PHP 405 CDC Training Exam Questions With
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Using 2005 data, health district staff determined that the population in Kitsap County, Washington,
has a median age of 37.2 years. 9% of residents live in poverty, 4.2% are unemployed, and 12 percent
have no health insurance. The teen birth rate is 9/1000, and the infant mortality rate is 6.2/1000.
This example illustrates which one of the following uses of epidemiology in public health?
A. Targeting intervention programs
B. Community health assessment
C. Screening
D. Evaluation of intervention programs
E. Disease outbreak investigation
F. Surveillance
B. Community health assessment
Between April 30 and May 17, as part of routine surveillance, 32 cases of hepatitis were reported to
the district health department in Ogemaw County, Michigan (an unusually high number in this county
for such a short time period).
The health department determined that the illness was most common among boys 15-19 years old
(16 cases) and boys 10-14 years old (12 cases). Additionally, more than 90% of the ill people had
recently eaten at the West Branch Bakery. Health department personnel determined that
consumption of glazed donuts at the bakery exposed residents to hepatitis.
This example illustrates which one of the following uses of epidemiology in public health?
A. Community health assessment
B. Screening
C. Targeting intervention programs
D. Evaluation of intervention programs
E. Disease outbreak investigation
(E) Disease outbreak investigation
In an effort to prevent child abuse and neglect, new mothers were enrolled in a support program
shortly after delivery if they had any of the following factors that indicated they may be at high risk
for this problem: single parenthood, ambivalence to pregnancy (sought termination, no prenatal
care), and personal experience of physical domestic violence or childhood abuse.
Participants received home visit by the program's staff for the first 12 months of an infant's life, with
extensive program services offered and implemented according to the individual mother's needs.
This example illustrates which one of the following uses of epidemiology in public health?
A. Community health assessment
B. Disease outbreak investigation
C. Evaluation of intervention programs
D. Surveillance
E. Screening
F. Targeting intervention programs
(F) Targeting intervention programs
, Cases in the Metropolitan Atlanta Congenital Defects Program are identified through ongoing active
search and review of newborn and pediatric hospital records, and through birth certificates, death
certificates, fetal death certificates, pathology reports, autopsy records of cytogenetic laboratories.
This program provides reports on rates of birth defects to local and state officials on a regular basis.
This example illustrates which one of the following uses of epidemiology in public health?
A. Community health assessment
B. Disease outbreak investigation
C. Evaluation of intervention programs
D. Surveillance
E. Screening
F. Targeting intervention programs
D. Surveillance
Eight pairs of small Oregon communities were assigned to received either a school-based adolescent
tobacco use program or the school-based program plus a community program.
In each of the next five years, 7th and 9th grade students in these communities were surveyed about
tobacco and other substance use. Surveys during years two and five indicated that the prevalence of
smoking was significantly lower in the community intervention communities.
This example illustrates which one of the following uses of epidemiology in public health?
A. Community health assessment
B. Disease outbreak investigation
C. Evaluation of intervention programs
D. Surveillance
E. Screening
F. Targeting intervention programs
C. Evaluation of intervention programs
A baby's heel is pricked to obtain a few drops of blood for laboratory testing for signs of
phenylketonuria (PKU). Usually, the baby's blood specimen is sent to a state public health laboratory
for testing, and finding are sent to health care professional responsible for the infant's care.
If there are abnormal laboratory results, the baby needs more extensive and precise testing to see if
he or she does have PKU.
This example illustrates which one of the following uses of epidemiology in public health?
A. Community health assessment
B. Disease outbreak investigation
C. Evaluation of intervention programs
D. Surveillance
E. Screening
F. Targeting intervention programs
E. Screening
Epidemiology can be divided into two types. Select the correct two types.
A. Analytic and descriptive
B. Academic and descriptive
C. Categorical and continuous
Answers
Using 2005 data, health district staff determined that the population in Kitsap County, Washington,
has a median age of 37.2 years. 9% of residents live in poverty, 4.2% are unemployed, and 12 percent
have no health insurance. The teen birth rate is 9/1000, and the infant mortality rate is 6.2/1000.
This example illustrates which one of the following uses of epidemiology in public health?
A. Targeting intervention programs
B. Community health assessment
C. Screening
D. Evaluation of intervention programs
E. Disease outbreak investigation
F. Surveillance
B. Community health assessment
Between April 30 and May 17, as part of routine surveillance, 32 cases of hepatitis were reported to
the district health department in Ogemaw County, Michigan (an unusually high number in this county
for such a short time period).
The health department determined that the illness was most common among boys 15-19 years old
(16 cases) and boys 10-14 years old (12 cases). Additionally, more than 90% of the ill people had
recently eaten at the West Branch Bakery. Health department personnel determined that
consumption of glazed donuts at the bakery exposed residents to hepatitis.
This example illustrates which one of the following uses of epidemiology in public health?
A. Community health assessment
B. Screening
C. Targeting intervention programs
D. Evaluation of intervention programs
E. Disease outbreak investigation
(E) Disease outbreak investigation
In an effort to prevent child abuse and neglect, new mothers were enrolled in a support program
shortly after delivery if they had any of the following factors that indicated they may be at high risk
for this problem: single parenthood, ambivalence to pregnancy (sought termination, no prenatal
care), and personal experience of physical domestic violence or childhood abuse.
Participants received home visit by the program's staff for the first 12 months of an infant's life, with
extensive program services offered and implemented according to the individual mother's needs.
This example illustrates which one of the following uses of epidemiology in public health?
A. Community health assessment
B. Disease outbreak investigation
C. Evaluation of intervention programs
D. Surveillance
E. Screening
F. Targeting intervention programs
(F) Targeting intervention programs
, Cases in the Metropolitan Atlanta Congenital Defects Program are identified through ongoing active
search and review of newborn and pediatric hospital records, and through birth certificates, death
certificates, fetal death certificates, pathology reports, autopsy records of cytogenetic laboratories.
This program provides reports on rates of birth defects to local and state officials on a regular basis.
This example illustrates which one of the following uses of epidemiology in public health?
A. Community health assessment
B. Disease outbreak investigation
C. Evaluation of intervention programs
D. Surveillance
E. Screening
F. Targeting intervention programs
D. Surveillance
Eight pairs of small Oregon communities were assigned to received either a school-based adolescent
tobacco use program or the school-based program plus a community program.
In each of the next five years, 7th and 9th grade students in these communities were surveyed about
tobacco and other substance use. Surveys during years two and five indicated that the prevalence of
smoking was significantly lower in the community intervention communities.
This example illustrates which one of the following uses of epidemiology in public health?
A. Community health assessment
B. Disease outbreak investigation
C. Evaluation of intervention programs
D. Surveillance
E. Screening
F. Targeting intervention programs
C. Evaluation of intervention programs
A baby's heel is pricked to obtain a few drops of blood for laboratory testing for signs of
phenylketonuria (PKU). Usually, the baby's blood specimen is sent to a state public health laboratory
for testing, and finding are sent to health care professional responsible for the infant's care.
If there are abnormal laboratory results, the baby needs more extensive and precise testing to see if
he or she does have PKU.
This example illustrates which one of the following uses of epidemiology in public health?
A. Community health assessment
B. Disease outbreak investigation
C. Evaluation of intervention programs
D. Surveillance
E. Screening
F. Targeting intervention programs
E. Screening
Epidemiology can be divided into two types. Select the correct two types.
A. Analytic and descriptive
B. Academic and descriptive
C. Categorical and continuous
