Environmental Health — Flashcards

Flashcard 161: instrument:_____ Use:_____

Answer: anemometer

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Flashcard 162: The amount of fresh air supply required per person per hour is _____ cubic feet.

Answer: 3000

Extra: This requirement is based on De Chaumont's formula to maintain CO2 levels at or below 0.6 per 1000 (0.06%).

Flashcard 163: Bio-Medical Waste (BMW) management in India is overseen by the _____.

Answer: Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)

Flashcard 164: _____ air changes/hour are required for healthy living

Answer: 2-3

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Flashcard 165: smoke in air is measured by _____

Answer: soiling index

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Flashcard 166: The combined area of windows and doors in a house should be at least _____th of the floor area.

Answer: 1/6

Extra: Housing standards according to Park's PSM: - Window area: > 1/10th of floor area. - Combined window and door area: > 1/6th of floor area. Note: While some older sources or coaching notes might mention 1/5th, 1/6th is the standard value cited in Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine.

Flashcard 167: pre treatment is required for only _____ categories biomedical waste

Answer: yellow f,g and h

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Flashcard 168: Mattresses contaminated with body fluids are segregated into the _____ category of BMW.

Answer: Yellow

Extra: According to the Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules, soiled waste—including items contaminated with blood and body fluids such as dressings, plaster casts, and contaminated mattresses or bedding—is segregated into the Yellow category.

Flashcard 169: desk in school should be _____ type

Answer: minus

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Flashcard 170: dimensions of trench in bangalore method of composting are _____

Answer: 3*5*15-30 feet

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