NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA
FACULTY OF SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Plot 91, Cadastral Zone, Nnamdi Azikwe Expressway, Jabi, Abuja
JULY 2018 EXAMINATIONS
COURSE CODE: ESM 431 TIME ALLOWED: 2 Hours
COURSE TITLE: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY 2 Credit Unit
Instruction: Attempt question number ONE (1) and any other THREE (3) questions. Question number one (1) is compulsory and carries 25 marks, while the other questions carry equal marks (15) each
Q1a. Definition of environmental health (1mark)
1b) Highlight any 10 benefits of environment to health (Any ten @1mark each =10marks)
1c. Identify and discuss seven ways human activities have degraded the environment
(Any 7 points @2mark each =14marks)
Total= 25marks
Q2. FEPA was established by Decree 58 of 1988, in order to prescribe national guidelines, criteria and standards for what parameters? 15marks
Q3. Enumerate and discuss the goals of The National policy on environment of 1998? 15marks
Q4. Enumerate on the and discuss the
i)Powers of NESREA’s 9mks
ii) Mandate of NESREA’s as one of the environmental regulatory bodies. 6marks
Q5. Identify any seven of the most common treaties and convention of environmental regulatory bodies.
7mks
5b) Highlight and describe the major steps involved in a typical EIA exercise 8mks
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