PBH 205 – Midterm Exam UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Public health measures that contribute most to people being healthier today than they were a century
ago are:
A. Sanitation, better nutrition and occupational safety
B. Better medical care
C. Tertiary prevention
D. Health policy and management - CORRECT ANSWER A
Environmental health does NOT include:
A. Safety of drinking water
B. Disposal of toxic chemicals
C. Control of air pollution
D. Treatment of breast cancer - CORRECT ANSWER D
Which of the following statements is true?
A. People have no control over their own health
B. People's behavior is strongly influenced by their social environment
C. Differences in the health of people of different races and ethnic groups is determined mainly by
genetics
D. People rarely choose to behave in ways that damage their own health - CORRECT ANSWER
B
Monitoring the effectiveness of interventions is an import part of the public health approach to health
problems in the community.
A. True
B. False - CORRECT ANSWER A
Restricting the legal drinking age in the U.S. to 21 is an example of:
, A. Market justice
B. Libertarianism
C. Conservatism
D. Paternalism - CORRECT ANSWER D
Which of the following justifications for limiting people's freedom is likely to be the most
controversial?
A. To prevent someone from harming others
B. To protect children
C. Preventing someone from harming themselves
D. To promote the general welfare - CORRECT ANSWER C
Which of the following is NOT true of epidemiology?
A. It is a component of the assessment function of public health
B. It studies disease occurrence in humans
C. it is always an experimental science
D. Its objective is primarily to determine the causes of disease - CORRECT ANSWER C
John Snow is called the father of modern epidemiology because:
A. He was discovered the bacteria that cause cholera
B. He was the first to use epidemiological methods to determine the source of a disease
C. He conducted the first clinical trial by assigning some households to receive polluted water and
other households to receive clean water
D. He knows nothing - CORRECT ANSWER B
The main purpose of epidemiologic surveillance is:
A. To determine the cause of an infectious disease so that it may be treated
B. To identify those responsible for the occurrence of an outbreak so that they may be punished or put
out of business
C. To collect data on the number of patients with a disease so that the medical system will be prepared
to handle them
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Public health measures that contribute most to people being healthier today than they were a century
ago are:
A. Sanitation, better nutrition and occupational safety
B. Better medical care
C. Tertiary prevention
D. Health policy and management - CORRECT ANSWER A
Environmental health does NOT include:
A. Safety of drinking water
B. Disposal of toxic chemicals
C. Control of air pollution
D. Treatment of breast cancer - CORRECT ANSWER D
Which of the following statements is true?
A. People have no control over their own health
B. People's behavior is strongly influenced by their social environment
C. Differences in the health of people of different races and ethnic groups is determined mainly by
genetics
D. People rarely choose to behave in ways that damage their own health - CORRECT ANSWER
B
Monitoring the effectiveness of interventions is an import part of the public health approach to health
problems in the community.
A. True
B. False - CORRECT ANSWER A
Restricting the legal drinking age in the U.S. to 21 is an example of:
, A. Market justice
B. Libertarianism
C. Conservatism
D. Paternalism - CORRECT ANSWER D
Which of the following justifications for limiting people's freedom is likely to be the most
controversial?
A. To prevent someone from harming others
B. To protect children
C. Preventing someone from harming themselves
D. To promote the general welfare - CORRECT ANSWER C
Which of the following is NOT true of epidemiology?
A. It is a component of the assessment function of public health
B. It studies disease occurrence in humans
C. it is always an experimental science
D. Its objective is primarily to determine the causes of disease - CORRECT ANSWER C
John Snow is called the father of modern epidemiology because:
A. He was discovered the bacteria that cause cholera
B. He was the first to use epidemiological methods to determine the source of a disease
C. He conducted the first clinical trial by assigning some households to receive polluted water and
other households to receive clean water
D. He knows nothing - CORRECT ANSWER B
The main purpose of epidemiologic surveillance is:
A. To determine the cause of an infectious disease so that it may be treated
B. To identify those responsible for the occurrence of an outbreak so that they may be punished or put
out of business
C. To collect data on the number of patients with a disease so that the medical system will be prepared
to handle them
