NSG 3480 Nursing Practice – Community
Health Exam 2 |100% VERIFIED|
Question 1:
What is the primary focus of Analytic Epidemiology?
A) Describing the distribution of disease in populations
B) Investigating the causes of disease by determining why a disease rate is
lower in one population group than in another
C) Testing new treatment strategies in controlled settings
D) Monitoring disease trends over time
Answer: B - Investigates the causes of disease by determining why a disease
rate is lower in one population group than in another
Question 2:
What was the CDC originally founded to help control in 1946?
A) Tuberculosis
B) Polio
C) Malaria
D) Influenza
Answer: C - The CDC was founded in 1946 to help control malaria
Question 3:
What does Descriptive Epidemiology focus on?
A) Testing new vaccines and treatments
B) Investigating disease causation
C) The amount and distribution of health and health problems within a
population
D) Individual patient care management
Answer: C - Focuses on the amount and distribution of health and health
problems within a population
Question 4:
,In the context of commodification of healthcare in the USA, what is the primary
concern?
A) Insufficient healthcare providers
B) Market-based system results in curative care instead of preventative for
bigger profits
C) Lack of technology
D) Poor quality of nurses
Answer: B - USA has market-based system which results in curative care
instead of preventative for bigger profits
Question 5:
What is the primary requirement under COBRA (Consolidated Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act) of 1985?
A) All hospitals must build emergency departments
B) Hospitals with emergency services must treat any client regardless of
Medicare coverage or ability to pay, and employers must continue benefits for
terminated employees for a specified period
C) All patients must have private insurance
D) Healthcare costs must be reduced by 50%
Answer: B - Requires hospitals with emergency services to treat any client,
and employers must continue benefits for terminated employees
Question 6:
What type of epidemiological study examines relationships between potential
causal factors and disease at a specific point in time?
A) Prospective studies
B) Retrospective studies
C) Cross-sectional studies
D) Experimental studies
Answer: C - Cross-sectional studies (sometimes called prevalence or
correlational studies)
Question 7:
, Which department administers inspection of meat and milk and provides funds
for WIC and food stamp programs?
A) Department of Health and Human Services
B) Department of Agriculture
C) Centers for Disease Control
D) Environmental Protection Agency
Answer: B - Department of Agriculture administers meat and milk inspection
and WIC program
Question 8:
According to the WHO's goal of "HEALTH FOR ALL," what is the definition of
this target?
A) Elimination of all diseases worldwide
B) Universal access to hospitals
C) Attainment by all citizens of a level of health that permits them to lead
socially and economically productive lives
D) Free healthcare for everyone
Answer: C - Defined as attainment of a level of health that will permit citizens
to lead socially and economically productive lives
Question 9:
What was authorized by the Health Amendment Act of 1956?
A) Construction of new hospitals
B) Funds to aid registered nurses in full-time study of administration,
supervision, or teaching
C) Establishment of Medicare
D) Creation of Medicaid program
Answer: B - Authorizes funds to aid registered nurses in full-time study of
administration, supervision, or teaching
Question 10:
Which mechanism allows private citizens to collect a percentage of recovered
funds if they report fraudulent Medicare claims?
Health Exam 2 |100% VERIFIED|
Question 1:
What is the primary focus of Analytic Epidemiology?
A) Describing the distribution of disease in populations
B) Investigating the causes of disease by determining why a disease rate is
lower in one population group than in another
C) Testing new treatment strategies in controlled settings
D) Monitoring disease trends over time
Answer: B - Investigates the causes of disease by determining why a disease
rate is lower in one population group than in another
Question 2:
What was the CDC originally founded to help control in 1946?
A) Tuberculosis
B) Polio
C) Malaria
D) Influenza
Answer: C - The CDC was founded in 1946 to help control malaria
Question 3:
What does Descriptive Epidemiology focus on?
A) Testing new vaccines and treatments
B) Investigating disease causation
C) The amount and distribution of health and health problems within a
population
D) Individual patient care management
Answer: C - Focuses on the amount and distribution of health and health
problems within a population
Question 4:
,In the context of commodification of healthcare in the USA, what is the primary
concern?
A) Insufficient healthcare providers
B) Market-based system results in curative care instead of preventative for
bigger profits
C) Lack of technology
D) Poor quality of nurses
Answer: B - USA has market-based system which results in curative care
instead of preventative for bigger profits
Question 5:
What is the primary requirement under COBRA (Consolidated Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act) of 1985?
A) All hospitals must build emergency departments
B) Hospitals with emergency services must treat any client regardless of
Medicare coverage or ability to pay, and employers must continue benefits for
terminated employees for a specified period
C) All patients must have private insurance
D) Healthcare costs must be reduced by 50%
Answer: B - Requires hospitals with emergency services to treat any client,
and employers must continue benefits for terminated employees
Question 6:
What type of epidemiological study examines relationships between potential
causal factors and disease at a specific point in time?
A) Prospective studies
B) Retrospective studies
C) Cross-sectional studies
D) Experimental studies
Answer: C - Cross-sectional studies (sometimes called prevalence or
correlational studies)
Question 7:
, Which department administers inspection of meat and milk and provides funds
for WIC and food stamp programs?
A) Department of Health and Human Services
B) Department of Agriculture
C) Centers for Disease Control
D) Environmental Protection Agency
Answer: B - Department of Agriculture administers meat and milk inspection
and WIC program
Question 8:
According to the WHO's goal of "HEALTH FOR ALL," what is the definition of
this target?
A) Elimination of all diseases worldwide
B) Universal access to hospitals
C) Attainment by all citizens of a level of health that permits them to lead
socially and economically productive lives
D) Free healthcare for everyone
Answer: C - Defined as attainment of a level of health that will permit citizens
to lead socially and economically productive lives
Question 9:
What was authorized by the Health Amendment Act of 1956?
A) Construction of new hospitals
B) Funds to aid registered nurses in full-time study of administration,
supervision, or teaching
C) Establishment of Medicare
D) Creation of Medicaid program
Answer: B - Authorizes funds to aid registered nurses in full-time study of
administration, supervision, or teaching
Question 10:
Which mechanism allows private citizens to collect a percentage of recovered
funds if they report fraudulent Medicare claims?
