PBH 111: Exam 2 Questions and
Answers (Latest Update 2026)
Because which of the following is an important public health issue,
the NCHS has set up a special computer system that links vital
records of infants born during a given year who died before their
first birthday?
A - Spontaneous fetal deaths
B - Induced abortions
C - Infant mortality
D - Elective abortion -
correct answer ✅C - Infant mortality
In an attempt to make the collection of detailed information more
efficient and more timely, the Census Bureau in 2005 launched
which ongoing survey which collects the same information
previously collected on the long form?
A - American Household Survey
B - American Census Survey
C - American Community Survey
D - Comprehensive American Survey -
correct answer ✅C - American Community Survey
True or False? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has
taken a lead in coordinating and encouraging the use of data in
,PBH 111: Exam 2 Questions and
Answers (Latest Update 2026)
public health assessment. -
correct answer ✅True
True or False? If you were working on what you suspected to be an
emerging epidemic, you would need access to public health data. -
correct answer ✅True
True or False? From 1972 to 2007, the rate of autopsies declined by
more than half. -
correct answer ✅True
________________________ are a vital part of the public health's
assessment function, used to identify special risk groups, to detect
new health threats, to plan public health programs and evaluate
their successes, and to prepare government budgets.
A - Census data
B - Autopsy reports
C - Health statistics
D - Birth data -
correct answer ✅C - Health statistics
, PBH 111: Exam 2 Questions and
Answers (Latest Update 2026)
In the past decades, many states have added a question regarding
the mother's use of ________________ to the birth certificate.
A - cell phones
B - opioids
C - alcohol
D - tobacco -
correct answer ✅D - tobacco
Decennial census data are not used for _____________?
A - providing demographic characteristics of the US population
B - giving an accurate count of the US homeless population
C - determining the number of US congressional districts (and
number of members of US House of Representatives)
D - providing a count of incarcerated persons -
correct answer ✅B - giving an accurate count of the US homeless
population
Since the 2010, the Decennial Census uses which data collection
tool to collect data on every person living in the US?
A - the long form
B - the short form
Answers (Latest Update 2026)
Because which of the following is an important public health issue,
the NCHS has set up a special computer system that links vital
records of infants born during a given year who died before their
first birthday?
A - Spontaneous fetal deaths
B - Induced abortions
C - Infant mortality
D - Elective abortion -
correct answer ✅C - Infant mortality
In an attempt to make the collection of detailed information more
efficient and more timely, the Census Bureau in 2005 launched
which ongoing survey which collects the same information
previously collected on the long form?
A - American Household Survey
B - American Census Survey
C - American Community Survey
D - Comprehensive American Survey -
correct answer ✅C - American Community Survey
True or False? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has
taken a lead in coordinating and encouraging the use of data in
,PBH 111: Exam 2 Questions and
Answers (Latest Update 2026)
public health assessment. -
correct answer ✅True
True or False? If you were working on what you suspected to be an
emerging epidemic, you would need access to public health data. -
correct answer ✅True
True or False? From 1972 to 2007, the rate of autopsies declined by
more than half. -
correct answer ✅True
________________________ are a vital part of the public health's
assessment function, used to identify special risk groups, to detect
new health threats, to plan public health programs and evaluate
their successes, and to prepare government budgets.
A - Census data
B - Autopsy reports
C - Health statistics
D - Birth data -
correct answer ✅C - Health statistics
, PBH 111: Exam 2 Questions and
Answers (Latest Update 2026)
In the past decades, many states have added a question regarding
the mother's use of ________________ to the birth certificate.
A - cell phones
B - opioids
C - alcohol
D - tobacco -
correct answer ✅D - tobacco
Decennial census data are not used for _____________?
A - providing demographic characteristics of the US population
B - giving an accurate count of the US homeless population
C - determining the number of US congressional districts (and
number of members of US House of Representatives)
D - providing a count of incarcerated persons -
correct answer ✅B - giving an accurate count of the US homeless
population
Since the 2010, the Decennial Census uses which data collection
tool to collect data on every person living in the US?
A - the long form
B - the short form
