SE BOARD EXAM

REFRESHER
ENGR. RICHARD ALMODAL
REFRESHER TOPIC:

• PUBLIC HEALTH ENGINEERING

• WATER SUPPLY ENGINEERING

• CIVIL ENGINEERING (FLUID

MECHANICS AND HYDRAULICS)

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RULES:

• 3 EASY QUESTIONS (1 point)

• 2 AVERAGE QUESTIONS (2 points)

• 1 HARD QUESTION (5 points)

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ROUND 1
1. He is best known for his work tracing
the source of the cholera outbreak and
is considered the father of modern
epidemiology.

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JOHN SNOW

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2. The world’s first written health code.

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BOOK OF LEVITICUS

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3. A state of complete physical, mental
and social well-being and not merely
the absence of disease or infirmity.

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HEALTH

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4. The science and art of preventing
disease, prolonging life, and promoting
health through the organized efforts and
informed choices of society,
organization, public and private
communities, and individuals.

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PUBLIC HEALTH

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5. Responsible for designing tools and
systems or developing new policies and
procedures that help prevent others
from being sick or injured.

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PUBLIC HEALTH
ENGINEER

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* Derived from the Greek word, which
means “an act of health.”

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HYGIENE

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ROUND 2
1. Microbes that causes infectious
diseases are collectively referred to as

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PATHOGENS

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2. A disease caused by a microbe.

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INFECTIOUS DISEASES

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3. A communicable disease that is
easily transmitted from one person to
another.

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CONTAGIOUS DISEASES

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4. The ability of microbes or pathogens
to cause disease

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PATHOGENICITY

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5. Study of the structural and functional
manifestations of disease and is
involved in diagnosing diseases in
individual.

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PATHOLOGY

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* Balancing economic requirements
with ecological concerns

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SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT

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ROUND 3
1. A term applied to a specific disease
when it normally prevails in a locality
and does not fluctuate markedly from
the normal expected incidence in the
community.

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ENDEMIC

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2. The incidence of a communicable
disease among a number of people to
an extent that is recognizable
statistically as being well beyond the
normal expectancy for the disease in a
community in a definite period of time.

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EPIDEMIC

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3. Implies the occurrence of few
scattered cases of the disease without
relationship to other cases; a few cases
every now and then.

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SPORADIC

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4. An infected person without apparent
clinical disease but is a potential source
of infection.

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CARRIER

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5. Time during which the patient feels
“out of sorts” but not yet experiencing
actual symptoms of disease

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PRODROMAL PERIOD

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* A meeting among many world leaders
lasting 3 days from September 6 to 8,
2000 at the United Nations headquarters
in New York City. Its purpose was to
discuss the role of the United Nations at
the turn of the 21st century.

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MILLENNIUM SUMMIT

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ROUND 4
1. Disease wherein water acts as the
passive vehicle for the infecting agent
or the drinking of water containing the
disease agent.

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WATER-BORNE DISEASES

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2. Diseases due to lack of adequate
quantity of water and poor personal
hygiene which favor the spread of
theses diseases.

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WATER-WASHED DISEASES

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3. Diseases transmitted by insects
which live close to water.

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WATER-RELATED VECTORS

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4. Etiological agent of Cholera

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CHOLERA VIBRIO

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5. Etiological agent of Typhoid fever

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SALMONELLA TYPHOSA

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* Etiological agent of Minamata disease

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MERCURY (USUALLY FROM
CONTAMINATED FISH)

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ROUND 5
1. Etiological agent of Amoebic
dysentery

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SALMONELLA HISTOLYTICA

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2. Colorless yet poisonous gas resulting
from incomplete combustion of fuel.

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CARBON MONOXIDE (CO)

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3. A group of organic compounds
consisting of carbon and hydrogen
atoms. Usually unburned fumes that
evaporate from gas tanks and are
emitted from exhausts of vehicles.

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HYDROCARBONS (HCS)

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4. Vector of Malaria

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ANOPHELES MOSQUITO

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5. Vector of Dengue fever

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AEDES AEGYPTI MOSQUITO

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* Vector of Filariasis

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CULEX PIPIENS MOSQUITO

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ROUND 6
1. The measure of pathogenicity

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VIRULENCE

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2. Small pieces of solid materials
dispersed into the atmosphere.

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PARTICULATES

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3. A mixture of pollutants resulting from
the interaction of NO and NO2 with
ultraviolet light

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PHOTOCHEMICAL SMOG

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4. Condition when warm air becomes
trapped between two layers of cold air
and acts like a lid on the valley.

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THERMAL INVERSION

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5. The accumulation of potential acid-
forming particles on a surface.

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ACID DEPOSITION

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* produced when HC’s in the
atmosphere react with O3.

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PANS (PEROXYACETYL
NITRATE)

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ROUND 7
1. Form of precipitation resulting from
the acid-forming reactions.

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ACID RAIN

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2. Layer found in the stratosphere with
high concentration of ozone molecules.

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OZONE LAYER

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3. Increase in temperature of earth due
to greenhouse effect of gasses.

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GLOBAL WARMING

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4. The application of statistical methods
and techniques to the study of vital
facts, such as those concerning births,
marriages, deaths, and illnesses.

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VITAL STATISTICS

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5. Measures how fast people are added
to the population through births.

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CRUDE BIRTH RATES (CBR)

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* Measures the proportion of existing
cases of a disease in the population.
The term “existing” refers to old and
new cases of the disease.

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PREVALENCE RATES

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ROUND 8
The following data are taken from the
1985 Philippine Health Statistics Report

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Using the information given, compute and
interpret the following vital health
indicators:
1. Crude birth rate
2. Crude death rate
3. General fertility rate
4. Infant mortality rate
5. Mortality rate from tuberculosis
* Case-fatality rate from tuberculosis.
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1. Crude birth rate (CBR)

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CBR = 26.29/1000

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2. Crude Death Rate (CDR)

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CDR = 6.12/1000

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3. General Fertility Rate (GFR)

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GFR = 111.30/1000

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4. Infant mortality rate

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IMR = 53.55/1000

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5. Mortality rate for TB (Cause-of-death
rate)

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57.9/100,000

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* Case Fatality Rate from TB

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CFR = 20.63%

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ROUND 9
1. Science of anticipating, recognizing,
evaluating, and controlling workplace
conditions that may cause workers’
injury or illness.

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INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE

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2. The science that studies the
poisonous or toxic properties of
substances.

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TOXICOLOGY

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3. The amount of a given substance in
a stated unit of measure.

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CONCENTRATION

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4. This action occurs when the
combined effect of two or more
chemicals is equal to the sum of the
effect of each agents given alone.
(Example: Coal dust + silica dust = dust
laden lungs)

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ADDITIVE EFFECT

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5. This effect results when one substance
that does not normally have a toxic effect is
added to another chemical, it makes the
second chemical much more toxic.
[Example: Isopropyl alcohol (no effect in
the liver) + carbon tetrachloride = greatly
increase the toxicity of carbon tetrachloride]

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POTENTIATION

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* The opposite of synergism. It is the
situation where the combined effect of
two or more compounds is less toxic
than the individual effects. (Example:
Methanol + Ethanol = ethanol is
antidote for methanol poisoning)

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ANTAGONISM/
ANTAGONISTIC EFFECT

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ROUND 10
1. Penetration of one substance into or
through another

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ABSORPTION

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2. Molecular attraction that holds the
surfaces of two substances in contact,
such as water and rock particles

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ADHESION

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3. Attachment of the molecules of a
liquid or gaseous substance to the
surface of a solid

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ADSORPTION

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4. Residue that remains after a fuel or
solid waste has been burned.

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ASH

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5. Wastes produced from the raising of
plants and animals for food, including
manure, plant stalks, hulls, and leaves.

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AGRICULTURAL SOLID
WASTE

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* Air pollution abatement device used to
trap particulates by filtering gas streams
through large fabric bags usually made
of cloth or glass fibers

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BAGHOUSE

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ROUND 11
1. Number coding for PETE
(polyethylene terephthalate)

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BAGHOUSE

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2. Number coding for polyvinyl chloride
(PVC)

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3

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3. Number coding for polystyrene

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6

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4. Number coding for low-density
polyethylene

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4

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5. All solid materials that are
discarded as useless. A term often
used interchangeably with the term
solid waste.

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REFUSE

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* Controlled dump facilities shall only
be allowed to operate for a period of
_____ years, inclusive of the 3-year
conversion period.

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ROUND 12
1. Waste includes all organic matters
such as meat, vegetables and plants
waste that can be decomposed by
biological digestion and fermentation.

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BIODEGRADABLE WASTE

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2. Wastes that can be transformed
either by chemical or biological
processes, i.e. corrosion or by
decomposition

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DEGRADABLE WASTE

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3. Philippine Environmental code

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PD 1152

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4. Pollution control law

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PD 984

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5. Ecological solid waste management
act

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RA 9003

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* An act to punish the dumping into river
of refuse matter or substances of any
kind whatsoever that may bring the rise
or filling in of river beds or cause
artificial alluvial formation.

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COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 383

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