NR-611: Population Health Concluding Experience I –
Comprehensive Community Assessment, Evidence-
Based Intervention Planning, and Population Health
Management 2025-2026
1. Which of the following best describes population health?
A. Health of individuals in isolation
B. Health outcomes of a specific clinical population only
C. Health outcomes of a group of individuals, including
distribution within the group
D. Health outcomes determined solely by genetics
Rationale: Population health focuses on the outcomes of groups
and the distribution of these outcomes across populations.
2. The primary goal of a community health needs assessment
is to:
A. Identify individual patient diagnoses
B. Identify health needs and resources in a community
C. Determine hospital profitability
D. Implement a policy without evaluation
Rationale: Community health assessments systematically collect
and analyze data to identify community health needs.
3. Which measure reflects the burden of disease in a
population?
A. Patient satisfaction scores
B. Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs)
,C. Prescription refill rates
D. Hospital revenue
Rationale: DALYs quantify the overall disease burden by
combining years of life lost and years lived with disability.
4. An example of a primary prevention intervention is:
A. Vaccination against influenza
B. Screening for hypertension
C. Rehabilitation after stroke
D. Chemotherapy for cancer
Rationale: Primary prevention aims to prevent disease before it
occurs.
5. Health disparities are best described as:
A. Random variations in health outcomes
B. Systematic differences in health outcomes between
different population groups
C. Differences due solely to patient behavior
D. Differences in access to luxury healthcare services
Rationale: Health disparities are avoidable differences linked to
social, economic, or environmental disadvantages.
6. Which epidemiologic study design measures incidence of a
disease?
A. Case-control
B. Cohort study
C. Cross-sectional
D. Ecologic
,Rationale: Cohort studies follow participants over time to
measure new cases of disease (incidence).
7. The most effective strategy to reduce community obesity
rates is:
A. Individual diet counseling
B. Hospital-based interventions
C. Policy and environmental changes promoting healthy
eating and activity
D. Genetic testing for obesity
Rationale: Population-level interventions, such as policy
changes and environmental modifications, have greater impact
than individual approaches.
8. Which social determinant of health is most strongly
associated with chronic disease prevalence?
A. Hair color
B. Height
C. Socioeconomic status
D. Blood type
Rationale: Socioeconomic status influences access to resources,
education, and healthy behaviors.
9. The Healthy People initiative primarily serves to:
A. Fund individual hospitals
B. Set national health objectives and benchmarks
C. Provide individual patient counseling
D. Conduct hospital audits
, Rationale: Healthy People sets measurable objectives to
improve population health nationwide.
10. Which of the following is an example of secondary
prevention?
A. Nutrition education
B. Mammography for early detection of breast cancer
C. Vaccination
D. Physical therapy post-stroke
Rationale: Secondary prevention aims to detect disease early to
reduce morbidity and mortality.
11. Which data source is most reliable for monitoring national
mortality trends?
A. Social media posts
B. Hospital billing data
C. Vital statistics registries
D. Patient surveys
Rationale: Vital statistics registries provide standardized,
nationwide data on deaths and causes.
12. The epidemiologic triangle includes:
A. Host, hospital, therapy
B. Policy, practice, prevention
C. Host, agent, environment
D. Community, patient, provider
Comprehensive Community Assessment, Evidence-
Based Intervention Planning, and Population Health
Management 2025-2026
1. Which of the following best describes population health?
A. Health of individuals in isolation
B. Health outcomes of a specific clinical population only
C. Health outcomes of a group of individuals, including
distribution within the group
D. Health outcomes determined solely by genetics
Rationale: Population health focuses on the outcomes of groups
and the distribution of these outcomes across populations.
2. The primary goal of a community health needs assessment
is to:
A. Identify individual patient diagnoses
B. Identify health needs and resources in a community
C. Determine hospital profitability
D. Implement a policy without evaluation
Rationale: Community health assessments systematically collect
and analyze data to identify community health needs.
3. Which measure reflects the burden of disease in a
population?
A. Patient satisfaction scores
B. Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs)
,C. Prescription refill rates
D. Hospital revenue
Rationale: DALYs quantify the overall disease burden by
combining years of life lost and years lived with disability.
4. An example of a primary prevention intervention is:
A. Vaccination against influenza
B. Screening for hypertension
C. Rehabilitation after stroke
D. Chemotherapy for cancer
Rationale: Primary prevention aims to prevent disease before it
occurs.
5. Health disparities are best described as:
A. Random variations in health outcomes
B. Systematic differences in health outcomes between
different population groups
C. Differences due solely to patient behavior
D. Differences in access to luxury healthcare services
Rationale: Health disparities are avoidable differences linked to
social, economic, or environmental disadvantages.
6. Which epidemiologic study design measures incidence of a
disease?
A. Case-control
B. Cohort study
C. Cross-sectional
D. Ecologic
,Rationale: Cohort studies follow participants over time to
measure new cases of disease (incidence).
7. The most effective strategy to reduce community obesity
rates is:
A. Individual diet counseling
B. Hospital-based interventions
C. Policy and environmental changes promoting healthy
eating and activity
D. Genetic testing for obesity
Rationale: Population-level interventions, such as policy
changes and environmental modifications, have greater impact
than individual approaches.
8. Which social determinant of health is most strongly
associated with chronic disease prevalence?
A. Hair color
B. Height
C. Socioeconomic status
D. Blood type
Rationale: Socioeconomic status influences access to resources,
education, and healthy behaviors.
9. The Healthy People initiative primarily serves to:
A. Fund individual hospitals
B. Set national health objectives and benchmarks
C. Provide individual patient counseling
D. Conduct hospital audits
, Rationale: Healthy People sets measurable objectives to
improve population health nationwide.
10. Which of the following is an example of secondary
prevention?
A. Nutrition education
B. Mammography for early detection of breast cancer
C. Vaccination
D. Physical therapy post-stroke
Rationale: Secondary prevention aims to detect disease early to
reduce morbidity and mortality.
11. Which data source is most reliable for monitoring national
mortality trends?
A. Social media posts
B. Hospital billing data
C. Vital statistics registries
D. Patient surveys
Rationale: Vital statistics registries provide standardized,
nationwide data on deaths and causes.
12. The epidemiologic triangle includes:
A. Host, hospital, therapy
B. Policy, practice, prevention
C. Host, agent, environment
D. Community, patient, provider
