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Administration Quiz (Online)

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In order to perform an evaluation, it is necessary that the data or information collected be...
Valid & reliable
A comprehensive inspection of an establishment when it is first brought under department control is an _____________ or ______________ inspection
Initial, complete
What are the most effective techniques for ceasing operation of a noncomplying establishment?
A mandatory injunction, revoking a license, and an injunction
Field observations are not always reported in total because...
The significance of the data is not understood
The effectiveness of an inspection program depends on technical competence and the ______________ of regulatory staff
Attitude
Evaluation
An administrative process of measuring and analyzing results in relation to specific goals, objectives, aims or targets
The terms "goals" and "objectives" are sometimes used interchangeably; however, "objectives" should be considered as...
The realistically attainable ends
In preparing a legal action, one of the first steps a sanitarian should do is to...
Keep very accurate records
Legals proceedings to enforce a law may include...
Issuance of an order to eliminate a violation, suspension of a permit, or civil sanctions
Self-imposed health risk factors include
Exposure to sunlight, diet, and smoking
In many cases the only contact many people have with a control agency such as a health department is through what avenue of communication?
Letter
When an order for suspension or revocation of a permit or license has failed, the next step is to...
Hold an administrative hearing
Why are administrative hearings useful?
They get the attention of the CEO, they educate the organization about the law, they avoid media attention
The number of inspections of a facility should be based on...
The risk of illness, injury, or death
What are some objectives used in environmental quality planning?
Realistically obtainable, obtainable in a specific time period, specifically measurable
The agencies general administrative plan provides the basis for...
An administrative warrant
What type of inspection would be conducted prior to legal action?
Reinspection
The statement of goals and objectives should recognize environmental quality and community needs such as...
Clean air, clean food service establishments, and decent housing
When a health violation is classified as a misdemeanor, it can be more readily resolved by...
Civil action
Environmental health technicians assignments differ from environmental health scientists or sanitarians assignments in that...
Technicians are not required to resolve problems that require the application of new methods and techniques or those that require action beyond the specific work assignment
A well developed ______________ activity report can serve practically all the reporting needs of an organization for statistical purposes
Daily
In an environmental control statistical report for program, the "total man-days expended" will...
Show the type and amount of manpower allocated to each of the program activities
The random inspection approach...
Fails to focus on recurring problem establishments
The ______________ inspections are annual or scheduled inspections to determine compliance with laws, codes, rules, and regulations
Routine
The changing role of the environmental health scientists, including their duties of administrating services to the public, has been brought about largely due to...
Public recognition of the problems and the desire for higher quality of life
An action authorized by law to restrict or prevent the movement of good for the protection of public health, safety and welfare is called...
An embargo
Sanitarians, environmental health scientists, and other environmental specialists must obtain which of the following minimum educational requirements
A baccalaureate degree
To have a successful environmental control service, the retention of competent personnel is a primary concern. What is required to retain competent personnel?
Adequate salaries, pleasant, stimulating working conditions, and a dynamic and challenging program
What is true regarding an inspection efficiency rating?
The numerical rating obtained per year is less important as the relative change from year to year
Inspections of nonpublic areas can be made by consent of the owner or occupant and...
On the basis of a general administrative plan
In order to perform an evaluation, the data collected must be reliable. What is NOT a definitive characteristic of reliability?
Easy to obtain
Since competent direction is essential to a divisional program's effectiveness, it is important to offer...
Nothing
On-the-job education should start with planned, routine, intensive in-service training of...
All field and office personnel
Standards must be scientifically supported, understandable, measurable, and...
Enforceable
________________ is the failure to perform an official duty without sufficient excuse
Nonfeasance
The agencies general administrative plan provides the basis for
An administrative warrant
The number of inspections divided by the number of workdays should equal which of the following?
The average number of inspections per workday
Environmental health regulatory staff must be __________________ first and foremost
Educators
What is the most critical step needed before detailed information is collected?
Determining how the information will be used
An administrative process of measuring and analyzing results in relation to specific goals, objectives, aims or targets is...
Evaluation
A standard for dishwashing that states that the "total bacteria count should not exceed one hundred per utensil surface," is an example of what type of objective?
Performance
What article of the U.S. Constitution protects a nonpublic area from unreasonable searches and seizures?
IV
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