308 STUDY QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS(RATED A+)
Which of the following is an example of a chronic disease?
a. COPD
b. Pertussis
c. Tetanus
d. SARS - ANSWERa. COPD
The process of enabling people to increase control over and to improve their health
is considered:
a. Population health
b. Health promotion
c. Surveillance
d. Prevention - ANSWERb. Health promotion
The maintenance and promotion of health in the work environment is called:
a. Health promotion
b. Environmental health promotion
c. Occupational health
d. Workplace hazard avoidance - ANSWERc. Occupational health
Health is best defined as the absence of disease. True or false? - ANSWERFalse
Which of the following is NOT one of the methods identified by Shah as part of the
evaluation of environmental health risks?
a. Risk assessment
b. Risk Management
c. Risk Removal
d. Risk communication - ANSWERc. risk removal
An illness caused by an infectious agent and which arises through transmission from
an infected host is called a (n):
a. Host
b. Epidemic
c. Communicable disease
d. Exposure - ANSWERc. Communicable disease
Air quality surveillance is part of the mandate of Health Canada. True or false? -
ANSWERtrue
Repetitive motion in a job is considered a workplace hazard. True or false? -
ANSWERtrue
Programs that aim to reduce the mortality and morbidity involved with particular
disease through treatment programs and rehabilitation are considered:
, a. Primary prevention
b. Secondary prevention
c. Tertiary prevention
d. Quaternary prevention - ANSWERc. tertiary prevention
A program that focuses on early detection and prompt treatment of disease would be
considered:
a. Primary prevention
b. Secondary prevention
c. Tertiary prevention
d. Quaternary prevention - ANSWERb. secondary prevention
The study of poisons and the negative impacts of these substances on health is
called:
a. Environmental science
b. Toxicology
c. Epidemiology
d. Risk assessment - ANSWERb. toxicology
Which of the following is NOT one of the key determinants of health?
a. Personal health practices
b. Gender
c. Social support networks
d. Age - ANSWERd. age
Which of the following are examples of preventative public health measures?
a. Flu vaccination
b. Prenatal hepatitis B testing
c. Monitoring the incidence of communicable disease
d. Both a and b - ANSWERd. both a and b
FluWatch is one of the Public Health Agency of Canada's national surveillance
programs. True or false? - ANSWERtrue
A personal support worker is asked by his patient what an "exacerbation" of his
disease means. Which of the following would be a correct response?
a. The patient is showing a worsening of the signs of his disease.
b. The patient is showing no symptoms of his disease at the present time.
c. The patient is showing a group of symptoms.
d. The patient is feeling unhealthy, even though he has no active disease at the
present time. - ANSWERa. the patient is showing a worsening of the signs of this
disease
The time interval from exposure to an infectious agent to the onset of symptoms of
an infectious disease is called:
a. Morbidity period
b. Incubation period
c. Expectancy period
d. Acute period - ANSWERb. incubation period
ANSWERS(RATED A+)
Which of the following is an example of a chronic disease?
a. COPD
b. Pertussis
c. Tetanus
d. SARS - ANSWERa. COPD
The process of enabling people to increase control over and to improve their health
is considered:
a. Population health
b. Health promotion
c. Surveillance
d. Prevention - ANSWERb. Health promotion
The maintenance and promotion of health in the work environment is called:
a. Health promotion
b. Environmental health promotion
c. Occupational health
d. Workplace hazard avoidance - ANSWERc. Occupational health
Health is best defined as the absence of disease. True or false? - ANSWERFalse
Which of the following is NOT one of the methods identified by Shah as part of the
evaluation of environmental health risks?
a. Risk assessment
b. Risk Management
c. Risk Removal
d. Risk communication - ANSWERc. risk removal
An illness caused by an infectious agent and which arises through transmission from
an infected host is called a (n):
a. Host
b. Epidemic
c. Communicable disease
d. Exposure - ANSWERc. Communicable disease
Air quality surveillance is part of the mandate of Health Canada. True or false? -
ANSWERtrue
Repetitive motion in a job is considered a workplace hazard. True or false? -
ANSWERtrue
Programs that aim to reduce the mortality and morbidity involved with particular
disease through treatment programs and rehabilitation are considered:
, a. Primary prevention
b. Secondary prevention
c. Tertiary prevention
d. Quaternary prevention - ANSWERc. tertiary prevention
A program that focuses on early detection and prompt treatment of disease would be
considered:
a. Primary prevention
b. Secondary prevention
c. Tertiary prevention
d. Quaternary prevention - ANSWERb. secondary prevention
The study of poisons and the negative impacts of these substances on health is
called:
a. Environmental science
b. Toxicology
c. Epidemiology
d. Risk assessment - ANSWERb. toxicology
Which of the following is NOT one of the key determinants of health?
a. Personal health practices
b. Gender
c. Social support networks
d. Age - ANSWERd. age
Which of the following are examples of preventative public health measures?
a. Flu vaccination
b. Prenatal hepatitis B testing
c. Monitoring the incidence of communicable disease
d. Both a and b - ANSWERd. both a and b
FluWatch is one of the Public Health Agency of Canada's national surveillance
programs. True or false? - ANSWERtrue
A personal support worker is asked by his patient what an "exacerbation" of his
disease means. Which of the following would be a correct response?
a. The patient is showing a worsening of the signs of his disease.
b. The patient is showing no symptoms of his disease at the present time.
c. The patient is showing a group of symptoms.
d. The patient is feeling unhealthy, even though he has no active disease at the
present time. - ANSWERa. the patient is showing a worsening of the signs of this
disease
The time interval from exposure to an infectious agent to the onset of symptoms of
an infectious disease is called:
a. Morbidity period
b. Incubation period
c. Expectancy period
d. Acute period - ANSWERb. incubation period
