Week 3 Test Your Understanding Quiz

3/3/2021 Week 3 Test Your Understanding Quiz: PHW200F -2021 - Environmental Health Sciences Breadth Course
Week 3 Test Your Understanding Quiz

Due No due date Points 19 Questions 19 Time Limit None
Allowed Attempts Unlimited
Instruc ons
This is a practice quiz that will test your understanding of some of the key facts and concepts from this week's
materials. Use the responses to guide your studies and direct you back to where you may need additional review.
The results of the quiz will not impact your final grade.
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LATEST Attempt 1 87 minutes 12 out of 19
Submitted Mar 2 at 11:37am
Question 1 1 / 1 pts
Biological magnification refers to increasing concentration of chemicals in

successive links in the food chain.
Correct!
True
False
An administration of a sub-therapeutic dose of antibiotic to promote animal growth

(in animal husbandry) is contributing to the spreading of antibiotic resistance
bacteria.
Correct!
True
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False
Emission is the environmental material in the carrier medium, such as air, water,
food or soil per volume of that medium.
True
Correct! False
Emission is the actual release of pollutants into the environment. It is

defined in terms of the amount of pollutants per unit time or activity such as
grams per kilogram of fuel etc.
The environmental concentration is the actual release of pollutants into the

environment.
You Answered True
Correct Answer False
The environmental concentration refers to the material in the carrier

medium, such as air, water, food or soil per volume of that medium. It is
defined in terms of mass divided by volume such as mg/m3.
This problem relates to the estimation of indoor air pollution concentration from
lighting source in a village house. Applying the concept of a simple box model you
should calculate the concentration of a pollutant in grams per cubic meter. Use the
problem below to answer the next four questions.
There is no electricity in village Y. As a source of light, people in this village burn

kerosene wick lamp inside the house. A kerosene wick lamp emits 5000 grams of
pollutant over a 1-year period. Using the concept of a simple box model, calculate
the concentration of the pollutant from the wick lamp inside the house. Assume an
air exchange rate of 10/hour and a volume of the room is 40 m3.
Unanswered
To calculate the concentration, first calculate the hours in one year (365 days). How
many hours are there in one year?
9700 hours
Correct Answer 8760 hours
7760 hours
Unanswered
Given the emission of 5000 grams of pollutant over a one-year period, what is the
emission rate in grams per hour?
Correct Answer 0.57 grams/hour
0.47 grams/hour
0.29 grams/hour
Emission rate = 5000 grams/year
= 5000 grams/year x 1 year/8760 hour
= 0.57 grams/hour
Which formula is appropriate to calculate the concentration?
Correct! E/AER * V
V/ E * AER
AER/V * E
Unanswered Question 8 0 / 1 pts
What is the pollution concentration in grams/m3? Note: you should cancel hours to
get the concentration in grams/m3.
0.01425 gram/m3
0.001225 gram/m3
Correct Answer 0.001425 gram/m3
Jane is exposed to PM10 in four different microenvironments (listed below on the

table) that completely define her "typical" day. Using the information provided in the
table for Jane’s exposure to PM10 pollutant in four micro-environments, i) calculate
the weighted average of PM10 for each micro-environment; ii) and percent
contribution by each microenvironment.
Jane’s Exposure on a Typical Day

Time spent in this Concentration Micro-
Weighted Average
Microenvironment microenvironment of PM10 environment
(Wa)
(hours) (ti) (μg/m3) (Ci) contribution (%)
Indoors-cooking
2 200
in the kitchen
Outdoors-
commute in 3 150
heavy traffic
Indoors-office job 9 30
Indoors-asleep or
10 20
watching TV
Total 24 400
Answer 1:
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Correct Answer 17
Answer 2:
Correct Answer 31
Answer 3:
Correct Answer 19
Answer 4:
Correct Answer 34
Answer 5:

Correct Answer 11
Answer 6:
Correct Answer 20
Answer 7:
Correct Answer 8
Answer 8:
Correct Answer 15
Answer 9:
Correct Answer 55
Answer 10:
Correct Answer 100
Using your calculations in the table representing Jane's exposure on a typical day,
answer the following two questions.
Which formula is appropriate to calculate the weighted average (Wa) for each
micro-environment?
You Answered (Wa) = (T/t) * (Ci)
Correct Answer (Wa) = (t/T) * (Ci)
(Wa) = (Ci/T) * (t)
Which micro-environment makes the largest contribution to Jane’s 24-hour average

exposure?
Indoors-cooking in the kitchen
Correct Answer Outdoors-commute in heavy traffic
Indoors-office job
Indoors-asleep
Watching TV
Outdoors-commute in heavy traffic (34%). It contributes 150μg/m3 for 3

hours or 450μg/m3 total.
This measure is the quantity of chemicals that kills 50 percent of the test animals,
mainly mouse and rats.
Correct!
LD50
LC50
LP50
This measure is the highest dose at which no statistically significant effects are
observed in the exposed population.
Correct!
No-observed-adverse-effect-level (NOAEL)
Lowest-observed-adverse-effect-level (LOAEL)
Acceptable daily intake (ADI)
This measure is the lowest dose that results in detectable effects.
Acceptable daily intake (ADI)
No-observed-adverse-effect-level (NOAEL)
Correct!
Lowest-observed-adverse-effect-level (LOAEL)
This measures of toxicity involves the sudden onset of symptoms that last for a
short period—usually less than 24 hours.
Chronic
Correct! Acute
Local
Systemic
Immediate and Delayed type
This measures of toxicity involves a symptom that is of long, continuous duration,

usually on a daily basis over a period of 3 to 4 months.
Correct! Chronic
Acute
Local
Systemic
Immediate and Delayed type
Carcinogens are believed to work by the non-threshold mechanism.
Correct! True
False
Carcinogens are believed to work by the non-threshold mechanism. From a

regulatory point view, there is no safe dose for carcinogens. However, it
considers an idea of an acceptable dose, which can produce a negligible
increase in the probability of developing cancer. A probability of less than
one in million cancers is considered as an acceptable risk.
From a regulatory point of view, non-carcinogen chemicals are believed to operate

by threshold mechanism-- that is there are exposures below which there is no
observable effect.
Correct! True
False
Peripheral neuropathy can be a sequelae of both acute and chronic pesticide

exposure.
Correct! True
False

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Submitted Mar 2 at 11:37am

Biological magnification refers to increasing concentration of chemicals in

An administration of a sub-therapeutic dose of antibiotic to promote animal growth

Emission is the actual release of pollutants into the environment. It is

The environmental concentration is the actual release of pollutants into the

You Answered True

Correct Answer False

The environmental concentration refers to the material in the carrier

There is no electricity in village Y. As a source of light, people in this village burn

Correct Answer 8760 hours

Correct Answer 0.57 grams/hour

Emission rate = 5000 grams/year

= 5000 grams/year x 1 year/8760 hour

Which formula is appropriate to calculate the concentration?

Unanswered Question 8 0 / 1 pts

Correct Answer 0.001425 gram/m3

Unanswered Question 9 0 / 1 pts

Jane is exposed to PM10 in four different microenvironments (listed below on the

Jane’s Exposure on a Typical Day

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Correct Answer 100

You Answered (Wa) = (T/t) * (Ci)

Correct Answer (Wa) = (t/T) * (Ci)

(Wa) = (Ci/T) * (t)

Unanswered Question 11 0 / 1 pts

Which micro-environment makes the largest contribution to Jane’s 24-hour average

Indoors-cooking in the kitchen

Correct Answer Outdoors-commute in heavy traffic

Outdoors-commute in heavy traffic (34%). It contributes 150μg/m3 for 3

Acceptable daily intake (ADI)

This measure is the lowest dose that results in detectable effects.

Acceptable daily intake (ADI)

Immediate and Delayed type

This measures of toxicity involves a symptom that is of long, continuous duration,

Immediate and Delayed type

Carcinogens are believed to work by the non-threshold mechanism.

Carcinogens are believed to work by the non-threshold mechanism. From a

From a regulatory point of view, non-carcinogen chemicals are believed to operate

Peripheral neuropathy can be a sequelae of both acute and chronic pesticide

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