EOH 353 - Global Perspective of Environmental Health » Spring 2020 » Chapter 13 Quiz

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Question #1
Organizing work shifts and rotating employees to minimize exposure to hazards is an example of which of the following?
A.   Administrative controls
B.   Ergonomic safeguards
C.   None of these is correct.
D.   Engineering controls
E.   Modifications of the work environment
Question #2
Bernardino Ramazzini, the father of occupational medicine, is also considered to be a pioneer in what field, by pointing out the hazards associated with postures assumed in various occupations?
A.   Physiology
B.   Ergonomics
C.   Biometrics
D.   Kinesiology
E.   None of these is correct.
Question #3
In 2015, which of the following conditions accounted for approximately 15% of occupational illnesses (excluding injuries) in the United States?
A.   Dermatitis
B.   Blood poisoning
C.   Poisoning
D.   Deafness
E.   Pneumoconiosis
Question #4
Allergies caused by industrial chemicals often exhibit which of the following symptoms?
A.   Dermatitis (extensive skin eruptions)
B.   Brain lesions
C.   Death
D.   Fibrosis of the lungs
E.   None of these is correct.
Question #5
Sources of job stress include:
A.   job dissatisfaction.
B.   inadequate compensation.
C.   work overload.
D.   All of these are correct.
E.   job insecurity.
Question #6
Many of the work-related respiratory diseases are acute conditions that have short latency periods.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #7
Who is considered to be the “Father of Occupational Medicine”?
A.   Bernardino Ramazzini
B.   Sir Percival Pott
C.   Irving Selikoff
D.   Hippocrates
Question #8
Human beings can perceive difference between sound intensities from the lowest levels to the highest levels, which vary by a factor of more than 1 trillion.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #9
Asthma has become the most frequently diagnosed occupational respiratory disease in occupational medicine clinics.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #10
Which of the following was an affliction that occurred among workers who manufactured matches around the late 1900s?
A.   Caisson disease
B.   Phossy jaw
C.   Filecutters’ paralysis
D.   Mad-hatter’s disease

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