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1
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Main objective of solid waste processing

A

To recover whatever may be usable

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2
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Most impt public health issue addressed by correct waste management

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Composting of solid waste from laboratories

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3
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Characteristic of rinary health care that separates it from traditional health delivery system

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Community participation in all stages of planning

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4
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Process of isolating patients with flu called

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Specific protection

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5
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What is increase in life expectancy mainly due to?

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Dec in mortality rate in the younger age groups

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6
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Primary objective of health educ

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Improve health practices

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7
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Ocular lesion due to long standing vit A deficiency

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Bitot’s spots

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8
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What is the most common CV disease that affects Filipinos

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IHD

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9
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Pattern of disease occurence in the community where the greater proportion of cases are subclinical

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Iceberg phenomenon

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10
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Passive immunity lasts for

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6 mos

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11
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Most impt aspect of health promotion among adolescents

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Health education

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12
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Median urinary iodine level that indicates mild IDD

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50-99 ug/L

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13
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Upper limit of daily vit A intake of pregnant women

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10,000 iu/day

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14
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Treatment if coluform count from a well is 35/100 cc

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Standard treatment

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15
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Best preservation method on milk

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Sterilization

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16
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Most dangerous method of excreta disposal in contaminating ground water

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Bored hole latrine

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17
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What does formation of sticky precipitates of soap with water indicative of water’s property?

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Hard

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18
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Metal on drinking water assoc with alzheimers

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Aluminum

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19
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Dissolved gas and odors in water are removed

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Aeration

20
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Recommended refuse disposal method for the hospital

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Incineration

21
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When should blood pressure monitoring be done for normotensive and asymptomatic elderly

A

Once a month

22
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Primary reason for the inclusion of glucose in orl rehydration solution

A

Help in the absorption of sodium

23
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What is the hardness of water primatily due to

A

Calcium and magnesium

24
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When is excreta disposal considered to be sanitary?

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There is no soil and water contamination

25
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Most practical and sanitary way to excrete disposal in the rural areas

A

Water-sealed toilet

26
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Most commonly used vector control method

A

Chemical pesticide

27
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Most critical step in waste reduction and recycling

A

Waste segregation

28
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Duration of productive cough in chronic bronchitis

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At least 3 mos of the year for more than 2 consecutive years

29
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When should newborn screening be done?

A

24 hours after birth not more than 3 days

30
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Amount of chopped fresh leaves of lagundi for adults

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Six tbsp

31
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For whom are Ampalaya leaves recommended

A

Non insulin dependent DM adults

32
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Which medicinal plant contains vinca alkaloids

A

Rosas de baybayon

33
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How should garlic NOT be used to lower cholesterol

A

Raw

34
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Define health promotion

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Process of enabling people to increase control over or to improve on their health. It moves beyond a focus of individual behavior towards a wide range of social or environmental interventions.

35
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Vaccine that should be placed in contact with frozen icepacks

A

OPV

36
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Vaccine most easily damaged by sunlight

A

BCG

37
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State, period or place of isolation in which people or animals that have artived from elsewhere or been exposed to inctious or dontagious disease are placed

A

Quarantine

38
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Done to prevent transmission of highly contagious materiak spread by air or droplet

A

Strict isolation

39
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Internationally quarantinable diseases

A

Plague cholera smllpox

40
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How long should shellfish be harvested from a contaminated area be purged before consumption

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2 weeks

41
Q

Neurotoxin found in coal

A

Manganese

42
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Bacterial limits for pasteurized milk and other products

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20,000/ml

43
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General fertility rate is computed as

A

Number of live births in 1 year divided by number of women 15-44 yrs old

44
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Rate used as an indicator of an outbreak or an epidemic

A

Incidence rate

45
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First step in an epidemiologic outbreak investigation

A

Formulate the hypothesis

46
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Type of outbreak where exposure is bried and all cases develop within one incubation period of the disease

A

Point outbreak

47
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When shoudl registration of death be done before

A

48hrs after death

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