Public Health and Genetic Disease Quiz
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The amount of a harmful chemical that a person is exposed to is
A. Persistent Chemical
B. Dose-Response Curve
C. Dose
D. Threshold Dose
Which is not a public health hazard category?
A. Physical
B. Social
C. Emotional
D. Biological
A disease that has appeared in the human population for the first time or that has existed for a while, but is increasing rapidly or spreading around the world is called
A. environmental
B. pandemic
C. emerging
D. infection
Ebola is a type of which hazard?
A. Social
B. Chemical
C. Biological
D. Physical
Cystic Fibrosis is a genetic disorder in which the body produces thick mucus in the lungs and intestines,
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Fragile X
A. causes cognitive impairment
B. occurs on the X chromosome
C. causes learning disabilities
D. all of these are characteristics of Fragile X
Vaping is an example of which hazard?
A. Social
B. Chemical
C. Biological
D. Physical
Any virus, bacteria, fungi, or parasite that can cause a disease in a living thing is called a
A. cancer.
B. pathogen.
C. gene.
D. toxin.
What is the effect as a result to exposure of a substance?
A. dose
B. response
C. toxicology
D. threshold dose
The study of toxic substances
A. Biology
B. Toxicology
C. Epidemiology
D. Pathogens
A genetic disorder is an abnormal condition that a person inherits through genes or chromosomes?
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Health care experts who study trends in health issues in populations and deploy public announcements, education initiatives, and protocols to protect the health of the nation.
A. epidemiologists
B. dermatologists
C. medical examiners
D. immunologist
Skin cancer is a type of which hazard?
A. Social
B. Chemical
C. Biological
D. Physical
What are chemicals that cause cancer called?
A. carcinogen
B. hazard
C. teratogen
D. neurotoxin
This genetic disorder is caused by non-disjunction of the 21st chromosome. It is one of the most common chromosomal disorders.
A. Turner syndrome
B. Hunington Disease
C. Down syndrome
D. Myopia