INFORMATICS AND POPULATION
HEALTH EXAM PRACTICE
QUESTION AND ANSWERS
Instructions
All answers are underlined.
Questions
A public health department examines past disaster
relief data to plan for upcoming hurricane response.
Which part of the public health approach is this?
<answer>Intervention evaluation
A public health department is collecting data
regarding how many people participate in childhood
vaccination programs every year. This data collection
is part of which public health core science? Select all
that apply <answer>Informatics
, Surveillance
A public health system in a remote area needs to
decide about how to educate the public about food
safety. What would be the best informatics to use?
<answer>Analyzing the population's preference on
education
Carol is an elderly woman who lives in a rural area
over 45 minutes away from health care. How can
electronic health (eHealth) technologies help her with
her diabetes? <answer>Track her blood glucose readings
How does social media contribute to public health in
response to mass disasters? <answer>Promote
community resources post-disaster
In 2018-2020, the world's second largest Ebola
outbreak occurred in the Democratic Republic of the
Congo (World Health Organization, 2020). Public
health practitioners in the use <answer>laboratories
surveillance
epidemiology
HEALTH EXAM PRACTICE
QUESTION AND ANSWERS
Instructions
All answers are underlined.
Questions
A public health department examines past disaster
relief data to plan for upcoming hurricane response.
Which part of the public health approach is this?
<answer>Intervention evaluation
A public health department is collecting data
regarding how many people participate in childhood
vaccination programs every year. This data collection
is part of which public health core science? Select all
that apply <answer>Informatics
, Surveillance
A public health system in a remote area needs to
decide about how to educate the public about food
safety. What would be the best informatics to use?
<answer>Analyzing the population's preference on
education
Carol is an elderly woman who lives in a rural area
over 45 minutes away from health care. How can
electronic health (eHealth) technologies help her with
her diabetes? <answer>Track her blood glucose readings
How does social media contribute to public health in
response to mass disasters? <answer>Promote
community resources post-disaster
In 2018-2020, the world's second largest Ebola
outbreak occurred in the Democratic Republic of the
Congo (World Health Organization, 2020). Public
health practitioners in the use <answer>laboratories
surveillance
epidemiology
