Environmental Health: Local to Global: Module 5 Quiz

Question 1

1. In the United States, research has documented socioeconomic and racial/ethnic disparities in residential exposures to _______________.

1 points  

Question 2

1. In the context of ionizing radiation, the term relative biological effectiveness describes _______________, per unit of radiation energy absorbed by the body.

1 points  

Question 3

1. Which of the following occupations is not particularly associated with high exposure to asbestos?

1 points  

Question 4

1. Which of the following diseases is a sentinel illness for asbestos exposure?

1 points  

Question 5

1. The half-life of a radioactive element is the time it takes for half the atoms in a sample to _______________.

1 points  

Question 6

1. Which of the following is not a syndrome associated with acute high-level exposure to ionizing radiation?

1 points  

Question 7

1. Occupational exposure to cotton dust causes _______________.

1 points  

Question 8

1. Which of the following types of radiation is not ionizing?

1 points  

Question 9

1. Which type of radiation is most penetrating, if a person is exposed from a source outside the body?

1 points  

Question 10

1. Nanoparticles are in the same size range as __________________ particulates.

1 points  

Question 11

1. Asbestos is a _______________ hazard.

1 points  

Question 12

1. Which of the following is not a documented health effect of noise in the workplace?

1 points  

Question 13

1. Today, with asbestos exposures in the United States largely controlled, deaths from malignant melanoma in the country are _______________.

1 points  

Question 14

1. Radioactive decay occurs when an atom of a radioactive isotope _______________.

1 points  

Question 15

1. In the United States, research on burdens of BPA, PFCs, and PBDEs in people’s bodies or in their microenvironments has shown: