DPH Exam 1 (Chapters 1-5) with all Correct & 100%
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Dental public health is most likely to be used interchangeably with which of the following
terms?
a. Public health
b. Population health
c. Community health
d. Community oral health ✔Correct Answer-d. community oral health
Which of the following components of community oral health practice parallel diagnosis in
private practice?
a. Program planning
b. Survey/assessment
c. Analysis
d. Community ✔Correct Answer-c. analysis
About 1 in _____ American adults currently smoke.
a. 3
b. 5
c. 7
d. 9 ✔Correct Answer-b. 5
About __% of adults age 60 and older in the United States no longer have any natural teeth.
a. 10
b. 15
c. 20
d. 25 ✔Correct Answer-d. 25
Which of the following agencies is primarily responsible for the federal government's role in
participating in dental health-related activities?
a. Department of Justice
b. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
c. Department of Education
d. Department of Labor ✔Correct Answer-b. Department of Health and Human Services
Which of the following federal governmental agencies is the primary federal agency for
improving access to healthcare services for people who are uninsured, isolated, or medically
vulnerable?
a. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
b. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
c. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
, d. Public Health Service (USPHS) ✔Correct Answer-c. Health Resources and Services
Administration
According to the report "Oral Health in America" (2000), oral health is essential to the general
health and well-being of all Americans. Oral health can be achieved by all Americans.
a. Both statements are true.
b. Both statements are false.
c. The first statement is true, the second statement is false.
d. The first statement is false, the second statement is true. ✔Correct Answer-a. Both
statements are true
Healthy People 2020 is published by the:
a. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
b. National Research Council (NRC)
c. Institute of Medicine (IOM)
d. National Institutes of Health (NIH) ✔Correct Answer-a. Department of health and human
services
The core functions of public health are assessment, policy development, and:
a. outcome.
b. benevolence.
c. assurance.
d. implementation. ✔Correct Answer-c. assurance
Which of the following "Essential Public Health Services" is associated with the Core Public
Health Function of "Policy Development"?
a. Monitor health status to identify and solve community health problems.
b. Mobilize community partnerships and action to identify and solve health problems.
c. Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety.
d. Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when
otherwise unavailable ✔Correct Answer-b. mobilize community partnerships and action to
identify and solve health problems
Knowledge about alleviating and possibly eliminating dental disease is not being applied,
because of restraints and a lack of resources.
a. Both the statement and reason are correct and related.
b. Both the statement and reason are correct but NOT related.
c. The statement is correct, but the reason is NOT.
d. The statement is NOT correct, but the reason is correct.
e. NEITHER the statement NOR the reason is correct. ✔Correct Answer-a. Both the statement
and reason are correct and related
An estimated __________ children and nonelderly adults will gain access to dental coverage by
2018 because of passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010.
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Dental public health is most likely to be used interchangeably with which of the following
terms?
a. Public health
b. Population health
c. Community health
d. Community oral health ✔Correct Answer-d. community oral health
Which of the following components of community oral health practice parallel diagnosis in
private practice?
a. Program planning
b. Survey/assessment
c. Analysis
d. Community ✔Correct Answer-c. analysis
About 1 in _____ American adults currently smoke.
a. 3
b. 5
c. 7
d. 9 ✔Correct Answer-b. 5
About __% of adults age 60 and older in the United States no longer have any natural teeth.
a. 10
b. 15
c. 20
d. 25 ✔Correct Answer-d. 25
Which of the following agencies is primarily responsible for the federal government's role in
participating in dental health-related activities?
a. Department of Justice
b. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
c. Department of Education
d. Department of Labor ✔Correct Answer-b. Department of Health and Human Services
Which of the following federal governmental agencies is the primary federal agency for
improving access to healthcare services for people who are uninsured, isolated, or medically
vulnerable?
a. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
b. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
c. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
, d. Public Health Service (USPHS) ✔Correct Answer-c. Health Resources and Services
Administration
According to the report "Oral Health in America" (2000), oral health is essential to the general
health and well-being of all Americans. Oral health can be achieved by all Americans.
a. Both statements are true.
b. Both statements are false.
c. The first statement is true, the second statement is false.
d. The first statement is false, the second statement is true. ✔Correct Answer-a. Both
statements are true
Healthy People 2020 is published by the:
a. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
b. National Research Council (NRC)
c. Institute of Medicine (IOM)
d. National Institutes of Health (NIH) ✔Correct Answer-a. Department of health and human
services
The core functions of public health are assessment, policy development, and:
a. outcome.
b. benevolence.
c. assurance.
d. implementation. ✔Correct Answer-c. assurance
Which of the following "Essential Public Health Services" is associated with the Core Public
Health Function of "Policy Development"?
a. Monitor health status to identify and solve community health problems.
b. Mobilize community partnerships and action to identify and solve health problems.
c. Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety.
d. Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when
otherwise unavailable ✔Correct Answer-b. mobilize community partnerships and action to
identify and solve health problems
Knowledge about alleviating and possibly eliminating dental disease is not being applied,
because of restraints and a lack of resources.
a. Both the statement and reason are correct and related.
b. Both the statement and reason are correct but NOT related.
c. The statement is correct, but the reason is NOT.
d. The statement is NOT correct, but the reason is correct.
e. NEITHER the statement NOR the reason is correct. ✔Correct Answer-a. Both the statement
and reason are correct and related
An estimated __________ children and nonelderly adults will gain access to dental coverage by
2018 because of passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010.
