GLPH 171 – Final Exam (2025) with Complete Questions and
Answers – Graded A+
Which of the following is NOT a component of the physical environment?
A) Geography
B) Food systems
C) Macro-environmental factors
D) Human rights - correct answer ✔✔D) Human rights
What does the term "environment" encompass?
A) Only natural occurrences
B) Only human-made occurrences
C) Natural and human-made occurrences
D) None of the above - correct answer ✔✔C) Natural and human-made occurrences
What are some key environmental health burdens?
A) Poor sanitation services and lack of clean water access
B) Air pollution
C) Inadequate housing/shelter
D) All of the above - correct answer ✔✔D) All of the above
What is the burden of disease associated with environmental factors in low and middle-income
countries (LMICs)?
A) 0.4%
B) 4.8%
C) 8.4%
, D) 18.4% - correct answer ✔✔C) 8.4%
What are some costs and consequences of physical environmental health problems?
A) Disproportionate burden on people from lower socioeconomic status
B) Negative effect on economic productivity
C) Higher risk for young children
D) All of the above - correct answer ✔✔D) All of the above
What is the importance of critical scholarship in the health field?
A) It helps evaluate the quality and reliability of health research
B) It provides a platform for challenging the existing structures
C) It promotes the acceptance of knowledge presented in the course content
D) It highlights the narrow definition of health used in health research - correct answer ✔✔A) It
helps evaluate the quality and reliability of health research
Who is a critical scholar according to Stephen Brookfield?
A) A person who challenges existing structures that others accept without question
B) A person who accepts knowledge presented to them
C) A person who works in the health field
D) A person who has no knowledge of critical scholarship - correct answer ✔✔A) A person who
challenges existing structures that others accept without question
What are the key questions that a critical scholar should ask when consuming information?
A) What definition are the authors using for health, and whose knowledge is this?
B) How much disease is out there, and how do we judge the quality of the evidence?
C) How do we know this to be true, and are there other ways to understand this?
Answers – Graded A+
Which of the following is NOT a component of the physical environment?
A) Geography
B) Food systems
C) Macro-environmental factors
D) Human rights - correct answer ✔✔D) Human rights
What does the term "environment" encompass?
A) Only natural occurrences
B) Only human-made occurrences
C) Natural and human-made occurrences
D) None of the above - correct answer ✔✔C) Natural and human-made occurrences
What are some key environmental health burdens?
A) Poor sanitation services and lack of clean water access
B) Air pollution
C) Inadequate housing/shelter
D) All of the above - correct answer ✔✔D) All of the above
What is the burden of disease associated with environmental factors in low and middle-income
countries (LMICs)?
A) 0.4%
B) 4.8%
C) 8.4%
, D) 18.4% - correct answer ✔✔C) 8.4%
What are some costs and consequences of physical environmental health problems?
A) Disproportionate burden on people from lower socioeconomic status
B) Negative effect on economic productivity
C) Higher risk for young children
D) All of the above - correct answer ✔✔D) All of the above
What is the importance of critical scholarship in the health field?
A) It helps evaluate the quality and reliability of health research
B) It provides a platform for challenging the existing structures
C) It promotes the acceptance of knowledge presented in the course content
D) It highlights the narrow definition of health used in health research - correct answer ✔✔A) It
helps evaluate the quality and reliability of health research
Who is a critical scholar according to Stephen Brookfield?
A) A person who challenges existing structures that others accept without question
B) A person who accepts knowledge presented to them
C) A person who works in the health field
D) A person who has no knowledge of critical scholarship - correct answer ✔✔A) A person who
challenges existing structures that others accept without question
What are the key questions that a critical scholar should ask when consuming information?
A) What definition are the authors using for health, and whose knowledge is this?
B) How much disease is out there, and how do we judge the quality of the evidence?
C) How do we know this to be true, and are there other ways to understand this?
