PBH 205 - MIDTERM EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Public health measures that contribute most to people being
healthier today than they were a century ago are:
A. Sanitation, better nutrition and occupational safety
B. Better medical care
C. Tertiary prevention
D. Health policy and management -
correct answer ✅A
Environmental health does NOT include:
A. Safety of drinking water
B. Disposal of toxic chemicals
C. Control of air pollution
D. Treatment of breast cancer -
correct answer ✅D
Which of the following statements is true?
A. People have no control over their own health
B. People's behavior is strongly influenced by their social
environment
,PBH 205 - MIDTERM EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
C. Differences in the health of people of different races and ethnic
groups is determined mainly by genetics
D. People rarely choose to behave in ways that damage their own
health -
correct answer ✅B
Monitoring the effectiveness of interventions is an import part of
the public health approach to health problems in the community.
A. True
B. False -
correct answer ✅A
Restricting the legal drinking age in the U.S. to 21 is an example of:
A. Market justice
B. Libertarianism
C. Conservatism
D. Paternalism -
correct answer ✅D
Which of the following justifications for limiting people's freedom is
likely to be the most controversial?
, PBH 205 - MIDTERM EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A. To prevent someone from harming others
B. To protect children
C. Preventing someone from harming themselves
D. To promote the general welfare -
correct answer ✅C
Which of the following is NOT true of epidemiology?
A. It is a component of the assessment function of public health
B. It studies disease occurrence in humans
C. it is always an experimental science
D. Its objective is primarily to determine the causes of disease -
correct answer ✅C
John Snow is called the father of modern epidemiology because:
A. He was discovered the bacteria that cause cholera
B. He was the first to use epidemiological methods to determine
the source of a disease
C. He conducted the first clinical trial by assigning some households
to receive polluted water and other households to receive clean
water
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Public health measures that contribute most to people being
healthier today than they were a century ago are:
A. Sanitation, better nutrition and occupational safety
B. Better medical care
C. Tertiary prevention
D. Health policy and management -
correct answer ✅A
Environmental health does NOT include:
A. Safety of drinking water
B. Disposal of toxic chemicals
C. Control of air pollution
D. Treatment of breast cancer -
correct answer ✅D
Which of the following statements is true?
A. People have no control over their own health
B. People's behavior is strongly influenced by their social
environment
,PBH 205 - MIDTERM EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
C. Differences in the health of people of different races and ethnic
groups is determined mainly by genetics
D. People rarely choose to behave in ways that damage their own
health -
correct answer ✅B
Monitoring the effectiveness of interventions is an import part of
the public health approach to health problems in the community.
A. True
B. False -
correct answer ✅A
Restricting the legal drinking age in the U.S. to 21 is an example of:
A. Market justice
B. Libertarianism
C. Conservatism
D. Paternalism -
correct answer ✅D
Which of the following justifications for limiting people's freedom is
likely to be the most controversial?
, PBH 205 - MIDTERM EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A. To prevent someone from harming others
B. To protect children
C. Preventing someone from harming themselves
D. To promote the general welfare -
correct answer ✅C
Which of the following is NOT true of epidemiology?
A. It is a component of the assessment function of public health
B. It studies disease occurrence in humans
C. it is always an experimental science
D. Its objective is primarily to determine the causes of disease -
correct answer ✅C
John Snow is called the father of modern epidemiology because:
A. He was discovered the bacteria that cause cholera
B. He was the first to use epidemiological methods to determine
the source of a disease
C. He conducted the first clinical trial by assigning some households
to receive polluted water and other households to receive clean
water
