CPH Exam ASPPH SG Pt. 2
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT!!
Double-blinded (masked) studies are an important way to:
1. Achieve comparability of cases and controls
2. Avoid observer and interviewee bias
3. Increase the efficiency of the study design
4. Reduce the effects of sampling variation - ANSWER2. Avoid observer and
interviewee bias
What is the next step when a baby has a positive result during newborn screening?
1. Follow-up testing to confirm the diagnosis
2. Evaluating the specimen handling
3. Referral to a specialist physician
4. Offering genetic counseling to the family - ANSWER1. Follow-up testing to confirm
the diagnosis
Effective policy dialogue facilitators:
1. value the policy dialogue process over its outcome.
2. value an outcome over the policy dialogue process.
3. rarely engage in preparatory stages before panels meet.
4. moderate rather than interpose with questions. - ANSWER1. value the policy
dialogue process over its outcome.
Safe Harbor provisions are intended to protect patient privacy by defining:
1. the covered entities with which patient data may be shared.
2. which data elements to remove to create de-identified data sets.
3. encryption protocols and Internet routes for transmitting data.
4. data use agreement provisions for sharing confidential data sets. - ANSWER2.
which data elements to remove to create de-identified data sets.
A supervisor of a small community health clinic serving a largely multi-national
immigrant community assigns their project manager the responsibility of developing
a new process to ensure complaints and conflicts are addressed promptly and
respectfully for each patient. This is prompted by a recent complaint that a staff
member was rudely addressing a limited English-speaking patient and her family
when trying to communicate a diagnosis. In order to create a new process that takes
into account the cultural and communication needs of the patients, the program
manager must:
1. Create a new conflict process based solely on examples from other clinics.
2. Select a group of patients to provide input on how complaints should be resolved.
3. Wait until a new complaint occurs to observe the existing process.
, 4. Ask their coworkers how they personally deal with complaints and conflicts in the
office. - ANSWER2. Select a group of patients to provide input on how complaints
should be resolved.
Informed consent should avoid inclusion of:
1. risks and benefits
2. technical jargon
3. contact information
4. purpose - ANSWER2. technical jargon
Waiting until a program or intervention is complete to begin evaluation activities
misses important and valuable opportunities for what type of evaluation?
1. Outcome and impact evaluation
2. Summative evaluation
3. Process evaluation
4. Participant evaluation - ANSWER3. Process evaluation
To determine whether to expand a component of a current intervention, which type
of evaluation is needed?
1. Formative evaluation
2. Process evaluation
3. Outcome evaluation
4. Impact evaluation - ANSWER1. Formative evaluation
The construct of normative beliefs is from which model/theory?
1. Transtheoretical model
2. Theory of planned behavior
3. Social cognitive theory
4. Social ecological model - ANSWER2. Theory of planned behavior
Public Health law fundamentally attempts to balance the greater good of the
community with...
1. the cost of implementation of the law
2.the acceptability of interventions
3.the autonomy of the individual
4. the ease of enforcement - ANSWER3. the autonomy of the individual
A management/leadership theory which posits that when staff are able to grow and
develop staff performance results are better, is an example of:
1. Situational Leadership Theory
2. Douglas McGregor Theory Y
3. Contingency Leadership Theory (CLT)
4. Path-goal Theory - ANSWER2. Douglas McGregor Theory Y
In a study to determine incidence of a chronic disease, 150 people were examined at
the end of a 3 year period and 12 cases were found giving a cumulative risk of 8%.
An additional 30 members of the initial cohort could not be found for re-examination.
Which type of bias might this generate?
1. Confounding
2. Misclassification
3. Publication
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT!!
Double-blinded (masked) studies are an important way to:
1. Achieve comparability of cases and controls
2. Avoid observer and interviewee bias
3. Increase the efficiency of the study design
4. Reduce the effects of sampling variation - ANSWER2. Avoid observer and
interviewee bias
What is the next step when a baby has a positive result during newborn screening?
1. Follow-up testing to confirm the diagnosis
2. Evaluating the specimen handling
3. Referral to a specialist physician
4. Offering genetic counseling to the family - ANSWER1. Follow-up testing to confirm
the diagnosis
Effective policy dialogue facilitators:
1. value the policy dialogue process over its outcome.
2. value an outcome over the policy dialogue process.
3. rarely engage in preparatory stages before panels meet.
4. moderate rather than interpose with questions. - ANSWER1. value the policy
dialogue process over its outcome.
Safe Harbor provisions are intended to protect patient privacy by defining:
1. the covered entities with which patient data may be shared.
2. which data elements to remove to create de-identified data sets.
3. encryption protocols and Internet routes for transmitting data.
4. data use agreement provisions for sharing confidential data sets. - ANSWER2.
which data elements to remove to create de-identified data sets.
A supervisor of a small community health clinic serving a largely multi-national
immigrant community assigns their project manager the responsibility of developing
a new process to ensure complaints and conflicts are addressed promptly and
respectfully for each patient. This is prompted by a recent complaint that a staff
member was rudely addressing a limited English-speaking patient and her family
when trying to communicate a diagnosis. In order to create a new process that takes
into account the cultural and communication needs of the patients, the program
manager must:
1. Create a new conflict process based solely on examples from other clinics.
2. Select a group of patients to provide input on how complaints should be resolved.
3. Wait until a new complaint occurs to observe the existing process.
, 4. Ask their coworkers how they personally deal with complaints and conflicts in the
office. - ANSWER2. Select a group of patients to provide input on how complaints
should be resolved.
Informed consent should avoid inclusion of:
1. risks and benefits
2. technical jargon
3. contact information
4. purpose - ANSWER2. technical jargon
Waiting until a program or intervention is complete to begin evaluation activities
misses important and valuable opportunities for what type of evaluation?
1. Outcome and impact evaluation
2. Summative evaluation
3. Process evaluation
4. Participant evaluation - ANSWER3. Process evaluation
To determine whether to expand a component of a current intervention, which type
of evaluation is needed?
1. Formative evaluation
2. Process evaluation
3. Outcome evaluation
4. Impact evaluation - ANSWER1. Formative evaluation
The construct of normative beliefs is from which model/theory?
1. Transtheoretical model
2. Theory of planned behavior
3. Social cognitive theory
4. Social ecological model - ANSWER2. Theory of planned behavior
Public Health law fundamentally attempts to balance the greater good of the
community with...
1. the cost of implementation of the law
2.the acceptability of interventions
3.the autonomy of the individual
4. the ease of enforcement - ANSWER3. the autonomy of the individual
A management/leadership theory which posits that when staff are able to grow and
develop staff performance results are better, is an example of:
1. Situational Leadership Theory
2. Douglas McGregor Theory Y
3. Contingency Leadership Theory (CLT)
4. Path-goal Theory - ANSWER2. Douglas McGregor Theory Y
In a study to determine incidence of a chronic disease, 150 people were examined at
the end of a 3 year period and 12 cases were found giving a cumulative risk of 8%.
An additional 30 members of the initial cohort could not be found for re-examination.
Which type of bias might this generate?
1. Confounding
2. Misclassification
3. Publication
