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WorksheetsHSC Core 1 - PDHPE
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is the main benefit of emerging treatments and technologies in health care?
a)
Reduced costs for health care
b)
Reduced dental health problems
c)
Improved early detection and screening procedures
d)
Improved waiting times for surgery in public hospitals
2.
What is the most appropriate advice to give people who are making a decision about an alternative health care service or product?
a)
Investigate the credibility of the service, product and practitioner
b)
Cease the conventional medication and medical advice they have been receiving
c)
Combine alternative health care services with complementary health care products
d)
Seek recommendations from friends and family who have experienced success
with alternative health care services and products
3.
Which of the following best defines the process of metastasis?
a)
Scanning to locate a tumour
b)
Cells dividing and multiplying
c)
Malignant cells invading body tissue or organs
d)
Differentiating between different types of cancers
4.
Meditation techniques are used by some patients while undergoing chemotherapy for cancer. What type of approach to treatment is this?
a)
Diversionary
b)
Pain management
c)
Alternative health care
d)
Complementary health care
5.
In which action area of the Ottawa Charter does the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) belong?
a)
Developing personal skills
b)
Reorienting health services
c)
Building healthy public policy
d)
Strengthening community action
6.
Which combination of factors has contributed most to a decreasing smoking rate in Australia?
a)
Taxation and increased prevalence of lung cancer
b)
Targeted legislation and health promotion campaigns
c)
Education programs and participation in organised sport
d)
Public perceptions of smoking and decreased access to tobacco products
7.
Which of the following is a sociocultural determinant that explains the increased risk of respiratory diseases for some Australians?
a)
Being unemployed
b)
Affordability of medical care
c)
Exposure to smoking in the family
d)
Presence of hazardous chemicals at work
8.
The graph shows the mortality rate (1992–2010) for a preventable chronic disease in Australia.
Which of the following is most likely to be the preventable chronic disease represented in the graph?
Which of the following is most likely to be the preventable chronic disease represented in the graph?
a)
Obesity
b)
Lung cancer
c)
Type 2 diabetes
d)
Colorectal cancer
9.
Which combination of factors is most likely to account for the difference in life expectancy of females and males in Australia today?
a)
Males are less likely to engage in unsafe behaviours and less likely to visit a doctor
regularly.
b)
Females are less likely to engage in unsafe behaviours and more likely to visit a
doctor regularly.
c)
Males are more likely to work in lower risk occupations and more likely to
participate in organised physical activity.
d)
Females are more likely to work in lower risk occupations and less likely to
participate in organised physical activity.
10.
The graph summarises historical and projected data for Australian health care expenditure and the Australian working population.
Which major health care issue does the graph predict?
Which major health care issue does the graph predict?
a)
Funding for new and emerging medical technologies required by working
Australians
b)
Funding for health care in an increasing ageing population
c)
Increasing demand for health care by the long-term unemployed
d)
Increasing prevalence of non-communicable disease in the Australian working
population
11.
Which of the following terms describes the level of illness in a given population?
a)
Mortality
b)
Morbidity
c)
Prevalence
d)
Health status
12.
Which type of skin cancer is most closely linked to increased mortality?
a)
Solar keratosis
b)
Basal cell carcinoma
c)
Malignant melanoma
d)
Squamous cell carcinoma
13.
What is the purpose of epidemiology?
a)
To identify causes and patterns of disease in a population
b)
To track hospital admission rates and ambulance response times
c)
To determine how health care budgets are managed by governments
d)
To monitor prescription medicines being administered by doctors to their patients
14.
Which of the following is an example of reorienting health services as specified in the Ottawa Charter?
a)
Redirecting services from cure to prevention
b)
Redirecting services from private to public health care
c)
Allowing health service professionals to focus on curing ill health
d)
Supporting individuals to identify personal networks and services
15.
Which of the following has contributed most to the declining prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in Australia?
a)
Improved community awareness and treatment of CVD
b)
Improved nutritional quality of food consumed by Australians
c)
Increased levels of organised sport participation and exercise by those at risk of CVD
d)
Increased numbers of alternative health professionals and volunteers working with those at risk of CVD
16.
How do Medicare and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme support the principles of social justice?
a)
They are funded by the Australian government to supply health care services.
b)
They provide resources only to those most in need of health services and treatment.
c)
They allocate resources according to the needs of the population in order to promote equality of health outcomes.
d)
They empower individuals and communities to be involved in planning and decision making to achieve good health.
17.
Which of the following is an environmental determinant that best explains why Indigenous Australians have a shorter life expectancy than non-Indigenous Australians?
a)
The types of illness Indigenous Australians develop are more likely to result in death.
b)
Traditional forms of medicine are no longer widely used by Indigenous Australians.
c)
Indigenous Australians are less likely to have access to primary health care and adequate treatment.
d)
Indigenous Australians have higher rates of unemployment so they cannot afford to visit the doctor regularly.
18.
What major considerations do governments and health authorities take into account when prioritising health issues?
a)
The burden of illness in the community and the potential for reducing this burden
b)
The cost of illness to the community and the socioeconomic capacity of the affected community
c)
The mortality rate and the ability to deal with mortality in a community
d)
The morbidity rate and the number of health services already available for a community
19.
What is the most likely consequence of a growth in the percentage of aged people in the Australian population?
a)
Higher demand for medical services provided by hospitals
b)
Better research into the effects of medication for aged people
c)
Increased revenue from private patients in Australia’s health care sector
d)
More employment opportunities for aged people in the health care sector
20.
For a health promotion strategy to be classified as strengthening community action, it must (A) (B) (C) (D)
a)
focus on a targeted health promotion for those most at risk.
b)
focus policy direction and public discussion on the health promotion strategy.
c)
facilitate participation from all government departments for the health promotion strategy.
d)
facilitate the funds and infrastructure for the health promotion strategy to be carried through successfully.
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