Sanitarian Exam Study Guide 2023 with
complete solution
What is the correct order for warewashing? Answer- wash-rinse-sanitize-airdry
Employees should wash their hands for a minimum of? Answer- 20 seconds
What animal is most likely to carry rabies? Answer- Bats
How often should a restaurant septic be inspected? Answer- anually
What are some degradable pollutants? Answer- Oil and Grease, Organic Matter,
Phenols, Cyanides, ammonia, nitrites, and organic nitrogen
What are some non degradable pollutants? Answer- Extremely decay resistant.
Sulfates, Metallic Salts, Hard detergents
What is a physical cross connection? Answer- A connection which may allow the flow
from an unapproved water supply into a potable water supply
Flushometer valve Answer- is a device, which discharges a predetermined quantity of
water
into fixtures for flushing purposes and is actuated by direct water pressure
A flushometer value is protected by Answer- A non-pressure type vacuum breaker
Who is the senior emergency response official responding to an emergency? AnswerAn incident commander
During a disaster, health personnel are Answer- First responders
How do you lower calcium hardness? Answer- Add 1 pound if anhydrous trisodium
phosphate per 10,000 gallons of water. This reduces hardness by 11 ppm
What type of radiation can not go through paper? Answer- Alpha particles
What vector caused the Bubonic Plague? Answer- Fleas
Streams, Lakes, and Ponds are: Answer- Surface Water
Cockroaches are known to transmit: Answer- Salmonella<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Peron-to-person transfer of cysts from the feces of the infected individual is: AnswerGiradaisis
How often should a child be tested for lead poisoning? Answer- 1-3 months
What will raise the alkalinity and pH of water? Answer- Baking soda (sodium
bicarbonate)
Soda Ash Answer- Sodium Carbonate, used to raise the pH in water
What type of acid keeps chlorine constant? Answer- Cynauric Acid
What does muratic acid and sodium bisulfate do to pool chemistry? Answer- Lowers
alkalinity and pH
A pH of 6.8 is considered? Answer- Slightly acidic
What is the most common cause of bacterial meningitis in children 5 years of age and
younger? Answer- Haemophils Influenzae Type B
In disaster housing, how far must the beds be apart? Answer- 3 ft
Who declares a state of emergency? Answer- The governor
Who is most affected by TB? Answer- Either urban areas or young adults entering the
workforce?
What is a measure of the amount of light scattered particles by particles suspended in a
water test sample? Answer- NTU Nephelometric Turbidity Units
What is an epidemic? Answer- the occurrence in a community or region of cases of an
illness clearly in excess of expectancy
What is the most effective method to prevent ticks when entering a tick infested area?
Answer- Pull your socks over your trousers
Portal of entry a field sanitarian should protect to avoid Lyme’s Disease? Answer- Skin
(Dermal)
What type of disease leaves lesions on your skin? Answer- Lyme’s Disease? or Rocky
Mountain Spotted Fever
Swimmers Itch Answer- Schistosomiasis
Traps in Plumbing are designed to Answer- prevent sewer gasses from entering the
house
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is the correct order for warewashing?
wash-rinse-sanitize-airdry<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Employees should wash their hands for a minimum of?
20 seconds<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What animal is most likely to carry rabies?
Bats<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How often should a restaurant septic be inspected?
anually<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What are some degradable pollutants?
Oil and Grease, Organic Matter, Phenols, Cyanides, ammonia, nitrites, and organic nitrogen<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What are some non degradable pollutants?
Extremely decay resistant. Sulfates, Metallic Salts, Hard detergents<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is a physical cross connection?
A connection which may allow the flow from an unapproved water supply into a potable water supply<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Flushometer valve
is a device, which discharges a predetermined quantity of water
into fixtures for flushing purposes and is actuated by direct water pressure<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A flushometer value is protected by
A non-pressure type vacuum breaker<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Who is the senior emergency response official responding to an emergency?
An incident commander<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During a disaster, health personnel are
First responders<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How do you lower calcium hardness?
Add 1 pound if anhydrous trisodium phosphate per 10,000 gallons of water. This reduces hardness by 11 ppm<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What type of radiation can not go through paper?
Alpha particles<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What vector caused the Bubonic Plague?
Fleas<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Streams, Lakes, and Ponds are:
Surface Water<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cockroaches are known to transmit:
Salmonella<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Peron-to-person transfer of cysts from the feces of the infected individual is:
Giradaisis<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How often should a child be tested for lead poisoning?
1-3 months<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What will raise the alkalinity and pH of water?
Baking soda (sodium bicarbonate)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Soda Ash
Sodium Carbonate, used to raise the pH in water<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What type of acid keeps chlorine constant?
Cynauric Acid<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What does muratic acid and sodium bisulfate do to pool chemistry?
Lowers alkalinity and pH<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A pH of 6.8 is considered?
Slightly acidic<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is the most common cause of bacterial meningitis in children 5 years of age and younger?
Haemophils Influenzae Type B<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In disaster housing, how far must the beds be apart?
3 ft<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Who declares a state of emergency?
The governor<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Who is most affected by TB?
Either urban areas or young adults entering the workforce?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is a measure of the amount of light scattered particles by particles suspended in a water test sample?
NTU Nephelometric Turbidity Units<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is an epidemic?
the occurrence in a community or region of cases of an illness clearly in excess of expectancy<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is the most effective method to prevent ticks when entering a tick infested area?
Pull your socks over your trousers<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Portal of entry a field sanitarian should protect to avoid Lyme’s Disease?
Skin (Dermal)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What type of disease leaves lesions on your skin?
Lyme’s Disease? or Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Swimmers Itch
Schistosomiasis<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Traps in Plumbing are designed to
prevent sewer gasses from entering the house<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is the minimum lot size required to place an OSSF?
1\/2 acre lot<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Interval between exposure to an infectious agent and the onset of the first symptom
incubation period<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Incubation Period for Dengue Fever
4-7 days<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An establishment known to have imminent health hazards not closed by the inspecting regulatory authority is an example of:
non-feasance<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Who regulates new additives in food?
FDA<\/p>\n\n\n\n
HACCP is designed to:
Eliminate health hazards & establish strategies to prevent, eliminate, or reduce<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hazardous Waste Characteristics
TICR (Toxic, Ignitiable, Corrosive, Reactive)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When water quality is an issue:?
You should bring water to a rolling boil for at least a minute?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is the most important thing to consider during a natural disaster?
Turn off utilities or have clean water?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What disease do cockroaches carry in their intestines?
Typhoid, Dysentery, Cholera, Leprosy, and Plague<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is the difference between total chlorine and combined chlorine?
Total Chlorine – Sum of free chlorine and combined chloine
Combined Chlorine – refers to chlorine that has combined directly with contaminants<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Effectiveness of Chlorine
pH – High – Chlorine is less effective
pH – Low – Chlorine is more effective<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An action authorized by law to restrict or prevent the movement of goods for the protection of public health, safety and welfare is called
embargo<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Name the steps in the order of water treatment:
Coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation, filtration<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Disaster relief is predominantly dependent on:
Prior Planning<\/p>\n\n\n\n
gamma radition
dense and capable of penetrating deep flesh<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fermentation in a coliform test indicates:
Fecal coliform<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is a carrier?
someone who is still contagious or spreading disease but no longer exhibiting symptoms<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is the best method for absorbing gases and aerosols?
activated carbon<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What does the presence of flies in a food establishment indicate?
???<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is the closest depth an absorptive drain field can be to a water supply?
24 inches<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What determines the freshness of fish?
flexible flesh, red gills<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Minimum time an oyster must keep its identification tags?
90 days<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Solution for ware washing should have a chlorine content of?
50-99<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Co2 Poisoning Symptoms
Light headed, pale, dizziness, disoriented, weakness, flushed face<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Food is not to be in the temperature danger zone longer than?
4 hours<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hantavirus is carried by?
the deer mouse<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What should be added to the pool to raise pH?
Sodium Carbonate (Soda ash) or Sodium Bicarbonate (Baking Soda)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To raise total alkalinity, use:
Sodium Bicarbonate (Baking Soda)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How do you remove chlorine from a pool?
Sodium Thiosulfate and Hydrogen Peroxide<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In what setting is bare hand contact with ready to eat foods entirely restricted?
day care center<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is a requirement of food establishment workers who handle ready to eat foods?
Wash and then sanitize<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During a natural disaster, who is the primary point of reference?
Local and state agencies<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is the first step of HACCP?
Identify the hazard<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How do agencies find out about public health threats?
???<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is a measure of water clarity and how much the material suspended in water decreases passage of light through water<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Primary treatment involves what in waste water facilities?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is the temperature danger zone?
40-140<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Where do bacterial thrive?
Subsoil<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You must be licensed by who to administer pesticides?
Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the event of a hazardous spill
You should consult the safety data sheet<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is the sole and only alternative method to a traditional OSSF system?
Oxidation Pond<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What conditions require additional OSSF special planning requirements?
A 100 year floodplain<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When a new subdivision is proposed? It is recommended that:
Add on to an existing if possible<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What test indicates human pollution?
Coliform<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Biomedical wastes are classified as:
Infectious and Chemical<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Used fats and oils are classified as what kinds of wastes:
Industrial<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is degradable in a septic tank?
Sodium<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is the seepage of water into a sewage system?
Infiltration<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To lower the pH in a pool:
Use muratic acid<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Public Health Law is designed to:
issue involvements of the governments legal authorities, to ensure the conditions for people to be health and balance the authority and duties<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is misfeasance?
Performance of an authorized act in an unauthorized manner<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is the Public Health Service responsible for?
the preparation of documents to guide environmental health administrators and planners in development of programs<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What type of bacteria contains the most pathogens?
Mesophilic<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a dry food storage room, the artificial lighting should provide a minimum of
a. 10-foot candles
b. 50-foot candles
c. 100-foot candles
d. 3-foot candles
10-foot candles<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is a requirement of an industries septic tank?
Have a grease trap<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What species of fish eat mosquito larve?
Goldfish, Koi, Guppies, Bass (Mosquitofish? Gambusia Affins)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A backflow prevention device is used:
To allow water to flow in one direction but never in the opposite. Located near the water meter in a green or black plastic box<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hemolytic uremic syndrome is caused by
Escherichia coli O157:H7<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Legal Permission to confiscate, retain, or dispose of something
Seizure Order<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What are characteristics of NON-TCS foods?
Low water activity (aw < 0.85) and low pH (ph < 4.2)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The main goal of HACCP?
To prevent, eliminate, or reduce biological, chemical, or physical hazards to food<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Human Disease of Aerosols in wastewater:
are related primarily to wastewater treatment by the activated sludge, trickling filter, and spray irrigation process<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Who determines if a waste is hazardous?
RCRA (Resource Conservation and Recovery Association)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hazardous Wastes have two categories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What disposal method places waste on the side of a hill or slope?
Area method<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What respirator provides the greatest protection?
SCBA – Self Contained Breathing Apparatus<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Isotopes of the same element have different
mass numbers but the same atomic numbers<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What are the four standards of OSHA?
Design, Performance, Vertical, and Horizontal<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Liquids become gasses by
Evaporation<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Synergism
When two pollutants are combined, the effects are greater than the sum of the individual effects<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Smog comes from what two pollutants?
Sulphur Dioxide and Hydrogen Fluoride<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What type of air pollution causes bleaching of leaves in plants?
Sulphur Dioxide<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Most accepted form of cross connection?
An air gap<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is a cancer causing mineral?
Abestos<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is radon?
a carcinogenic gas that can enter homes through cracks in foundation ( have have inspected when buying a home)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The drain line of an ice machine should connect to the sewer system through
open receptacle with an air gap<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A footing drain is required to:
Keep the foundation from slipping<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nosocomical
hospital acquired infection<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is the definition of a biohazard?
A material or condition that is infective in nature and that constitutes a threat to people and their environment<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Total Residual Chlorine
The total concentration of residual free chlorine plus the residual of combined chlorine (free chlorine + combined)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is combined chlorine?
Sum of chlorine and ammonia<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is stabilized chlorine?
Free chlorine combined with cyanuric acid<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The generally prohibited swimming facility from a public health perspective is a
fill and draw pool<\/p>\n\n\n\n
HAZWOPER Training
Requires 40-hours off-site safety training, 3 days of supervised field experience. Supervisors require 8 hours of additional training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Requires the training of employees who handle emergency response activities<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Key components of the HAZWOPER training exclude:
Sanitary requirements<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Public Health Service<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Food, Dairy, and Beverage Industries<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FATTOM<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Food, Acidity, Temperature, Time, Oxygen, Moisture<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Add calcium chloride (CaCl^2)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Food borne illness<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Automobile fumes<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2 hours<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Organic Wastes<\/p>\n\n\n\n
4 times<\/p>\n\n\n\n
???<\/p>\n\n\n\n
HEP A<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Influenza?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
set maximum contaminant levels for pollutants that may have adverse effects on human health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The EPA<\/p>\n\n\n\n
0.85<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eliminate pest entry and harborage<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For groundwater recharge<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Evaporation of water from the leaves of a plant<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To prevent contamination of the groundwater<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Filtration<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Discard<\/p>\n\n\n\n
???<\/p>\n\n\n\n
COPLF Command, Operations, Planning, Logistics, Finance<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Statutes<\/p>\n\n\n\n
May be consumed in any desired amount without concern for adverse effects on health<\/p>\n\n\n\n
-a test to indicate contamination by coliform bacteria in drinking water.
-qualitative test: test indicates presence or absence;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The most powerful disinfectant used in water treatment<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Filters<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Biological, Chemical, and Physical<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Irrigating crops or groundwater recharge<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sand filter<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An oxidation or stabilization pond<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Methane, CO2, and Hydrogen Sulfide<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Multi copy shipping form which contains emergency response information specific to a certain waste<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yellow, brown, red<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Keep it out of the temperature danger zone<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"