Global Health | Final Exam Review Set 2 Questions and Answers with 100% Correct Answers | Latest Version

Global Health | Final Exam Review Set 2 Questions and Answers with
100% Correct Answers | Latest Version

Question 1.
What is the World Health Organization's definition of health?

Correct Answer: "Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social
wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity."


Question 2.
Which is not an essential public health service?

Correct Answer: 1) Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues.
2) Monitor health status to identify community problems.
3) Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems. **(4)
All of the above are examples of essential public health services.


Question 3.
In 1900, what was the most common cause of death in the United States?

Correct Answer: Pneumonia/Influenza


Question 4.
What is the most common cause of death in the United States today?

Correct Answer: Heart disease


Question 5.
Which type of population is most likely to have a high fertility rate, high mortality rate, and
short life expectancy?

Correct Answer: low income area


Question 6.
Correct Answer: high income area


Question 7.
Which term describes a shift toward lower birth and death rates that occurs as populations
experience economic development?

Correct Answer: Demographic transition


Question 8.
What stage of the demographic transition is charac- terized by a decreasing death rate, a
high birth rate, and an increasing population size?

Correct Answer: Early transition

,Question 9.
Which of the following statements is not true?

Correct Answer: Lower middle income populations tend to have a higher
proportion of deaths from injuries than infections.


Question 10.
Which is not an example of a modifiable risk factor?

Correct Answer: age


Question 11.
Which of the following is not a criterion for causation?

Correct Answer: 1) A higher dose of the exposure is associated with higher risk
of the disease.
2) Removing the exposure reduces the risk of disease.
3) There is clear time sequence, with the exposure occurring before onset of the
disease. (4)**All of the above are causal criteria


Question 12.
Which of the following is an example of primary prevention?

Correct Answer: Measles vaccination


Question 13.
Which of the following is an example of secondary prevention?

Correct Answer: Routine blood pressure checks


Question 14.
What is the target population for secondary prevention programs?

Correct Answer: People with early, non-symptomatic disease


Question 15.
What is the goal of tertiary prevention programs?

Correct Answer: To reduce impairment and minimize suffering through
treatment and rehabilitation


Question 16.
Which of the following captures the burden from infant and child deaths in addition to the
average age at deaths of adults?

Correct Answer: Life expectancy

, Question 17.
The life expectancy at birth in Sierra Leone is about 38 years. What can you infer about the
population of Sierra Leone?

Correct Answer: There are a lot of infant and child deaths in Sierra Leone.


Question 18.
Which metric focuses primarily on the burden of nonfatal causes of reduced productivity,
such as mental health disorders, sensory disorders, and musculoskeletal disorders that
cause pain?

Correct Answer: Years lived with disability


Question 19.
Which term is used to describe the absence or presence of illness or disease?

Correct Answer: Morbidity


Question 20.
The emergence of HIV, virulent new strains of influenza, and drug-resistant pathogens
prompted truly global research and response efforts.

Correct Answer: True


Question 21.
Which term is best used to describe new cases of disease occurring in a population?

Correct Answer: Incidence


Question 22.
The most disadvantaged populations, often the ones with the highest mortality rates, are
the most likely to have their life events accurately counted.

Correct Answer: False


Question 23.
What term is a measure of the rate of nonfatal disease in a population, and is typically
measured by incidence and prevalence?

Correct Answer: Morbidity


Question 24.
Which term is best used to describe the proportion of people in a population who have
particular disease?

Correct Answer: Prevalence