203 RATS up to Midterm

The stable fertility rate is around 2.9 live births per adult.
Select one:
True
False

The stable fertility rate is around 2.9 live births per adult.
Select one:
True
False

false

Which of the following best describes the 2010 demographic transition of the United States of America?
Select one:
a. Stage/Phase 1
b. Stage/Phase 2
c. Stage/Phase 3
d. In between Stage/Phase 1 and 2
e. In between Stage/Phase 2 and 3

e. In between Stage/Phase 2 and 3

The 'Three Ps' of environmental health science are:
Select one:
a. Pollution, Poverty, and Prevention
b. Pollution, Poverty, and Population
c. Prevention, Poverty, and Participation
d. People, Places, and Purpose
e. Public, participation, and power

b. Pollution, Poverty, and Population

True or False: The term that describes the gradual change in population distribution is known as the Demographic Transition.
Select one:
True
False

true

True or False: Though perhaps spurious, there was an association between Civil Engineering PhDs and mozzarella cheese consumption.

Select one:
True
False

True

Suppose we were studying a population that was exposed to benzene, and trying to associate this exposure with a certain cancer. But there was also an independent association between benzene concentrations and acetonitrile concentrations, each of which may cause this specific cancer as well. If we don't account for acetonitrile (which may also cause this cancer), this is known as what?

Select one:
a. Confounding
b. Relative risk
c. Regression
d. Causality
e. Cross sectional

a. Confounding

True or False: There is a distinct pattern of obesity prevalence across the United States

Select one:
True
False

True

If I tell you that, right now, 100 out of 10,000 people have the flu, which term am I talking about?

Select one:
a. Prevalence
b. Odds ratio
c. Incidence
d. Relative Risk
e. Analytic Epidemiology

a. Prevalence

This acronym is a foundation of toxicology.

Select one:
a. ADME
b. ACME
c. ADCE
d. ABCE
e. ABCD

a. ADME

True or False: Individual dose-response is usually about the same as a community dose-response.

Select one:
True
False

false

"All substances are poisons; there is none that is not a poison. The right dose differentiates a poison from a remedy." Who said this?

Select one:
a. Paracelsus
b. Galileo
c. John Snow
d. Fibonacci
e. Ben Franklin

a. Paracelsus

This is what happens when two non-toxic compounds are mixed together and cause one or both compounds to become toxic.

Select one:
a. Synergy
b. Additive
c. Potentiation
d. Antagonistic
e. Teratogenic

c. Potentiation

True or False: There are four main steps to performing a risk assessment.

Select one:
True
False

true

Which law sets specific environmental standards for surface water quality, such as permitting the discharges of pollutants into waters, in the US?

Select one:
a. Clean Water Act
b. Safe Drinking Water Act
c. FIFRA
d. Drinking Water Standards act of 1974
e. Toxic Substances Control Act

a. Clean Water Act

True or False: Risk Assessment has a role in policy development.
Select one:
True
False

True

True or False: Once environmental laws are written, they are rarely updated.

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True
False

False

True or False: Making sure environmental laws are properly applied during a review in the court of law refers to Environmental Justice.

Select one:
True
False

false

True or False: The World Health Organizations sets air and water quality standards in the United States, and these are enforced by the US EPA.

Select one:
True
False

false

This disease causes roughly 500,000 deaths per year, most of which are children, and many of which are in Africa.

Select one:
a. Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
b. Malaria
c. Lesihmaniasis
d. Eastern Equine Encephalitis
e. Lyme Disease

b. Malaria

True or False: Malaria primarily affects northern hemisphere countries, including the US and Canada, and across Europe.

Select one:
True
False

false

This disease is caused by an adult worm that releases millions of juvenile worms into human tissues

Select one:
a. Lymphatic filariasis
b. Lyme disease
c. The Plague
d. Leishmaniasis
e. Malaria

a. Lymphatic filariasis

This is the term that refers to diseases that originate exclusively from other animals

Select one:
a. Zoonosis
b. Vector Borne disease
c. Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
d. Leishmaniasis
e. Ricksettial agents

a. Zoonosis

True or False: The Plague, which killed perhaps 100M people in the middle ages is still causes infections.

Select one:
True
False

true

This element sometimes leaches in high concentrations into drinking water through pipes in your home.

Select one:
a. Copper
b. Beryllium
c. Nickel
d. Iron
e. Nickel

a. Copper

Which term best refers to a harmful substance that is naturally derived? For example, harmful substances from mushrooms.

Select one:
a. Toxins
b. Toxicants
c. Poisons
d. Toxicity

a. Toxins

True or False: Viral hemorrhagic fevers are generally nuisance illnesses that are minor and go away on their own.

false