REHS EXAM UPDATE 500 QUESTIONS AND

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REHS EXAM (UPDATE) 500+ QUESTIONS AND

VERIFIED ANSWERS| 100% COR RECT

• Which is not one of the core functions of Environmental

Public Health?

• Assurance

- Correct answer: B. Coordination

• Assessment
• Policy Development

• Monitoring environmental and health status to identify and

solve community environmental health problems is one of the:

• Core competencies of Environmental Public Health

- Correct answer: B. Ten essential services of environmental

Public Health

• Revitalization strategies of environmental Public Health
• None of the Above

• Which one of the following phrases most accurately describes

the term endemic?

• Sporadic occurrence of an illness
• Illnesses that exceed expected levels
• All illnesses present at any one time

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- Correct answer: D. Constant presence of an illness in a

population

• The interval between exposure to an infectious agent and the

appearance of the first symptom is called the:

• Transmission period

- Correct answer: B. Incubation period

• Susceptible period
• Reactive period

• In the states, government authority to regulate for

environmental Public Health is based on:

• The Bill of Rights
• United States Code of Federal Regulations

- Correct answer: C. Police Powers

• The United States Constitution

• A food establishment known to have an imminent health

hazard is not closed by the environmental public health

professional. This is an example of:

- Correct answer: A. Nonfeasance

• Malfeasance
• Misfeasance

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• Laziness

7. Campylobacter is mostly associated with:

• Contaminated water
• Infected birds
• Infected ticks

- Correct answer: 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:

• Contact
• Pathogen

- Correct answer: C. Carrier

• Toxin

• An epidemic is the occurrence in a community or region of

cases of illness clearly in excess of expectancy.

- Correct answer: A. True

• False

10. An example of a non-communicable disease is:

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- Correct answer: A. Diabetes

• Cholera
• Influenza
• Measles

• The environmental health specialist must understand the

epidemiological concept of disease process including host, agent, and the environment and their interactions.

- Correct answer: A. True

• False

12. Inanimate objects that transfer disease organisms are called:

• Dead
• Arthropoda

- Correct answer: C. Fomites

• Hormones

13. The goals of epidemiology do not include:

- Correct answer: A. Prosecuting the person or company

responsible

• Determining the cause of the disease or outbreak
• Preventing future disease or outbreak occurrence