GHP Exam 1 Latest set with Questions
and correct Answers
1. DALY (disability adjusted life years) consists of:
A) YLL (years of life lost)
B) YLD (years of life disabled)
C) Both A and B
D) None of the above - correct answer- ✅C) Both a and b
2. According to the Global Burden of Disease report the major burden or cause of disease is:
A) Injuries
B) Cancer [malignant neoplasms]
C) CVD
D) Communicable disease, maternal & perinatal conditions & nutritional deficiencies - correct
answer- ✅c)CVD
3. What does HALE stand for? - correct answer- ✅health adjusted life expectancy
4. How many people on earth? - correct answer- ✅7.5 billion people
5. What is the WHO definition of health? - correct answer- ✅A state of complete physical,
mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
6. What % of the world is living in developing countries? - correct answer- ✅80%
7. Who is spreading zika virus? - correct answer- ✅mosquitoes (aedes aegypti and aedes
albopictus)
8. What is the best predictor of an individual's health status? - correct answer- ✅SES
(socioeconomic status)
9. What are the units used for the International Poverty Line? - correct answer- ✅190
purchasing power parity (ppp)/day -- USD
10. What is the difference between public health and medicine? - correct answer- ✅Public
Health: Health of public at large-like groups and communities
Medicine: More individualized
11. How is the Zika virus transmitted? - correct answer- ✅-Sexually
-Mother to child during pregnancy (placental not breastfeeding)
-Mosquito bites
12. Definition of maternal mortality ratio - correct answer- ✅The number of women who die as
a result of pregnancy and childbirth complications per 100,000 live births in a given time period
13. Definition of prevalence - correct answer- ✅The number of susceptible people suffering
from a certain condition over a specific time period
14. What does a high birth rate and low death rate mean for a population? - correct answer-
✅Young population
15. What does a low birth rate and high death rate mean for a population? - correct answer-
✅Old population
16. Crude death rate is expressed how? - correct answer- ✅-Annual deaths per 1000 people
and correct Answers
1. DALY (disability adjusted life years) consists of:
A) YLL (years of life lost)
B) YLD (years of life disabled)
C) Both A and B
D) None of the above - correct answer- ✅C) Both a and b
2. According to the Global Burden of Disease report the major burden or cause of disease is:
A) Injuries
B) Cancer [malignant neoplasms]
C) CVD
D) Communicable disease, maternal & perinatal conditions & nutritional deficiencies - correct
answer- ✅c)CVD
3. What does HALE stand for? - correct answer- ✅health adjusted life expectancy
4. How many people on earth? - correct answer- ✅7.5 billion people
5. What is the WHO definition of health? - correct answer- ✅A state of complete physical,
mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
6. What % of the world is living in developing countries? - correct answer- ✅80%
7. Who is spreading zika virus? - correct answer- ✅mosquitoes (aedes aegypti and aedes
albopictus)
8. What is the best predictor of an individual's health status? - correct answer- ✅SES
(socioeconomic status)
9. What are the units used for the International Poverty Line? - correct answer- ✅190
purchasing power parity (ppp)/day -- USD
10. What is the difference between public health and medicine? - correct answer- ✅Public
Health: Health of public at large-like groups and communities
Medicine: More individualized
11. How is the Zika virus transmitted? - correct answer- ✅-Sexually
-Mother to child during pregnancy (placental not breastfeeding)
-Mosquito bites
12. Definition of maternal mortality ratio - correct answer- ✅The number of women who die as
a result of pregnancy and childbirth complications per 100,000 live births in a given time period
13. Definition of prevalence - correct answer- ✅The number of susceptible people suffering
from a certain condition over a specific time period
14. What does a high birth rate and low death rate mean for a population? - correct answer-
✅Young population
15. What does a low birth rate and high death rate mean for a population? - correct answer-
✅Old population
16. Crude death rate is expressed how? - correct answer- ✅-Annual deaths per 1000 people
