PHC4101 midterm questions and
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Which of the following aspects of the medical system are not considered part of health policy
and management?
A. Cost
B. Access
C. Risk factors
D. Quality - correct answer ✔✔C. risk factors
Sanitation was the ONLY public health measures that contributed to people being healthier
today than they were a century ago:
A. True
B. False - correct answer ✔✔B. False
Which of the following statements is not true about the differences and similarities between
public health and medical care?
A. The goal of public health is prevention rather than cure
B. In public health, the community, as opposed to an individual, is the patient
C. In both public health and medicine, the patient can accept or reject treatment
recommendations
D. In public health, there is no way of diagnosing problems - correct answer ✔✔D. In public
health, there is no way of diagnosing problems.
,Public health played a major role in the cleanup process of the 9/11 attacks.
True
False - correct answer ✔✔True
Restricting individual freedoms for public health purposes is NEVER constitutional.
True
False - correct answer ✔✔False
The early history of U.S. public health was closely tied to social reform movements. Which of
the following public health issues would not be considered social reform?
A. Minimum income levels
B. Safe housing for all
C. Universal health care
D. Communicable disease control - correct answer ✔✔D. communicable disease control
Costs of public health measures are easier to calculate than benefits.
True
False - correct answer ✔✔True
Which of the following agencies do not have some responsibility for environmental health:
A. EPA
, B. NIH
C. CDC
D. CIA - correct answer ✔✔D. CIA
Which of the following is not an example of a non-governmental agency role in public health:
A. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation providing grants to states to test strategies for
providing health insurance to the poor
B. The American Red Cross conducting a blood drive
C. Planned Parenthood lobbying Congress to provide funds for family planning
D. The National Cancer Institute conducting research on cancer treatments - correct answer
✔✔D. The National Cancer Institute conducting research on cancer treatments
Which of the following statements is true:
A. Federal law does not have priority over state law.
B. The new federalism limits Congress's authority over the states.
C. Most public health laws don't require benefits to be weighed against costs.
D. Legislatures often do not delegate technical details of a law to public health agencies -
correct answer ✔✔B. The new federalism limits Congress's authority over the states
Which of the following statements is true of the Framingham Heart Study:
A. Publicity about its findings did not change people's health-related behavior
B. It found that smokers' risks of heart disease does not drop to normal after they quit
C. It found that it is not normal or healthy for blood pressure to rise with age
answers rated A+
Which of the following aspects of the medical system are not considered part of health policy
and management?
A. Cost
B. Access
C. Risk factors
D. Quality - correct answer ✔✔C. risk factors
Sanitation was the ONLY public health measures that contributed to people being healthier
today than they were a century ago:
A. True
B. False - correct answer ✔✔B. False
Which of the following statements is not true about the differences and similarities between
public health and medical care?
A. The goal of public health is prevention rather than cure
B. In public health, the community, as opposed to an individual, is the patient
C. In both public health and medicine, the patient can accept or reject treatment
recommendations
D. In public health, there is no way of diagnosing problems - correct answer ✔✔D. In public
health, there is no way of diagnosing problems.
,Public health played a major role in the cleanup process of the 9/11 attacks.
True
False - correct answer ✔✔True
Restricting individual freedoms for public health purposes is NEVER constitutional.
True
False - correct answer ✔✔False
The early history of U.S. public health was closely tied to social reform movements. Which of
the following public health issues would not be considered social reform?
A. Minimum income levels
B. Safe housing for all
C. Universal health care
D. Communicable disease control - correct answer ✔✔D. communicable disease control
Costs of public health measures are easier to calculate than benefits.
True
False - correct answer ✔✔True
Which of the following agencies do not have some responsibility for environmental health:
A. EPA
, B. NIH
C. CDC
D. CIA - correct answer ✔✔D. CIA
Which of the following is not an example of a non-governmental agency role in public health:
A. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation providing grants to states to test strategies for
providing health insurance to the poor
B. The American Red Cross conducting a blood drive
C. Planned Parenthood lobbying Congress to provide funds for family planning
D. The National Cancer Institute conducting research on cancer treatments - correct answer
✔✔D. The National Cancer Institute conducting research on cancer treatments
Which of the following statements is true:
A. Federal law does not have priority over state law.
B. The new federalism limits Congress's authority over the states.
C. Most public health laws don't require benefits to be weighed against costs.
D. Legislatures often do not delegate technical details of a law to public health agencies -
correct answer ✔✔B. The new federalism limits Congress's authority over the states
Which of the following statements is true of the Framingham Heart Study:
A. Publicity about its findings did not change people's health-related behavior
B. It found that smokers' risks of heart disease does not drop to normal after they quit
C. It found that it is not normal or healthy for blood pressure to rise with age
