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Question and Answer (2026/2027) | Verified
Practice Material | A+ Verified
• A district health department is trying to decide whether to invest in
interpretation services and translated materials to address local language
barriers, address needs of limited English proficient (LEP) clients and meet Federal
requirements. The Four Factor Analysis-to guide LHDs in meeting these mandates
and to provide recommendations for providing translated materials and
interpretation services- is part of a
1.National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS)
Assessment
2.Language Needs Assessment
3.Health Resource Access Assessment
4.Community Literacy Assessment . CORRECT ANSWER: 2.Language Needs
Assessment
• Waiting until a program or intervention is complete to begin evaluation
activities misses important and valuable opportunities for what type of
evaluation?
1.Outcome and impact evaluation
2.Summative evaluation
3.Process evaluation
4.Participant evaluation . CORRECT ANSWER: 3.Process evaluation
• Total coliform and E. coli counts are performed in routine monitoring of drinking
water reservoirs because:
1.These bacteria commonly cause gastrointestinal infection in humans.
,2.They are a more easily grown indicator of Legionella spp. contamination.
3.Outdated laws require heterotrophic plate count monitoring of water.
4.Their numbers give general indication of a water supply's sanitary condition. .
CORRECT ANSWER: 4.Their numbers give general indication of a water supply's
sanitary condition.
• The logic model that has been the dominant paradigm representing types of
information that may be collected to draw inferences about quality of care
provided by a healthcare system has been:
1.Donabedian's model
2.Shewart's PDCA
3.Theory of Change
4.Web of Causation . CORRECT ANSWER: 1.Donabedian's model
• The difference between primary and secondary prevention of disease is:
1.Primary prevention focuses on control of causal factors, while secondary
prevention focuses on control of symptoms
2.Primary prevention focuses on control of acute disease, while secondary
prevention focuses on control of chronic disease
3.Primary prevention focuses on control of causal factors, while secondary
prevention focuses on early detection and treatment of disease
4.Primary prevention focuses on increasing resistance to disease, while secondary
prevention focuses on decreasing exposure to disease . CORRECT ANSWER:
3.Primary prevention focuses on control of causal factors, while secondary
prevention focuses on early detection and treatment of disease
,• A case-control study reported an odds ratio of approximately 50 for the
relationship of microcephaly to congenital Zika virus infection. This evidence for
causality is called:
1.Strength of Association
2.Consistency
3.Temporality
4.Biological Gradient . CORRECT ANSWER: 1.Strength of Association
• Can federal environmental laws allow States to make parallel environmental
laws?
1.Yes, if more stringent than federal standards
2.Yes, if less stringent than federal standards
3.Yes, if no less stringent than federal standards
4.No, states may not make their own environmental laws where federal laws exist
. CORRECT ANSWER: 3.Yes, if no less stringent than federal standards
• New to your leadership position, you realize that two of the programs you
manage have similar functions, and work with the same population in the same
area. Data trends over the past 5 years suggest that the health condition has
improved significantly. You decide that only one program is needed to provide the
necessary services to the community. This is an example of:
1.An analysis to justify and allocate resources
2.Applying a health equity and social justice lens
3.Strategic planning
4.Community Health Needs Assessment . CORRECT ANSWER: 1.An analysis to
justify and allocate resources
, • Which of these has been defined as a core function of public health?
1.Maintaining the census to define populations
2.Consulting stakeholders to decide what best serves public interest
3.Conducting research to solve all population health problems
4.Acting in an ethical manner . CORRECT ANSWER: 2.Consulting stakeholders to
decide what best serves public interest
• Drug therapy for individuals who have screened positive for tuberculosis (TB)
infection, but do not have any TB symptoms, is considered which type of
prevention for TB disease?
1.Primary
2.Secondary
3.Tertiary
4.Quaternary . CORRECT ANSWER: 2.Secondary
• An anti-vaccine group is pressuring government to stop requiring vaccination of
children because the disease incidence rate has become very low. The health
department is defending the vaccination stance and looking for a way to explain
this to legislators. In terms of systems theory, the relationship over time between
required vaccination and decrease in incidence rate is a:
1.Positive feedback loop
2.Outflow effect
3.Negative feedback loop
4.Inflow effect . CORRECT ANSWER: 3.Negative feedback loop
• Which of the following processes from the Transtheoretical Model refers to
substituting healthy behaviors for unhealthy ones?
Question and Answer (2026/2027) | Verified
Practice Material | A+ Verified
• A district health department is trying to decide whether to invest in
interpretation services and translated materials to address local language
barriers, address needs of limited English proficient (LEP) clients and meet Federal
requirements. The Four Factor Analysis-to guide LHDs in meeting these mandates
and to provide recommendations for providing translated materials and
interpretation services- is part of a
1.National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS)
Assessment
2.Language Needs Assessment
3.Health Resource Access Assessment
4.Community Literacy Assessment . CORRECT ANSWER: 2.Language Needs
Assessment
• Waiting until a program or intervention is complete to begin evaluation
activities misses important and valuable opportunities for what type of
evaluation?
1.Outcome and impact evaluation
2.Summative evaluation
3.Process evaluation
4.Participant evaluation . CORRECT ANSWER: 3.Process evaluation
• Total coliform and E. coli counts are performed in routine monitoring of drinking
water reservoirs because:
1.These bacteria commonly cause gastrointestinal infection in humans.
,2.They are a more easily grown indicator of Legionella spp. contamination.
3.Outdated laws require heterotrophic plate count monitoring of water.
4.Their numbers give general indication of a water supply's sanitary condition. .
CORRECT ANSWER: 4.Their numbers give general indication of a water supply's
sanitary condition.
• The logic model that has been the dominant paradigm representing types of
information that may be collected to draw inferences about quality of care
provided by a healthcare system has been:
1.Donabedian's model
2.Shewart's PDCA
3.Theory of Change
4.Web of Causation . CORRECT ANSWER: 1.Donabedian's model
• The difference between primary and secondary prevention of disease is:
1.Primary prevention focuses on control of causal factors, while secondary
prevention focuses on control of symptoms
2.Primary prevention focuses on control of acute disease, while secondary
prevention focuses on control of chronic disease
3.Primary prevention focuses on control of causal factors, while secondary
prevention focuses on early detection and treatment of disease
4.Primary prevention focuses on increasing resistance to disease, while secondary
prevention focuses on decreasing exposure to disease . CORRECT ANSWER:
3.Primary prevention focuses on control of causal factors, while secondary
prevention focuses on early detection and treatment of disease
,• A case-control study reported an odds ratio of approximately 50 for the
relationship of microcephaly to congenital Zika virus infection. This evidence for
causality is called:
1.Strength of Association
2.Consistency
3.Temporality
4.Biological Gradient . CORRECT ANSWER: 1.Strength of Association
• Can federal environmental laws allow States to make parallel environmental
laws?
1.Yes, if more stringent than federal standards
2.Yes, if less stringent than federal standards
3.Yes, if no less stringent than federal standards
4.No, states may not make their own environmental laws where federal laws exist
. CORRECT ANSWER: 3.Yes, if no less stringent than federal standards
• New to your leadership position, you realize that two of the programs you
manage have similar functions, and work with the same population in the same
area. Data trends over the past 5 years suggest that the health condition has
improved significantly. You decide that only one program is needed to provide the
necessary services to the community. This is an example of:
1.An analysis to justify and allocate resources
2.Applying a health equity and social justice lens
3.Strategic planning
4.Community Health Needs Assessment . CORRECT ANSWER: 1.An analysis to
justify and allocate resources
, • Which of these has been defined as a core function of public health?
1.Maintaining the census to define populations
2.Consulting stakeholders to decide what best serves public interest
3.Conducting research to solve all population health problems
4.Acting in an ethical manner . CORRECT ANSWER: 2.Consulting stakeholders to
decide what best serves public interest
• Drug therapy for individuals who have screened positive for tuberculosis (TB)
infection, but do not have any TB symptoms, is considered which type of
prevention for TB disease?
1.Primary
2.Secondary
3.Tertiary
4.Quaternary . CORRECT ANSWER: 2.Secondary
• An anti-vaccine group is pressuring government to stop requiring vaccination of
children because the disease incidence rate has become very low. The health
department is defending the vaccination stance and looking for a way to explain
this to legislators. In terms of systems theory, the relationship over time between
required vaccination and decrease in incidence rate is a:
1.Positive feedback loop
2.Outflow effect
3.Negative feedback loop
4.Inflow effect . CORRECT ANSWER: 3.Negative feedback loop
• Which of the following processes from the Transtheoretical Model refers to
substituting healthy behaviors for unhealthy ones?
