QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
EXAM 1 (CHPATER 1-4) - CORRECT ANSWER
3. An example of the recent geographic spread of a communicable disease includes
a) small pox
b) cervical cancer
c) chikungunya
d) polio - CORRECT ANSWER c) chikungunya
Which example of a health issue would require the most intersectional collaboration to address:
a) reduction of tobacco consumption
b) childhood vaccination
c) essential surgery
d) improving maternal care - CORRECT ANSWER A. Reduction of tobacco consumption
The best description below of the focus of public health is:
a) achieving medical care for all
b) reducing road traffic injuries
c) preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting physical health through organized community
effort
d) extending life expectancy - CORRECT ANSWER c) preventing disease, prolonging life,
and promoting physical health through organized community effort
Which statement least reflects a global health concern
a) the application of public health issue that transcend national boundaries
,b) the achievement of greater health equity in an individual country
c) cooperative efforts needed to solve a critical public health problem affecting many countries
d) global standard setting on diagnostics and drugs - CORRECT ANSWER b) the achievement
of greater health equity in an individual country
7. Planetary health refers to:
a) an approach to public health that concerns animal health
b) an approach to public health that focuses on zoonotic disease c) an approach to public health that
focuses on the interconnectedness of human health, animal health, and the environment
d) an approach to public health that focuses on the achievement - CORRECT ANSWER c) an
approach to public health that focuses on the interconnectedness of human health, animal health, and
the environment
The sustainable development goals:
a) include a range of goals and targets that relate to health
b) focus on a healthy environment c) are all to be achieved by 2020 d) say little about global health -
CORRECT ANSWER a) include a range of goals and targets that relate to health
Which of the following is an example of a public health approach
a) a large-scale program to help a community to stay active
b) a physician counseling an individual patient on the need to exercise
c) a physician encouraging a family to vaccinate their children
d) a community health worker treating individual cases of a disease - CORRECT ANSWER a)
a large-scale program to help a community to stay active
Which of the following is NOT an example of global health issue:
a) toxic chemicals in a city's water supply in Sweden
b) the spread of dengue fever
, c) the spread of resistant strains of malaria
d) all of the above are global health issues - CORRECT ANSWER a) toxic chemicals in a city's
water supply in Sweden
Which of the following is a low-income Selected Representative Country by the world bank
a) costa Rica
b) south Africa
c) Bangladesh
d) Afghanistan - CORRECT ANSWER d) Afghanistan
Which of the following is NOT a public health activity
a) community based screening for HIV
b) the promotion of hand washing c) A physician diagnosing HIV in individual
d) all of the above are public health activities - CORRECT ANSWER a) community based
screening for HIV
Important progress in health has resulted from:
a) improvements in hygiene, access to safe water, and access to safe sanitation
b) improvements in technology, such as the dissemination of childhood vaccines
c) increases in people level of education
d) all of the above - CORRECT ANSWER d) all of the above
Example of countries that in the last 50 years achieved substantially better level of population health
than one might have predicted by their income level include:
a) Norway, Denmark, and the Netherlands
b) the US
c) Cuba, Costa Rica and China
d) Liberia and Sierra Leone - CORRECT ANSWER c) Cuba, Costa Rica and China