Chapter 03: Assessment for
Community Oral Health Program
Planning Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
According to Healthy People 2020, congenitally missing teeth,
cancer, and cleft lip are considered examples of which of the
following determinants of health?
a. Environmental
b. Biologic and genetic
c. Access to care
d. Individual behavior -
correct answer ✅b. Biologic and genetic
Changing perspectives of health in the twentieth and twenty-first
centuries include all except which of the following?
a. Changes in the professional ethos
b. Migration of populations
c. Shift in third-party reimbursement
d. Teledentistry -
correct answer ✅c. Shift in third-party reimbursement
,Chapter 03: Assessment for
Community Oral Health Program
Planning Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
. Which of the following was established in 2005 to ensure that
graduates from schools and programs of public health accredited by
the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) have mastered
the knowledge and skills relevant to contemporary public health?
a. Council on Linkages between Academia and Public Health
Practice
b. National Institutes of Health (NIH)
c. National Board of Public Health Examiners (NBPHE)
d. Centers for Public Health Preparedness -
correct answer ✅c. National Board of Public Health Examiners
(NBPHE)
Which of the following is one of the five core areas of knowledge in
the national examination written by the National Board of Public
Health Examiners (NBPHE)?
a. Communication and informatics
b. Diversity and culture
c. Leadership
,Chapter 03: Assessment for
Community Oral Health Program
Planning Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
d. Health policy and management -
correct answer ✅d. Health policy and management
Which three core public health functions specified by the CDCP
must health agencies and departments perform in order to protect
health, wellness, and quality of life and prevent disease, injury,
disability, and death?
a. Partnerships, health issues, resources
b. Assessment, policy development, assurance
c. Public health policies, programs, practices
d. Health concerns, data, outcomes -
correct answer ✅b. Assessment, policy development, assurance
Epidemiology in public health has many uses EXCEPT which of the
following?
a. Evaluate a community topical fluoride application program.
b. Dental fee increases by zip code.
, Chapter 03: Assessment for
Community Oral Health Program
Planning Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
c. Describe the use of chewing gum among American Indians.
d. Predict morbidity -
correct answer ✅b. Dental fee increases by zip code.
. Which of the following is the regular and systematic collection,
assemblage, analysis, and communication on the health of the
community?
a. Epidemiology
b. Assessment
c. The mandala of health
d. The planning cycle -
correct answer ✅b. Assessment
. The "epidemiologic triangle" depicts disease as the outcome of
the interactions among which of the following?
a. Population, occurrences, and determinants
b. Population dynamics, place characteristics, and time
Community Oral Health Program
Planning Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
According to Healthy People 2020, congenitally missing teeth,
cancer, and cleft lip are considered examples of which of the
following determinants of health?
a. Environmental
b. Biologic and genetic
c. Access to care
d. Individual behavior -
correct answer ✅b. Biologic and genetic
Changing perspectives of health in the twentieth and twenty-first
centuries include all except which of the following?
a. Changes in the professional ethos
b. Migration of populations
c. Shift in third-party reimbursement
d. Teledentistry -
correct answer ✅c. Shift in third-party reimbursement
,Chapter 03: Assessment for
Community Oral Health Program
Planning Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
. Which of the following was established in 2005 to ensure that
graduates from schools and programs of public health accredited by
the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) have mastered
the knowledge and skills relevant to contemporary public health?
a. Council on Linkages between Academia and Public Health
Practice
b. National Institutes of Health (NIH)
c. National Board of Public Health Examiners (NBPHE)
d. Centers for Public Health Preparedness -
correct answer ✅c. National Board of Public Health Examiners
(NBPHE)
Which of the following is one of the five core areas of knowledge in
the national examination written by the National Board of Public
Health Examiners (NBPHE)?
a. Communication and informatics
b. Diversity and culture
c. Leadership
,Chapter 03: Assessment for
Community Oral Health Program
Planning Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
d. Health policy and management -
correct answer ✅d. Health policy and management
Which three core public health functions specified by the CDCP
must health agencies and departments perform in order to protect
health, wellness, and quality of life and prevent disease, injury,
disability, and death?
a. Partnerships, health issues, resources
b. Assessment, policy development, assurance
c. Public health policies, programs, practices
d. Health concerns, data, outcomes -
correct answer ✅b. Assessment, policy development, assurance
Epidemiology in public health has many uses EXCEPT which of the
following?
a. Evaluate a community topical fluoride application program.
b. Dental fee increases by zip code.
, Chapter 03: Assessment for
Community Oral Health Program
Planning Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
c. Describe the use of chewing gum among American Indians.
d. Predict morbidity -
correct answer ✅b. Dental fee increases by zip code.
. Which of the following is the regular and systematic collection,
assemblage, analysis, and communication on the health of the
community?
a. Epidemiology
b. Assessment
c. The mandala of health
d. The planning cycle -
correct answer ✅b. Assessment
. The "epidemiologic triangle" depicts disease as the outcome of
the interactions among which of the following?
a. Population, occurrences, and determinants
b. Population dynamics, place characteristics, and time
