Issues & Trends in Public Health Final
Exam QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT!!
Philadelphia created its first board of health in 1783 due to an outbreak of which of
the following?
a. Cholera
b. Yellow fever
c. Tuberculosis
d. Diphtheria - ANSWERYellow fever
Which of the following is an abstract concept that determines how each member of
society is allocated his or her fair share of collective burdens and benefits?
a. Class
b. Science
c. Race
d. Justice - ANSWERJustice
Between 1900 and 2000, the crude infectious disease mortality rate in the United
States
a. declined by about 50%
b. remained unchanged
c. declined by about 90%
d. increased slightly due to the emergence of HIV infections - ANSWERdeclined by
about 90%
Public Health was characterized as fulfilling society's interest in assuring conditions
in which people could be healthy by
a. Sir Geoffrey Vickers
b. Institute of Medicine
c. U.S. CDC
d. C.E.A. Winslow - ANSWERInstitute of Medicine in "The Future of Public Health"
Based on a quick scan of Internet websites, which of these organizations is most
closely affiliated with local public health agencies across the United States?
a. ASTHO
b. NACCHO
c. CDC
d. APHA - ANSWERNACCHO
In public health, the "pump handle" is a metaphor for which of the following?
a. convincing policymakers to take an action to protect public health
b. assuring a safe drinking water supply
c. discovering the cause of a public health problem
d. removing the source of a public health problem - ANSWERremoving the source of
the public health problem
,Combining surveillance data on the types of influenza viruses circulation in wild
birds, in farm animals and people is an example of which of public health approach?
a. Primary prevention
b. the one health initiative
c. the socio-ecological model
d. environmental health - ANSWERThe one health initiative
The cholera epidemic of 1854 disproportionately affected lower social classes in
London.
a. false
b. true - ANSWERfalse
United States Census data are frequently used for get information on all of the below
except?
a. allocation of congressional seats
b. health behaviors
c. health insurance coverages
d. denominator data for rate calculations - ANSWERhealth behaviors
By the year 2016, tuberculosis, gastroenteritis, and diphtheria fell off the list of top 10
causes of death. Which of the following is now on the list that was not on the list in
1900?
a. malignant neoplasms
b. gunshot wounds
c. intentional self-harm
d. STD's - ANSWERintentional self-harm
True or false: crude and age-adjusted mortality rates have been declining at
approximately the same rate in the US over the past 50 years
a. true
b. false - ANSWERfalse
Which of the following is the best source of information on adult and infant mortality?
a. hospital care statistics
b. disease registries
c. special survey studies
d. death certificates - ANSWERdeath certificates
Which remains an important predictor of good and poor health in our society?
a. genetics
b. social standing
c. prenatal care
d. health behaviors - ANSWERSocial standing
In which form of justice are collective actions leading to the assumption of additional
burdens often necessary in order to assure the fair distribution of societal benefits?
a. judicial
b. individual
c. market
d. social - ANSWERSocial justice
, A renewed interest on the social determinants of health is a hallmark of which public
health era in the United States
a. Public Health 3.0
b. all of these
c. Public Health 2.0
d. Public Health 1.0 - ANSWERPublic Health 3.0
The measure of association that compares the risk of the health outcome in one
group with the risk (exposed group) among another group (unexposed group) by
dividing the incidence or prevalence in the first group by that of the second group is
known as:
a. odds ratio
b. relative risk
c. attributable risk - ANSWERrelative risk
What were the top five causes of death in 1900? - ANSWERinfluenza and
pneumonia, tuberculosis, diarrhea and enteritis, cerebrovascular disease, diseases
of the heart
Which of the following statements is false? - ANSWERReturn on investment
analyses are not an appropriate method to analyze public health interventions
because it is too difficult to take into account all of the variables needed for a good
ROI calculation
The mortality-based measures commonly used to describe impact of health
indicators that disproportionately impact younger people is:
a. years of potential life lost before age 75
b. crude mortality rate
c. life expectancy at birth
d. age-adjusted mortality rate - ANSWERyears of potential life lost before age 75
Common sources of morbidity-based indicators include all but which of the
following?
a. national notifiable diseases surveillance system
b. behavioral risk factor surveillance system
c. national center for health statistics
d. national hospital care survey - ANSWERbehavioral risk factor surveillance system
School based programs to increase physical activity are an example of CDC's Health
Impact in 5 Years (HI-5). This intervention represents which level of the health
impact pyramid?
a. counseling and education
b. social determinants of health
c. clinical intervention
d. changing the context - ANSWERchanging the context
Disease management and rehabilitation are examples of which of the following?
a. primary
Exam QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT!!
Philadelphia created its first board of health in 1783 due to an outbreak of which of
the following?
a. Cholera
b. Yellow fever
c. Tuberculosis
d. Diphtheria - ANSWERYellow fever
Which of the following is an abstract concept that determines how each member of
society is allocated his or her fair share of collective burdens and benefits?
a. Class
b. Science
c. Race
d. Justice - ANSWERJustice
Between 1900 and 2000, the crude infectious disease mortality rate in the United
States
a. declined by about 50%
b. remained unchanged
c. declined by about 90%
d. increased slightly due to the emergence of HIV infections - ANSWERdeclined by
about 90%
Public Health was characterized as fulfilling society's interest in assuring conditions
in which people could be healthy by
a. Sir Geoffrey Vickers
b. Institute of Medicine
c. U.S. CDC
d. C.E.A. Winslow - ANSWERInstitute of Medicine in "The Future of Public Health"
Based on a quick scan of Internet websites, which of these organizations is most
closely affiliated with local public health agencies across the United States?
a. ASTHO
b. NACCHO
c. CDC
d. APHA - ANSWERNACCHO
In public health, the "pump handle" is a metaphor for which of the following?
a. convincing policymakers to take an action to protect public health
b. assuring a safe drinking water supply
c. discovering the cause of a public health problem
d. removing the source of a public health problem - ANSWERremoving the source of
the public health problem
,Combining surveillance data on the types of influenza viruses circulation in wild
birds, in farm animals and people is an example of which of public health approach?
a. Primary prevention
b. the one health initiative
c. the socio-ecological model
d. environmental health - ANSWERThe one health initiative
The cholera epidemic of 1854 disproportionately affected lower social classes in
London.
a. false
b. true - ANSWERfalse
United States Census data are frequently used for get information on all of the below
except?
a. allocation of congressional seats
b. health behaviors
c. health insurance coverages
d. denominator data for rate calculations - ANSWERhealth behaviors
By the year 2016, tuberculosis, gastroenteritis, and diphtheria fell off the list of top 10
causes of death. Which of the following is now on the list that was not on the list in
1900?
a. malignant neoplasms
b. gunshot wounds
c. intentional self-harm
d. STD's - ANSWERintentional self-harm
True or false: crude and age-adjusted mortality rates have been declining at
approximately the same rate in the US over the past 50 years
a. true
b. false - ANSWERfalse
Which of the following is the best source of information on adult and infant mortality?
a. hospital care statistics
b. disease registries
c. special survey studies
d. death certificates - ANSWERdeath certificates
Which remains an important predictor of good and poor health in our society?
a. genetics
b. social standing
c. prenatal care
d. health behaviors - ANSWERSocial standing
In which form of justice are collective actions leading to the assumption of additional
burdens often necessary in order to assure the fair distribution of societal benefits?
a. judicial
b. individual
c. market
d. social - ANSWERSocial justice
, A renewed interest on the social determinants of health is a hallmark of which public
health era in the United States
a. Public Health 3.0
b. all of these
c. Public Health 2.0
d. Public Health 1.0 - ANSWERPublic Health 3.0
The measure of association that compares the risk of the health outcome in one
group with the risk (exposed group) among another group (unexposed group) by
dividing the incidence or prevalence in the first group by that of the second group is
known as:
a. odds ratio
b. relative risk
c. attributable risk - ANSWERrelative risk
What were the top five causes of death in 1900? - ANSWERinfluenza and
pneumonia, tuberculosis, diarrhea and enteritis, cerebrovascular disease, diseases
of the heart
Which of the following statements is false? - ANSWERReturn on investment
analyses are not an appropriate method to analyze public health interventions
because it is too difficult to take into account all of the variables needed for a good
ROI calculation
The mortality-based measures commonly used to describe impact of health
indicators that disproportionately impact younger people is:
a. years of potential life lost before age 75
b. crude mortality rate
c. life expectancy at birth
d. age-adjusted mortality rate - ANSWERyears of potential life lost before age 75
Common sources of morbidity-based indicators include all but which of the
following?
a. national notifiable diseases surveillance system
b. behavioral risk factor surveillance system
c. national center for health statistics
d. national hospital care survey - ANSWERbehavioral risk factor surveillance system
School based programs to increase physical activity are an example of CDC's Health
Impact in 5 Years (HI-5). This intervention represents which level of the health
impact pyramid?
a. counseling and education
b. social determinants of health
c. clinical intervention
d. changing the context - ANSWERchanging the context
Disease management and rehabilitation are examples of which of the following?
a. primary
