CASPER ACTUAL FINALS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔In countries where the provision of health care services is subsidized by the
government, do you think that governments should be able to prevent access to
substances known to cause chronic disease? Why or why not? - ✔✔(policy)
By preventing access to substances known to cause chronic diseases, governments
may help their citizens live long, healthy lives by reducing chronic diseases, increasing
quality of life, and decreasing overall healthcare spending. However, this also limits
personal choice and may marginalize those choosing to practice this behavior for
personal reasons. Instead of outright prohibition, governments can gradually limit
access, such as the UK did with sugar and the US did with cigarettes by enforcing
taxes.
✔✔Processed meat has been found to be a carcinogen in humans, putting it in the
same class as smoking cigarettes. As a public health official, what steps would you take
when considering a ban on processed meats in your community? - ✔✔(Ethical dilemma,
policy)
As a public health official, I would do more research into the effects on the health of the
public. My main concern is the health of the general public, the limitations of my office,
and individuals' right to autonomy. If the risk to the public is great and warrants
intervention, I would see if the manufactures could look into making it healthier. If not,
then I would consider a partial ban, by enforcing taxes or an educational initiative. I
would not consider a complete ban unless the research is irrefutable and it causes a
direct and imminent health threat (think asbestos), as that will infringe on personal
choice.
✔✔You are the manager of an office, where lunches have been missing from the
common kitchen. What would you do? - ✔✔(ethical dilemma)
As the manager, my priority is the well-being of my team members, including the one
who may be stealing lunches. I would interview my team privately, in a non-
, confrontational manner. If someone confesses, I would inquire as to why to see if they
need help (financially or otherwise), and see if there is anything I could do to help them.
However, I would have to warn them that this unprofessional behavior cannot go on and
next time, I will have to fire them.
✔✔You are the manager of an office, where lunches have been missing from the
common kitchen.
Two of your team members, who sit near the lunchroom, have noticed the cleaning staff
going in and out of the lunchroom at odd hours, they want you to confront them. What
would you say to your team members? - ✔✔I would recognize that I do not have all of
the facts in this situation, and try to find more information before jumping to conclusions.
I would interview them privately. If they have substantiated observations of wrong-doing
by the cleaning staff, then I would have a private meeting with the cleaning staff
manager informing them of what has been going on (without implicating anyone).
Together, we can work to help the offenders rehabilitate their behavior.
✔✔You are the professor at a university, and a student approaches you asking for a
"strong" letter of recommendation. The student was caught cheating last year, and a
colleague told you that he "threw a tantrum." What would you say to the student? -
✔✔My biggest concern is my student's well-being, as well as the academic integrity of
my office and the university. I would gather more information from the colleague and the
student, privately and non-judgmentally before jumping to conclusions. If it turns out the
student did cheat and act unprofessionally, but the student demonstrated maturity and
learned from the situation, then I would agree to write the letter of recommendation.
However, if the student still unprofessional when asked about the situation, then I would
have to regretfully decline writing the letter of support.
✔✔You are the professor at a university, and a student approaches you asking for a
"strong" letter of recommendation. The student was caught cheating last year, and a
colleague told you that he "threw a tantrum." If you did write the letter, would you
mention what your colleague had said about the student, why or why not? - ✔✔If I did
write the letter, I would rather use the facts and my personal observations of the
student. I do not know exactly what transpired between their conversation, and I do not
know if there was a miscommunication or possible exaggeration of the student's
behavior. This letter will seriously impact the academic and possibly professional future
of this student, I would hesitate to include information that I do not know firsthand of.
✔✔When selecting individuals for professional school, what do you think is more
important: academic performance and standardized test scores or their ability to
demonstrate professional-type behaviors across a variety of settings? - ✔✔Both
academic and professional-type behaviors are important for professional school.
Academic performance demonstrates student's ability to handle the rigors of graduate-
level learning. Since most, if not all, graduate schools and the professions they train for
requires networking and collaboration, professional-type behaviors are also very
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔In countries where the provision of health care services is subsidized by the
government, do you think that governments should be able to prevent access to
substances known to cause chronic disease? Why or why not? - ✔✔(policy)
By preventing access to substances known to cause chronic diseases, governments
may help their citizens live long, healthy lives by reducing chronic diseases, increasing
quality of life, and decreasing overall healthcare spending. However, this also limits
personal choice and may marginalize those choosing to practice this behavior for
personal reasons. Instead of outright prohibition, governments can gradually limit
access, such as the UK did with sugar and the US did with cigarettes by enforcing
taxes.
✔✔Processed meat has been found to be a carcinogen in humans, putting it in the
same class as smoking cigarettes. As a public health official, what steps would you take
when considering a ban on processed meats in your community? - ✔✔(Ethical dilemma,
policy)
As a public health official, I would do more research into the effects on the health of the
public. My main concern is the health of the general public, the limitations of my office,
and individuals' right to autonomy. If the risk to the public is great and warrants
intervention, I would see if the manufactures could look into making it healthier. If not,
then I would consider a partial ban, by enforcing taxes or an educational initiative. I
would not consider a complete ban unless the research is irrefutable and it causes a
direct and imminent health threat (think asbestos), as that will infringe on personal
choice.
✔✔You are the manager of an office, where lunches have been missing from the
common kitchen. What would you do? - ✔✔(ethical dilemma)
As the manager, my priority is the well-being of my team members, including the one
who may be stealing lunches. I would interview my team privately, in a non-
, confrontational manner. If someone confesses, I would inquire as to why to see if they
need help (financially or otherwise), and see if there is anything I could do to help them.
However, I would have to warn them that this unprofessional behavior cannot go on and
next time, I will have to fire them.
✔✔You are the manager of an office, where lunches have been missing from the
common kitchen.
Two of your team members, who sit near the lunchroom, have noticed the cleaning staff
going in and out of the lunchroom at odd hours, they want you to confront them. What
would you say to your team members? - ✔✔I would recognize that I do not have all of
the facts in this situation, and try to find more information before jumping to conclusions.
I would interview them privately. If they have substantiated observations of wrong-doing
by the cleaning staff, then I would have a private meeting with the cleaning staff
manager informing them of what has been going on (without implicating anyone).
Together, we can work to help the offenders rehabilitate their behavior.
✔✔You are the professor at a university, and a student approaches you asking for a
"strong" letter of recommendation. The student was caught cheating last year, and a
colleague told you that he "threw a tantrum." What would you say to the student? -
✔✔My biggest concern is my student's well-being, as well as the academic integrity of
my office and the university. I would gather more information from the colleague and the
student, privately and non-judgmentally before jumping to conclusions. If it turns out the
student did cheat and act unprofessionally, but the student demonstrated maturity and
learned from the situation, then I would agree to write the letter of recommendation.
However, if the student still unprofessional when asked about the situation, then I would
have to regretfully decline writing the letter of support.
✔✔You are the professor at a university, and a student approaches you asking for a
"strong" letter of recommendation. The student was caught cheating last year, and a
colleague told you that he "threw a tantrum." If you did write the letter, would you
mention what your colleague had said about the student, why or why not? - ✔✔If I did
write the letter, I would rather use the facts and my personal observations of the
student. I do not know exactly what transpired between their conversation, and I do not
know if there was a miscommunication or possible exaggeration of the student's
behavior. This letter will seriously impact the academic and possibly professional future
of this student, I would hesitate to include information that I do not know firsthand of.
✔✔When selecting individuals for professional school, what do you think is more
important: academic performance and standardized test scores or their ability to
demonstrate professional-type behaviors across a variety of settings? - ✔✔Both
academic and professional-type behaviors are important for professional school.
Academic performance demonstrates student's ability to handle the rigors of graduate-
level learning. Since most, if not all, graduate schools and the professions they train for
requires networking and collaboration, professional-type behaviors are also very
