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WEST COAST UNIVERSITY NURS 561 – HEALTH
PROMOTION AND DISEASE PREVENTION
COMPREHENSIVE PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS AND RATIONALES |100% PASS
|GRADED A+ 2026/27
Covers Health Promotion Theories and Models, Disease Prevention
Strategies, Primary/Secondary/Tertiary Prevention, Community Health,
Epidemiology, Health Education and Counseling, Screening and Early
Detection, Behavioral Interventions, Social Determinants of Health,
Population Health, and Evidence-Based Prevention Guidelines
QUESTION 1
A nurse is teaching a group of adults about healthy eating and exercise
habits. This activity is an example of which level of prevention?
A) Primary prevention
B) Secondary prevention
C) Tertiary prevention
D) Quaternary prevention
Verified Answer: A
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Rationale: Primary prevention aims to prevent disease before it occurs
by promoting healthy behaviors, such as healthy eating and exercise.
Secondary prevention involves screening and early detection. Tertiary
prevention focuses on managing existing disease and preventing
complications.
QUESTION 2
A nurse is implementing a community-wide blood pressure screening
program. This activity is an example of which level of prevention?
A) Primary prevention
B) Secondary prevention
C) Tertiary prevention
D) Quaternary prevention
Verified Answer: B
Rationale: Secondary prevention involves early detection and treatment
of disease through screening programs, such as blood pressure
screening. Primary prevention prevents disease, tertiary prevention
manages existing disease, and quaternary prevention addresses
overmedicalization.
QUESTION 3
A nurse is conducting a diabetes self-management education class for
patients with type 2 diabetes. This activity is an example of which level
of prevention?
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A) Primary prevention
B) Secondary prevention
C) Tertiary prevention
D) Quaternary prevention
Verified Answer: C
Rationale: Tertiary prevention focuses on managing existing disease and
preventing complications. Diabetes self-management education helps
patients manage their condition and prevent complications such as
neuropathy, nephropathy, and retinopathy.
QUESTION 4
A nurse is reviewing the Health Belief Model. Which component refers
to the individual's belief in their ability to successfully perform a health
behavior?
A) Perceived susceptibility
B) Perceived severity
C) Perceived benefits
D) Self-efficacy
Verified Answer: D
Rationale: Self-efficacy is the belief in one's ability to successfully
perform a health behavior. Perceived susceptibility is the belief in the
likelihood of getting a disease, perceived severity is the belief in the
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seriousness of the disease, and perceived benefits are the belief that the
behavior will reduce the threat.
QUESTION 5
A nurse is applying the Transtheoretical Model (Stages of Change). A
patient who is actively working on changing a behavior is in which
stage?
A) Precontemplation
B) Contemplation
C) Preparation
D) Action
Verified Answer: D
Rationale: The Action stage is when the individual is actively working
on changing the behavior. Precontemplation is no intention of change,
Contemplation is awareness but not ready, Preparation is planning to
take action, and Maintenance is sustaining the change.
QUESTION 6
A nurse is teaching a patient about smoking cessation. The patient states,
"I know I need to quit, but I'm not ready yet." This patient is in which
stage of change?
A) Precontemplation
B) Contemplation
WEST COAST UNIVERSITY NURS 561 – HEALTH
PROMOTION AND DISEASE PREVENTION
COMPREHENSIVE PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS AND RATIONALES |100% PASS
|GRADED A+ 2026/27
Covers Health Promotion Theories and Models, Disease Prevention
Strategies, Primary/Secondary/Tertiary Prevention, Community Health,
Epidemiology, Health Education and Counseling, Screening and Early
Detection, Behavioral Interventions, Social Determinants of Health,
Population Health, and Evidence-Based Prevention Guidelines
QUESTION 1
A nurse is teaching a group of adults about healthy eating and exercise
habits. This activity is an example of which level of prevention?
A) Primary prevention
B) Secondary prevention
C) Tertiary prevention
D) Quaternary prevention
Verified Answer: A
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Rationale: Primary prevention aims to prevent disease before it occurs
by promoting healthy behaviors, such as healthy eating and exercise.
Secondary prevention involves screening and early detection. Tertiary
prevention focuses on managing existing disease and preventing
complications.
QUESTION 2
A nurse is implementing a community-wide blood pressure screening
program. This activity is an example of which level of prevention?
A) Primary prevention
B) Secondary prevention
C) Tertiary prevention
D) Quaternary prevention
Verified Answer: B
Rationale: Secondary prevention involves early detection and treatment
of disease through screening programs, such as blood pressure
screening. Primary prevention prevents disease, tertiary prevention
manages existing disease, and quaternary prevention addresses
overmedicalization.
QUESTION 3
A nurse is conducting a diabetes self-management education class for
patients with type 2 diabetes. This activity is an example of which level
of prevention?
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A) Primary prevention
B) Secondary prevention
C) Tertiary prevention
D) Quaternary prevention
Verified Answer: C
Rationale: Tertiary prevention focuses on managing existing disease and
preventing complications. Diabetes self-management education helps
patients manage their condition and prevent complications such as
neuropathy, nephropathy, and retinopathy.
QUESTION 4
A nurse is reviewing the Health Belief Model. Which component refers
to the individual's belief in their ability to successfully perform a health
behavior?
A) Perceived susceptibility
B) Perceived severity
C) Perceived benefits
D) Self-efficacy
Verified Answer: D
Rationale: Self-efficacy is the belief in one's ability to successfully
perform a health behavior. Perceived susceptibility is the belief in the
likelihood of getting a disease, perceived severity is the belief in the
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seriousness of the disease, and perceived benefits are the belief that the
behavior will reduce the threat.
QUESTION 5
A nurse is applying the Transtheoretical Model (Stages of Change). A
patient who is actively working on changing a behavior is in which
stage?
A) Precontemplation
B) Contemplation
C) Preparation
D) Action
Verified Answer: D
Rationale: The Action stage is when the individual is actively working
on changing the behavior. Precontemplation is no intention of change,
Contemplation is awareness but not ready, Preparation is planning to
take action, and Maintenance is sustaining the change.
QUESTION 6
A nurse is teaching a patient about smoking cessation. The patient states,
"I know I need to quit, but I'm not ready yet." This patient is in which
stage of change?
A) Precontemplation
B) Contemplation
