Environmental Health

1. Which of the following is a prime health risks associated with greater UV radiation through the
atmosphere due to depletion of stratospheric ozone?

a) Damage to digestive system

b) Increased liver cancer
c) Neurological disorder
d) Increased skin cancer

2. Which of the following indicates the presence of fresh water contamination

a) Excess lead.
b) Excess fluorine.
c) Excess nitrate.
d) Excess nitrites.

3. Which of the following is not as a consequence of global warming?

a) Worsening health effects

b) Rising sea level
c) Increased storm frequency and intensity
d) Increased agricultural productivity worldwide

4. Swimming pools may help the transmission of the following diseases Except

a) Enterica
b) Infective hepatitis
c) Schistosomiasis
d) Otitis media

5. The following statement are correct as regard sanitary safe home Except

a) Provided with pure water supply and sanitary sewage and refusal disposal.
b) It should not be near factories.
c) It should not be more than three flour in height.
d) Provided with adequate natural ventilation and lightening.

6. If waste materials contaminate the source of drinking water which of the following diseases will
spread

a) Scurvy
b) Malaria
c) Typhoid
d) Anemia

7. The free residual chlorine at the end of ½ hour contact should be

a) None of the above

b) 0.2 PPM
c) 0.4 - 0.6 PPM
d) 1.5 PPM

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8. Animals may contaminate milk through

a) Direct secretion of the organisms in milk

b) Contamination of milk from animal excreta
c) Contamination of milk from organisms present in the udder
d) All of the above

9. Slum areas are harmful to the community health because:

a) They consume a large part of the national health expenditures.

b) They have high prevalence of infectious and nutritional diseases.
c) Malignant diseases are common among them.
d) They can't be changed

10. All of the following are true about increase in indoor air quality problems Except

a) Less chemical pollutants in buildings

b) Tighter buildings
c) Reduced ventilation
d) More time indoors

11. All of the following about toxicants are true Except

a) DDT are not persistent

b) Volatile chemicals can travel long distance on atmospheric currents
c) Some chemicals persisting for longer period in the environment
d) Temperature, moisture and sun exposure affect rate of degradation

12. Which of the following is incorrect as regard prevention of outdoor air pollution

a) Avoid open fires

b) Avoid excess cultivation of trees
c) Avoid bad maintenance of motor cars
d) Avoid radioactive waste products

13. By environmental sanitation, we mean all of the following Except

a) Town planning
b) Water supply
c) Food sanitation
d) Number of trained nurses

14. Which of the following organisms indicates fecal contamination of water?

a) Giardia lamblia.
b) Streptococcal faecalis.
c) Entamoeba histolytica.
d) All of the above.

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15. Outdoor air pollution differs from indoor air pollution in that

a) It is easy to control
b) It affects smaller number of populations
c) It results only from motor cars
d) It deals with open and unlimited environment

16. Filtration removes bacteria to the extent of

a) 75%
b) 45%
c) 95%
d) 20%

17. What is the harm from the depletion of Earth's ozone layer

a) The average temperature of earth's surface will increase gradually

b) Increased amount of Ultra violet radiation will reach earth's surface
c) The oxygen content of the atmosphere will decrease
d) Sea levels will rise as the polar ice caps will gradually melt

18. Air contains all the following gases Except

a) Hydrogen
b) Carbon dioxide
c) Nitrogen
d) Oxygen

19. Which of the following is not a physical hazard

a) Earthquakes
b) Tornadoes
c) Smoking
d) Hurricanes

20. Deep wells are differentiated from shallow wells by

a) Hardness of water
b) Number of impermeable layer and reach beneath the impermeable layer of the ground
c) Depth of the well
d) Methods of taking out water from wells

21. The major pollutant from automobile exhaust is

a) CO
b) Soot
c) NO
d) SO2

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22. Which of the following statements are incorrect as regard the process chlorination:

a) The normal amount of residual chlorine a during water epidemic is 0.4-0.6 PPM
b) Residual chlorine should be present in water only in epidemics
c) Contact time should be 30 minutes
d) Chlorine gas has a very powerful disinfectant

23. Before giving certificate to food handlers, they should be examined for the following Except

a) Examination of the heart

b) Examination of the skin
c) Examination of the chest
d) Examination of the throat

24. All are true about dust mites Except

a) live in bedding, carpets and soft toys

b) Can cause pneumonia
c) Feed on human dander and dust
d) Prefer warm and humid environment

25. The most common organisms used as indicator of fecal contamination of water is

a) Fecal streptococci
b) Coliform organisms
c) Shigella group organisms
d) Cl. Perferinges

26. Which of the following problems is not created by noise pollution?

a) Hypertension
b) Diarrhea
c) Irritation
d) Deafness

27. The term environment includes:

a) Oceans and rivers

b) Soil and atmosphere
c) Animals and plants
d) All of the above

28. Environmental sanitation can be achieved by

a) Promotion of proper housing and place of work

b) Promotion of food hygiene
c) Control of insects and rodents
d) All of the above

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29. The most serious environmental effect posed by hazardous wastes is

a) Air pollution
b) Destruction of habitat
c) Contamination of groundwater
d) Increased use of land for landfills

30. All of the following are true about ozone and asthma attacks Except

a) More asthma medicine use

b) More people with asthma
c) More Asthma attacks
d) Less school absences

31. Water resources available to Palestinians include all of the following Except:

a) Harvested rainwater
b) Rivers
c) Springs
d) Groundwater

32. Food may get contaminated from

a) Human manures
b) Hands of cases and carriers
c) Through housefly
d) All of the above

33. For proper ventilation inside houses, windows surface area should be:

a) 1/5 of the floor surface area.

b) 1/2 of the floor surface area.
c) 1/3 of the floor surface area.
d) 1/4 of the floor surface area.

34. The infectious disease caused by water-related vectors as mosquitoes is

a) HIV
b) Malaria
c) Cholera
d) Tuberculosis

35. _______is the incidence of disease in a population, while______ is the incidence of death in a
population.

a) Mortality, morbidity
b) Morbidity, mortality
c) Immortality, mortality
d) Morbidity; immortality

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36. Which of the following is incorrect as regard harmful effect of air pollution

a) Sky darkening
b) Property damage
c) Heavy rainfall
d) Damage to health

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