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Select the qualitative method that collects data through a simultaneous
conversation with a group of people.
1.key informant interviews
2.discourse analysis
3.surveys
4.focus groups - Answer✔✔-4.focus groups
A district health department is trying to decide whether to invest in
interpretation services and translated materials to address local language
barriers, address needs of limited English proficient (LEP) clients and meet
Federal requirements. The Four Factor Analysis-to guide LHDs in meeting these
mandates and to provide recommendations for providing translated materials
and interpretation services- is part of a
1.National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services
(CLAS) Assessment
2.Language Needs Assessment
3.Health Resource Access Assessment
4.Community Literacy Assessment - Answer✔✔-2.Language Needs Assessment
,Waiting until a program or intervention is complete to begin evaluation
activities misses important and valuable opportunities for what type of
evaluation?
1.Outcome and impact evaluation
2.Summative evaluation
3.Process evaluation
4.Participant evaluation - Answer✔✔-3.Process evaluation
Total coliform and E. coli counts are performed in routine monitoring of
drinking water reservoirs because:
1.These bacteria commonly cause gastrointestinal infection in humans.
2.They are a more easily grown indicator of Legionella spp. contamination.
3.Outdated laws require heterotrophic plate count monitoring of water.
4.Their numbers give general indication of a water supply's sanitary condition. -
Answer✔✔-4.Their numbers give general indication of a water supply's
sanitary condition.
The logic model that has been the dominant paradigm representing types of
information that may be collected to draw inferences about quality of care
provided by a healthcare system has been:
1.Donabedian's model
2.Shewart's PDCA
3.Theory of Change
4.Web of Causation - Answer✔✔-1.Donabedian's model
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 - Answer✔✔-
3.Primary prevention focuses on control of causal factors, while secondary
prevention focuses on early detection and treatment of disease
A case-control study reported an odds ratio of approximately 50 for the
relationship of microcephaly to congenital Zika virus infection. This evidence for
causality is called:
1.Strength of Association
2.Consistency
3.Temporality
4.Biological Gradient - Answer✔✔-1.Strength of Association
Can federal environmental laws allow States to make parallel environmental
laws?
1.Yes, if more stringent than federal standards
2.Yes, if less stringent than federal standards
3.Yes, if no less stringent than federal standards
4.No, states may not make their own environmental laws where federal laws
exist - Answer✔✔-3.Yes, if no less stringent than federal standards
, New to your leadership position, you realize that two of the programs you
manage have similar functions, and work with the same population in the same
area. Data trends over the past 5 years suggest that the health condition has
improved significantly. You decide that only one program is needed to provide
the necessary services to the community. This is an example of:
1.An analysis to justify and allocate resources
2.Applying a health equity and social justice lens
3.Strategic planning
4.Community Health Needs Assessment - Answer✔✔-1.An analysis to justify
and allocate resources
Which of these has been defined as a core function of public health?
1.Maintaining the census to define populations
2.Consulting stakeholders to decide what best serves public interest
3.Conducting research to solve all population health problems
4.Acting in an ethical manner - Answer✔✔-2.Consulting stakeholders to decide
what best serves public interest
Drug therapy for individuals who have screened positive for tuberculosis (TB)
infection, but do not have any TB symptoms, is considered which type of
prevention for TB disease?
1.Primary
2.Secondary
3.Tertiary
4.Quaternary - Answer✔✔-2.Secondary
Practice Questions with
Verified Answers. GRADED A+.
Latest 2026/2027 Update
Select the qualitative method that collects data through a simultaneous
conversation with a group of people.
1.key informant interviews
2.discourse analysis
3.surveys
4.focus groups - Answer✔✔-4.focus groups
A district health department is trying to decide whether to invest in
interpretation services and translated materials to address local language
barriers, address needs of limited English proficient (LEP) clients and meet
Federal requirements. The Four Factor Analysis-to guide LHDs in meeting these
mandates and to provide recommendations for providing translated materials
and interpretation services- is part of a
1.National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services
(CLAS) Assessment
2.Language Needs Assessment
3.Health Resource Access Assessment
4.Community Literacy Assessment - Answer✔✔-2.Language Needs Assessment
,Waiting until a program or intervention is complete to begin evaluation
activities misses important and valuable opportunities for what type of
evaluation?
1.Outcome and impact evaluation
2.Summative evaluation
3.Process evaluation
4.Participant evaluation - Answer✔✔-3.Process evaluation
Total coliform and E. coli counts are performed in routine monitoring of
drinking water reservoirs because:
1.These bacteria commonly cause gastrointestinal infection in humans.
2.They are a more easily grown indicator of Legionella spp. contamination.
3.Outdated laws require heterotrophic plate count monitoring of water.
4.Their numbers give general indication of a water supply's sanitary condition. -
Answer✔✔-4.Their numbers give general indication of a water supply's
sanitary condition.
The logic model that has been the dominant paradigm representing types of
information that may be collected to draw inferences about quality of care
provided by a healthcare system has been:
1.Donabedian's model
2.Shewart's PDCA
3.Theory of Change
4.Web of Causation - Answer✔✔-1.Donabedian's model
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 - Answer✔✔-
3.Primary prevention focuses on control of causal factors, while secondary
prevention focuses on early detection and treatment of disease
A case-control study reported an odds ratio of approximately 50 for the
relationship of microcephaly to congenital Zika virus infection. This evidence for
causality is called:
1.Strength of Association
2.Consistency
3.Temporality
4.Biological Gradient - Answer✔✔-1.Strength of Association
Can federal environmental laws allow States to make parallel environmental
laws?
1.Yes, if more stringent than federal standards
2.Yes, if less stringent than federal standards
3.Yes, if no less stringent than federal standards
4.No, states may not make their own environmental laws where federal laws
exist - Answer✔✔-3.Yes, if no less stringent than federal standards
, New to your leadership position, you realize that two of the programs you
manage have similar functions, and work with the same population in the same
area. Data trends over the past 5 years suggest that the health condition has
improved significantly. You decide that only one program is needed to provide
the necessary services to the community. This is an example of:
1.An analysis to justify and allocate resources
2.Applying a health equity and social justice lens
3.Strategic planning
4.Community Health Needs Assessment - Answer✔✔-1.An analysis to justify
and allocate resources
Which of these has been defined as a core function of public health?
1.Maintaining the census to define populations
2.Consulting stakeholders to decide what best serves public interest
3.Conducting research to solve all population health problems
4.Acting in an ethical manner - Answer✔✔-2.Consulting stakeholders to decide
what best serves public interest
Drug therapy for individuals who have screened positive for tuberculosis (TB)
infection, but do not have any TB symptoms, is considered which type of
prevention for TB disease?
1.Primary
2.Secondary
3.Tertiary
4.Quaternary - Answer✔✔-2.Secondary
