,Essentials of Public Health, Second Edition by Bernard J. Turnock
Test Bank – Chapter 1
File: chap01, Chapter 1.
Multiple Choice
1. Major eras in the history of the American public health system were characterized by all of
the following EXCEPT:
A. Intermittent epidemics throughout the 18th and 19th centuries.
B. Edwin Chadwick's epidemiological investigations of cholera.
C. The development of state and local public health systems into the mid-20th century.
D. The movement into the provision of medical care services after about 1950.
Ans: B
2. Which of the following statements characterizes an important difference between public
health and most other professions?
A. Education and training beyond the undergraduate (college) level is not available for public
health.
B. Large professional organizations are not available for public health.
C. Public health professionals work only in the public sector.
D. Although they come from many professions and disciplines, their common bond is not one of
a shared body of knowledge or academic preparation, but a commitment to the goals of the
improved population health.
Ans: D
3. Which of these important public health figures from the 19th century advanced the argument
that the factors contributing to fatal diseases should be identified as the official causes of
death?
A. Edwin Chadwick
B. Lemuel Shattuck
C. William Farr
D. John Snow
Ans: C
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4. Based on a quick examination of Internet web sites, which of these organizations is most
closely affiliated with local public health agencies across the U.S.?
A. NACCHO
B. ASTHO
C. APHA
D. CDC
Ans: A
5. Based on a quick examination of Internet web sites, which of these federal health agencies
places the greatest emphasis on prevention?
A. Food and Drug Administration
B. Health Resources and Services Administration
C. American Public Health Association
D. Centers for Disease Control
Ans: D
6. 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. Market justice
B. Judicial justice
C. Social justice
D. Individual justice
Ans: C
7. As a result of legislation enacted by Congress, this agency was moved out of the US
Treasury Department and placed in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (now
the Department of Health and Human Services). It was first established as the Marine
Hospital Service in 1789.
A. World Health Organization
B. American Public Health Association
C. National Foundation---March of Dimes
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D. US Public Health Service
Ans: D
8. In 1900, the leading cause of death in the United States was which of the following
conditions?"
A. tuberculosis
B. diphtheria
C. typhoid fever
D. pneumonia and influenza
Ans: D
9. Public health was characterized as fulfilling society's interest in assuring conditions in which
people could be healthy by:
A. US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Healthy People 2000
B. Institute of Medicine in The Future of Public Health
C. C.E.A. Winslow
D. Sir Geoffrey Vickers
Ans: B
10. Which of the following does not represent an important achievement of public health in
twentieth century America?
A. fluoridation of drinking water to prevent dental caries
B. control of infectious diseases
C. prevention of bio-terrorism threats
D. decline in deaths from heart disease and stroke
Ans: C
11. The Report on the Sanitary Commission of Massachusetts---perhaps the most outstanding
treatise in the history of American public health---was written by:
A. John Snow
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Test Bank – Chapter 1
File: chap01, Chapter 1.
Multiple Choice
1. Major eras in the history of the American public health system were characterized by all of
the following EXCEPT:
A. Intermittent epidemics throughout the 18th and 19th centuries.
B. Edwin Chadwick's epidemiological investigations of cholera.
C. The development of state and local public health systems into the mid-20th century.
D. The movement into the provision of medical care services after about 1950.
Ans: B
2. Which of the following statements characterizes an important difference between public
health and most other professions?
A. Education and training beyond the undergraduate (college) level is not available for public
health.
B. Large professional organizations are not available for public health.
C. Public health professionals work only in the public sector.
D. Although they come from many professions and disciplines, their common bond is not one of
a shared body of knowledge or academic preparation, but a commitment to the goals of the
improved population health.
Ans: D
3. Which of these important public health figures from the 19th century advanced the argument
that the factors contributing to fatal diseases should be identified as the official causes of
death?
A. Edwin Chadwick
B. Lemuel Shattuck
C. William Farr
D. John Snow
Ans: C
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Test Bank – Chapter 1
4. Based on a quick examination of Internet web sites, which of these organizations is most
closely affiliated with local public health agencies across the U.S.?
A. NACCHO
B. ASTHO
C. APHA
D. CDC
Ans: A
5. Based on a quick examination of Internet web sites, which of these federal health agencies
places the greatest emphasis on prevention?
A. Food and Drug Administration
B. Health Resources and Services Administration
C. American Public Health Association
D. Centers for Disease Control
Ans: D
6. 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. Market justice
B. Judicial justice
C. Social justice
D. Individual justice
Ans: C
7. As a result of legislation enacted by Congress, this agency was moved out of the US
Treasury Department and placed in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (now
the Department of Health and Human Services). It was first established as the Marine
Hospital Service in 1789.
A. World Health Organization
B. American Public Health Association
C. National Foundation---March of Dimes
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D. US Public Health Service
Ans: D
8. In 1900, the leading cause of death in the United States was which of the following
conditions?"
A. tuberculosis
B. diphtheria
C. typhoid fever
D. pneumonia and influenza
Ans: D
9. Public health was characterized as fulfilling society's interest in assuring conditions in which
people could be healthy by:
A. US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Healthy People 2000
B. Institute of Medicine in The Future of Public Health
C. C.E.A. Winslow
D. Sir Geoffrey Vickers
Ans: B
10. Which of the following does not represent an important achievement of public health in
twentieth century America?
A. fluoridation of drinking water to prevent dental caries
B. control of infectious diseases
C. prevention of bio-terrorism threats
D. decline in deaths from heart disease and stroke
Ans: C
11. The Report on the Sanitary Commission of Massachusetts---perhaps the most outstanding
treatise in the history of American public health---was written by:
A. John Snow
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