Question 1
In environmental health, the term toxin refers to a toxic substance that _______________.
is naturally produced by a plant or animal
occurs in the occupational setting
results from human activity
a man-made product introduced into the environment due to human activity
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Question 2
In toxicity testing in rodents, the LD50 is a dose that is _______________.
acutely fatal to 50 percent of test animals
fatal to 50 percent of test animals within a 90-day period
fatal to 50 percent of test animals after lifetime bioaccumulation
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Question 3
Which of the following is not characteristic of a health impact assessment?
It evaluates a site or activity as it is, rather than looking forward in time
It includes social and economic factors in the assessment
It incorporates input from community members
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Question 4
An exposure pathway connects _______________ to _______________.
an exposure / a change in tissue structure or function
inhalation / absorption
the environmental source of a contaminant / the point of exposure
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Question 5
The three major routes of human exposure to environmental contaminants are _______________.
by air, water, and soil
environmental, occupational, and residential
ingestion, inhalation, and dermal contact
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Question 6
The phrase contact with the human envelope is a common definition of _______________.
absorption
disposition
exposure
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Question 7
The quantity of a toxicant (or its breakdown product) that is available to interact with some vulnerable tissue in the body is called the _______________.
absorbed dose
biologically effective dose
body burden
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Question 8
The body burden of a chemical in the body reflects the net effect of _______________.
absorption and biological effectiveness
synergism and antagonism
the processes of toxicokinetics
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Question 9
Bioaccumulation is the _______________.
gradual building up of a chemical in the tissue of an organism
increase of concentrations of a chemical at higher levels of a food pyramid
movement of a chemical from water to living tissue
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Question 10
Which of the following is an example of a biomarker?
Body mass index calculated from measured height and weight
Concentration of a pesticide in blood
Inhalation rate in liters per hour
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Question 11
The Ames test is a test of a chemical’s _______________.
acute lethality, and is conducted in rodents
mutagenicity, and is conducted in bacteria
teratogenic potential, and is conducted mammalian cells
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Question 12
Exposure modeling is used to estimate the _______________.
biologically effective dose of a toxicant
fate and transport of a toxicant
ingestion of, inhalation of, or dermal contact with a toxicant
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Question 13
Conceptually, a reference dose is a dose that has no adverse effects in _______________.
sensitive subpopulations over a long-term exposure
sensitive subpopulations over a short-term exposure
the general population over a long-term exposure
the general population over a short-term exposure
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Question 14
Which of the following is one of the major processes which together make up toxicokinetics?
Bioconcentration
Distribution
Mutation
Synergism
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Question 15
In doing a risk assessment for a chemical, the usual assumption is that _______________.
carcinogenicity has a threshold; non-cancer effects do not
non-cancer effects have a threshold; carcinogenicity does not
both carcinogenicity and non-cancer effects have thresholds
neither carcinogenicity nor non-cancer effects has a threshold
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