Rehs Exam Environmental Engineering Questions

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most plentiful form of available water

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groundwater

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most waterborne disease fatalities before 1940 caused by

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typhoid fever

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agent of cyclosporiasis

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cyclospora cyetanensis

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waterborne disease

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ingestion of water w/ pathogen

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water-washed disease

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fecal-oral/ P2P caused by lack of clean water to wash with

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Water-based infection

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invasion of body through contact with water

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water-related diseases

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water provides breeding ground for insect vectors

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Shigellosis (agent and common reservoir)

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Shigella spp.

human feces

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Botulism (agent and common reservoirs)

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Clostridium botulinum

soil, animal/human feces, food

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Emetic type bacillus cereus reservoir

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boiled/fried rice

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diarrheal type bacillus cereus reservoir

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cereals, spices, veggies, milk

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typhoid fever (agent and reservoir)

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Salmonella typhi

feces/urine

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Campylobacter enteritis (agent and reservoir)

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Campylobacter jejuni

raw animal meat, raw milk, water

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Amebiasis (agent and reservoir)

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Entamoeba histolytica

feces, rats

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Staphyloccocus food poisoning (agent and reservoir)

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Staphyloccocus aureus

skin, membranes, pus, dust, air

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Cholera (agent and reservoir)

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Vibrio cholerae

feces, vomit

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Yersiniosis (agent and reservoir)

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Yersinia enterolitica

animals, birds, humans, surface water

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Trichinosis (agent and reservoir)

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Trichinella spiralis

Pigs, bears, rats, foxes, wolves

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Cryptospordiosis

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Cryptosporidium parvum

farm animals, fowl, cats, dogs, mice, man

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Clostridium perfringins reservoir

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soil, GI tract of mammals

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Giardiasis (agent and reservoir)

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Giardia lamblia

feces, dogs, beavers

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Listeriosis (agent and reservoir)

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Listeria monocytogenes

goats, cattle, humans, soil, water

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Scromboid fish poisoning (agent and reservoir)

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Scrombotoxin (histamine in muscle)

Fish

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Water diseases occur more frequently in

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non community water systems

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crypto can survive in cold surface water for

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18 months

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3 factors that make developing countries susceptible to illnesses

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1. contaminated drinking water

2. unhygienic housing

3. poor sanitation

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tick reservoir, agent is Rickettsia ricketsii, transmitted by bite

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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

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fly infestation of human/ animal tissue with fly larvae

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myiasis

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viral infection spread by a bite from an infected Dermacentor andersoni wood tick

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Colorado Tick Fever

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reservoir rabbits, muskrats, etc.

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tularemia

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transmitted by tsetse flies, reservoir is humans, wild game and cattle

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Trypanosomiasis, African Sleeping sickness

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viral disease from Aedes species of mosquitos

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Dengue fever

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reservoir is birds

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psittacosis

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nematode worms, transmitted via mosquito bite, reservoir is human blood

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Filariasis

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Malaria (agent, reservoir, mode of transmission)

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Plasmodium parasite

humans and mosquitos

bite of mosquito

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a.k.a. woolsorter's disease

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anthrax

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fatality rate of inhaled anthrax

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75%

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Lead accumulates in

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bones, blood, tissues

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blood lead level considered pot. harmful to children?

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10 ug/dL

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CO level that causes headache

CO level that causes unconciousness

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200-400 ppm

800-1600

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level of Hg in blood considered poisonous

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20 ppb

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Substandard housing

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1. 1.51 ppl/room

2. no private bath

3. dilapidated

4. no running water

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CO limits of ___ ppm 8 hours, _____ ppm for 1 hour

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9

35

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Radon half-life, products

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3.8 days, alpha decay products

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Wash temp/time in hospital laundry

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160F for 25 mins

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Infectious waste can be treated for disposal by

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autoclaving, incineration

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frequency of SW in residential ares during warm months

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2x/ week

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Compost must attain _____ for _____ days

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131F, 3 days

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Waste is hazardous if it is ___________, _____________, & _____________

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lethal, non degradable, accumulates in biological systems

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4 characteristics of haz waste

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Ignitable, Corrosive, Reactive, Toxic