USHCS EXAM #3 (FINAL) | COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE, PRACTICE
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2026/2027
As a professional health-oriented discipline, public health is unique in what way? - correct answer ✔✔It
uses an interdisciplinary approach and methods with emphasis on preventive strategies, links with
government and politics, and dynamic adaptations to new problems.
Which of the following best describes why it is important for public health agencies and organizations to
seek diversification of the profession? - correct answer ✔✔It facilitates the interdisciplinary approaches
to community problem identification and problem-solving, which are hallmarks of modern public health
practice.
Why did the Institute of Medicine report, The Future of Public Health, serve as an important inflection
point for public health in the United States? - correct answer ✔✔The report was as a call to action for
public health to consider what its role was in the face of several pressing health challenges.
The major difference between public health ethics and medical ethics is that while medical ethics have
an individual and clinical focus, public health ethics - correct answer ✔✔Are concerned with institutions'
interactions with communities.
In 2016, Council on Education for Public Health updated the accreditation criteria for public health
schools and programs, revising core competencies to reflect: - correct answer ✔✔Renewed emphasis on
management and leadership as important elements of public health education and practice.
As a core function of public health, assessment is best defined as - correct answer ✔✔Collecting and
analyzing data to define population health status and quantify existing or emerging health problems.
"Public Health" embodies many definitions, but is most broadly defined as - correct answer ✔✔Efforts to
cope with health problems arising from people living in groups.
Which of the following best describes the National Health Objectives, Healthy People 2020 and Healthy
People 2030? - correct answer ✔✔Ten-year plans that outline key national and health-related objectives
to be accomplished during each decade.
Local boards of health are legally constituted entities charged with protecting and promoting the health
of their communities. - correct answer ✔✔True
Public health and the management of public health services and organizations are best understood from
an individual perspective. - correct answer ✔✔True
As part of the policy development and administration process, many federal health agencies provide
information and technical assistance to state and local agencies and nongovernmental organizations. -
correct answer ✔✔True
, The federal agency whose mission is to produce evidence to make health care safer, higher in quality,
more accessible, more equitable, and more affordable is the - correct answer ✔✔Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ).
The federal government's principal agency concerned with health protection, promotion, and provision
of services to vulnerable populations is the Department of - correct answer ✔✔Health and Humans
Services (HHS).
One of the ten core health department functions is to mobilize community partnerships and action to
identify and solve health problems. - correct answer ✔✔True
The accrediting body for public health education programs is: - correct answer ✔✔The Council on
Education for Public Health.
Population-based strategies to improve health include efforts to control epidemics, to ensure safe
drinking water and food, to reduce vaccine-preventable diseases, to improve maternal and child health,
and: - correct answer ✔✔To conduct surveillance of health problems.
The IOM recommendations, the U.S. Public Health Service, and the American Public Health Association
advocate for which of the following? - correct answer ✔✔A consistent and unified approach to public
health.
In the realm of health policy development, local health departments are poorly positioned to provide
input to government officials, elected policymakers, and advocacy groups about community needs and
priorities. - correct answer ✔✔False
A system that combines the intuitive strengths of humans with the limitless data retention and recall
speed of computers to create a hybrid system that is intuitive with a tireless data-processing capability to
optimize the physician's performance describes: - correct answer ✔✔A computerized clinical decision
support system.
Three organization elements essential for successful health information systems implementation are -
correct answer ✔✔Technology, policies and procedures, and culture.
The systematic review of studies in the peer-reviewed biomedical literature found moderately strong
evidence confirming three previously reported factors associated with successful CDSS implementation.
The evidence found that all of the following describe successful CDSS implementation, EXCEPT: - correct
answer ✔✔Allows time for additional clinical data entry.
The percentage of office-based physicians with any EHR/EMR systems in the United States as of 2017
illustrates the current state of adoption for the outpatient setting. This report indicated that all states,
except New York and the District of Columbia, have some level of EHR adoption. - correct answer
✔✔True
Regional health information organizations (RHIOs) do all of the following except: - correct answer
✔✔Maintain a universal business model established by Medicare to fund their community-based
services.
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2026/2027
As a professional health-oriented discipline, public health is unique in what way? - correct answer ✔✔It
uses an interdisciplinary approach and methods with emphasis on preventive strategies, links with
government and politics, and dynamic adaptations to new problems.
Which of the following best describes why it is important for public health agencies and organizations to
seek diversification of the profession? - correct answer ✔✔It facilitates the interdisciplinary approaches
to community problem identification and problem-solving, which are hallmarks of modern public health
practice.
Why did the Institute of Medicine report, The Future of Public Health, serve as an important inflection
point for public health in the United States? - correct answer ✔✔The report was as a call to action for
public health to consider what its role was in the face of several pressing health challenges.
The major difference between public health ethics and medical ethics is that while medical ethics have
an individual and clinical focus, public health ethics - correct answer ✔✔Are concerned with institutions'
interactions with communities.
In 2016, Council on Education for Public Health updated the accreditation criteria for public health
schools and programs, revising core competencies to reflect: - correct answer ✔✔Renewed emphasis on
management and leadership as important elements of public health education and practice.
As a core function of public health, assessment is best defined as - correct answer ✔✔Collecting and
analyzing data to define population health status and quantify existing or emerging health problems.
"Public Health" embodies many definitions, but is most broadly defined as - correct answer ✔✔Efforts to
cope with health problems arising from people living in groups.
Which of the following best describes the National Health Objectives, Healthy People 2020 and Healthy
People 2030? - correct answer ✔✔Ten-year plans that outline key national and health-related objectives
to be accomplished during each decade.
Local boards of health are legally constituted entities charged with protecting and promoting the health
of their communities. - correct answer ✔✔True
Public health and the management of public health services and organizations are best understood from
an individual perspective. - correct answer ✔✔True
As part of the policy development and administration process, many federal health agencies provide
information and technical assistance to state and local agencies and nongovernmental organizations. -
correct answer ✔✔True
, The federal agency whose mission is to produce evidence to make health care safer, higher in quality,
more accessible, more equitable, and more affordable is the - correct answer ✔✔Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ).
The federal government's principal agency concerned with health protection, promotion, and provision
of services to vulnerable populations is the Department of - correct answer ✔✔Health and Humans
Services (HHS).
One of the ten core health department functions is to mobilize community partnerships and action to
identify and solve health problems. - correct answer ✔✔True
The accrediting body for public health education programs is: - correct answer ✔✔The Council on
Education for Public Health.
Population-based strategies to improve health include efforts to control epidemics, to ensure safe
drinking water and food, to reduce vaccine-preventable diseases, to improve maternal and child health,
and: - correct answer ✔✔To conduct surveillance of health problems.
The IOM recommendations, the U.S. Public Health Service, and the American Public Health Association
advocate for which of the following? - correct answer ✔✔A consistent and unified approach to public
health.
In the realm of health policy development, local health departments are poorly positioned to provide
input to government officials, elected policymakers, and advocacy groups about community needs and
priorities. - correct answer ✔✔False
A system that combines the intuitive strengths of humans with the limitless data retention and recall
speed of computers to create a hybrid system that is intuitive with a tireless data-processing capability to
optimize the physician's performance describes: - correct answer ✔✔A computerized clinical decision
support system.
Three organization elements essential for successful health information systems implementation are -
correct answer ✔✔Technology, policies and procedures, and culture.
The systematic review of studies in the peer-reviewed biomedical literature found moderately strong
evidence confirming three previously reported factors associated with successful CDSS implementation.
The evidence found that all of the following describe successful CDSS implementation, EXCEPT: - correct
answer ✔✔Allows time for additional clinical data entry.
The percentage of office-based physicians with any EHR/EMR systems in the United States as of 2017
illustrates the current state of adoption for the outpatient setting. This report indicated that all states,
except New York and the District of Columbia, have some level of EHR adoption. - correct answer
✔✔True
Regional health information organizations (RHIOs) do all of the following except: - correct answer
✔✔Maintain a universal business model established by Medicare to fund their community-based
services.
