CHS 101 Exam 1 ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Health - CORRECT ANSWER State of physical, social, and mental well-being (not merely
absence of disease or infertility)
Public Health - CORRECT ANSWER Work that agencies and organizations do to keep people
healthy
-Prevention
-Looks at social interactions and environment to assess health
-Offers services to link people to health care
Community Health - CORRECT ANSWER Small groups of people who have something in
common
Population Health - CORRECT ANSWER Health of large populations, of people who don't
have much in common
3 P's - CORRECT ANSWER -Population
-Prevention
-Perspective
Health Care - CORRECT ANSWER Helps try to get people better, rather than prevent
-Focuses on genetics and behavior when assessing health
"Upstream Metaphor" - CORRECT ANSWER Trying to figure out WHY people are in the river
-PH goes upstream to access why and prevent it from happening
-HC pulls people out in the end
Primary Prevention - CORRECT ANSWER Reducing risk factors (domain of PH)
-warning signs
, -barrier
-bridge
Secondary Prevention - CORRECT ANSWER Early detection and management (PH and HC)
-intervene quickly/ keep it from being life threatening
-life jacket (still will fall in but won't drown)
Tertiary Prevention - CORRECT ANSWER Preventing from dying (domain of HC)
-Helicopter getting person out and fixing the injuries
Nevada State Laws: health authorities - CORRECT ANSWER NV has state laws that health
authorities can:
-Submit to any medical examination
-Issue an order requiring the isolation, quarantine, or treatment
Nevada State Laws: communicable disease - CORRECT ANSWER NV has state laws that
those with communicable disease:
-shall not conduct himself/herself in any manner that expose others
-can be warned by health authority, in writing
Infectious - CORRECT ANSWER Disease caused by agent or pathogen (bacteria, fungus,
virus, etc.)
Contagious - CORRECT ANSWER Infectious disease that can be transmitted to others
**All contagious diseases are infectious, but not all infectious diseases are contagious**
Incubation Period - CORRECT ANSWER Time of exposure, until time you start developing
symptoms
(Exposure to first signs of symptoms)
Direct Transmission - CORRECT ANSWER Pathogen goes straight from reservoir to
susceptible host
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Health - CORRECT ANSWER State of physical, social, and mental well-being (not merely
absence of disease or infertility)
Public Health - CORRECT ANSWER Work that agencies and organizations do to keep people
healthy
-Prevention
-Looks at social interactions and environment to assess health
-Offers services to link people to health care
Community Health - CORRECT ANSWER Small groups of people who have something in
common
Population Health - CORRECT ANSWER Health of large populations, of people who don't
have much in common
3 P's - CORRECT ANSWER -Population
-Prevention
-Perspective
Health Care - CORRECT ANSWER Helps try to get people better, rather than prevent
-Focuses on genetics and behavior when assessing health
"Upstream Metaphor" - CORRECT ANSWER Trying to figure out WHY people are in the river
-PH goes upstream to access why and prevent it from happening
-HC pulls people out in the end
Primary Prevention - CORRECT ANSWER Reducing risk factors (domain of PH)
-warning signs
, -barrier
-bridge
Secondary Prevention - CORRECT ANSWER Early detection and management (PH and HC)
-intervene quickly/ keep it from being life threatening
-life jacket (still will fall in but won't drown)
Tertiary Prevention - CORRECT ANSWER Preventing from dying (domain of HC)
-Helicopter getting person out and fixing the injuries
Nevada State Laws: health authorities - CORRECT ANSWER NV has state laws that health
authorities can:
-Submit to any medical examination
-Issue an order requiring the isolation, quarantine, or treatment
Nevada State Laws: communicable disease - CORRECT ANSWER NV has state laws that
those with communicable disease:
-shall not conduct himself/herself in any manner that expose others
-can be warned by health authority, in writing
Infectious - CORRECT ANSWER Disease caused by agent or pathogen (bacteria, fungus,
virus, etc.)
Contagious - CORRECT ANSWER Infectious disease that can be transmitted to others
**All contagious diseases are infectious, but not all infectious diseases are contagious**
Incubation Period - CORRECT ANSWER Time of exposure, until time you start developing
symptoms
(Exposure to first signs of symptoms)
Direct Transmission - CORRECT ANSWER Pathogen goes straight from reservoir to
susceptible host
