HEALTH PROMOTION/DISEASE
PREVENTION - NP CERTIFICATION,
FITZGERALD. EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
B. conducting a home survey to minimize fall risk - ANS 1. an example of a primary
prevention measure for a 78 y/o man with COPD is:
a. reviewing the use of prescribed meds
b. conducting a home survey to minimize fall risk
c. checking FEV1 (forced expired volume at 1 second) to FVC (forced vital capacity) ratio
d. ordering fecal occult blood test (FOBT)
c. ensuring adequate illumination in the home - ANS 2. which of the following is an example
of a primary prevention activity in a 76 y/o woman with osteoporosis?
a. bisphosphonate tx
b. calcium supplementation
c. ensuring adequate illumination in the home
d. use of a back brace
a. screening for mood d/o - ANS secondary prevention measures for a 78 y/o man with COPD
include:
a. screening for mood d/o
b. administering influenza vaccine
c. obtaining a serum theophylline level
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,d. advising about appropriate use of car passenger restraints
b. adjusting txment to minimize dyspnea - ANS tertiary prevention measures for a 69 y/o
woman with heart failure include:
a. administering antipneumococcal vaccine
b. adjusting txment to minimize dyspnea
c. surveying skin for precancerous lesions
d. reviewing safe handling of food
a. hepatitis B immune globulin (HBIG) - ANS which of the following products provides passive
immunity?
a. hepatitis B immune globulin (HBIG)
b. measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine
c. pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
d. live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV)
a. resistance developed in response to an antigen - ANS active immunity is defined as:
a. resistance developed in response to an antigen
b. immunity conferred by an antibody produced in another host
c. the resistance of a group to an infectious agent
d. defense against disease acquired naturally by the infant from the mother
a. primary prevention - ANS which of the following is usually viewed as the most cost-
effective form of healthcare?
a. primary prevention
b. secondary prevention
c. tertiary prevention
d. cancer-reduction measures
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, b. counseling about safer sexual practices - ANS an 18 y/o woman with allergic rhinitis
presents for primary care. she is sexually active with a male partner and is 1 yr post-coitarche;
during this time she had had two sex partners. an example of a primary prevention activity for
this pt is:
a. screening for sexually transmitted infection
b. counseling about safer sexual practices
c. prescribing therapies for minimizing allergy
d. obtaining a liquid-based Pat test
d. community - ANS when a critical portion of a community is immunized against a
contagious disease, most members of the community, even the unimmunized, are protected
against that disease because thee is little opportunity for an outbreak. this is know as
__________ immunity
a. passive
b. humoral
c. epidemiologic
d. community
activities to prevent the onset of acquisition of a given disease, such as, health protecting
education/counseling, encouraging the use of car restraints and bicycle helmets, safer sexual
practices, providing info on accident and fall prevention, immunizations and chemoprophylaxis
- ANS primary prevention measures are:
activities provided to identify and tx Asymptomatic person who have risk factors for a given
disease or in preclinical disease. examples include mammogram, cervical exam with Pap test,
blood pressure measurement to detect hypertension and lipid profile to detect hyperlipidemia -
ANS secondary prevention measures are:
part of the management of an established disease. the goal is to minimize disease associated
complication. examples include meds and lifestyle modification to normalize blood glucose
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PREVENTION - NP CERTIFICATION,
FITZGERALD. EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
B. conducting a home survey to minimize fall risk - ANS 1. an example of a primary
prevention measure for a 78 y/o man with COPD is:
a. reviewing the use of prescribed meds
b. conducting a home survey to minimize fall risk
c. checking FEV1 (forced expired volume at 1 second) to FVC (forced vital capacity) ratio
d. ordering fecal occult blood test (FOBT)
c. ensuring adequate illumination in the home - ANS 2. which of the following is an example
of a primary prevention activity in a 76 y/o woman with osteoporosis?
a. bisphosphonate tx
b. calcium supplementation
c. ensuring adequate illumination in the home
d. use of a back brace
a. screening for mood d/o - ANS secondary prevention measures for a 78 y/o man with COPD
include:
a. screening for mood d/o
b. administering influenza vaccine
c. obtaining a serum theophylline level
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,d. advising about appropriate use of car passenger restraints
b. adjusting txment to minimize dyspnea - ANS tertiary prevention measures for a 69 y/o
woman with heart failure include:
a. administering antipneumococcal vaccine
b. adjusting txment to minimize dyspnea
c. surveying skin for precancerous lesions
d. reviewing safe handling of food
a. hepatitis B immune globulin (HBIG) - ANS which of the following products provides passive
immunity?
a. hepatitis B immune globulin (HBIG)
b. measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine
c. pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
d. live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV)
a. resistance developed in response to an antigen - ANS active immunity is defined as:
a. resistance developed in response to an antigen
b. immunity conferred by an antibody produced in another host
c. the resistance of a group to an infectious agent
d. defense against disease acquired naturally by the infant from the mother
a. primary prevention - ANS which of the following is usually viewed as the most cost-
effective form of healthcare?
a. primary prevention
b. secondary prevention
c. tertiary prevention
d. cancer-reduction measures
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, b. counseling about safer sexual practices - ANS an 18 y/o woman with allergic rhinitis
presents for primary care. she is sexually active with a male partner and is 1 yr post-coitarche;
during this time she had had two sex partners. an example of a primary prevention activity for
this pt is:
a. screening for sexually transmitted infection
b. counseling about safer sexual practices
c. prescribing therapies for minimizing allergy
d. obtaining a liquid-based Pat test
d. community - ANS when a critical portion of a community is immunized against a
contagious disease, most members of the community, even the unimmunized, are protected
against that disease because thee is little opportunity for an outbreak. this is know as
__________ immunity
a. passive
b. humoral
c. epidemiologic
d. community
activities to prevent the onset of acquisition of a given disease, such as, health protecting
education/counseling, encouraging the use of car restraints and bicycle helmets, safer sexual
practices, providing info on accident and fall prevention, immunizations and chemoprophylaxis
- ANS primary prevention measures are:
activities provided to identify and tx Asymptomatic person who have risk factors for a given
disease or in preclinical disease. examples include mammogram, cervical exam with Pap test,
blood pressure measurement to detect hypertension and lipid profile to detect hyperlipidemia -
ANS secondary prevention measures are:
part of the management of an established disease. the goal is to minimize disease associated
complication. examples include meds and lifestyle modification to normalize blood glucose
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