TRANSFORMING PUBLIC HEALTH: LEADERSHIP AND
MANAGEMENT ESSENTIALS
Exam Questions & Answers
Chapter One:
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The traditional public health responsibilities include:
a. Epidemiology
b. Communicable disease control
c. Global health
d. Medicine
Correct Answer: a&b.
Rationale: page 3
2. Which one of the following accurately describes public health activities?
a. They focus on individuals and on prevention.
b. They focus on individuals and on treating disease.
c. They focus on populations and on prevention.
d. They focus on populations and on treating disease.
Correct Answer: c.
Rationale: page 3
3. Primary prevention involves
a. Inhibiting the occurrence of disease and injuries
b. Address the fundamental causes of disease
, c. Educate individuals about the cause of disease
d. All of the above
Correct Answer: d.
Rationale: page 4
4. Public health departments are found at the _____________level
a. Federal
b. State
c. County and City
d. All of the above
Correct Answer: d.
Rationale: page 7
5. Which one of the following statements accurately describes the trend in smoking in the
United States between 1965 and 2005?
a. The percentage of people smoking increased among both men and women.
b. The percentage of women smokers increased while the percentage of male smokers
decreased.
c. The percentage of pregnant women who smoked increased.
d. The percentage of male and female smokers, including pregnant women, decreased.
Correct Answer: d.
Rationale: page 8
6. Which one of the following diseases has been eradicated globally?
, a. Reye’s syndrome
b. Smallpox
c. Influenza
d. Polio
Correct Answer: b.
Rationale: page 9
7. The assurance function of public health includes:
a. Informing people about health issues
b. Monitoring health status
c. Enforcing public health law
d. Development of disease surveillance systems
Correct Answer: c.
Rationale: page 9
8. By the 1950’s the primary services of public health agencies encompassed
a. Communicable disease control
b. Environmental inspection and enforcement
c. Maternal and child health services
d. All of the above
Correct Answer: d.
Rationale: page 12
, 9. Public health services that address the mission of public health of assuring conditions in
which the population can be healthy requires
a. Community health assessments
b. Collaborative community health improvement initiatives
c. Support of global health initiatives
d. A&b
Correct Answer: d.
Rationale: page 13
10. It is estimated that by the year 2030, more than 75% of all deaths globally will result
from:
a. Infectious diseases including HIV/AIDS
b. Limited access to health care
c. Unsafe drinking water
d. Chronic (non-infectious diseases) including heart disease
Correct Answer: d.
Rationale: page 16
TRUE/FALSE
1. The terms “public health” and “community health” can be used interchangeably.
Correct Answer: True
Rationale: page 4
MANAGEMENT ESSENTIALS
Exam Questions & Answers
Chapter One:
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The traditional public health responsibilities include:
a. Epidemiology
b. Communicable disease control
c. Global health
d. Medicine
Correct Answer: a&b.
Rationale: page 3
2. Which one of the following accurately describes public health activities?
a. They focus on individuals and on prevention.
b. They focus on individuals and on treating disease.
c. They focus on populations and on prevention.
d. They focus on populations and on treating disease.
Correct Answer: c.
Rationale: page 3
3. Primary prevention involves
a. Inhibiting the occurrence of disease and injuries
b. Address the fundamental causes of disease
, c. Educate individuals about the cause of disease
d. All of the above
Correct Answer: d.
Rationale: page 4
4. Public health departments are found at the _____________level
a. Federal
b. State
c. County and City
d. All of the above
Correct Answer: d.
Rationale: page 7
5. Which one of the following statements accurately describes the trend in smoking in the
United States between 1965 and 2005?
a. The percentage of people smoking increased among both men and women.
b. The percentage of women smokers increased while the percentage of male smokers
decreased.
c. The percentage of pregnant women who smoked increased.
d. The percentage of male and female smokers, including pregnant women, decreased.
Correct Answer: d.
Rationale: page 8
6. Which one of the following diseases has been eradicated globally?
, a. Reye’s syndrome
b. Smallpox
c. Influenza
d. Polio
Correct Answer: b.
Rationale: page 9
7. The assurance function of public health includes:
a. Informing people about health issues
b. Monitoring health status
c. Enforcing public health law
d. Development of disease surveillance systems
Correct Answer: c.
Rationale: page 9
8. By the 1950’s the primary services of public health agencies encompassed
a. Communicable disease control
b. Environmental inspection and enforcement
c. Maternal and child health services
d. All of the above
Correct Answer: d.
Rationale: page 12
, 9. Public health services that address the mission of public health of assuring conditions in
which the population can be healthy requires
a. Community health assessments
b. Collaborative community health improvement initiatives
c. Support of global health initiatives
d. A&b
Correct Answer: d.
Rationale: page 13
10. It is estimated that by the year 2030, more than 75% of all deaths globally will result
from:
a. Infectious diseases including HIV/AIDS
b. Limited access to health care
c. Unsafe drinking water
d. Chronic (non-infectious diseases) including heart disease
Correct Answer: d.
Rationale: page 16
TRUE/FALSE
1. The terms “public health” and “community health” can be used interchangeably.
Correct Answer: True
Rationale: page 4
