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1.
Increased screening for lung cancer among people who smoke addresses what level of
prevention?
b. Secondary
2.
The statement "Teen motor vehicle collisions were reduced by 50% after the introduction of the graduat-
ed license program" is most closely related to which element of the "taking public health action" cycle?
d. Intervention implementa-
tion/evaluation (ANSWER)
3.
Which statement best characterizes public health? "Public health...
b. "...involves pre-
venting disease and promoting health through or-
ganized community efforts."
4.
Most effective public health interventions
d. involve a wide range of profes-
sionals and groups.
5.
A patient with diabetes visits her primary care physi-
cian to refill a prescription for diabetes medication. This is an example of______________
c. Secondary pre-
vention
6.
The relative risk of skin cancer goes up with longer exposure to indoor tanning." This means...
a. indoor tanning is a risk factor for skin cancer.
7.
Prevalence refers to ____ cases during a specified period, while incidence refers to____ cases during a specified period.
a. all; new
8.
Saying "Binge drinking doubles the risk of injury" means...
c. binge drinkers have a relative risk for injury of 2, com-
pared to others.
9.
Answering the question "What proportion of the pop-
ulation has asthma?" is part of
a. descriptive epi-
demiology.
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10.
The "chain of infection"
d. can (in principle, anyhow) be bro-
ken at any of the points in the cy-
cle, through pub-
lic health or clinical activity.
11.
After a case of foodborne illness is reported on a cruise vessel at sea, the ship's doctor and staff con-
duct a survey of passengers asking about symptoms consistent with that illness. This is an example of ______________ .
d. active surveil-
lance
12.
While usually affecting non-human mammals, people are infected with Lyme disease through the bite of infected ticks, which live in forests and grasslands. The tick is the ______ .
d. vector
13.
How is income related to health status?
d. Greater wealth is associated with lower mortality--as income rises, mor-
tality falls.
14.
Clinicians report certain diseases (e.g. influenza) to the county, the county reports them to the state, and the state in turn reports them to the Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention. This is an example of what sort of surveillance?
d. Passive
15.
How does "socioeconomic position" (SEP) affect health?
a. SEP can af-
fect health through-
out the lifespan.
16.
The most successful approaches to occupational health are likely to
b. take a "systems" approach
17.
Apparatus (vehicle) collisions is a common cause of injury and death in emergency services. Oregon rules b. primary preven-
tion
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state that fire apparatus (vehicles) may not operate more than 10 miles per hour above the posted speed limit. This is what level of prevention?
18.
When we discuss "environment" in the context of en-
vironmental health, we are primarily concerned with
d. all three types of environment.
19.
Look around you. In Milam Auditorium, which of the following represents an attempt at secondary preven-
tion of potential occupational hazards for students?
b. The automated external defibrilla-
tor (heart shock) device at the front of the room
20.
Which is NOT one of the three public health func-
tions?
d. Surveillance
21.
According to the CDC, the US public health system...
a. includes pri-
vate/for profit cor-
porations with a role in public health.
22.
The "patient" for the Benton County Health Depart-
ment is
d. The entire county
23.
Mac Gillespie (from the county health department) said that "Research consistently shows that the con-
ditions in which we live, work, and play have enor-
mous impacts on our health"—this implies that
b. much of our health is deter-
mined by factors other than health-
care.
24.
Mac Gillespie noted that the largest contributor to differences in public health was ___.
d. lifestyle
25.
Two of the ten essential public health services are identified as: "Enforce" and "evaluate." With which public health function are they most closely aligned?
c. Assurance
26.
Which of the following represents a "policy" ap-
proach to addressing traffic accidents?
a. Prohibiting tex-
ting while driving
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27.
"Disability" refers to
a. a limitation ex-
perienced within a person's social and environmental con-
text.
28.
Which is not an example of a secondary condition in disability?
b. Decreased me-
tabolism for an old-
er adult
29.
What is true of people with disabilities?
a. Overall, they are much less likely to be physically ac-
tive, compared to others.
30.
Which approach represents a "population shift" ap-
proach to improving public health?
d. Public ser-
vice advertise-
ments along road-
ways promoting seat belt use to pre-
vent injury following vehicle collisions.
31.
OSU introduces a new sexual health program which delivers sessions in dorm settings. After the pro-
gram, students complete a questionnaire about their sexual health knowledge. This is what type of evalu-
ation?
c. Impact
32.
Dracunculiasis (guinea worm disease)
c. is likely to be eradicated soon
33.
Which of the following is not an effective method for dracunculiasis control?
a. Pharmaceuticals which kill the worms before they grow in a person
34.
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What characterizes nations where dracunculiasis is prevalent?
b. Politically un-
stable and re-
source-poor coun-
tries
35.
According to the "factors that affect health" pyramid, which has the least influence on
population health?
c. Counseling and education
36.
A physician sees a child with asthma to adjust med-
ications. This is an example of what role of healthcare in public health?
c. Primary care pre-
venting urgent care
37.
37. Which of the following best represents one rela-
tionship between emergency medical services and public health?
d. Emergency med-
ical services can aid public health by identifying un-
met medical and social needs in the community
38.
38. In class, we discussed the potential EMS role in Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment. This best fits under the role of
c. Monitoring/as-
suring healthcare access
39.
Two elements combine to influence the risk of disas-
ter: they are a "hazard" and ______.
b. vulnerable sys-
tem
40.
The definition of a "disaster" depends on...
b. the ability of the affected area to manage the effects without outside as-
sistance.
41.
What is true about public health activities following a disaster?
c. They are pret-
ty much the same as always, but per-
haps done with a different focus and cycle.
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42.
A public health department shuts down a local restaurant chain after several food poisonings occur among customers, even though there is still uncer-
tainty that the restaurant chain is involved. Which public health ethical principal is being invoked here?
b. "Act in a time-
ly manner on the information they have..."
43.
If a county attempts to reduce tobacco use only through counseling and clinical referrals, what ethi-
cal lapse might they be making?
b. Focusing on the individual and ig-
noring social and environmental de-
terminants of to-
bacco use.
44.
Your instructor suggested that most professional ethical issues result from
a. conflict between legitimate profes-
sional obligations
45.
Which of the factors below was not suggested as rea-
sons for some of the recent gains in public health?
d. Greater interna-
tional funding for public health
46.
What is true of all methods for achieving population control?
d. They have major economic and so-
cial implications.
47.
The overlap of which three elements were proposed in class as essential to future success for public health?
c. Science, ethics, sustainability
48.
Which scenario would be most consistent with the "hands off" approach to public health?
b. Occupational health interven-
tions are identified by local groups, with outside sup-
port to initiate sus-
tainable interven-
tions.
49.
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The WaterSHED sanitation example in class showed the advantage of a new approach to public health. How?
b. It showed how a sustainable ap-
proach to clean water can have greater impact.
50.
Your main instructor for this course is Viktor Bovb-
jerg. His last name is spelled
b. Bovbjerg
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