identified as being possibly exposed to an agent under investigation. It may take many years and aims to identify the characteristics of those who develop the disease?"

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Cohort Study

  • Case-Control Study

Explicação

Questão 24 de 48

1

What does the following best describe:
"Longitudinal study where a group/population is identified as being possibly exposed to an agent under investigation. It may take many years and aims to identify the characteristics of those who develop the disease?"

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Cohort Study

  • Case-control Study

Explicação

Questão 25 de 48

1

There are four main pieces of legislation/directives associated with food safety. Select four.

Selecione uma ou mais das seguintes:

  • Food Act (1997)

  • Food Hygiene Regulations (2007)

  • The Food Law (2012)

  • Foodstuffs Directive (89/397/ECC)

  • The "Scoffing Omnomnom" Directive (09/121/ECC)

  • Food Standards Act (1999)

Explicação

Questão 26 de 48

1

Involved in product specific management, what does this describe:
"Identification and control of microbiological, chemical and physical food safety hazards during product development"?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • CCP

  • HACCP

  • HAZMAT

Explicação

Questão 27 de 48

1

Which of the following are the 7 principles of HACCP?

Selecione uma ou mais das seguintes:

  • Establish corrective actions to be taken if a CCP is not under control;

  • Establish procedures to monitor the CCPs;

  • Establish documents and records to demonstrate the effective application of the above measures

  • Establish a communication with public health and the media in case of the need to recall a product

  • Establish procedures to verify whether the above procedures are working effectively

  • Identify any hazards that must be prevented eliminated or reduced;

  • Identify the critical control points (CCPs) at the steps at which control is essential;

  • Establish critical limits at CCPs

Explicação

Questão 28 de 48

1

Three of the microbiological hazards that may contaminate meat during production might include...

Selecione uma ou mais das seguintes:

  • Salmonella

  • E. coli 0157

  • Musa acuminata

  • Campylobacter

  • Mellivora capensis

Explicação

Questão 29 de 48

1

Why are meat-borne pathogens potentially risky to consumers?

Selecione uma ou mais das seguintes:

  • They are the same colour as the meat?

  • They are too small to be seen

  • They make the meat taste nicer

  • They have no odour

Explicação

Questão 30 de 48

1

What is the risk in the following?
"Although thorough cooking kills most bacteria, meat may be handled by lots of people before it is cooked..."

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • the bacteria will stay on plates even after washing

  • the bacteria will spread to other foods

  • the people will wipe of all the bacteria onto their hands while they handle the meat

Explicação

Questão 31 de 48

1

Extraction
Storage
Screening
Coagulation
Floculation
Sedimentation
Filtration
Disinfection
are the eight step involved in...

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • sewage treatment

  • air purification

  • water treatment

Explicação

Questão 32 de 48

1

The Six Steps of Wastewater Treatment include...

Selecione uma ou mais das seguintes:

  • Screening

  • Grit removal

  • Sedimentation

  • Activated sludge

  • Bacteria beds

  • Odour identification

  • Tertiary filtration

  • Deactivated sludge

Explicação

Questão 33 de 48

1

Monitoring water involves looking for nitrates, pesticides and cryptosporidium. True or False?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • True

  • False

Explicação

Questão 34 de 48

1

In addition to monitoring nitrates, pesticides and cryptosporidium, monitoring river water includes looking at suspended solids, biological oxygen demand (BOD) and chemical oxygen demand (COD). True or false?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • True

  • False

Explicação

Questão 35 de 48

1

What works on the Isle of Man was influenced by the Water Bathing Directive and UK Blue Flag Scheme?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • The works at the Pulrose/Peel Road traffic lights?

  • The addition of a steam turbine at Pulrose Power Station

  • The IRIS Scheme

  • Jurby Sewage Treatment Works

Explicação

Questão 36 de 48

1

Which of the following EU Directives are NOT concerned with water

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Drinking water directive (98/83/EC)

  • Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC)

  • Exploitation & marketing of natural mineral water Directive (2009/54/EC)

  • Drinking water abstraction directive (75/440/EEC)

Explicação

Questão 37 de 48

1

The basic principle of managing the
hydrological cycle, through supply, distribution and waste control.

Intregrated water management involves the basic principle of managing the
hydrological cycle, through supply, distribution and waste control. Areas of control DOES NOT include:

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • catchment areas

  • rivers systems

  • domestic leaks

  • estuarine environments

Explicação

Questão 38 de 48

1

Which three departments/bodies are involved in the provision of safe and secure drinking water?

Selecione uma ou mais das seguintes:

  • OFSTED

  • OFWAT

  • DWI

  • Environment Agency

Explicação

Questão 39 de 48

1

Making waste work (1995), and the Waste Strategy 2000 had 4 main points:

Selecione uma ou mais das seguintes:

  • reduction biodegradable municipal waste (BMW) 75% by 2010

  • recycle or compost 17% household waste by 2004

  • increase overall household waste

  • reduce levels of industrial waste going to landfill by 85% of 1998 levels by 2005

  • to recover 40% of municipal waste by 2005, 45% by 2010 and 67% by 2015

Explicação

Questão 40 de 48

1

Which three of the following best describe waste?

Selecione uma ou mais das seguintes:

  • Any substance that constitutes scrap material or effluent or other unwanted surplus substance arising from the application of any process

  • Any substance or article which requires to be disposed of as being broken, worn out, contaminated or otherwise spoiled

  • It can be divided into sub-areas household, controlled, industrial, commercial municipal and hazardous.

  • Those items not accepted by an amenity site or charity shop

Explicação

Questão 41 de 48

1

minimise the amount of waste produced, make best use of remaining waste and minimise pollution from waste are the objectives of what?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Watewater Management Planning

  • Waste Management Planning

  • Waist Management Planning

Explicação

Questão 42 de 48

1

"Sustainable Development: The UK Strategy, 1994" was produced after...

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • The Great London Smog of 1952

  • The Earth Summit in Rio in 1992

  • McDonald's opening its first restaurant in the UK in Woolwich in south London, in October 1974.

Explicação

Questão 43 de 48

1

The waste management hierarchy is made up of 5 components. Which of the following is NOT part of the waste management hierarchy

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Reduce

  • Recycle

  • Reuse

  • Transport

  • Energy recovery

  • Dispose

Explicação

Questão 44 de 48

1

Local Authorities and Environmental Health have 5 key joint duties.
• refuse collection,
• disposal sites, allocation planning & monitoring,
• hazardous & clinical waste
• monitoring of street cleaning & litter
• education
True or False?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • True

  • False

Explicação

Questão 45 de 48

1

Which of the following documents do not relate to waste management

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Controlled Waste Regulations (1992)

  • Making waste work: A strategy for sustainable waste management in
    England and Wales (1995),

  • EU Waste Incineration Directive 2000/76/EC

  • EU Landfill Directive 2002

  • Hazardous Waste Directive 91/689/EEC

  • DETR Report of Composting Development Group (1999)

  • The Waste Incineration (England and Wales) Regulations 2002.

  • Waste Strategy 2000

  • Landfill Regulations 2002

  • Tobacco Advertising Directive (IP/02/1788)

Explicação

Questão 46 de 48

1

The WHO (2013) definition of environmental health includes which of the following?

Selecione uma ou mais das seguintes:

  • Physical, chemical, and biological factors external to a person, & all the related factors impacting behaviours

  • Excludes behaviour not related to environment, as well as behaviour related to the social and cultural environment, and genetics.

  • It no longer excludes the health of animals and pets

  • It encompasses the assessment and control of those environmental factors that can potentially affect health.

  • It includes not only the health of those in the environment, but the health of the environment itself

  • It is targeted towards preventing disease and creating health-supportive environments.

Explicação

Questão 47 de 48

1

Royal Commission for Environmental Health are targets and frameworks for delivery by 2020 and are to include:

Selecione uma ou mais das seguintes:

  • democracy, information, integration and sustainable development

  • holistic approaches, quality of life, inequality, lifestyle and globalisation

  • cost effective, evidence based, job creation and global enforcement

Explicação

Questão 48 de 48

1

Which of the following describe the six principles of environmental health?

Selecione uma ou mais das seguintes:

  • Environmental health issues are international

  • Sustainable development: policy integration, partnership and appropriate scale

  • Co-operation & partnership

  • The maintenance and improvement of human condition is at the centre of all environmental action.

  • Disadvantaged groups within society are often live in the worst housing, have the most dangerous jobs and limited food.

  • Health of the environment, not just the people who live in it

  • Effective management comes from adopting democratic principles

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