Community Health Exam 2 NCLEX Review 2026/2027 | Practice
Questions and Answers for Nursing Students
A. two new cases divided by 16 at risk. - Correct answer✅✅ Twenty people attended a church picnic
the previous weekend. By Monday, four individuals exhibited symptoms of food poisoning. On Tuesday,
the nurse in community health records the addition of two new cases. The incidence rate would be:
A.two new cases divided by 16 at risk.
B.two new cases divided by 20.
C.six cases divided by 20.
D.four cases divided by 16.
A. current and past breast cancer events in this population of women. - Correct answer✅✅ A breast
cancer screening program screened 8000 women and discovered 35 women previously diagnosed with
breast cancer and 20 women with no history of breast cancer diagnosed as a result of the screening. The
prevalence proportion would reflect:
A.current and past breast cancer events in this population of women.
B.newly diagnosed cases of breast cancer in this population of women.
C.past breast cancer events in this population of women.
D.the population of women that had no evidence of breast cancer.
A. practice focus. - Correct answer✅✅ Clinical medicine and epidemiology differ from each other in
the major aspect of:
A.practice focus.
B.health monitoring.
C.determinants of health and disease.
D.evaluation of interventions.
,B. A nurse in community health investigates a breakout of whooping cough in a local middle school. -
Correct answer✅✅ Nurses in community health often use epidemiology because in the community it
is often difficult to control the environment. Which of the following statements demonstrates an
epidemiologic strategy for monitoring disease trends?
A.A nurse in community health conducts an education class for clients newly diagnosed with diabetes.
B.A nurse in community health investigates a breakout of whooping cough in a local middle school.
C.A nurse in community health organizes a health fair at the community health center.
D.A nurse in community health participates on a county school board that addresses student health
issues.
B. probability that an event will occur within a specified time period. - Correct answer✅✅ One of the
basic concepts in epidemiology is the concept of risk. Risk refers to the:
A.prevalence of an event occurring.
B.probability that an event will occur within a specified time period.
C.population most likely to develop a disease.
D.rate of development of new cases.
A.Cohort study
B.Case-control study
C.Cross-sectional study - Correct answer✅✅ Which of the following tools are used in analytic
epidemiology? (select all that apply)
A.Cohort study
B.Case-control study
C.Cross-sectional study
D.Clinical trials
E.Community trials
, B.sensitivity - Correct answer✅✅ A nurse is concerned about the accuracy of the PPD test in
identifying cases of TB exposure for follow-up chest x-ray. The nurse's concern is addressing the validity
measure of:
A.reliability
B.sensitivity
C.specificity
D.variation
B.host, agent, and environment - Correct answer✅✅ A business executive develops symptoms of the
flu 1 day after returning by air from a cross-Atlantic business trip that ran for 2 consecutive stressful 10-
hour days. This individual's development of flu symptoms illustrates the relationship between:
A.host and agent
B.host, agent, and environment
C.risk and causality
D.morbidity and disease.
C."why" of disease patterns. - Correct answer✅✅ Analytic epidemiology differs from descriptive
epidemiology because it searches for:
A."when" of disease patterns.
B."where" of disease patterns.
C."why" of disease patterns.
D."who" of disease patterns.
C.secondary prevention. - Correct answer✅✅ A nurse in community health who teaches a client with
asthma to recognize and avoid exposure to asthma triggers and assists the family in implementing
specific protection strategies such as removing carpets and avoiding pets is intervening at the level of:
A.assessment.
Questions and Answers for Nursing Students
A. two new cases divided by 16 at risk. - Correct answer✅✅ Twenty people attended a church picnic
the previous weekend. By Monday, four individuals exhibited symptoms of food poisoning. On Tuesday,
the nurse in community health records the addition of two new cases. The incidence rate would be:
A.two new cases divided by 16 at risk.
B.two new cases divided by 20.
C.six cases divided by 20.
D.four cases divided by 16.
A. current and past breast cancer events in this population of women. - Correct answer✅✅ A breast
cancer screening program screened 8000 women and discovered 35 women previously diagnosed with
breast cancer and 20 women with no history of breast cancer diagnosed as a result of the screening. The
prevalence proportion would reflect:
A.current and past breast cancer events in this population of women.
B.newly diagnosed cases of breast cancer in this population of women.
C.past breast cancer events in this population of women.
D.the population of women that had no evidence of breast cancer.
A. practice focus. - Correct answer✅✅ Clinical medicine and epidemiology differ from each other in
the major aspect of:
A.practice focus.
B.health monitoring.
C.determinants of health and disease.
D.evaluation of interventions.
,B. A nurse in community health investigates a breakout of whooping cough in a local middle school. -
Correct answer✅✅ Nurses in community health often use epidemiology because in the community it
is often difficult to control the environment. Which of the following statements demonstrates an
epidemiologic strategy for monitoring disease trends?
A.A nurse in community health conducts an education class for clients newly diagnosed with diabetes.
B.A nurse in community health investigates a breakout of whooping cough in a local middle school.
C.A nurse in community health organizes a health fair at the community health center.
D.A nurse in community health participates on a county school board that addresses student health
issues.
B. probability that an event will occur within a specified time period. - Correct answer✅✅ One of the
basic concepts in epidemiology is the concept of risk. Risk refers to the:
A.prevalence of an event occurring.
B.probability that an event will occur within a specified time period.
C.population most likely to develop a disease.
D.rate of development of new cases.
A.Cohort study
B.Case-control study
C.Cross-sectional study - Correct answer✅✅ Which of the following tools are used in analytic
epidemiology? (select all that apply)
A.Cohort study
B.Case-control study
C.Cross-sectional study
D.Clinical trials
E.Community trials
, B.sensitivity - Correct answer✅✅ A nurse is concerned about the accuracy of the PPD test in
identifying cases of TB exposure for follow-up chest x-ray. The nurse's concern is addressing the validity
measure of:
A.reliability
B.sensitivity
C.specificity
D.variation
B.host, agent, and environment - Correct answer✅✅ A business executive develops symptoms of the
flu 1 day after returning by air from a cross-Atlantic business trip that ran for 2 consecutive stressful 10-
hour days. This individual's development of flu symptoms illustrates the relationship between:
A.host and agent
B.host, agent, and environment
C.risk and causality
D.morbidity and disease.
C."why" of disease patterns. - Correct answer✅✅ Analytic epidemiology differs from descriptive
epidemiology because it searches for:
A."when" of disease patterns.
B."where" of disease patterns.
C."why" of disease patterns.
D."who" of disease patterns.
C.secondary prevention. - Correct answer✅✅ A nurse in community health who teaches a client with
asthma to recognize and avoid exposure to asthma triggers and assists the family in implementing
specific protection strategies such as removing carpets and avoiding pets is intervening at the level of:
A.assessment.
