Global Health | Quiz 1 Set 1 Questions and Answers with 100%
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Question 1.
True or False? The primary goal of global health security is to ensure the health of military
personnel and law enforcement officers.
Correct Answer: False
Question 2.
The Constitution of the World Health Organization (WHO), written in 1948, defines which of
the following as "a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not
merely the absence of disease or infirmity"?
Correct Answer: health
Question 3.
True or False? The diversity of contributors to disease means that a great diversity of
health interventions can improve health.
Correct Answer: True
Question 4.
True or False? By the middle of the 20th century, most medical scientists had shifted their
efforts from the identification of social and environmental risk factors for disease to the
identification of specific infectious agents and genes.
Correct Answer: True
Question 5.
Which of the following focuses on preventing, diagnosing, and treating health problems in
individuals and families?
Correct Answer: Medicine
Question 6.
Which metric focuses primarily on the burden of nonfatal causes of reduced productivity,
such as mental health disorders, sensory disorders, and musculoskeletal disorders that
cause pain?
Correct Answer: Years lived with disability
Question 7.
True or False? The most disadvantaged populations, often the ones with the highest
mortality rates, are the most likely to have their life events accurately counted.
Correct Answer: False
Correct Answers | Latest Version
Question 1.
True or False? The primary goal of global health security is to ensure the health of military
personnel and law enforcement officers.
Correct Answer: False
Question 2.
The Constitution of the World Health Organization (WHO), written in 1948, defines which of
the following as "a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not
merely the absence of disease or infirmity"?
Correct Answer: health
Question 3.
True or False? The diversity of contributors to disease means that a great diversity of
health interventions can improve health.
Correct Answer: True
Question 4.
True or False? By the middle of the 20th century, most medical scientists had shifted their
efforts from the identification of social and environmental risk factors for disease to the
identification of specific infectious agents and genes.
Correct Answer: True
Question 5.
Which of the following focuses on preventing, diagnosing, and treating health problems in
individuals and families?
Correct Answer: Medicine
Question 6.
Which metric focuses primarily on the burden of nonfatal causes of reduced productivity,
such as mental health disorders, sensory disorders, and musculoskeletal disorders that
cause pain?
Correct Answer: Years lived with disability
Question 7.
True or False? The most disadvantaged populations, often the ones with the highest
mortality rates, are the most likely to have their life events accurately counted.
Correct Answer: False
