PUBLIC HEALTH JOURNEYMAN 2026 EXAM SCRIPT
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Pharynx - ✔✔The common passageway for both the respiratory and digestive
systems is the ____
✔✔Destruction of lung tissue - ✔✔Emphysema causes ____
✔✔the release of the enzyme pepsin in the stomach - ✔✔protein digestion begins with
_____
✔✔Small intenstine - ✔✔In which area of the digestive tract does the greatest nutrient
absorption take place?
✔✔Appendix - ✔✔An example of a vestigial organ is the ____
a) cecum
b) stomach
c) appendix
d) pancreas
✔✔Pancreas - ✔✔which organ secretes digestive enzymes into the small intestine?
✔✔125 mL - ✔✔How much filtrate does it take to produce approximately 1 mL of urine
under normal kidney function?
✔✔Urethra - ✔✔The meatus is part of which structure in the male?
✔✔Epididymis - ✔✔Where does final maturation and storage of sperm take place?
✔✔Vas deferens - ✔✔A common birth control method for males is performed on the
____
✔✔Fimbriae - ✔✔What are the fringe-like structures that draw ovum into the fallopian
tubes?
✔✔Oogenesis - ✔✔What process is not continuous?
a) Spermatogenesis
b) Menstruation
c) Oogenesis
d) Ovulation
✔✔24 to 72 hours - ✔✔Sperm cells can survive approximately how long in the female
reproductive tract?
,✔✔8 - ✔✔At how many weeks in the development of a fetus are fingers and toes
forming?
✔✔Teratogens - ✔✔Substances that cause physical defects in the developing embryo
are called ____
✔✔Mutagens - ✔✔Which substances disrupt the cells's DNA, resulting in a genetic
defect?
✔✔Gametotoxins - ✔✔Which substances reduce the numbers of sperm or ova in the
body?
✔✔Pituitary gland stops producing TSH - ✔✔When there are adequate levels of
thyroxine, the ___
✔✔Prolactin - ✔✔Which hormone promotes milk production in the female?
✔✔Hyperthyroidism - ✔✔What is the condition where too much thyroxine is produced?
✔✔Lutenizing hormone - ✔✔Which hormone controls the production of testosterone in
the male?
✔✔Axons - ✔✔What are the processes that carry impulses away from the cell body?
✔✔White Matter - ✔✔Which contains insulating myelin coatings and is found in the
spinal cord?
✔✔Meninges - ✔✔What protects the brain beneath the skull and the spinal cord
beneath the vertebral column?
✔✔Acetylcholine - ✔✔What allows the electrical charge to cross the crevice between
neurons?
✔✔4 - ✔✔Up to how many liters of fluid per hour can be lost through sweat under very
hot conditions?
✔✔Erthema - ✔✔Reddening of the skin is called ____
✔✔Vesicle - ✔✔A blister or elevation filled with fluid, not pus, is a ___
✔✔Macule - ✔✔What is a flat, reddened spot on the skin?
✔✔Sclera - ✔✔The white protective layer on the outside of the eyeball is the ___
, ✔✔Pupil - ✔✔What is the opening of the eye?
✔✔Phagocytes - ✔✔Which is an example of an anatomical defense mechanism?
✔✔Naturally acquired passive immunity - ✔✔Which type of immunity is acquired when
and infant receives immunity from its mother?
✔✔naturally acquired active immunity - ✔✔Which immunity produces antibodies
following an actual infection?
✔✔IgM - ✔✔Which antibody is usually the first to respond to an infection?
✔✔B-lymphocytes - ✔✔What provides humoral immunity within the body?
✔✔T-lymphocytes - ✔✔What produces chemicals that recruit other cells such as
phagocytes in the immune response?
✔✔Lymphatic ducts - ✔✔Lymph vessels empty into which structure?
✔✔Stenosis - ✔✔Which suffix means narrowing?
✔✔Patient administration office - ✔✔Which office is the official office of release for
medical information?
✔✔$5,000 - ✔✔What is the MAXIMUM a military member can be fined for willfully
disclosing information to someone not entitled to access or obtaining medical records
under false pretenses?
✔✔Sponsor - ✔✔The prefix 20 in front of a social security number , 20 123-45-6789, on
a medical record indicates the record is for the
✔✔The outside of record should be marked - ✔✔How should a patient's medical record
indicate he or she has drug allergies?
✔✔Draw a single line through the mistake and place your initials above it. - ✔✔How do
you correct a mistake made in a medical record?
✔✔Objective - ✔✔Which SF 600 entry includes laboratory tests results?
✔✔Highlighted - ✔✔When reviewing medical records, abnormal lab test results will be
____
✔✔Attains its maturity and goes through its sexual or reproductive stage - ✔✔A primary
or definitive host is a host in which a disease organism ____
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Pharynx - ✔✔The common passageway for both the respiratory and digestive
systems is the ____
✔✔Destruction of lung tissue - ✔✔Emphysema causes ____
✔✔the release of the enzyme pepsin in the stomach - ✔✔protein digestion begins with
_____
✔✔Small intenstine - ✔✔In which area of the digestive tract does the greatest nutrient
absorption take place?
✔✔Appendix - ✔✔An example of a vestigial organ is the ____
a) cecum
b) stomach
c) appendix
d) pancreas
✔✔Pancreas - ✔✔which organ secretes digestive enzymes into the small intestine?
✔✔125 mL - ✔✔How much filtrate does it take to produce approximately 1 mL of urine
under normal kidney function?
✔✔Urethra - ✔✔The meatus is part of which structure in the male?
✔✔Epididymis - ✔✔Where does final maturation and storage of sperm take place?
✔✔Vas deferens - ✔✔A common birth control method for males is performed on the
____
✔✔Fimbriae - ✔✔What are the fringe-like structures that draw ovum into the fallopian
tubes?
✔✔Oogenesis - ✔✔What process is not continuous?
a) Spermatogenesis
b) Menstruation
c) Oogenesis
d) Ovulation
✔✔24 to 72 hours - ✔✔Sperm cells can survive approximately how long in the female
reproductive tract?
,✔✔8 - ✔✔At how many weeks in the development of a fetus are fingers and toes
forming?
✔✔Teratogens - ✔✔Substances that cause physical defects in the developing embryo
are called ____
✔✔Mutagens - ✔✔Which substances disrupt the cells's DNA, resulting in a genetic
defect?
✔✔Gametotoxins - ✔✔Which substances reduce the numbers of sperm or ova in the
body?
✔✔Pituitary gland stops producing TSH - ✔✔When there are adequate levels of
thyroxine, the ___
✔✔Prolactin - ✔✔Which hormone promotes milk production in the female?
✔✔Hyperthyroidism - ✔✔What is the condition where too much thyroxine is produced?
✔✔Lutenizing hormone - ✔✔Which hormone controls the production of testosterone in
the male?
✔✔Axons - ✔✔What are the processes that carry impulses away from the cell body?
✔✔White Matter - ✔✔Which contains insulating myelin coatings and is found in the
spinal cord?
✔✔Meninges - ✔✔What protects the brain beneath the skull and the spinal cord
beneath the vertebral column?
✔✔Acetylcholine - ✔✔What allows the electrical charge to cross the crevice between
neurons?
✔✔4 - ✔✔Up to how many liters of fluid per hour can be lost through sweat under very
hot conditions?
✔✔Erthema - ✔✔Reddening of the skin is called ____
✔✔Vesicle - ✔✔A blister or elevation filled with fluid, not pus, is a ___
✔✔Macule - ✔✔What is a flat, reddened spot on the skin?
✔✔Sclera - ✔✔The white protective layer on the outside of the eyeball is the ___
, ✔✔Pupil - ✔✔What is the opening of the eye?
✔✔Phagocytes - ✔✔Which is an example of an anatomical defense mechanism?
✔✔Naturally acquired passive immunity - ✔✔Which type of immunity is acquired when
and infant receives immunity from its mother?
✔✔naturally acquired active immunity - ✔✔Which immunity produces antibodies
following an actual infection?
✔✔IgM - ✔✔Which antibody is usually the first to respond to an infection?
✔✔B-lymphocytes - ✔✔What provides humoral immunity within the body?
✔✔T-lymphocytes - ✔✔What produces chemicals that recruit other cells such as
phagocytes in the immune response?
✔✔Lymphatic ducts - ✔✔Lymph vessels empty into which structure?
✔✔Stenosis - ✔✔Which suffix means narrowing?
✔✔Patient administration office - ✔✔Which office is the official office of release for
medical information?
✔✔$5,000 - ✔✔What is the MAXIMUM a military member can be fined for willfully
disclosing information to someone not entitled to access or obtaining medical records
under false pretenses?
✔✔Sponsor - ✔✔The prefix 20 in front of a social security number , 20 123-45-6789, on
a medical record indicates the record is for the
✔✔The outside of record should be marked - ✔✔How should a patient's medical record
indicate he or she has drug allergies?
✔✔Draw a single line through the mistake and place your initials above it. - ✔✔How do
you correct a mistake made in a medical record?
✔✔Objective - ✔✔Which SF 600 entry includes laboratory tests results?
✔✔Highlighted - ✔✔When reviewing medical records, abnormal lab test results will be
____
✔✔Attains its maturity and goes through its sexual or reproductive stage - ✔✔A primary
or definitive host is a host in which a disease organism ____
