PUBH 3010 Exam 1 Review UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Which of the following terms best describes the collaborative actions taken to identify and address
transnational concerns about the exposures and diseases that adversely affect human populations
a) medicine
b) epidemiology
c) public health
d) global health - CORRECT ANSWER d) global health
Which of the following terms best describes the applied social science field that encourages
individuals and communities to take steps to improve their own health?
a) health promotion
b) public health
c) global health
d) epidemiology - CORRECT ANSWER a) health promotion
The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion that identified core health promotion practices was
developed in 1986 by which organization?
a) American Medical Association
b) National Institutes of Health
c) World Health Organization
d) Centers of Disease Control and Prevention - CORRECT ANSWER c) World Health
Organization
The aim of which of the following is to reduce impairment, minimiza pain and suffering, and prevent
death in people with symptomatic health problems?
a) primary prevention
b) secondary prevention
c) tertiary prevention
d) none of these are correct - CORRECT ANSWER c) tertiary prevention
, During the 20th century, most high-income nations made a transition to a lower birth rate, a lower
death rate, longer life expectancies, and a higher burden from which of the following health
conditions?
A) Undernutrition
B) Infectious diseases
C) Noncommunicable diseases
D) Pregnancy complications - CORRECT ANSWER B) Infectious diseases
True or False?
Because some countries have gone through health transitions and other countries have not, there are
now significant differences in health status in the highest-income and lowest-income countries. -
CORRECT ANSWER true
True or False?
There is often considerable diversity in the socioeconomic and health profiles of countries within the
same world region. - CORRECT ANSWER true
True or False?
The goal of the first international health initiatives was to prevent widespread outbreaks of infectious
diseases. - CORRECT ANSWER true
True or False?
The concept of globalization was introduced to the field of public health in the year 2000. -
CORRECT ANSWER false
True or False?
The threat from emerging infectious diseases is an ancient one that will continue to exist for future
generations, because infectious agents can easily cross international borders when they are carried by
air, water, or animals. - CORRECT ANSWER true
True or False?
Adults who have grown up in endemic areas usually have some degree of resistance to severe malaria
because of past infections. - CORRECT ANSWER true
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Which of the following terms best describes the collaborative actions taken to identify and address
transnational concerns about the exposures and diseases that adversely affect human populations
a) medicine
b) epidemiology
c) public health
d) global health - CORRECT ANSWER d) global health
Which of the following terms best describes the applied social science field that encourages
individuals and communities to take steps to improve their own health?
a) health promotion
b) public health
c) global health
d) epidemiology - CORRECT ANSWER a) health promotion
The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion that identified core health promotion practices was
developed in 1986 by which organization?
a) American Medical Association
b) National Institutes of Health
c) World Health Organization
d) Centers of Disease Control and Prevention - CORRECT ANSWER c) World Health
Organization
The aim of which of the following is to reduce impairment, minimiza pain and suffering, and prevent
death in people with symptomatic health problems?
a) primary prevention
b) secondary prevention
c) tertiary prevention
d) none of these are correct - CORRECT ANSWER c) tertiary prevention
, During the 20th century, most high-income nations made a transition to a lower birth rate, a lower
death rate, longer life expectancies, and a higher burden from which of the following health
conditions?
A) Undernutrition
B) Infectious diseases
C) Noncommunicable diseases
D) Pregnancy complications - CORRECT ANSWER B) Infectious diseases
True or False?
Because some countries have gone through health transitions and other countries have not, there are
now significant differences in health status in the highest-income and lowest-income countries. -
CORRECT ANSWER true
True or False?
There is often considerable diversity in the socioeconomic and health profiles of countries within the
same world region. - CORRECT ANSWER true
True or False?
The goal of the first international health initiatives was to prevent widespread outbreaks of infectious
diseases. - CORRECT ANSWER true
True or False?
The concept of globalization was introduced to the field of public health in the year 2000. -
CORRECT ANSWER false
True or False?
The threat from emerging infectious diseases is an ancient one that will continue to exist for future
generations, because infectious agents can easily cross international borders when they are carried by
air, water, or animals. - CORRECT ANSWER true
True or False?
Adults who have grown up in endemic areas usually have some degree of resistance to severe malaria
because of past infections. - CORRECT ANSWER true
