BSN Week 10 Quiz: Community & Population Health (2026/2027)
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1. A community health nurse is conducting a nutrition class for a group of
expectant mothers. Which level of prevention is being implemented?
A. Quaternary Prevention
B. Secondary Prevention
C. Tertiary Prevention
D. Primary Prevention
Answer: D
Rationale: Primary prevention aims to prevent the onset of disease or injury through
education and health promotion before a problem occurs.
2. Which statement best describes the focus of community-oriented nursing?
A. Providing illness care to individuals and families in their homes.
B. Focusing on the delivery of nursing care to specific ill clients.
C. Managing acute conditions in a community clinic setting.
D. Improving the health status of the community or population as a whole.
Answer: D
Rationale: Community-oriented nursing focuses on the health of the community or
population, whereas community-based nursing focuses on illness care for individuals and
families.
,3. An epidemiologist is calculating the total number of existing cases of Type 2
Diabetes in a specific county. This calculation refers to:
A. Incidence Rate
B. Attack Rate
C. Prevalence Rate
D. Mortality Rate
Answer: C
Rationale: Prevalence refers to the total number of existing cases (old and new) in a
population at a specific point in time.
4. A nurse is teaching a client about environmental health risks. Which of the
following is a characteristic of Radon gas?
A. It is a colorless, odorless gas that enters homes through soil.
B. It is a blue-tinted gas found in basement areas.
C. It is a byproduct of lead-based paint degradation.
D. It has a distinct ‘rotten egg’ odor.
Answer: A
Rationale: Radon is a naturally occurring, colorless, odorless radioactive gas that can
accumulate in homes by seeping through foundations from the soil.
5. During which phase of the disaster management cycle does a community
perform activities to reduce the long-term risk to people and property?
A. Response
B. Preparedness
C. Mitigation
D. Recovery
Answer: C
Rationale: Mitigation involves measures taken before a disaster to reduce the impact of
the event, such as building levees or improving infrastructure.
, 6. A client asks which part of Medicare covers hospital insurance. The nurse
correctly identifies this as:
A. Medicare Part B
B. Medicare Part A
C. Medicare Part C
D. Medicare Part D
Answer: B
Rationale: Medicare Part A provides hospital insurance, including inpatient care, skilled
nursing facility care, and some home health care.
7. A nurse believes that their own cultural values and behaviors are the only
‘correct’ ones. This is known as:
A. Cultural Blindness
B. Ethnocentrism
C. Cultural Imposition
D. Cultural Conflict
Answer: B
Rationale: Ethnocentrism is the belief that one’s own culture is superior to others and
using one’s own standards to judge other cultures.
8. In the epidemiological triad, which factor represents the person or animal
that harbors the disease?
A. Agent
B. Environment
C. Host
D. Vector
Answer: C
Rationale: The host is the living being that is affected by the agent. The triad consists of the
Agent, Host, and Environment.
|Galen College
1. A community health nurse is conducting a nutrition class for a group of
expectant mothers. Which level of prevention is being implemented?
A. Quaternary Prevention
B. Secondary Prevention
C. Tertiary Prevention
D. Primary Prevention
Answer: D
Rationale: Primary prevention aims to prevent the onset of disease or injury through
education and health promotion before a problem occurs.
2. Which statement best describes the focus of community-oriented nursing?
A. Providing illness care to individuals and families in their homes.
B. Focusing on the delivery of nursing care to specific ill clients.
C. Managing acute conditions in a community clinic setting.
D. Improving the health status of the community or population as a whole.
Answer: D
Rationale: Community-oriented nursing focuses on the health of the community or
population, whereas community-based nursing focuses on illness care for individuals and
families.
,3. An epidemiologist is calculating the total number of existing cases of Type 2
Diabetes in a specific county. This calculation refers to:
A. Incidence Rate
B. Attack Rate
C. Prevalence Rate
D. Mortality Rate
Answer: C
Rationale: Prevalence refers to the total number of existing cases (old and new) in a
population at a specific point in time.
4. A nurse is teaching a client about environmental health risks. Which of the
following is a characteristic of Radon gas?
A. It is a colorless, odorless gas that enters homes through soil.
B. It is a blue-tinted gas found in basement areas.
C. It is a byproduct of lead-based paint degradation.
D. It has a distinct ‘rotten egg’ odor.
Answer: A
Rationale: Radon is a naturally occurring, colorless, odorless radioactive gas that can
accumulate in homes by seeping through foundations from the soil.
5. During which phase of the disaster management cycle does a community
perform activities to reduce the long-term risk to people and property?
A. Response
B. Preparedness
C. Mitigation
D. Recovery
Answer: C
Rationale: Mitigation involves measures taken before a disaster to reduce the impact of
the event, such as building levees or improving infrastructure.
, 6. A client asks which part of Medicare covers hospital insurance. The nurse
correctly identifies this as:
A. Medicare Part B
B. Medicare Part A
C. Medicare Part C
D. Medicare Part D
Answer: B
Rationale: Medicare Part A provides hospital insurance, including inpatient care, skilled
nursing facility care, and some home health care.
7. A nurse believes that their own cultural values and behaviors are the only
‘correct’ ones. This is known as:
A. Cultural Blindness
B. Ethnocentrism
C. Cultural Imposition
D. Cultural Conflict
Answer: B
Rationale: Ethnocentrism is the belief that one’s own culture is superior to others and
using one’s own standards to judge other cultures.
8. In the epidemiological triad, which factor represents the person or animal
that harbors the disease?
A. Agent
B. Environment
C. Host
D. Vector
Answer: C
Rationale: The host is the living being that is affected by the agent. The triad consists of the
Agent, Host, and Environment.
