Question 1

Match each person with his contribution to Public Health:
-Edward Jenner

Accepted Answer

A)   First to successfully use vaccines
B)   Traced outbreak of cholera to common water pump
C)   Issued Report of the Sanitary Commission of Massachusetts
D)   Recognized the link between poverty and health
E)   Classically defined public health

Question 2

Which of the following factors in favor of taking a public health action are likely to result in the greatest chances of success if the action is implemented?

Accepted Answer

A)   Advocacy for a specific action by a single issue, interest group
B)   Evidence of efficacy and effectiveness of the action in many peer-reviewed articles
C)   The success of the action in a single community
D)   Anecdotal evidence of the success of the action B

Question 3

Which of the following diseases was totally eradicated by 1977 due to vaccinations?

Accepted Answer

A)   Tuberculosis
B)   Polio
C)   Smallpox
D)   Cholera C

Question 4

The cholera epidemic of 1854 disproportionately affected lower social classes in London.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Philadelphia created its first board of health in 1783 due to an outbreak of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   Yellow fever
B)   Cholera
C)   Tuberculosis
D)   Diphtheria

Question 6

Match each Essential Service with its appropriate core function:
-Assessment Core Function

Accepted Answer

A)   Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety.
B)   Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems.
C)   Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community.
D)   Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems.

Question 7

Edwin Chadwick believed that disease was the cause of which of the following social situations?

Accepted Answer

A)   Racism
B)   Hunger
C)   Poverty
D)   Slavery

Question 8

Match each Essential Service with its appropriate core function:
-Policy Development Core Function

Accepted Answer

A)   Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety.
B)   Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems.
C)   Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community.
D)   Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems.

Question 9

A renewed interest on the social determinants of health is a hallmark of which public health era in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)   Public Health 1.0
B)   Public Health 2.0
C)   Public Health 3.0
D)   All of these are correct. C

Question 10

Match each person with his contribution to Public Health:
-C.-E.A Winslow

Accepted Answer

A)   First to successfully use vaccines
B)   Traced outbreak of cholera to common water pump
C)   Issued Report of the Sanitary Commission of Massachusetts
D)   Recognized the link between poverty and health
E)   Classically defined public health

Question 11

Which of the following statements characterizes an important difference between public health and most other professions?

Accepted Answer

A)   Education and training beyond the undergraduate (college)  level is not available for public health.
B)   Large professional organizations do not exist for public health.
C)   Public health professionals work only in the public sector.
D)   Public health professionals don't share common academic preparation, but share a commitment to improved population health.

Question 12

In public health, the "pump handle" is a metaphor for which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   Discovering the cause of a public health problem
B)   Convincing policy makers to take an action to protect the public health
C)   Removing the source of a public health problem
D)   Assuring a safe drinking water supply

Question 13

Match each person with his contribution to Public Health:
-Edwin Chadwick

Accepted Answer

A)   First to successfully use vaccines
B)   Traced outbreak of cholera to common water pump
C)   Issued Report of the Sanitary Commission of Massachusetts
D)   Recognized the link between poverty and health
E)   Classically defined public health

Question 14

Match each intervention below with the kind of prevention it represents:
-Blood pressure screening

Accepted Answer

A)   Primary Prevention
B)   Secondary Prevention
C)   Tertiary Prevention
D)   Primary or Secondary Prevention

Question 15

Which of the following had the greatest impact on average life expectancy in the United States between 1900 and 2000?

Accepted Answer

A)   Vaccinations for infectious diseases
B)   Improvements in sanitation and hygiene
C)   Advances in medical care technology
D)   Health education

Question 16

Match each Essential Service with its appropriate core function:
-Assurance Core Function

Accepted Answer

A)   Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety.
B)   Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems.
C)   Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community.
D)   Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems.

Question 17

Match each Essential Service with its appropriate core function:
-Cross Cutting Core Function

Accepted Answer

A)   Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety.
B)   Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems.
C)   Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community.
D)   Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems.

Question 18

Which of the following are characteristic features of public health? (Check all that apply.)

Accepted Answer

A)   Social justice philosophy
B)   Prevention is prime strategy
C)   Treatment is prime strategy
D)   Grounded in ethics
E)   Inherently ethical nature F)  Inherently political natureG)  Grounded in scienceH)  Complete and well-defined agendaI)  Multidisciplinary culture

Question 19

Which of the following could not be considered part of the broader public health system?

Accepted Answer

A)   A professional sports franchise
B)   A community college
C)   A state department of transportation
D)   A community foundation
E)   None of these are correct.

Question 20

Which of the following authored the 1850 report that became America's roadmap for development of a public health system?

Accepted Answer

A)   Lemuel Shattuck
B)   Edward Jenner
C)   Edwin Chadwick
D)   C.-E. A. Winslow

Exam 1: What Is Public Health

Match each person with his contribution to Public Health: -Edward Jenner

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Which of the following factors in favor of taking a public health action are likely to result in the greatest chances of success if the action is implemented?

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Which of the following diseases was totally eradicated by 1977 due to vaccinations?

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The cholera epidemic of 1854 disproportionately affected lower social classes in London.

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Philadelphia created its first board of health in 1783 due to an outbreak of which of the following?

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Match each Essential Service with its appropriate core function: -Assessment Core Function

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Edwin Chadwick believed that disease was the cause of which of the following social situations?

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Match each Essential Service with its appropriate core function: -Policy Development Core Function

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A renewed interest on the social determinants of health is a hallmark of which public health era in the United States?

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Match each person with his contribution to Public Health: -C.-E.A Winslow

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Which of the following statements characterizes an important difference between public health and most other professions?

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In public health, the "pump handle" is a metaphor for which of the following?

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Match each person with his contribution to Public Health: -Edwin Chadwick

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Match each intervention below with the kind of prevention it represents: -Blood pressure screening

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Which of the following had the greatest impact on average life expectancy in the United States between 1900 and 2000?

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Match each Essential Service with its appropriate core function: -Assurance Core Function

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Match each Essential Service with its appropriate core function: -Cross Cutting Core Function

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Which of the following are characteristic features of public health? (Check all that apply.)

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Which of the following could not be considered part of the broader public health system?

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Which of the following authored the 1850 report that became America's roadmap for development of a public health system?

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