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Correct answer: What is the slowest pool filter?
Breeding areas/rodents
Correct answer: Flies
You see dumpster overflowing with food, what should you communicate to the owner as the biggest concern?
Correct answer: call owner, cite code ordinances, tell him to get
it cleaned up (Mice dont carry brucellosis , cows and buffalos do)
A chef prepares sandwiches with cold cut meats for a catering event, how soon should they be eaten after preparation?
Correct answer: 4 hrs (unless mentions staying under 70F after 4
hours then it is 6 hours or mentions something about cooling 6 hrs)
Stream pollution with nitrogen (goes from NH to NO3 to NO2 to NO) effects what downstream
Correct answer: Fish, Ecosystems
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What is the most likely barrier (communication) that an REHS will encounter with a manager when performing an inspection at a restaurant?
Correct answer: A busy and noisy kitchen
Blood lead levels, CDC recommend getting checked at?
Correct answer: 5 ug/dl
After servicing a septic tank, it is important that the tank or lid be...
Correct answer: replaced and secured for security purposes
Who is in charge when there is a terrorism threat?
Correct answer: First person at the site becomes the person in
charge
Common causes of failure of septic tank seepage field systems include improper sizing, non-suitable soil, non-servicing, and..
Correct answer: leaking fixtures
What are you most likely to get typhoid fever from?
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Correct answer: Pit or privy toilet adjacent to a spring. *it is
found in water.
How to determine amount of coliforms in water?
Correct answer: Total coliform count or the colilert test
Chlorine works best at what temp?
Correct answer: 68F
How may tenets (tips) are there to establish a healthy home?
Correct answer: 5?
What is most likely the cause of biological contamination and causing health defects at home?
Correct answer: Pet dander
What legal principle protects people's rights?
Correct answer: Due process
First thing you do when a new septic tank is installed?
Correct answer: Use as normal (new septic tank does not need a
starter or any other additive to function. The sewage it receives
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contains the organisms necessary to initiate and promote anaerobic digestion)
What chemical will lower pH in a pool?
Correct answer: Trichlor
After a septic tank has been cleaned, it should not be scrubbed and disinfected. Why?
Correct answer: The sludge sticking to the insides would have a
seeding effect and assist in renewing the bacterial activity. - Want residual bacteria to continue to grow.
Groundwater water samples are taken all of the following ways except?
Correct answer: Cores
Influenza in spread by?
Correct answer: Indirect contact
Which produces the most BOD?
Correct answer: restaurant, must pollution
Who responds to a terrorist threat?