Population Health Practice Questions
and Already Passed Answers Rated
A+.
One of the primary focuses of improving the health of the American people in the twenty-first
century is to address:
a. Bioterrorism and global health threats
b. Delivery of individual care and hygiene
c. The need for increased hospital and acute care
d. Chronic disease and disability management - Answer a. Bioterrorism and global health
threats
The threat of bioterrorism has the potential to:
a. Dissolve community-based programs.
b. Cause the health care system to collapse.
c. Divert funds from other public safety health care programs.
d. Increase the need for shelters. - Answer c. Divert funds from other public safety health care
programs.
Population-based preventive programs launched in the 1970s are responsible for increased:
a. Use of tobacco
b. Use of automobile safety restraints
c. Incidence of hypertension
d. Incidence of obesity - Answer b. Use of automobile safety restraints
The public health nurse must participate in the essential services of public health. These
include:
a. Monitoring health status by completing a community assessment
b. Diagnosing and investigating health problems in the world
c. Informing, educating, and empowering people about health issues
d. Working in law enforcement to regulate health and ensure safety - Answer c. Informing,
educating, and empowering people about health issues
,b. Providing a flu shot for an elderly person at the health department
c. Keeping track of alternative therapies in use in the United States
d. Keeping snake antivenom at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta -
Answer a. Tracking avian flu outbreaks and doing surveillance in the United States
Making sure that essential community-oriented health services are available defines which of
the core public health functions?
a. Policy development
b. Assessment
c. Assurance
d. Scientific knowledge-based care - Answer c. Assurance
The number and proportion of persons aged 25 or older with less than a high school education
is an example of:
a. Sociodemographic characteristics
b. Health status
c. Health risk factors
d. Health care resource consumption - Answer a. Sociodemographic characteristics
The purpose of public health core functions is to:
a. Clarify the role of the government in fulfilling the mission of public health.
b. Ensure the safety of populations in receiving quality health care.
c. Provide community-based individualized care to every person in the United States.
d. Unite public and private providers of care in a comprehensive approach to providing health
care. - Answer a. Clarify the role of the government in fulfilling the mission of public health.
Which of the following statements about public health is accurate?
a. Prevention of early deaths can be more effectively accomplished by medical treatment than
by public health approaches.
b. Expenditures and resources for public health have increased in recent years.
c. Historically, gains in the health of populations have been related largely to changes in safety,
sanitation, and personal behavior.
d. Reform of the medical insurance system is the single change needed to improve the health of
, a. Assessment
b. Prevention
c. Assurance
d. Policy development - Answer a. Assessment
The nurse who compares the rate of teenage pregnancy in various areas of the city is practicing
the public health core function of:
a. Assurance
b. Assessment
c. Prevention
d. Policy development - Answer b. Assessment
Public health nurses who develop and implement local public health policies through
partnerships with agencies, organizations, and consumers within the community are using
which core public health function?
a. Assessment
b. Prevention
c. Assurance
d. Policy development - Answer d. Policy development
Providing for the availability of essential personal health services for people who would
otherwise not receive health care defines which public health core function?
a. Assessment
b. Prevention
c. Assurance
d. Policy development - Answer c. Assurance
The nurse manager who makes sure that the staff members who work in a local clinic are
competent is demonstrating the public health core function of:
a. Assurance
b. Assessment
c. Prevention
d. Policy development - Answer a. Assurance
and Already Passed Answers Rated
A+.
One of the primary focuses of improving the health of the American people in the twenty-first
century is to address:
a. Bioterrorism and global health threats
b. Delivery of individual care and hygiene
c. The need for increased hospital and acute care
d. Chronic disease and disability management - Answer a. Bioterrorism and global health
threats
The threat of bioterrorism has the potential to:
a. Dissolve community-based programs.
b. Cause the health care system to collapse.
c. Divert funds from other public safety health care programs.
d. Increase the need for shelters. - Answer c. Divert funds from other public safety health care
programs.
Population-based preventive programs launched in the 1970s are responsible for increased:
a. Use of tobacco
b. Use of automobile safety restraints
c. Incidence of hypertension
d. Incidence of obesity - Answer b. Use of automobile safety restraints
The public health nurse must participate in the essential services of public health. These
include:
a. Monitoring health status by completing a community assessment
b. Diagnosing and investigating health problems in the world
c. Informing, educating, and empowering people about health issues
d. Working in law enforcement to regulate health and ensure safety - Answer c. Informing,
educating, and empowering people about health issues
,b. Providing a flu shot for an elderly person at the health department
c. Keeping track of alternative therapies in use in the United States
d. Keeping snake antivenom at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta -
Answer a. Tracking avian flu outbreaks and doing surveillance in the United States
Making sure that essential community-oriented health services are available defines which of
the core public health functions?
a. Policy development
b. Assessment
c. Assurance
d. Scientific knowledge-based care - Answer c. Assurance
The number and proportion of persons aged 25 or older with less than a high school education
is an example of:
a. Sociodemographic characteristics
b. Health status
c. Health risk factors
d. Health care resource consumption - Answer a. Sociodemographic characteristics
The purpose of public health core functions is to:
a. Clarify the role of the government in fulfilling the mission of public health.
b. Ensure the safety of populations in receiving quality health care.
c. Provide community-based individualized care to every person in the United States.
d. Unite public and private providers of care in a comprehensive approach to providing health
care. - Answer a. Clarify the role of the government in fulfilling the mission of public health.
Which of the following statements about public health is accurate?
a. Prevention of early deaths can be more effectively accomplished by medical treatment than
by public health approaches.
b. Expenditures and resources for public health have increased in recent years.
c. Historically, gains in the health of populations have been related largely to changes in safety,
sanitation, and personal behavior.
d. Reform of the medical insurance system is the single change needed to improve the health of
, a. Assessment
b. Prevention
c. Assurance
d. Policy development - Answer a. Assessment
The nurse who compares the rate of teenage pregnancy in various areas of the city is practicing
the public health core function of:
a. Assurance
b. Assessment
c. Prevention
d. Policy development - Answer b. Assessment
Public health nurses who develop and implement local public health policies through
partnerships with agencies, organizations, and consumers within the community are using
which core public health function?
a. Assessment
b. Prevention
c. Assurance
d. Policy development - Answer d. Policy development
Providing for the availability of essential personal health services for people who would
otherwise not receive health care defines which public health core function?
a. Assessment
b. Prevention
c. Assurance
d. Policy development - Answer c. Assurance
The nurse manager who makes sure that the staff members who work in a local clinic are
competent is demonstrating the public health core function of:
a. Assurance
b. Assessment
c. Prevention
d. Policy development - Answer a. Assurance
