Community and Public Health Quiz

In looking at factors affecting community health, community size is a:

• C) physical factor.

• B) cultural factor.

• D) political factor.

• A) social factor.

Plans for improving health challenges in the twenty-first century are guided by:

• D) Health for All.

• A) the United Nations Millennium Declaration.

• B) Healthy People 2030.

• C) Ready or Not: Protecting the Public's Health from Disease, Disasters, and Bioterrorism.

Which agency is a leading medical research center and the federal focal point for medical research in the United States?

• A) National Institutes of Health (NIH)

• D) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

• C) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• B) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

Most voluntary health agencies exist at the:

• D) local, state, national, and international levels.

• C) local, state, and national levels.

• B) local and state levels.

• A) local level only.

The main reason for corporate involvement in community health is due to:

• A) federal mandates for employee wellness programs.

• C) their tax status.

• B) efforts to keep infectious disease rates low.

• D) the provision of healthcare benefits to employees.

An outbreak of disease over a wide geographic region is a(n):

• B) pandemic.

• D) endemic.

• C) epizootic.

• A) epidemic.

The national health survey that is a state-based telephone survey of the civilian, noninstitutionalized, adult population that seeks to ascertain the prevalence of high-risk behaviors is the:

• A) National Health Interview Survey.

• B) National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

• C) Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.

• D) National Healthcare Survey.

The national health survey that uses a mobile examination center and collects data through direct physical examinations, clinical and laboratory testing, and related procedures is the:

• D) National Healthcare Survey.

• C) Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.

• B) National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

• A) National Health Interview Survey.

Tuberculosis and influenza are examples of:

• C) zoonoses.

• B) vectorborne diseases.

• A) airborne diseases.

• D) vehicleborne diseases.

To retrain, reeducate, and rehabilitate a patient who has already incurred a disability is:

• C) tertiary prevention.

• D) None of these is correct.

• A) primary prevention.

• B) secondary prevention.