HLTH 3115 FINAL EXAM – QUESTION AND ANSWERS HLTH 3115 FINAL EXAM – QUESTION AND ANSWERS
• Question 1
3 out of 3 points
Diabetes mellitus
... [Show More] accounted for _____ % of the deaths in high-income families in 2004?
Selected Answer:
D. 2.8
Correct Answer:
D. 2.8
Response Feedback: For more information, see the document, World Health Organization Fact Sheet - The Top Causes of Death
• Question 2
3 out of 3 points
Is the following statement True or False: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is the most fundamental of the conventions on human rights.
Selected Answer: True
Correct Answer: True
Response Feedback: For more information, review page 76 of your text.
• Question 3
0 out of 3 points
Is the following statement True or False: Injuries are the third leading cause of death in lower-, middle-, and upper-income countries.
Selected Answer: False
Correct Answer: True
Response Feedback: For more information, review Fallon, W.J., & Gayle, H.D. (2010). Report of the CISIS commission on smart global health policy: A healthier, safer and more prosperous world. Center for Strategic & International Studies.
• Question 4
3 out of 3 points
Which of the following is true of determinants of health
Selected Answer:
A. They reflect underlying force that are at work in the subsequent development of disease
Correct Answer:
A. They reflect underlying force that are at work in the subsequent development of disease
Response Feedback: For more information, review pages 16 - 18 of your text.
• Question 5
3 out of 3 points
What is one way to build community capacity?
Selected Answer:
D. All of the above
Correct Answer:
D. All of the above
Response Feedback: For more information, review the report, CDC Promoting Health Equity, "Section 3"
• Question 6
3 out of 3 points
In a complex humanitarian emergency, a leading cause of death is:
Selected Answer:
B. Diarrheal diseases
Correct Answer:
B. Diarrheal diseases
Response Feedback: For more information, review page 182 of your text.
• Question 7
3 out of 3 points
Is the following statement True or False: An institutional review board is a committee, within an organization, that conducts research that reviews all proposed research on human subjects.
Selected Answer: True
Correct Answer: True
Response Feedback: For more information, review page 83 of your text.
• Question 8
3 out of 3 points
Which of the following definitions describes infant mortality rate?
Selected Answer:
A. The number of deaths of infants under age 1 per 1000 live births in a given year
Correct Answer:
A. The number of deaths of infants under age 1 per 1000 live births in a given year
Response Feedback: For more information, review page 18 of your text.
• Question 9
0 out of 3 points
According to the executive summary in the article WHO Social Determinants of Health, the role of research institutions in monitoring, researching, and training is to:
Selected Answers:
A. Participation in policy, planning, programs, and evaluation
B. Generate and disseminate social determinants of health knowledge
C. Strengthening accountability
D. Improved participation of UN Member States in global governance
Correct Answers:
B. Generate and disseminate social determinants of health knowledge
Response Feedback: For more information, review the report, WHO Social Determinants of Health, "Exec Summary"
• Question 10
3 out of 3 points
Which of the following are among the 10 great achievements in the 20th century?
Selected Answer:
D. All of the above
Correct Answer:
D. All of the above
Response Feedback: For more information, see the document, Ten Great Public Health Achievements - United States, 1900-1999
• Question 11
3 out of 3 points
"The social approach" is:
Selected Answer:
A. interventions with another non-health-related purpose, which have secondary impacts on health
Correct Answer:
A. interventions with another non-health-related purpose, which have secondary impacts on health
Response Feedback: For more information, page 9 of your text.
• Question 12
0 out of 3 points
The elements, or pathways, of social determinants include:
Selected Answers:
D. All of the Above
Correct Answers:
A. The social conditions
C. Physical environment
Response Feedback: For more information, review the report, CDC Promoting Health Equity, "Section 1"
• Question 13
3 out of 3 points
Which of the following is a global public health organization?
Selected Answer:
E. Both C & D
Correct Answer:
E. Both C & D
Response Feedback: For more information, review page 65 of your text.
• Question 14
3 out of 3 points
The central public health agency in the federal government is:
Selected Answer:
A. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Correct Answer:
A. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Response Feedback: For more information, review page 65 of your text.
• Question 15
3 out of 3 points
Which of the following is an example of a Chinese medical system provider?
Selected Answer:
C. Acupuncturist
Correct Answer:
C. Acupuncturist
Response Feedback: For more information, review Table 12-2 on page 218 of your text.
• Question 16
3 out of 3 points
Is the following statement True or False: The incidence rate is the number of new cases of a health condition in a certain period, compared to the number of people at risk
Selected Answer: True
Correct Answer: True
Response Feedback: For more information, review page 22 of your text.
• Question 17
3 out of 3 points
"Palliative" care refers to:
Selected Answer:
A. End of life care
Correct Answer:
A. End of life care
Response Feedback: For more information refer to page Table 8-2 on page 139 of your text.
• Question 18
3 out of 3 points
Which of the following is an adverse consequence of climate change?
Selected Answer:
D. Floods
Correct Answer:
D. Floods
Response Feedback: For more information, review Table 9-2 on page 165 of your text.
• Question 19
3 out of 3 points
The following is true of a primary intervention:
Selected Answer:
D. All of the above
Correct Answer:
D. All of the above
Response Feedback: For more information, review page 52 of your text.
• Question 20
0 out of 3 points
"Morbidity" refers to:
Selected Answer:
B. Death
Correct Answer:
A. Disability
Response Feedback: For more information, review p. 40 of your text.
• Question 21
3 out of 3 points
Which of the following are the WHO Millennium Health Goals?
Selected Answers:
E. Both C & D
Correct Answers:
E. Both C & D
Response Feedback: For more information, review the WHO Millennium Health Goals at http://www.who.int/topics/millennium_development_goals/about/en/index.html
• Question 22
3 out of 3 points
Which of the following activities is associated with a "rights based approach" to public health?
Selected Answer:
D. All of the above
Correct Answer:
D. All of the above
Response Feedback: For more information, review page 77 of your text.
• Question 23
3 out of 3 points
Which of the following are considered urban air pollutants?
Selected Answer:
A. Carbon monoxide
Correct Answer:
A. Carbon monoxide
Response Feedback: For more information, review Table 9-3 on page 166 of your text.
• Question 24
3 out of 3 points
"Case-fatality" refers to:
Selected Answer:
C. The relationship between incidence rate and mortality rate
Correct Answer:
C. The relationship between incidence rate and mortality rate
Response Feedback: For more information, review p. 41 of your text.
• Question 25
3 out of 3 points
Which of the following best describes bipolar disorder?
Selected Answer:
A. A serious mood disorder characterized by swings of mania and depression
Correct Answer:
A. A serious mood disorder characterized by swings of mania and depression
Response Feedback: For more information, review page 122 of your text.
• Question 26
3 out of 3 points
"Determinants" are:
Selected Answer:
C. The underlying factors that ultimately bring about disease
Correct Answer:
C. The underlying factors that ultimately bring about disease
Response Feedback: For more information, review page 9 of your text
• Question 27
3 out of 3 points
"Incidence" refers to:
Selected Answer:
E. The chances of developing a disease over a period of time-usually one year.
Correct Answer:
E. The chances of developing a disease over a period of time-usually one year.
Response Feedback: For more information, review p. 22 of your text.
• Question 28
3 out of 3 points
Which of the following is NOT one of the core functions of the Institute of Medicine (IOM)?
Selected Answer:
B. Program revision
Correct Answer:
B. Program revision
Response Feedback: For more information refer to Table 4-1 on page 60 of your text.
• Question 29
0 out of 3 points
"The health care approach" refers to:
Selected Answer:
B. Group- and community-based interventions directed at health promotion and disease prevention
Correct Answer:
C. systems for delivering one-on-one individual health services, including those aimed at prevention, cure, palliation, and rehabilitation
Response Feedback: For more information, review pages 8 & 9 of your text.
• Question 30
3 out of 3 points
Is the following statement True or False: A refugee refers to people who choose to migrate or are forced to migrate during a complex emergency but stay in their home country.
Selected Answer: False
Correct Answer: False
Response Feedback: For more information, review pages 178 & 179 of your text.
• Question 31
3 out of 3 points
Is the following statement True or False: Save the Children is an example of a non-governmental organization.
Selected Answer: True
Correct Answer: True
Response Feedback: For more information, review Table 11-1 on page 195 of your text.
• Question 32
3 out of 3 points
Which of the following areas are covered by a US Global Health Policy?
Selected Answer:
D. A and B only
Correct Answer:
D. A and B only
Response Feedback: For more information, review Fallon, W.J., & Gayle, H.D. (2010). Report of the CISIS commission on smart global health policy: A healthier, safer and more prosperous world. Center for Strategic & International Studies.
• Question 33
3 out of 3 points
Which if the following evaluates cultures according to their own standards and values?
Selected Answer:
C. Cultural relativism
Correct Answer:
C. Cultural relativism
Response Feedback: For more information, review page 215 of your text.
• Question 34
3 out of 3 points
A "risk factor" is an aspect or personal behavior or lifestyle, an environmental exposure, or an inborn or inherited characteristics, that on the basis of epidemiologic evidence, is known to be associated with health-related condition(s) considered important to prevent.
Selected Answer: True
Correct Answer: True
Response Feedback: For more information, review p. 29 of your text.
• Question 35
3 out of 3 points
Is the following statement True or False: Public health efforts are often criticized because they restrict individual freedom.
Selected Answer: True
Correct Answer: True
Response Feedback: Schneider, M.-J. (2011). Chapter 2: Why is public health controversial?. In Introduction to Public Health, 3rd Edition. Sudbury, MA Jones & Bartlett.
• Question 36
3 out of 3 points
Which of the following is a condition that must be met to establish a cause and effect relationship?
Selected Answer:
D. A randomized controlled trial
Correct Answer:
D. A randomized controlled trial
Response Feedback: For more information, review page 45 of your text.
• Question 37
3 out of 3 points
Is the following statement True or False: Providing sex education in schools increases the number of youth who have sex.
Selected Answer: False
Correct Answer: False
Response Feedback: Schneider, M.-J. (2011). Chapter 2: Why is public health controversial?. In Introduction to Public Health, 3rd Edition. Sudbury, MA Jones & Bartlett
• Question 38
0 out of 3 points
Is the following statement True or False: Program evaluation fits under the 10 essential public health services.
Selected Answer: False
Correct Answer: True
Response Feedback: For more information, review Table 4-1 on page 61 of your text.
• Question 39
3 out of 3 points
Is the following statement True or False: Preventing epidemics and the spread of disease is an example of a key public health purpose.
Selected Answer: True
Correct Answer: True
Response Feedback: For more information, review Table 6-7 on page 102 of your text.
• Question 40
3 out of 3 points
Which of the following describes the core function of assurance?
Selected Answer:
B. Includes governmental public health's oversight responsibility for ensuring that key components of an effective health system, including health care and public health, are in place even though the implementation will often be performed by others
Correct Answer:
B. Includes governmental public health's oversight responsibility for ensuring that key components of an effective health system, including health care and public health, are in place even though the implementation will often be performed by others
Response Feedback: For more information, review page 60 of your text. [Show Less]