CPH EXAM TESTBANK AND STUDY GUIDE
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+
Question 1
By what programmatic mechanism does the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) work with states to implement national environmental standards such as
NAAQS?
1. By creating a memorandum of understanding focusing on cost-sharing of
environmental burdens
2. By establishing air quality monitoring stations
3. By using a State Implementation Plan (SIP) approved by the EPA
4. By funding risk assessment studies that provide a basis for the NAAQS for any
criterion pollutant
Correct Answer
By using a State Implementation Plan (SIP) approved by the EPA
Question 2
The t-distribution approaches which distribution as its degrees of freedom increases?
1. Exponential distribution
2. Normal distribution
3. Binomial distribution
4. Chi-square distribution
Correct Answer
Normal Distribution
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,Question 3
Cryptosporidium can become a problem in municipal water supplies because it:
1. Bioaccumulates in fish
2. Can survive the chlorine treatment process
3. Can infect the lungs when water is vaporized, such as in a shower
4. Can bore directly through the skin
Correct Answer
2. Can survive the chlorine treatment process
Question 4
An incremental approach to program planning in public health:
1. Uses multiple sources and methods to collect similar information
2. Provides an intensive, detailed description and analysis of a single project
3. Produces a plan where the specification of every step depends upon the results of
previous steps
4. Results in plans that may be immediately necessary but may overlap or leave gaps
Correct Answer
4. Results in plans that may be immediately necessary but may overlap or leave
gaps
Question 5
When beginning work with a coalition of community groups to improve health
outcomes in the community, a key first step would be to:
1. Develop a shared vision
2. Develop an evaluation plan
3. Develop a data collection plan
4. Develop a logic model
Correct Answer
Develop a shared vision
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,Question 6
The difference between primary and secondary prevention of disease is:
1. Primary prevention focuses on control of causal factors, while secondary prevention
focuses on control of symptoms
2. Primary prevention focuses on control of acute disease, while secondary prevention
focuses on control of chronic disease
3. Primary prevention focuses on control of causal factors, while secondary prevention
focuses on early detection and treatment of disease
4. Primary prevention focuses on increasing resistance to disease, while secondary
prevention focuses on decreasing exposure to disease
Correct Answer
3. Primary prevention focuses on control of causal factors, while secondary
prevention focuses on early detection and treatment of disease
Question 7
in the design and implementation of public health data systems, installing security
features should be:
1. inherent in privacy by design at all stages.
2. a task separately done by an expert cybersecurity team.
3. limited to firewalls and administrative control.
4. the final step before release of software systems.
Correct Answer
inherent in privacy by design at all stages
Question 8
As identified in the seminal 1988 Institute of Medicine report on the future of public
health, which of the following is not one of the three core functions of the roles and
responsibilities of public health agencies?
1. Assessment
2. Financial performance management
3. Policy development
4. Assurance
Correct Answer
2. Financial performance management
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, Question 9
A researcher is working with local barber shops to plan a health promotion
intervention. The intervention activities will include health education training
workshops and educational print materials for the customers. The intervention
activities are hypothesized to lead to changes in customers' fruit/vegetable intake,
physical activity, and screening adherence. Which of the following statements
describes how the researcher might start a formative evaluation plan?
1. Document which participating barbers attended each of the training workshops
2. Document the barbers' change in fruit/vegetable intake
3. Document the customers' change in physical activity
4. Convene focus groups in two barber shops to discuss print materials
Correct Answer
Convene focus groups in two barber shops to discuss print materials
Question 10
Which of the following statements is not associated with the current paradigm of
quality management?
1. Sanctioning individuals for mistakes is the most appropriate method for ensuring
effective quality of care
2. The appropriate locus for ensuring quality is at the system level
3. Process improvement is essential to ensuring quality of care
4. Employee satisfaction and patient satisfaction are closely linked
Correct Answer
1. Sanctioning individuals for mistakes is the most appropriate method for ensuring
effective quality of care
Question 11
Criteria pollutants of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) include:
1. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
2. Particulate matter and ozone
3. Mercury compounds
4. Carbon dioxide and methane
Correct Answer
2. Particulate matter and ozone
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COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+
Question 1
By what programmatic mechanism does the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) work with states to implement national environmental standards such as
NAAQS?
1. By creating a memorandum of understanding focusing on cost-sharing of
environmental burdens
2. By establishing air quality monitoring stations
3. By using a State Implementation Plan (SIP) approved by the EPA
4. By funding risk assessment studies that provide a basis for the NAAQS for any
criterion pollutant
Correct Answer
By using a State Implementation Plan (SIP) approved by the EPA
Question 2
The t-distribution approaches which distribution as its degrees of freedom increases?
1. Exponential distribution
2. Normal distribution
3. Binomial distribution
4. Chi-square distribution
Correct Answer
Normal Distribution
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,Question 3
Cryptosporidium can become a problem in municipal water supplies because it:
1. Bioaccumulates in fish
2. Can survive the chlorine treatment process
3. Can infect the lungs when water is vaporized, such as in a shower
4. Can bore directly through the skin
Correct Answer
2. Can survive the chlorine treatment process
Question 4
An incremental approach to program planning in public health:
1. Uses multiple sources and methods to collect similar information
2. Provides an intensive, detailed description and analysis of a single project
3. Produces a plan where the specification of every step depends upon the results of
previous steps
4. Results in plans that may be immediately necessary but may overlap or leave gaps
Correct Answer
4. Results in plans that may be immediately necessary but may overlap or leave
gaps
Question 5
When beginning work with a coalition of community groups to improve health
outcomes in the community, a key first step would be to:
1. Develop a shared vision
2. Develop an evaluation plan
3. Develop a data collection plan
4. Develop a logic model
Correct Answer
Develop a shared vision
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,Question 6
The difference between primary and secondary prevention of disease is:
1. Primary prevention focuses on control of causal factors, while secondary prevention
focuses on control of symptoms
2. Primary prevention focuses on control of acute disease, while secondary prevention
focuses on control of chronic disease
3. Primary prevention focuses on control of causal factors, while secondary prevention
focuses on early detection and treatment of disease
4. Primary prevention focuses on increasing resistance to disease, while secondary
prevention focuses on decreasing exposure to disease
Correct Answer
3. Primary prevention focuses on control of causal factors, while secondary
prevention focuses on early detection and treatment of disease
Question 7
in the design and implementation of public health data systems, installing security
features should be:
1. inherent in privacy by design at all stages.
2. a task separately done by an expert cybersecurity team.
3. limited to firewalls and administrative control.
4. the final step before release of software systems.
Correct Answer
inherent in privacy by design at all stages
Question 8
As identified in the seminal 1988 Institute of Medicine report on the future of public
health, which of the following is not one of the three core functions of the roles and
responsibilities of public health agencies?
1. Assessment
2. Financial performance management
3. Policy development
4. Assurance
Correct Answer
2. Financial performance management
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, Question 9
A researcher is working with local barber shops to plan a health promotion
intervention. The intervention activities will include health education training
workshops and educational print materials for the customers. The intervention
activities are hypothesized to lead to changes in customers' fruit/vegetable intake,
physical activity, and screening adherence. Which of the following statements
describes how the researcher might start a formative evaluation plan?
1. Document which participating barbers attended each of the training workshops
2. Document the barbers' change in fruit/vegetable intake
3. Document the customers' change in physical activity
4. Convene focus groups in two barber shops to discuss print materials
Correct Answer
Convene focus groups in two barber shops to discuss print materials
Question 10
Which of the following statements is not associated with the current paradigm of
quality management?
1. Sanctioning individuals for mistakes is the most appropriate method for ensuring
effective quality of care
2. The appropriate locus for ensuring quality is at the system level
3. Process improvement is essential to ensuring quality of care
4. Employee satisfaction and patient satisfaction are closely linked
Correct Answer
1. Sanctioning individuals for mistakes is the most appropriate method for ensuring
effective quality of care
Question 11
Criteria pollutants of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) include:
1. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
2. Particulate matter and ozone
3. Mercury compounds
4. Carbon dioxide and methane
Correct Answer
2. Particulate matter and ozone
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