Global Health Final Exam Questions with
complete solutions
How many diagnostic tests are under the W.H.O. (list of essential tests)?
A.) 113
B.) 58
C.) 55
D.) 65 - correct answer ✔✔Answer: A, 113
Which country/Industry has the lowest cost of supply for the medications on the
essentials list?
A.) United States of America
B.) Asia
C.) India
D.) Africa - correct answer ✔✔Answer: C, India
What does W.H.O stand for?
A.) World Hospital Organization
B.) Western Hemisphere Organization
C.) World Health Organization
D.) World Helper Organization - correct answer ✔✔Answer: C, World Health Organization
Which diagnostic test(s) is most important in underdeveloped countries?
,A.) High Blood Pressure
B.) HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Tuberculosis
C.) Blood Sugar
D.) Liver Enzymes - correct answer ✔✔Answer: B, HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Tuberculosis
Which of the following does not describe a goal of the W.H.O organization when they released their
diagnostic list?
A.) For underdeveloped countries to build more laboratories to run diagnostic tests
B.) To decrease costs of implementing the diagnostics
C.) To decrease the chances of antibiotic resistance from occurring
D.) To encourage other countries to create their own separate diagnostic lists - correct answer
✔✔Answer: D, To encourage other countries to create their own separate diagnostic lists
Where was PSR (Physicians for Social Responsibility) founded?
A) Los Angeles
B) Chicago
C) Detroit
D) Boston - correct answer ✔✔Answer: D, Boston
Why did PSR become a global health organization?
A) To save lives and prohibit the use of nuclear weapons.
B) To protect cities from weaponry destruction
C) To promote peace and prevent terrorism attacks
D) All of the above - correct answer ✔✔Answer: D, All of the above
Select all that apply:
, Which of the following are ways in which you yourself can help PSR?
A) Financial Donations
B) Asking PSR for a grant
C) Advocating for environmental safety with a ban against nuclear weaponry
D) Becoming a member on the PSR website - correct answer ✔✔Answer: A (Financial donations), C
(Advocating for environmental safety with a ban against nuclear weaponry), D (Becoming a member on
the PSR website)
Where does the majority of PSR's funding come from?
A) Government Funded
B) Donations, both large and small donors
C) A and B
D) NASA - correct answer ✔✔Answer: B, Donations, both large and small donors
TRUE or FALSE
PSR brings physicians and healthcare professionals together to contribute their solutions about climate
change and living in a nuclear
weapons-free world. - correct answer ✔✔Answer: True
What is the poorest country in the world?
A) Haiti
B) Jamaica
C) Canada
D) Greece - correct answer ✔✔Answer: A
What is the percentage of children that are fully vaccinated in Haiti?
complete solutions
How many diagnostic tests are under the W.H.O. (list of essential tests)?
A.) 113
B.) 58
C.) 55
D.) 65 - correct answer ✔✔Answer: A, 113
Which country/Industry has the lowest cost of supply for the medications on the
essentials list?
A.) United States of America
B.) Asia
C.) India
D.) Africa - correct answer ✔✔Answer: C, India
What does W.H.O stand for?
A.) World Hospital Organization
B.) Western Hemisphere Organization
C.) World Health Organization
D.) World Helper Organization - correct answer ✔✔Answer: C, World Health Organization
Which diagnostic test(s) is most important in underdeveloped countries?
,A.) High Blood Pressure
B.) HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Tuberculosis
C.) Blood Sugar
D.) Liver Enzymes - correct answer ✔✔Answer: B, HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Tuberculosis
Which of the following does not describe a goal of the W.H.O organization when they released their
diagnostic list?
A.) For underdeveloped countries to build more laboratories to run diagnostic tests
B.) To decrease costs of implementing the diagnostics
C.) To decrease the chances of antibiotic resistance from occurring
D.) To encourage other countries to create their own separate diagnostic lists - correct answer
✔✔Answer: D, To encourage other countries to create their own separate diagnostic lists
Where was PSR (Physicians for Social Responsibility) founded?
A) Los Angeles
B) Chicago
C) Detroit
D) Boston - correct answer ✔✔Answer: D, Boston
Why did PSR become a global health organization?
A) To save lives and prohibit the use of nuclear weapons.
B) To protect cities from weaponry destruction
C) To promote peace and prevent terrorism attacks
D) All of the above - correct answer ✔✔Answer: D, All of the above
Select all that apply:
, Which of the following are ways in which you yourself can help PSR?
A) Financial Donations
B) Asking PSR for a grant
C) Advocating for environmental safety with a ban against nuclear weaponry
D) Becoming a member on the PSR website - correct answer ✔✔Answer: A (Financial donations), C
(Advocating for environmental safety with a ban against nuclear weaponry), D (Becoming a member on
the PSR website)
Where does the majority of PSR's funding come from?
A) Government Funded
B) Donations, both large and small donors
C) A and B
D) NASA - correct answer ✔✔Answer: B, Donations, both large and small donors
TRUE or FALSE
PSR brings physicians and healthcare professionals together to contribute their solutions about climate
change and living in a nuclear
weapons-free world. - correct answer ✔✔Answer: True
What is the poorest country in the world?
A) Haiti
B) Jamaica
C) Canada
D) Greece - correct answer ✔✔Answer: A
What is the percentage of children that are fully vaccinated in Haiti?
