PUBLIC HEALTH EXAM 2 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Lower socioeconomic status is typically associated with greater exposure to:
Answer:
Health risks
Question:
2. When doing a "Social Assessment" researchers collect data through:
Answer:
Survery, interviews, focus groups, observation
Question:
3. What are some common causes or disease that are a major source of disability in Non-communicable
disease:
Answer:
Cardiovascular disease, cancer, Alzheimer's
Question:
4. Why do we do early screaming for diseases?
Answer:
Detection at an early stage which will allow for treatment to improve outcomes and will reduce disability
and/or death due to these disease
Question:
5. In 2010, Chronic Disease deaths in the United States accounted for:
Answer:
7 of 10 causes of death
Question:
6. Obesity statistics from 2009-2010:
Answer:
1/3+ adults, ~78 million people, 1/5 youths aged 2-19
Question:
7. Screening for Hypertension is generally a waste of time and not an effective screening strategy:
Answer:
FALSE! Low cost, free of harms, acceptable to patients. Treatements may be complicated, costly or have
harms/side effects
Question:
8. T/F: Colon cancer screening is NOT cost effective
Answer:
True
, Question:
9. The three types of physical environments, when talking about environmental health, are:
Answer:
1. Unaltered environment - "natural"
2. Altered environment - the result of added chemicals, radiation and biological products
3. Built environment- result of human construction
Question:
10. Particulate matter, PM2.5, is the most concerning particulate pollution. It includes:
Answer:
Soot, smoke and dust
Question:
11. Worst places on the planet for particulate pollution:
Answer:
- Lost Angeles - Long Beach, California
- Bakersfield, California
- Visalia-Poterville-Handford, California
- Fresno-Madeira, California
- Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Arizona
- Sacramento-Roseville, California
- Modesto-Merced, California
- Denver-Aurora, Colorado
Question:
12. Intentional injury includes:
Answer:
Bioterrorism, suicide
Question:
13. In the USA, the TWO leading causes of death, all ages, all races, all genders are:
Answer:
Heart disease and cancer?
Question:
14. How are we exposed to pollutants through our physical environment?
Answer:
Skin, respiratory tract, alimentary or digestive tract, genital-urinary tract
Question:
15. Top US Cities with the worst Ozone or Particle Pollution
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Lower socioeconomic status is typically associated with greater exposure to:
Answer:
Health risks
Question:
2. When doing a "Social Assessment" researchers collect data through:
Answer:
Survery, interviews, focus groups, observation
Question:
3. What are some common causes or disease that are a major source of disability in Non-communicable
disease:
Answer:
Cardiovascular disease, cancer, Alzheimer's
Question:
4. Why do we do early screaming for diseases?
Answer:
Detection at an early stage which will allow for treatment to improve outcomes and will reduce disability
and/or death due to these disease
Question:
5. In 2010, Chronic Disease deaths in the United States accounted for:
Answer:
7 of 10 causes of death
Question:
6. Obesity statistics from 2009-2010:
Answer:
1/3+ adults, ~78 million people, 1/5 youths aged 2-19
Question:
7. Screening for Hypertension is generally a waste of time and not an effective screening strategy:
Answer:
FALSE! Low cost, free of harms, acceptable to patients. Treatements may be complicated, costly or have
harms/side effects
Question:
8. T/F: Colon cancer screening is NOT cost effective
Answer:
True
, Question:
9. The three types of physical environments, when talking about environmental health, are:
Answer:
1. Unaltered environment - "natural"
2. Altered environment - the result of added chemicals, radiation and biological products
3. Built environment- result of human construction
Question:
10. Particulate matter, PM2.5, is the most concerning particulate pollution. It includes:
Answer:
Soot, smoke and dust
Question:
11. Worst places on the planet for particulate pollution:
Answer:
- Lost Angeles - Long Beach, California
- Bakersfield, California
- Visalia-Poterville-Handford, California
- Fresno-Madeira, California
- Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Arizona
- Sacramento-Roseville, California
- Modesto-Merced, California
- Denver-Aurora, Colorado
Question:
12. Intentional injury includes:
Answer:
Bioterrorism, suicide
Question:
13. In the USA, the TWO leading causes of death, all ages, all races, all genders are:
Answer:
Heart disease and cancer?
Question:
14. How are we exposed to pollutants through our physical environment?
Answer:
Skin, respiratory tract, alimentary or digestive tract, genital-urinary tract
Question:
15. Top US Cities with the worst Ozone or Particle Pollution
