COMMUNITY HEALTH EXAM 2
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
100% PASS
A Public health nurse working with a family living in poverty recognizes that they are more likely
to be exposed to environmental hazards because they have (select all that apply):
A.) Limited funds to pay for health care
B.) Poorer nutrition
c.) Homes more likely located closer to hazardous waste sites
D.) Less education
E.) Cleaner than average air - ANS A.) Limited funds to pay for health care
B.) Poorer nutrition
c.) Homes more likely located closer to hazardous waste sites
D.) Less education
Why is it important for nurses to understand the premises of environmental health?
A.) Nurses should be able to assess risks and advocate for policies that support healthy
environments.
B.) Toxicologists often consult nurses about environmental pollutants.
C.) Pollutant exposures such as lead are reported by nurses t the Environmental Protection
Agency.
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,D.) Many Americans live in areas that do not meet current national air quality standards -
ANS A.) Nurses should be able to assess risks and advocate for policies that support healthy
environments.
An example of secondary prevention is :
A.) Screening children for lead poisoning
B.) working with communities on emergency preparedness plans
C.) Developing social networking interventions t modify community norms
D.) Educating patients with strokes as rehab centers to help organize to help optimize their
functioning - ANS A.) Screening children for lead poisoning
Which example contains the components necessary to form an epidemiologic triangle?
A.) Pesticides, water, food
B.) Lead, mercury, soil
C.) trichloroethylene, water, infants
D.) Children under 12, elderly, temperature - ANS C.) trichloroethylene, water, infants
Material safety data sheets (MSDSs) are written by the chemical manufacturer and made
available to any employee or their representative as required by the Occupational Safety and
Health Administration (OSHA). This is an example of environmental health approach of:
A.) Environmental exposure history
B.) Environmental health assessment
C.) Right to know
D.) Risk assessment - ANS C.) Right to know
A community health nurse asks her client "When was residence built?" The nurse is asking this
question because she is conducting the client's:
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, A.) Environmental health assessment
B.) Environmental history
C.) Risk assessment
D.) Risk community - ANS B.) Environmental history
Good lead surveillance programs help with early detection of rising blood levels in children. This
activity can best be described as public health:
A.) Primary prevention
B.) Risk exposure history
C.) Secondary prevention
D.) Tertiary prevention - ANS C.) Secondary prevention
Which activity demonstrates the use of a tertiary prevention strategy?
A.) Providing immunizations
B.) Conducting lead screening activities for children
C.) Providing case management services for clients with chronic illness
D.) Identifying and treating clients in a TB clinic - ANS C.) Providing case management services
for clients with chronic illness
John snow played a critical role in the development of modern disease surveillance when he:
A.) Devised a more statistically valid method of analyzing epidemiologic data
B.) Discovered casual agents for anthrax, tuberculosis, and cholera
C.) Tracked the incidence of tuberculosis in the tenements of New York City
D.) Used geographic mapping to demonstrates the connection between water supply and
cholera - ANS D.) Used geographic mapping to demonstrates the connection between water
supply and cholera
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2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
100% PASS
A Public health nurse working with a family living in poverty recognizes that they are more likely
to be exposed to environmental hazards because they have (select all that apply):
A.) Limited funds to pay for health care
B.) Poorer nutrition
c.) Homes more likely located closer to hazardous waste sites
D.) Less education
E.) Cleaner than average air - ANS A.) Limited funds to pay for health care
B.) Poorer nutrition
c.) Homes more likely located closer to hazardous waste sites
D.) Less education
Why is it important for nurses to understand the premises of environmental health?
A.) Nurses should be able to assess risks and advocate for policies that support healthy
environments.
B.) Toxicologists often consult nurses about environmental pollutants.
C.) Pollutant exposures such as lead are reported by nurses t the Environmental Protection
Agency.
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,D.) Many Americans live in areas that do not meet current national air quality standards -
ANS A.) Nurses should be able to assess risks and advocate for policies that support healthy
environments.
An example of secondary prevention is :
A.) Screening children for lead poisoning
B.) working with communities on emergency preparedness plans
C.) Developing social networking interventions t modify community norms
D.) Educating patients with strokes as rehab centers to help organize to help optimize their
functioning - ANS A.) Screening children for lead poisoning
Which example contains the components necessary to form an epidemiologic triangle?
A.) Pesticides, water, food
B.) Lead, mercury, soil
C.) trichloroethylene, water, infants
D.) Children under 12, elderly, temperature - ANS C.) trichloroethylene, water, infants
Material safety data sheets (MSDSs) are written by the chemical manufacturer and made
available to any employee or their representative as required by the Occupational Safety and
Health Administration (OSHA). This is an example of environmental health approach of:
A.) Environmental exposure history
B.) Environmental health assessment
C.) Right to know
D.) Risk assessment - ANS C.) Right to know
A community health nurse asks her client "When was residence built?" The nurse is asking this
question because she is conducting the client's:
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, A.) Environmental health assessment
B.) Environmental history
C.) Risk assessment
D.) Risk community - ANS B.) Environmental history
Good lead surveillance programs help with early detection of rising blood levels in children. This
activity can best be described as public health:
A.) Primary prevention
B.) Risk exposure history
C.) Secondary prevention
D.) Tertiary prevention - ANS C.) Secondary prevention
Which activity demonstrates the use of a tertiary prevention strategy?
A.) Providing immunizations
B.) Conducting lead screening activities for children
C.) Providing case management services for clients with chronic illness
D.) Identifying and treating clients in a TB clinic - ANS C.) Providing case management services
for clients with chronic illness
John snow played a critical role in the development of modern disease surveillance when he:
A.) Devised a more statistically valid method of analyzing epidemiologic data
B.) Discovered casual agents for anthrax, tuberculosis, and cholera
C.) Tracked the incidence of tuberculosis in the tenements of New York City
D.) Used geographic mapping to demonstrates the connection between water supply and
cholera - ANS D.) Used geographic mapping to demonstrates the connection between water
supply and cholera
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