This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Environment > Impacts Of Pollutants On Human Health – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Impacts Of Pollutants On Human Health Quiz 3 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Developing countries might show higher rates of all of the following except A) Unsafe drinking water. B) Indoor air pollution effects. C) Under and malnutrition. D) High blood pressure and obesity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) High blood pressure and obesity. 2. Which of the following is NOT a carcinogen? A) Asbestos. B) Radon. C) Formaldehyde. D) BPA. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) BPA. 3. What occurs when stress builds up in tectonic plates is suddenly released? A) Avalanche. B) Tsunami. C) Earthquake. D) Mudslide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Earthquake. 4. What is an indicator species? A) An organism that migrates due to the climate of the habitat. B) An organism that is sensitive to the changes in the surrounding environment. C) An organism that is extinct, endangered, or threatened. D) An organism that help indicate the health in the species' population. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An organism that is sensitive to the changes in the surrounding environment. 5. ..... is the vector that may spread disease such as malaria or Dengue infection. A) Humans. B) Mosquitoes. C) Water. D) Rodents. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mosquitoes. 6. What is a benthic macroinvertebrate? A) A small creature with a backbone that lives in streams. B) A small creature with a backbone that lives in the substrate at the bottom of the stream. C) A small creature with an exoskeleton that lives in streams. D) A small creature with an exoskeleton that live in the substrate at the bottom of the stream. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A small creature with an exoskeleton that live in the substrate at the bottom of the stream. 7. Which of the following does not determine the toxic effect of a chemical? A) Dose. B) Exposure. C) Body size. D) Resistance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Resistance. 8. Which of the following is an emerging virus? A) Schistosomiasis. B) Dengue fever. C) Diphtheria. D) Measles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dengue fever. 9. Which of the fowling is NOT a method of controlling or preventing mercury pollution? A) Phase out waste incineration. B) Switch from natural gas to coal burning power plants. C) Collect and recycle batteries. D) Label products containing mercury. E) Enact laws limiting the amount of mercury released from power plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Switch from natural gas to coal burning power plants. 10. The greatest reduction of MSW could be achieved by reducing A) Electronics manufactured. B) Packaging and containers. C) The use of cars with low fuel efficiency. D) Construction debris. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Packaging and containers. 11. The major environmental downside to large-scale waste incineration is A) It is not able to generate any heat or electricity. B) It increases the mass and volume of MSW by converting it to ash. C) That it produces air pollution. D) The release of methane gas and possibility of leachate contaminating groundwater. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That it produces air pollution. 12. Which current approach could help greatly reduce the volume and mass of current MSW in the United States? A) Municipal sewage treatment. B) Recycling. C) Incineration. D) Composting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Incineration. 13. Asbestos has been shown to have a higher correlation with cancer when someone smokes cigarettes as well. This is because A) Both substances are teratogens. B) The synergistic effect that results from exposure to both at the same time. C) Asbestos is a carcinogen and tobacco is an endocrine disrupter. D) The risk-taking behavior of the individual exposed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The synergistic effect that results from exposure to both at the same time. 14. How is mercury contamination in Grassy Narrows is affecting the people. A) Stopping commercial fishery. B) Affecting health of people in the past only. C) Requiring them to ration water usage because there is an abundance of clean water available. D) Increasing the ability of individuals to run fishing lodges. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stopping commercial fishery. 15. What is the correct order of most impact (greatest to least) for the 3 Rs? A) Recycle, reduce, reuse. B) Reduce, reuse, recycle. C) Reading, riting, rithmetic. D) Reuse, recycle, reduce. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reduce, reuse, recycle. 16. Pollutants, such as oil and pesticides, which are damaging to soil and water supplies are called ..... A) Hazardous wastes. B) Solid wastes. C) Litter. D) Incineration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hazardous wastes. 17. The process of measuring the chance that an environmental hazard will cause harm is called A) A dose-response relationship. B) Toxicology. C) Risk assessment. D) Epidemiology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Risk assessment. 18. High levels of what nutrient causes algae to grow and use up the oxygen such that other organisms can not survive? A) Nitrate. B) Silca. C) Oxygen. D) Carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nitrate. 19. The study of disease in human populations is A) Toxicology. B) Epidemiology. C) A dose-response relationship. D) Risk assessment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epidemiology. 20. Which one is NOT a mechanisms by which infectious diseases are transmitted? A) Humans. B) Water and Food. C) Organisms. D) Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Weather. 21. Chemicals called ..... cause cancer. A) Carcinogen. B) Pathogen. C) Neurotoxin. D) Teratogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carcinogen. 22. An emerging diseases is a disease that:Has appeared in the human population for the ..... time. A) 4th. B) 2nd. C) 1st. D) 3rd. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1st. 23. Which one of the following is false about toxicology? A) The damage to health from exposure to a given dose is the response. B) Almost any chemical be harmful if taken in, or ingested, in large enough amounts. C) The toxic effect of a substance has nothing to do with the body size. D) The study of toxic substances. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The toxic effect of a substance has nothing to do with the body size. 24. What is the main defense against viral diseases? A) Pesticides. B) Antibiotics. C) Vaccination. D) Epidemiology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vaccination. 25. Which is Not a pollutant/pathogen? A) Lead. B) Pesticides. C) Water vapor. D) Particulate matter and coal dust. E) Bacteria in food. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water vapor. 26. Which of the following is not considered to be a biological hazard? A) Flu virus. B) Pet dander. C) Cigarette smoke. D) Bacterium that causes strep throat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cigarette smoke. 27. What do asbestos, radon, volatile organic compounds, carbon monoxide, and lead all have in common? A) They are chemical hazardsthat can be found indoors. B) They are highly dangerouscarcinogens. C) Exposure to them cannot beprevented. D) They are unnatural and madeonly by humans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They are chemical hazardsthat can be found indoors. 28. Pathogens can be spread by A) Breathing contaminated air. B) Drinking contaminated water. C) Secondary hosts. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 29. When large amounts of snow fall at the same time it creates a A) Avalanche. B) Thunderstorm. C) Volcano. D) Earthquake. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Avalanche. 30. In the case of European strain of pneumonia, what has happened to antibiotic resistance over time? A) There is no data on these variables. 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