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Kmtc/Qp-08/Ems: Fundamentals Of Environmental Health Question Paper
Kmtc/Qp-08/Ems: Fundamentals Of Environmental Health
Course:Public Health Officer Course
Institution: Kenya Medical Training College question papers
Exam Year:2017
KENYA MEDICAL TRAINING COLLEGE
FUNDAMENTALS OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH: KMTC/QP-08/EMS
YEAR 1 SEMESTER ONE 2017
PART ONE: MCQs(10MKS)
1. The following are the determinants of prevention;
a. Knowledge of causation
b. Dynamics of transmission
c. Identification of risk factors and risk groups
d. Availability of prophylactic or early detection and treatment measures
e. All the above
2. The following are factors that affect health;
a. Genetics
b. Behavior
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. A big house
e. A big car
3. Primary prevention can be accomplished by;
a. Health promotion and specific protection
b. Good behavior and sanitation
c. Good hygiene and public participation
d. Eating too much food and drinking a lot of water
e. None of these
4. One of the methods of interrupting the route of transmission is;
a. Attacking the source
b. Protecting the host
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. Vector control
e. None of these
5. One method/ step of determining risk is;
a. Hazard identification
b. Exposure quantification
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. Qualitative risk assessment
e. Quantitative risk assessment
6. The following is an example of pillars of Environmental health;
a. Food science and inspection
b. Meat inspection and pathology
c. Building construction and technology
d. Occupational hazards
e. None of these
7. A disease is considered endemic;
a. When the balance between the agent, the host and environment is fairly constant
b. When it is affect ting so many people at same time
c. When it is killing so many people
d. When it makes so many people be carriers
e. None of these
8. Repeated exposure is an example of;
a. Predisposing factors
b. Precipitating factors
c. Risk factors
d. Reinforcing factors
e. Enabling factors
9. A case in the study of environmental health is defined as;
a. A matter being handled in the court of Kenya
b. An injured person
c. A person in the population or study group identified as having the particular disease, health disorder or a condition under investigation
d. An infected person or animal that harbors a specific infectious agent in the absence of discernible (visible) clinical disease and serves as a potential source of infection to others.
e. None of these
10. Which one of the following preventive measures is ideal when an individual is at the stage of susceptibility?
a. Secondary prevention
b. Primary prevention
c. Tertiary prevention
d. Focused prevention
e. Non-focused prevention
PART TOW: SAQs(10MKS)
1. The development of public health in Kenya was accompanied by initiation of the public health ordinance law in the year 1921. State the four basic aims of that law. (4mks)
2. Name the four main groups that make the composition of the environment. (4mks)
3. “Environmental sanitation defined as the application of the principles of sanitary engineering to such diverse activities as air, water, insect and rodents control measures, waste disposal and planning of community improvement, including housing” Basing on the definition, state any two specific objectives of environmental sanitation. (2MKS)
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