POPULATION HEALTH 2026
COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
◉ Refugees. Answer: admitted outside the usual quota restrictions
based on fear of persecution due to their race, religion, nationality,
social group, or political views
◉ Nonimmigrant. Answer: admitted to the United States for a
limited duration and specific purpose (i.e., students, tourists)
◉ Unauthorized immigrant. Answer: may have crossed the border
illegally or legal permission expired; eligible only for emergency
medical services
◉ Culture. Answer: a set of beliefs, values, and assumptions about
life that are widely held among a group of people and that are
transmitted across generations
◉ Race. Answer: a biological designation whereby group members
share features (e.g., skin color, bone structure, genetic traits such as
blood groupings)
, ◉ Ethnicity. Answer: shared feeling of peoplehood among a group of
individuals
◉ Two Principles of Cultural Competence. Answer: 1. Maintain a
broad, objective, and open attitude toward individuals and their
cultures
2. Avoid seeing all individuals as alike
◉ 3 Stages of Cultural Competence. Answer: Culturally incompetent
Culturally sensitive
Culturally competent
◉ 3 Dimensions of each stage of cultural competence. Answer:
cognitive (thinking)
affective (feeling)
psychomotor (doing)
◉ Prejudice. Answer: refers to having a deeply held reaction, often
negative, about another group or person
◉ Racism. Answer: a form of prejudice and refers to the belief that
persons who are born into a particular group are inferior, for
example, in intelligence, morals, beauty, or self-worth
COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
◉ Refugees. Answer: admitted outside the usual quota restrictions
based on fear of persecution due to their race, religion, nationality,
social group, or political views
◉ Nonimmigrant. Answer: admitted to the United States for a
limited duration and specific purpose (i.e., students, tourists)
◉ Unauthorized immigrant. Answer: may have crossed the border
illegally or legal permission expired; eligible only for emergency
medical services
◉ Culture. Answer: a set of beliefs, values, and assumptions about
life that are widely held among a group of people and that are
transmitted across generations
◉ Race. Answer: a biological designation whereby group members
share features (e.g., skin color, bone structure, genetic traits such as
blood groupings)
, ◉ Ethnicity. Answer: shared feeling of peoplehood among a group of
individuals
◉ Two Principles of Cultural Competence. Answer: 1. Maintain a
broad, objective, and open attitude toward individuals and their
cultures
2. Avoid seeing all individuals as alike
◉ 3 Stages of Cultural Competence. Answer: Culturally incompetent
Culturally sensitive
Culturally competent
◉ 3 Dimensions of each stage of cultural competence. Answer:
cognitive (thinking)
affective (feeling)
psychomotor (doing)
◉ Prejudice. Answer: refers to having a deeply held reaction, often
negative, about another group or person
◉ Racism. Answer: a form of prejudice and refers to the belief that
persons who are born into a particular group are inferior, for
example, in intelligence, morals, beauty, or self-worth
