GCH 300 Exam 1 (ch1-4) questions
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T/F: A disease that lasts three months or less is a chronic disease - ANS ✔False
T/F: The average number of years a person from a specific cohort is projected to live from a
given point in time is his or her life expectancy - ANS ✔True
T/F: The number of years of healthy life expected, on average, in a given population is the
disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). - ANS ✔False
T/F: Sometimes notifiable diseases are not reported to the local health department because
patients recover without a diagnosis being confirmed. - ANS ✔True
When using criteria of causation, the criterion that addresses the issue of whether the
association has been reported in a variety of people, has been exposed in a variety of settings,
and can have repeatable results by other researchers is: - ANS ✔Consistency
T/F: An attack rate is an incidence rate calculated for a particular population for a single disease
outbreak and is expressed as a percentage. - ANS ✔True
The number of events that occur in a given population in a given period of time is a: - ANS
✔Rate
Studies that seek to describe the extent of disease in regard to person, time, and place are: -
ANS ✔Descriptive studies
,T/F: An unexpectedly large number of cases of an illness, specific health-related behavior, or
other health-related event in a particular population is defined as a pandemic. - ANS ✔False
When prioritizing prevention and control efforts, health officials use data from: - ANS ✔Leading
causes of death
YPLL
Economic cost to society
Appendicitis and poisoning are examples of: - ANS ✔Acute noncommunicable diseases
T/F: The common cold is an example of a chronic communicable disease. - ANS ✔False
T/F: In the chain of infection, a disease-producing agent leaves its reservoir through a portal of
entry. - ANS ✔False
T/F: Diseases for which the reservoir resides in animal populations are called anthroponoses. -
ANS ✔False
One's race and age are examples of: - ANS ✔Unmodifiable risk factors
T/F: In the communicable disease model, the cause of a disease or health problem is the host. -
ANS ✔False
T/F: The ability of a biological agent to enter and grow in the host is pathogenicity. - ANS ✔False
Health screenings are important measures in: - ANS ✔Secondary Prevention
Twenty-first century community health concerns include: - ANS ✔All of these are correct.
,Actions that society takes collectively to ensure that the conditions in which people can be
healthy can occur is termed: - ANS ✔public health
A community is a group of people who have common charcteristics - ANS ✔True
Upton Sinclair's book The Jungle drew attention to the plight of immigrants in the meatpacking
industry. - ANS ✔True
Choosing to eat wisely, wearing a seat belt, and visiting the physician are examples of
community/public health activities. - ANS ✔False
Healthcare delivery is a twenty-first- century public health concern - ANS ✔True
Government health agencies began being created as a response to epidemics and mounting
health problems in the latter part of the eighteenth century. - ANS ✔True
The beginning of the government's major involvement in social issues, including health, was
marked by: - ANS ✔The Social Security Act of 1935
The Shattuck report marked the beginning of the: - ANS ✔Modern era of public health
Physical factors affecting community health include geography, community size, and industrial
development. - ANS ✔True
A disease that lasts 3 months or less is a chronic disease - ANS ✔False
, An epidemic curve depicting a distribution of cases traceable to multiple sources of exposure is
a: - ANS ✔Propagated epidemic curve
An attack rate is an incidence rate calculated for a particular population for a single disease
outbreak and is expressed as a percentage. - ANS ✔True
The average number of years a person from a specific cohort is projected to live from a given
point in time is his or her life expectancy. - ANS ✔True
A primary care physician is concerned with the course of a disease in an individual, whereas an
epidemiologist is concerned with the course of disease in a population. - ANS ✔True
The number of events that occur in a given population in a given population in a given period of
time is a: - ANS ✔Rate
Sometimes notifiable diseases are not reported to the local health department because patients
recover without a diagnosis being confirmed. - ANS ✔True
When using criteria of causation, the criterion that addresses the issue of whether the
association has been in a variety of people, has been exposed in a variety of settings, and can
have repeatable results by other researchers is: - ANS ✔consistency
The number of years of healthy life expected, on average, in a given population is the disability-
adjusted life years (DALYs). - ANS ✔False
An example of a quasi-governmental health organization is: - ANS ✔the National Science
Foundation.
Nongovernmental health agencies are funded primarily by: - ANS ✔private donations.
well answered already passed
T/F: A disease that lasts three months or less is a chronic disease - ANS ✔False
T/F: The average number of years a person from a specific cohort is projected to live from a
given point in time is his or her life expectancy - ANS ✔True
T/F: The number of years of healthy life expected, on average, in a given population is the
disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). - ANS ✔False
T/F: Sometimes notifiable diseases are not reported to the local health department because
patients recover without a diagnosis being confirmed. - ANS ✔True
When using criteria of causation, the criterion that addresses the issue of whether the
association has been reported in a variety of people, has been exposed in a variety of settings,
and can have repeatable results by other researchers is: - ANS ✔Consistency
T/F: An attack rate is an incidence rate calculated for a particular population for a single disease
outbreak and is expressed as a percentage. - ANS ✔True
The number of events that occur in a given population in a given period of time is a: - ANS
✔Rate
Studies that seek to describe the extent of disease in regard to person, time, and place are: -
ANS ✔Descriptive studies
,T/F: An unexpectedly large number of cases of an illness, specific health-related behavior, or
other health-related event in a particular population is defined as a pandemic. - ANS ✔False
When prioritizing prevention and control efforts, health officials use data from: - ANS ✔Leading
causes of death
YPLL
Economic cost to society
Appendicitis and poisoning are examples of: - ANS ✔Acute noncommunicable diseases
T/F: The common cold is an example of a chronic communicable disease. - ANS ✔False
T/F: In the chain of infection, a disease-producing agent leaves its reservoir through a portal of
entry. - ANS ✔False
T/F: Diseases for which the reservoir resides in animal populations are called anthroponoses. -
ANS ✔False
One's race and age are examples of: - ANS ✔Unmodifiable risk factors
T/F: In the communicable disease model, the cause of a disease or health problem is the host. -
ANS ✔False
T/F: The ability of a biological agent to enter and grow in the host is pathogenicity. - ANS ✔False
Health screenings are important measures in: - ANS ✔Secondary Prevention
Twenty-first century community health concerns include: - ANS ✔All of these are correct.
,Actions that society takes collectively to ensure that the conditions in which people can be
healthy can occur is termed: - ANS ✔public health
A community is a group of people who have common charcteristics - ANS ✔True
Upton Sinclair's book The Jungle drew attention to the plight of immigrants in the meatpacking
industry. - ANS ✔True
Choosing to eat wisely, wearing a seat belt, and visiting the physician are examples of
community/public health activities. - ANS ✔False
Healthcare delivery is a twenty-first- century public health concern - ANS ✔True
Government health agencies began being created as a response to epidemics and mounting
health problems in the latter part of the eighteenth century. - ANS ✔True
The beginning of the government's major involvement in social issues, including health, was
marked by: - ANS ✔The Social Security Act of 1935
The Shattuck report marked the beginning of the: - ANS ✔Modern era of public health
Physical factors affecting community health include geography, community size, and industrial
development. - ANS ✔True
A disease that lasts 3 months or less is a chronic disease - ANS ✔False
, An epidemic curve depicting a distribution of cases traceable to multiple sources of exposure is
a: - ANS ✔Propagated epidemic curve
An attack rate is an incidence rate calculated for a particular population for a single disease
outbreak and is expressed as a percentage. - ANS ✔True
The average number of years a person from a specific cohort is projected to live from a given
point in time is his or her life expectancy. - ANS ✔True
A primary care physician is concerned with the course of a disease in an individual, whereas an
epidemiologist is concerned with the course of disease in a population. - ANS ✔True
The number of events that occur in a given population in a given population in a given period of
time is a: - ANS ✔Rate
Sometimes notifiable diseases are not reported to the local health department because patients
recover without a diagnosis being confirmed. - ANS ✔True
When using criteria of causation, the criterion that addresses the issue of whether the
association has been in a variety of people, has been exposed in a variety of settings, and can
have repeatable results by other researchers is: - ANS ✔consistency
The number of years of healthy life expected, on average, in a given population is the disability-
adjusted life years (DALYs). - ANS ✔False
An example of a quasi-governmental health organization is: - ANS ✔the National Science
Foundation.
Nongovernmental health agencies are funded primarily by: - ANS ✔private donations.
