Community Health Exam 3 | Practice Questions, Answers & Study
Guide 2026/2027
C. Those with increased risk for adverse
health outcomes - Ans✅✅✅ How would a community health nurse define vulnerable populations? *
A. Those with higher mortality rates
B. Individuals with lower life expectancy
C. Those with increased risk for adverse
health outcomes
D. Individuals with chronic illness
A. insurance - Ans✅✅✅ A community health nurse is applying the Behavioral Model for Vulnerable
Populations when evaluating a local community. Which would the nurse include as an enabling factor? *
A. insurance
B. acculturation
C. knowledge of disease
D. marital status
D. living conditions - Ans✅✅✅ When assessing a population's
vulnerability, which would the community
health nurse identify as a predisposing
factor? *
A. social support networks
B. crime rates
C. transportation
D. living conditions
, C. Someone who is incarcerated - Ans✅✅✅ An instructor reviews the definition of homelessness
according to the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act with a group of community health nursing
students. The instructor determines that the students need clarification when they include which as
homeless? *
A. Someone living in a public shelter
B. Someone living in a public park
C. Someone who is incarcerated
D. Someone living in his or her car
D. Families with children - Ans✅✅✅ After reviewing statistics on homelessness, which would a
community health nurse identify as the fastest growing segment of the homeless population? *
A. Children under age 18 years
B. Families headed by a female single parent
C. Families headed by a male single parent
D. Families with children
A. Older, with a lower income and less formal
education - Ans✅✅✅ When attempting to describe the characteristics of a typical rural population to
a group of community health nurses, which characteristic would the nurse include? *
A. Older, with a lower income and less formal
education
B. Young minorities with a higher income and
less formal education
C. Wealthier, more highly educated, older
White Americans
D. A reflection of the population as a whole
C. Employ information tracking systems - Ans✅✅✅ When providing care for migrant workers, which
of the following would be most appropriate for the community health nurse to do? *
A. Maintain existing services
B. Use standard methods of health care
Guide 2026/2027
C. Those with increased risk for adverse
health outcomes - Ans✅✅✅ How would a community health nurse define vulnerable populations? *
A. Those with higher mortality rates
B. Individuals with lower life expectancy
C. Those with increased risk for adverse
health outcomes
D. Individuals with chronic illness
A. insurance - Ans✅✅✅ A community health nurse is applying the Behavioral Model for Vulnerable
Populations when evaluating a local community. Which would the nurse include as an enabling factor? *
A. insurance
B. acculturation
C. knowledge of disease
D. marital status
D. living conditions - Ans✅✅✅ When assessing a population's
vulnerability, which would the community
health nurse identify as a predisposing
factor? *
A. social support networks
B. crime rates
C. transportation
D. living conditions
, C. Someone who is incarcerated - Ans✅✅✅ An instructor reviews the definition of homelessness
according to the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act with a group of community health nursing
students. The instructor determines that the students need clarification when they include which as
homeless? *
A. Someone living in a public shelter
B. Someone living in a public park
C. Someone who is incarcerated
D. Someone living in his or her car
D. Families with children - Ans✅✅✅ After reviewing statistics on homelessness, which would a
community health nurse identify as the fastest growing segment of the homeless population? *
A. Children under age 18 years
B. Families headed by a female single parent
C. Families headed by a male single parent
D. Families with children
A. Older, with a lower income and less formal
education - Ans✅✅✅ When attempting to describe the characteristics of a typical rural population to
a group of community health nurses, which characteristic would the nurse include? *
A. Older, with a lower income and less formal
education
B. Young minorities with a higher income and
less formal education
C. Wealthier, more highly educated, older
White Americans
D. A reflection of the population as a whole
C. Employ information tracking systems - Ans✅✅✅ When providing care for migrant workers, which
of the following would be most appropriate for the community health nurse to do? *
A. Maintain existing services
B. Use standard methods of health care
