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WGU D583: Foundations in Public Health|
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COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH MODEL -
What is an assessment in the PRECEDE-PROCEED model of health used to identify and analyze factors
contributing to water contamination in a community? - Correct Answer-Environmental assessment
Which statement is an example of a person's belief of consequences as described by the Health Belief
Model? - Correct Answer-"I may die if I contract COVID-19 because I already have chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD)."
Which phase of the Stages of Change model suggests a person has stopped smoking for at least a year? -
Correct Answer-Maintenance
Volcanoes are an example of what physical environment? - Correct Answer-Unaltered/natural
Motor vehicle injuries are an example of what physical environment? - Correct Answer-Built
Mercury contamination in the Great Lakes is an example of what physical environment? - Correct Answer-
Altered
A chemical is absorbed through the digestive tract but not the skin is an example of which of the following
that affect the impact of an exposure?
a. route of exposure
b. timing of exposure
c. stage of life
d. presence of other disease
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e. special sensitivities - Correct Answer-route of exposure
Small amount of exposure may produce an allergic reaction in a small number of people is an example of
which of the following that affect the impact of an exposure?
a. route of exposure
b. timing of exposure
c. stage of life
d. presence of other disease
e. special sensitivities - Correct Answer-special sensitivities
Daily, low dose exposure may produce different impacts than short-term, high dose exposure is an
example of which of the following that affect the impact of an exposure?
a. route of exposure
b. timing of exposure
c. stage of life
d. presence of other disease
e. special sensitivities - Correct Answer-timing of exposure
Chemical X in plastics is found to double the frequency of asthma when inhaled for more than 2 hours per
day at greater than 2ppm
a. risk assessment
b. ecological assessment
c. interaction analysis
d. systems analysis
e. public health assessment - Correct Answer-risk assessment
Chemical X enters a small river and is ingested by fish and reduces reproduction rate
a. Risk assessment
b. Ecological assessment
c. Interaction analysis
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d. Systems analysis
e. Public health assessment - Correct Answer-ecological assessment
Which of the following is not a regulatory agency, but establishes policy and makes recommendations
globally?
a. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
b. World Health Organization (WHO)
c. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
d. United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
e. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - Correct Answer-WHO
Which of the following is true of the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2010?
a. It decreased FDA and USDA authority over food safety
b. It resulted in fewer inspections of large food processors
c. It allowed foreign food suppliers to meet lower standards than domestic suppliers
d. It required better records to help the FDA trace food outbreaks to their source - Correct Answer-it
required better records to help the FDA trace food outbreaks to their source
What is the main purpose of SNAP?
a. Provide nutritional information to low-income women and children
b. Provide low income people with access to healthy food
c. Provide federal grants to states for supplemental foods
d. All of the above - Correct Answer-provide low income people with access to healthy food
Which of the following is the most accurate statement about the FDA's expedited review of drugs?
a. Expedited review of drugs does not allow the use of surrogate endpoints to evaluate the efficacy of
drugs
b. Inclusion in the breakthrough drug category implies only that the drug has the potential to treat a
serious condition
c. Approval of drugs under expedited review procedures imply the need for continued collection of safety
and efficacy data post approval
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d. There is only one category of expedited review of drugs - Correct Answer-approval of drugs under
expedited review procedures imply the need for continued collection of safety and efficacy data post
approval
Which of the following is true of phase 2 trials of drug testing?
a. Phase 2 trials attempt to provide a suggestion of a drug's efficacy
b. Phase 2 trials consist of large, randomized controlled trials
c. Phase 2 trials focus on the drug's pharmacology
d. Phase 2 trials are concerned primarily with the drug's safety - Correct Answer-phase 2 trials attempt to
provide a suggestion of a drug's efficacy
Pregnant women are highly motivated to stop smoking. This best describes an example of
a. Bottleneck
b. Leverage point
c. Interaction
d. All of the above - Correct Answer-leverage point
Asbestos and radon exposure greatly increase the hazard of cigarette smoking. This is an example of
a. Bottleneck
b. Leverage point
c. Multiplicative interaction
d. All of these are correct - Correct Answer-multiplicative interaction
Chicken pox is viewed as a lifelong disease that produces different manifestations at different ages. This is
an example of which of the following uses of systems analysis?
a. Incorporate interactions between factors to better understand the etiology of disease
b. Take into account the interactions between diseases
c. Utilize systems analysis to help understand the impact of a disease over the lifespan
d. Help identify bottlenecks and leverage points that can be used to improve population health - Correct
Answer-utilize systems analysis to help understand the impact of a disease over the lifespan
WGU D583: Foundations in Public Health|
OA| Explore New 92 Actual Questions and
Answers|2025 Update| 100% Correct.
Graded A+ Guaranteed Pass
COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH MODEL -
What is an assessment in the PRECEDE-PROCEED model of health used to identify and analyze factors
contributing to water contamination in a community? - Correct Answer-Environmental assessment
Which statement is an example of a person's belief of consequences as described by the Health Belief
Model? - Correct Answer-"I may die if I contract COVID-19 because I already have chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD)."
Which phase of the Stages of Change model suggests a person has stopped smoking for at least a year? -
Correct Answer-Maintenance
Volcanoes are an example of what physical environment? - Correct Answer-Unaltered/natural
Motor vehicle injuries are an example of what physical environment? - Correct Answer-Built
Mercury contamination in the Great Lakes is an example of what physical environment? - Correct Answer-
Altered
A chemical is absorbed through the digestive tract but not the skin is an example of which of the following
that affect the impact of an exposure?
a. route of exposure
b. timing of exposure
c. stage of life
d. presence of other disease
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e. special sensitivities - Correct Answer-route of exposure
Small amount of exposure may produce an allergic reaction in a small number of people is an example of
which of the following that affect the impact of an exposure?
a. route of exposure
b. timing of exposure
c. stage of life
d. presence of other disease
e. special sensitivities - Correct Answer-special sensitivities
Daily, low dose exposure may produce different impacts than short-term, high dose exposure is an
example of which of the following that affect the impact of an exposure?
a. route of exposure
b. timing of exposure
c. stage of life
d. presence of other disease
e. special sensitivities - Correct Answer-timing of exposure
Chemical X in plastics is found to double the frequency of asthma when inhaled for more than 2 hours per
day at greater than 2ppm
a. risk assessment
b. ecological assessment
c. interaction analysis
d. systems analysis
e. public health assessment - Correct Answer-risk assessment
Chemical X enters a small river and is ingested by fish and reduces reproduction rate
a. Risk assessment
b. Ecological assessment
c. Interaction analysis
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d. Systems analysis
e. Public health assessment - Correct Answer-ecological assessment
Which of the following is not a regulatory agency, but establishes policy and makes recommendations
globally?
a. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
b. World Health Organization (WHO)
c. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
d. United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
e. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - Correct Answer-WHO
Which of the following is true of the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2010?
a. It decreased FDA and USDA authority over food safety
b. It resulted in fewer inspections of large food processors
c. It allowed foreign food suppliers to meet lower standards than domestic suppliers
d. It required better records to help the FDA trace food outbreaks to their source - Correct Answer-it
required better records to help the FDA trace food outbreaks to their source
What is the main purpose of SNAP?
a. Provide nutritional information to low-income women and children
b. Provide low income people with access to healthy food
c. Provide federal grants to states for supplemental foods
d. All of the above - Correct Answer-provide low income people with access to healthy food
Which of the following is the most accurate statement about the FDA's expedited review of drugs?
a. Expedited review of drugs does not allow the use of surrogate endpoints to evaluate the efficacy of
drugs
b. Inclusion in the breakthrough drug category implies only that the drug has the potential to treat a
serious condition
c. Approval of drugs under expedited review procedures imply the need for continued collection of safety
and efficacy data post approval
, 4|Page
d. There is only one category of expedited review of drugs - Correct Answer-approval of drugs under
expedited review procedures imply the need for continued collection of safety and efficacy data post
approval
Which of the following is true of phase 2 trials of drug testing?
a. Phase 2 trials attempt to provide a suggestion of a drug's efficacy
b. Phase 2 trials consist of large, randomized controlled trials
c. Phase 2 trials focus on the drug's pharmacology
d. Phase 2 trials are concerned primarily with the drug's safety - Correct Answer-phase 2 trials attempt to
provide a suggestion of a drug's efficacy
Pregnant women are highly motivated to stop smoking. This best describes an example of
a. Bottleneck
b. Leverage point
c. Interaction
d. All of the above - Correct Answer-leverage point
Asbestos and radon exposure greatly increase the hazard of cigarette smoking. This is an example of
a. Bottleneck
b. Leverage point
c. Multiplicative interaction
d. All of these are correct - Correct Answer-multiplicative interaction
Chicken pox is viewed as a lifelong disease that produces different manifestations at different ages. This is
an example of which of the following uses of systems analysis?
a. Incorporate interactions between factors to better understand the etiology of disease
b. Take into account the interactions between diseases
c. Utilize systems analysis to help understand the impact of a disease over the lifespan
d. Help identify bottlenecks and leverage points that can be used to improve population health - Correct
Answer-utilize systems analysis to help understand the impact of a disease over the lifespan
