GLPH 271 FINAL EXAM MASTERY GUIDE: 200 COMPREHENSIVE
PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS AND IN-DEPTH
RATIONALES COVERING WHO MANDATES, SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF
HEALTH (SDOH), PUBLIC HEALTH CORE FUNCTIONS (3PS & 5
ACTIVITIES), GLOBAL HEALTH FOUNDATIONS, AND THE 1980S HEALTH
PROMOTION MOVEMENT
1. In which year was the World Health Organization officially formed?
A) 1946
B) 1948
C) 1950
D) 1952
Answer: B. Rationale: WHO was established in 1948.
2. World Health Day is celebrated annually on which date?
A) April 7
B) May 12
C) June 26
D) March 21
Answer: A. Rationale: World Health Day is fixed on April 7.
3. According to the WHO constitution, health is a state of complete
physical, mental, and social well-being and:
A) Simply the absence of disease
B) Not simply an absence of disease or infirmity
C) The ability to perform daily tasks
D) The absence of mental illness only
,Answer: B. Rationale: The WHO definition explicitly says "not simply an
absence of disease or infirmity."
4. Which of the following is NOT one of the four health-promoting
social conditions listed in the notes?
A) Availability of health services
B) Adequate housing
C) Universal basic income
D) Nutritious food
Answer: C. Rationale: The four are health services, housing, safe work,
and nutritious food.
5. Safe work conditions are considered which type of requirement for
health?
A) A medical treatment
B) A health-promoting social condition
C) A personal lifestyle choice
D) A genetic factor
Answer: B. Rationale: Safe work is one of the four key social conditions.
6. The health promotion movement of the 1980s introduced a new
understanding of health that included the dynamic concept of:
A) Resilience
B) Immunity
C) Prosperity
D) Longevity
Answer: A. Rationale: The 1980s movement emphasized resiliency as a
dynamic health resource.
7. Resiliency is defined as the extent to which an individual or group
can:
,A) Avoid all illness
B) Realize aspirations, satisfy needs, and cope with the environment
C) Accumulate wealth
D) Maintain a stable weight
Answer: B. Rationale: Resiliency involves achieving goals and adapting
to change.
8. Which formula correctly represents the components of resiliency?
A) Education + income + housing = resiliency
B) Social support + emotional/mental capabilities + physical strength =
resiliency
C) Prevention + promotion + protection = resiliency
D) Health services + nutrition + work = resiliency
Answer: B. Rationale: The notes define resiliency as the sum of those
three elements.
9. According to the WHO mandate, which of the following is NOT a
core function of WHO within the UN system?
A) Providing leadership on global health matters
B) Shaping the health research agenda
C) Directly delivering hospital care to patients
D) Monitoring and assessing health trends
Answer: C. Rationale: WHO provides policy and technical support, not
direct clinical care.
10. WHO sets norms and standards in global health. This activity falls
under which of its roles?
A) Providing leadership
B) Articulating evidence-based policy options
C) Setting norms and standards
, D) Providing technical support
Answer: C. Rationale: This is one of WHO's explicitly listed functions.
11. One of WHO's roles is to articulate evidence-based policy options.
This means WHO:
A) Ignores research findings
B) Uses scientific data to recommend health policies
C) Only relies on traditional medicine
D) Leaves policy entirely to individual countries
Answer: B. Rationale: "Evidence-based" means using data and research.
12. Global health as a discipline emphasizes which of the following
four foundational factors?
A) Individual profit, clinical care, tradition, and isolation
B) Data/evidence, populations, social justice/equity, and prevention
C) Private insurance, pharmaceutical sales, surgery, and hospitalization
D) Alternative medicine, spirituality, diet, and exercise
Answer: B. Rationale: The notes list these four as the basis of global
health.
13. "Decision making based on data and evidence" in global health
includes which activities?
A) Vital statistics, surveillance, outbreak investigations, and laboratory
science
B) Opinion polls and social media trends
C) Personal anecdotes and case reports
D) Religious teachings and cultural myths
Answer: A. Rationale: These are the specific evidence-based tools
mentioned.
PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS AND IN-DEPTH
RATIONALES COVERING WHO MANDATES, SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF
HEALTH (SDOH), PUBLIC HEALTH CORE FUNCTIONS (3PS & 5
ACTIVITIES), GLOBAL HEALTH FOUNDATIONS, AND THE 1980S HEALTH
PROMOTION MOVEMENT
1. In which year was the World Health Organization officially formed?
A) 1946
B) 1948
C) 1950
D) 1952
Answer: B. Rationale: WHO was established in 1948.
2. World Health Day is celebrated annually on which date?
A) April 7
B) May 12
C) June 26
D) March 21
Answer: A. Rationale: World Health Day is fixed on April 7.
3. According to the WHO constitution, health is a state of complete
physical, mental, and social well-being and:
A) Simply the absence of disease
B) Not simply an absence of disease or infirmity
C) The ability to perform daily tasks
D) The absence of mental illness only
,Answer: B. Rationale: The WHO definition explicitly says "not simply an
absence of disease or infirmity."
4. Which of the following is NOT one of the four health-promoting
social conditions listed in the notes?
A) Availability of health services
B) Adequate housing
C) Universal basic income
D) Nutritious food
Answer: C. Rationale: The four are health services, housing, safe work,
and nutritious food.
5. Safe work conditions are considered which type of requirement for
health?
A) A medical treatment
B) A health-promoting social condition
C) A personal lifestyle choice
D) A genetic factor
Answer: B. Rationale: Safe work is one of the four key social conditions.
6. The health promotion movement of the 1980s introduced a new
understanding of health that included the dynamic concept of:
A) Resilience
B) Immunity
C) Prosperity
D) Longevity
Answer: A. Rationale: The 1980s movement emphasized resiliency as a
dynamic health resource.
7. Resiliency is defined as the extent to which an individual or group
can:
,A) Avoid all illness
B) Realize aspirations, satisfy needs, and cope with the environment
C) Accumulate wealth
D) Maintain a stable weight
Answer: B. Rationale: Resiliency involves achieving goals and adapting
to change.
8. Which formula correctly represents the components of resiliency?
A) Education + income + housing = resiliency
B) Social support + emotional/mental capabilities + physical strength =
resiliency
C) Prevention + promotion + protection = resiliency
D) Health services + nutrition + work = resiliency
Answer: B. Rationale: The notes define resiliency as the sum of those
three elements.
9. According to the WHO mandate, which of the following is NOT a
core function of WHO within the UN system?
A) Providing leadership on global health matters
B) Shaping the health research agenda
C) Directly delivering hospital care to patients
D) Monitoring and assessing health trends
Answer: C. Rationale: WHO provides policy and technical support, not
direct clinical care.
10. WHO sets norms and standards in global health. This activity falls
under which of its roles?
A) Providing leadership
B) Articulating evidence-based policy options
C) Setting norms and standards
, D) Providing technical support
Answer: C. Rationale: This is one of WHO's explicitly listed functions.
11. One of WHO's roles is to articulate evidence-based policy options.
This means WHO:
A) Ignores research findings
B) Uses scientific data to recommend health policies
C) Only relies on traditional medicine
D) Leaves policy entirely to individual countries
Answer: B. Rationale: "Evidence-based" means using data and research.
12. Global health as a discipline emphasizes which of the following
four foundational factors?
A) Individual profit, clinical care, tradition, and isolation
B) Data/evidence, populations, social justice/equity, and prevention
C) Private insurance, pharmaceutical sales, surgery, and hospitalization
D) Alternative medicine, spirituality, diet, and exercise
Answer: B. Rationale: The notes list these four as the basis of global
health.
13. "Decision making based on data and evidence" in global health
includes which activities?
A) Vital statistics, surveillance, outbreak investigations, and laboratory
science
B) Opinion polls and social media trends
C) Personal anecdotes and case reports
D) Religious teachings and cultural myths
Answer: A. Rationale: These are the specific evidence-based tools
mentioned.
