PUBLIC COMMUNITY HEALTH AND NURSING
PRACTICE 2026 PRACTICE SET MOCK EXAM
REVISION NOTES AND SOLUTIONS EXPERT
GRADE A+
◉ 2. Which of the following best defines aggregate?
a. A large group of persons
b. A collection of individuals and families
c. A group of persons who share one or more characteristics
d. Another name for demographic group. Answer: ANS: C
An aggregate is defined as a collection of people who share one or
more personal or environmental characteristics, such as geography
or special interest.
◉ 10. A registered nurse was just employed as a public health nurse.
Which question would be the most relevant for the nurse to ask?
,a. Which groups are at the greatest risk for problems?
b. Which patients should I see first as I begin my day?
c. With which physicians will I be most closely collaborating?
d. With which nursing assistants will I partner the most?. Answer:
ANS: A
Asking which groups are at greatest risk reflects a community-
oriented perspective. The other possible responses reflect a focus on
individuals.
◉ 11. Making sure that essential community-oriented health
services are available defines which of the core public health
functions?
a. Policy development
b. Assessment
c. Assurance
,d. Scientific knowledge-based care. Answer: ANS: C
Public health is based on scientific knowledge but is not a core
function. The definition does not fit the terms assessment or policy
development.
◉ 12. When talking to a womens group at the senior citizens center,
the nurse reminded them that the only way the center would be able
to afford to provide transportation services for them would be for
them to continue to write letters to their local city council
representatives requesting funding for such a service. What was the
nurse trying to accomplish through this action?
a. Ensure that the women did not expect the nurse to solve their
problem
b. Demonstrate that the nurse understood the womens concerns and
needs
c. Express empathy, support, and concern
d. Help the women engage in political action. Answer: ANS: D
, Public health nurses engage themselves and others in policy
development and encourage and assist persons to communicate
their needs to those with the power to take action.
◉ 13. The public health nurse has a clear vision of what needs to be
done and where to begin to improve the health of the community.
Why would the nurse spend time meeting with community groups
to discuss the most important task to be addressed first?
a. To increase the groups self-esteem
b. To maintain communication links with the groups
c. To make the groups feel good about their contribution
d. To work with the groups, not for the groups. Answer: ANS: D
Historically, health care providers have been accused of providing
care for or to people without actually involving the recipients in the
decisions. Public health nursing is a with the peoplenot a to the
people or for the peopleapproach to planning.
PRACTICE 2026 PRACTICE SET MOCK EXAM
REVISION NOTES AND SOLUTIONS EXPERT
GRADE A+
◉ 2. Which of the following best defines aggregate?
a. A large group of persons
b. A collection of individuals and families
c. A group of persons who share one or more characteristics
d. Another name for demographic group. Answer: ANS: C
An aggregate is defined as a collection of people who share one or
more personal or environmental characteristics, such as geography
or special interest.
◉ 10. A registered nurse was just employed as a public health nurse.
Which question would be the most relevant for the nurse to ask?
,a. Which groups are at the greatest risk for problems?
b. Which patients should I see first as I begin my day?
c. With which physicians will I be most closely collaborating?
d. With which nursing assistants will I partner the most?. Answer:
ANS: A
Asking which groups are at greatest risk reflects a community-
oriented perspective. The other possible responses reflect a focus on
individuals.
◉ 11. Making sure that essential community-oriented health
services are available defines which of the core public health
functions?
a. Policy development
b. Assessment
c. Assurance
,d. Scientific knowledge-based care. Answer: ANS: C
Public health is based on scientific knowledge but is not a core
function. The definition does not fit the terms assessment or policy
development.
◉ 12. When talking to a womens group at the senior citizens center,
the nurse reminded them that the only way the center would be able
to afford to provide transportation services for them would be for
them to continue to write letters to their local city council
representatives requesting funding for such a service. What was the
nurse trying to accomplish through this action?
a. Ensure that the women did not expect the nurse to solve their
problem
b. Demonstrate that the nurse understood the womens concerns and
needs
c. Express empathy, support, and concern
d. Help the women engage in political action. Answer: ANS: D
, Public health nurses engage themselves and others in policy
development and encourage and assist persons to communicate
their needs to those with the power to take action.
◉ 13. The public health nurse has a clear vision of what needs to be
done and where to begin to improve the health of the community.
Why would the nurse spend time meeting with community groups
to discuss the most important task to be addressed first?
a. To increase the groups self-esteem
b. To maintain communication links with the groups
c. To make the groups feel good about their contribution
d. To work with the groups, not for the groups. Answer: ANS: D
Historically, health care providers have been accused of providing
care for or to people without actually involving the recipients in the
decisions. Public health nursing is a with the peoplenot a to the
people or for the peopleapproach to planning.
