HCD 330 Module 3A Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
What are the three factors, or corners, of the epidemiology triangle?
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a) Agent, Host, Time
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b) Environment, Host, Agent
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c) Environment, Time, Host - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b
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Which organization was created by the Department of Homeland Security that
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presents guiding principles that enable all response partners to prepare and
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create a unified national response to disasters and emergencies?
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a) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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b) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
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c) National Response Framework (NRF) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-c
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Which of the following statements pertain to local health departments in the
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roles that they take and the core functions they perform?
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a) Provide immunizations to adults and children
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b) Collect vital statistics such as deaths, births, and marriages of the population
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c) Conduct environmental surveillance
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, d) Conduct communicable disease surveillance
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e) Provide population nutrition services
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f) Oversee licensure of healthcare facilities - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a, c, d, e
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What is epidemiology?
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a) The diagnosing and investigation of health problems and health hazards in the
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community
b) The attack on a population by deliberately releasing viruses, bacteria, or other
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germs or agents that will contribute to illness of death
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c) The study of disease distribution and patterns among populations - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-c
Which agency's primary focus is research towards preventing and curing
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diseases?
a) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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b) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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c) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b
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The mission for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) can best be
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described as: |
a) To protect health and promote quality of life through the prevention and
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control of injury, disease, and disability
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Correct Answers
What are the three factors, or corners, of the epidemiology triangle?
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a) Agent, Host, Time
| | |
b) Environment, Host, Agent
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c) Environment, Time, Host - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b
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Which organization was created by the Department of Homeland Security that
| | | | | | | | | | |
presents guiding principles that enable all response partners to prepare and
| | | | | | | | | | |
create a unified national response to disasters and emergencies?
| | | | | | | |
a) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
| | | | | | |
b) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
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c) National Response Framework (NRF) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-c
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Which of the following statements pertain to local health departments in the
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roles that they take and the core functions they perform?
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a) Provide immunizations to adults and children
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b) Collect vital statistics such as deaths, births, and marriages of the population
| | | | | | | | | | | |
c) Conduct environmental surveillance
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, d) Conduct communicable disease surveillance
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e) Provide population nutrition services
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f) Oversee licensure of healthcare facilities - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a, c, d, e
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What is epidemiology?
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a) The diagnosing and investigation of health problems and health hazards in the
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
community
b) The attack on a population by deliberately releasing viruses, bacteria, or other
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
germs or agents that will contribute to illness of death
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c) The study of disease distribution and patterns among populations - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-c
Which agency's primary focus is research towards preventing and curing
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diseases?
a) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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b) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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c) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b
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The mission for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) can best be
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described as: |
a) To protect health and promote quality of life through the prevention and
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
control of injury, disease, and disability
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