FNP PRACTICE QUESTIONS MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE
ASSESSMENT: PUBLIC HEALTH, PREVENTION, AND
PHARMACOLOGY LATEST UPDATE 2025/ 2026
3-1. All of the following are true of Healthy People 2020 except:
A. It is funded by the pharmaceutical industry
B. It is a national agenda that communicates a vision for improving health and achieving health equity of
the U.S. population
C. It provides a set of more than 1,200 specific, measurable objectives with targets to be achieved over
the decade
D. Initiatives are organized by general health and wellness topics, age, and special needs populations
such as maternal health or vulnerable population groups - CORRECT ANSWERS >> A. It is funded by the
pharmaceutical industry
3-2. The Lesbian, Bay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) population is included as a special population in
the Healthy People 2020 initiative due to which of the following health concerns?
A. LGBT population experiences few social barriers to healthcare caused by discrimination
B. LGBT youth can be at special risk, with increased suicide rates 2-3 times higher than the general
population
C. LGBT individuals have less access to healthcare due to living in poorly served rural areas
,D. LGBT individuals experience a lower risk of violence and victimization, which has long-lasting effects
on the individual and the community - CORRECT ANSWERS >> B. LGBT youth can be at special risk, with
increased suicide rates 2-3 times higher than the general population
3-3. Many objectives of Healthy People 2020 focus on broader population issues including which of the
following?
A. Increasing health disparities
B. Reducing equal access to quality healthcare
C. Increasing services to identified minority populations
D. Decreasing the availability and dissemination of health-related information - CORRECT ANSWERS >>
C. Increasing services to identified minority populations
3-4. Improvement in sleep health is an objective of Healthy People 2020 for what reason?
A. Inadequate sleep has implications for driving safety, work productivity, and quality of life
B. 75% of adult population in the U.S. reports some sort of sleep disturbance
C. Sleep apnea can be successfully treated with zolpidem
D. Sleep apnea significantly increases the risk of diabetes and glaucoma - CORRECT ANSWERS >> A.
Inadequate sleep has implications for driving safety, work productivity, and quality of life
3-5. Which organization, created by Congress in 1984, is an independent, volunteer panel of national
experts that develops screening recommendations based on evidence-based medicine?
A. The World Health Organization
B. American Association of Family Physicians
C. National Screening Program
D. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) - CORRECT ANSWERS >> D. The U.S. Preventive
Services Task Force (USPSTF)
3-6. Daily exercise and staying current with routine-recommended immunizations are examples of what
level of prevention?
,A. Primary prevention
B. Secondary prevention
C. Tertiary prevention
D. Primordial prevention - CORRECT ANSWERS >> A. Primary prevention
3-7. A patient with type 2 diabetes who sees a podiatrist for monthly foot examinations is practicing
what type of prevention?
A. Tertiary prevention
B. Primary prevention
C. Secondary prevention
D. Diabetic surveillance - CORRECT ANSWERS >> C. Secondary prevention
3-8. A patient who has experienced a stroke with hemiparesis and is now participating in occupational
therapy is practicing what type of prevention?
A. Tertiary prevention
B. Secondary prevention
C. Primary prevention
D. Disease mitigation - CORRECT ANSWERS >> A. Tertiary prevention
3-9. The CDC reports that the costliest healthcare expenditures in the U.S. are attributed to:
A. Ebola and dengue fever
B. Chronic, preventable diseases
C. Tick-borne diseases, such as Lyme disease
D. Motor vehicle accidents - CORRECT ANSWERS >> B. Chronic, preventable diseases
, 3-10. The term prevalence refers to:
A. Health conditions required through statute, ordinance, or administrative rule to be reported to a
public health agency when diagnosed in an individual
B. A group of cases of a specific disease or illness clearly in excess of what one would normally expect in
a particular geographic area
C. Illness or lack of health caused by disease, disability, or injury
D. The proportions of people in a population who have some attribute or condition at a given point in
time, or during a specified time period - CORRECT ANSWERS >> D. The proportions of people in a
population who have some attribute or condition at a given point in time, or during a specified time
period
3-11. Which of the following tests carries a grade A recommendation for a 67-year-old male who has
smoked a pack of cigarettes every day for the last 25 years?
A. Abdominal ultrasound
B. Chest CT
C. PSA
D. Pulmonary function test - CORRECT ANSWERS >> A. Abdominal ultrasound
3-12. The ability of a test to correctly identify whose with the disease (true positive rate) is known as:
A. False positivity
B. Incidence rate
C. Sensitivity
D. Specificity - CORRECT ANSWERS >> C. Sensitivity
3-13. The ability of a test to correctly identify those with-out the disease (true negative rate) is known
as:
A. Mortality rate
ASSESSMENT: PUBLIC HEALTH, PREVENTION, AND
PHARMACOLOGY LATEST UPDATE 2025/ 2026
3-1. All of the following are true of Healthy People 2020 except:
A. It is funded by the pharmaceutical industry
B. It is a national agenda that communicates a vision for improving health and achieving health equity of
the U.S. population
C. It provides a set of more than 1,200 specific, measurable objectives with targets to be achieved over
the decade
D. Initiatives are organized by general health and wellness topics, age, and special needs populations
such as maternal health or vulnerable population groups - CORRECT ANSWERS >> A. It is funded by the
pharmaceutical industry
3-2. The Lesbian, Bay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) population is included as a special population in
the Healthy People 2020 initiative due to which of the following health concerns?
A. LGBT population experiences few social barriers to healthcare caused by discrimination
B. LGBT youth can be at special risk, with increased suicide rates 2-3 times higher than the general
population
C. LGBT individuals have less access to healthcare due to living in poorly served rural areas
,D. LGBT individuals experience a lower risk of violence and victimization, which has long-lasting effects
on the individual and the community - CORRECT ANSWERS >> B. LGBT youth can be at special risk, with
increased suicide rates 2-3 times higher than the general population
3-3. Many objectives of Healthy People 2020 focus on broader population issues including which of the
following?
A. Increasing health disparities
B. Reducing equal access to quality healthcare
C. Increasing services to identified minority populations
D. Decreasing the availability and dissemination of health-related information - CORRECT ANSWERS >>
C. Increasing services to identified minority populations
3-4. Improvement in sleep health is an objective of Healthy People 2020 for what reason?
A. Inadequate sleep has implications for driving safety, work productivity, and quality of life
B. 75% of adult population in the U.S. reports some sort of sleep disturbance
C. Sleep apnea can be successfully treated with zolpidem
D. Sleep apnea significantly increases the risk of diabetes and glaucoma - CORRECT ANSWERS >> A.
Inadequate sleep has implications for driving safety, work productivity, and quality of life
3-5. Which organization, created by Congress in 1984, is an independent, volunteer panel of national
experts that develops screening recommendations based on evidence-based medicine?
A. The World Health Organization
B. American Association of Family Physicians
C. National Screening Program
D. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) - CORRECT ANSWERS >> D. The U.S. Preventive
Services Task Force (USPSTF)
3-6. Daily exercise and staying current with routine-recommended immunizations are examples of what
level of prevention?
,A. Primary prevention
B. Secondary prevention
C. Tertiary prevention
D. Primordial prevention - CORRECT ANSWERS >> A. Primary prevention
3-7. A patient with type 2 diabetes who sees a podiatrist for monthly foot examinations is practicing
what type of prevention?
A. Tertiary prevention
B. Primary prevention
C. Secondary prevention
D. Diabetic surveillance - CORRECT ANSWERS >> C. Secondary prevention
3-8. A patient who has experienced a stroke with hemiparesis and is now participating in occupational
therapy is practicing what type of prevention?
A. Tertiary prevention
B. Secondary prevention
C. Primary prevention
D. Disease mitigation - CORRECT ANSWERS >> A. Tertiary prevention
3-9. The CDC reports that the costliest healthcare expenditures in the U.S. are attributed to:
A. Ebola and dengue fever
B. Chronic, preventable diseases
C. Tick-borne diseases, such as Lyme disease
D. Motor vehicle accidents - CORRECT ANSWERS >> B. Chronic, preventable diseases
, 3-10. The term prevalence refers to:
A. Health conditions required through statute, ordinance, or administrative rule to be reported to a
public health agency when diagnosed in an individual
B. A group of cases of a specific disease or illness clearly in excess of what one would normally expect in
a particular geographic area
C. Illness or lack of health caused by disease, disability, or injury
D. The proportions of people in a population who have some attribute or condition at a given point in
time, or during a specified time period - CORRECT ANSWERS >> D. The proportions of people in a
population who have some attribute or condition at a given point in time, or during a specified time
period
3-11. Which of the following tests carries a grade A recommendation for a 67-year-old male who has
smoked a pack of cigarettes every day for the last 25 years?
A. Abdominal ultrasound
B. Chest CT
C. PSA
D. Pulmonary function test - CORRECT ANSWERS >> A. Abdominal ultrasound
3-12. The ability of a test to correctly identify whose with the disease (true positive rate) is known as:
A. False positivity
B. Incidence rate
C. Sensitivity
D. Specificity - CORRECT ANSWERS >> C. Sensitivity
3-13. The ability of a test to correctly identify those with-out the disease (true negative rate) is known
as:
A. Mortality rate
