General/Emergency Management

Question 1

Order of priority:
-Chlorine Gas leak at pool
- Power outage at a restaurant
-No hand sink at food festival

Answer 1

1. Chlorine gas leak
2. No hand sink at food festival
3. Power outage at restaurant

Question 2

What is the first thing you do if you suspect several workers ill from sick building syndrome?

Answer 2

Interview complainants

Question 3

Which is least likely to cause disease?

Answer 3

Soil

Question 4

By how many millions of people is the population increasing?

Answer 4

80 million per year

Question 5

Which scenario would most likely lead to someone contracting legionnaire’s disease?

Answer 5

Inhaling water evaporating in hot tub. Or from other water sources like: cooling towers, HVAC systems, etc.

Question 6

What is the proper emergency water treatment?

Answer 6

Boil for 1 minute (or 3 minutes for elevations above 5,000 ft.)

Disinfect using 6% or 8.25% bleach (sodium hypochlorite/chlorine)
1-2 drops/Liter or 8 drops/gallon(6%) or 6 drops/gallon(8.25%)

Question 7

What can you use after a disaster?

Answer 7

Canned goods

Question 8

What is due process?

Answer 8

Fair treatment through the normal judicial system, especially as a citizen’s entitlement. Amendment 5 and 6.

Question 9

Who becomes incident commander in emergency situations?

Answer 9

First on site
Senior emergency response official

Question 10

During an emergency event, there is a worry about a Hanta virus outbreak. What educational measures should be put into place to help the public?

Answer 10

How to prevent rodents

Question 11

There is a vacant lot that has been used for dumping of unwanted items. What is the correct action that an REHS should perform?

Answer 11

Contact the owner and explain the public health dangers, including harboring of rodents. Discuss measures to get the site cleaned up as well as blocking the area/post no dumping sign.

Question 12

What are fomites?

Answer 12

Inanimate object that, when contaminated or exposed to infectious agents, can transfer disease to a new host.

Question 13

What was modeled after the National Emergency Response?

Answer 13

NIMS (National Incident Management System)

Question 14

The REHS did something they knew was unlawful and they did it in an unapproved way

Answer 14

Malfeasance

Question 15

Intentional wrongful/unlawful act

Answer 15

Malfeasance

Question 16

Lawful act that is done incorrectly

Answer 16

Misfeasance

Question 17

Failure to act when there is legal duty to do so

Answer 17

Nonfeasance

Question 18

What role can REHS perform when helping with an ice machine to prevent contamination?

Answer 18

Create a cleaning schedule

Question 19

You come across a gasoline spill on the highway, what are the appropriate steps to take?

Answer 19

Contain the spill

Question 20

What is it called when you clean human skin?

Answer 20

Asepsis

Question 21

Three levels of food safety inspection violations from most important to least important

Answer 21

1. Priority -violations that contribute directly to foodborne illness or injury
2. Priority Foundation- supports priority items
3. Core - relates to general sanitation, operation controls, etc.

Question 22

In addressing the public on emergency situations…

Answer 22

Be accurate, be authoritative

Question 23

What is a health impact assessment(HIA)?

Answer 23

A combination of procedures, methods and tools by which a policy, program or project may be judged as to its potential effects on the health of a population, and the distribution of those effects within a population.

Question 24

What is passive health surveillance?

Answer 24

Regular reporting of disease data by all institutions that see patients (or test specimens) and are part of a reporting network.

Question 25

FDA Risk management

Answer 25

Helps sets priorities. Produces a basis for balanced analysis and decision making. Produces more efficient and consistent risk reduction policies.

Question 26

Before REHS begins a community project..

Answer 26

Meet with the community to identify problems

Question 27

Steps during outbreak investigations

Answer 27

1. Preparation and planning 2. Detection 3. Confirmation 4. Description 5. Hypothesis formulation 6. Hypothesis testing 7. Control measures 8. Formal Report

Question 28

Who is the incident commander?

Answer 28

Person with jurisdiction Person responsible for all aspects of emergency response

Question 29

What is NIMS

Answer 29

National Incident Management System A systematic, proactive approach to guide departments and agencies at all levels of government.

Question 30

What is ICS?

Answer 30

Incident Command System A systematic tool for the command, control, and coordination of emergency response.

Question 31

Who does operations chief report to?

Answer 31

Incident commander

Question 32

Prevailing winds

Answer 32

Blow predominantly from a single direction over a particular point on earths surface.