PHC 6588 Final Exam UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
The foundational definition of health, still used today, was written by which organization, following
the end of the second world war? - correct answer the world health organization
The welcome video for this course posted on the canvas course site emphasized which important
competency? - correct answer professionalism and integrity
Who coined the term "vaccine" in his seminal work on smallpox? - correct answer edward
jenner
Who halted a london epidemic by removing the handle on the public water pump thereby eliminating
the mode of disease transmission? - correct answer john snow
What disease was john snow trying to stop? - correct answer cholera
Who, 20 years after john snow, determined the actual disease causing agent in the cholera epidemic? -
correct answer robert koch
Who led the sanitary movement in the latter half of the 19th century? - correct answer edward
chadwick
In which us state was the first board of health created? - correct answer massachusetts
Of the 30 years in life expectancy gained in the us from 1900-1999, public health improvements as
outlined in the cdc's "ten great achievements in public health 1990-1999", as opposed to advances in
medical care, are believed to have contributed how many of those years? - correct answer 25
years
As discussed in turnock, what are the two widely followed measures of the health status of a
population over time? - correct answer life expectancy and infant mortality
, Please identify the three core functions of public health - correct answer assessment
Development
Assurance
In the us, what level of government bears the responsibility for public health? - correct
answer state
Health systems globally differ from those in the us in which of the following ways? - correct
answer global health systems typically include responsibility for personal health (clinical care)
services
The recent revisions to the ten essential public health services put which of the following at the center
of the model signifying its importance as a core driver of public health practice? - correct
answer equity
As discussed in turnock, which of the following types of law refers to the rules and regulations that
govern many public health efforts in the us? - correct answer administrative law
What is the appropriate function of the local level of government? - correct answer direct
provision of services
What is the appropriate function of the state level of government? - correct answer police power
What is the appropriate function of the federal level of government? - correct answer grants-in-
aid
The term "federalism" refers to which of the following? - correct answer a system in which
power is shared between national and state governments
In the us, city and county health departments were initially created to respond to what public health
threat? - correct answer infectious diseases
Health care in the us is organized around which of the following sets of issues? - correct
answer access
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
The foundational definition of health, still used today, was written by which organization, following
the end of the second world war? - correct answer the world health organization
The welcome video for this course posted on the canvas course site emphasized which important
competency? - correct answer professionalism and integrity
Who coined the term "vaccine" in his seminal work on smallpox? - correct answer edward
jenner
Who halted a london epidemic by removing the handle on the public water pump thereby eliminating
the mode of disease transmission? - correct answer john snow
What disease was john snow trying to stop? - correct answer cholera
Who, 20 years after john snow, determined the actual disease causing agent in the cholera epidemic? -
correct answer robert koch
Who led the sanitary movement in the latter half of the 19th century? - correct answer edward
chadwick
In which us state was the first board of health created? - correct answer massachusetts
Of the 30 years in life expectancy gained in the us from 1900-1999, public health improvements as
outlined in the cdc's "ten great achievements in public health 1990-1999", as opposed to advances in
medical care, are believed to have contributed how many of those years? - correct answer 25
years
As discussed in turnock, what are the two widely followed measures of the health status of a
population over time? - correct answer life expectancy and infant mortality
, Please identify the three core functions of public health - correct answer assessment
Development
Assurance
In the us, what level of government bears the responsibility for public health? - correct
answer state
Health systems globally differ from those in the us in which of the following ways? - correct
answer global health systems typically include responsibility for personal health (clinical care)
services
The recent revisions to the ten essential public health services put which of the following at the center
of the model signifying its importance as a core driver of public health practice? - correct
answer equity
As discussed in turnock, which of the following types of law refers to the rules and regulations that
govern many public health efforts in the us? - correct answer administrative law
What is the appropriate function of the local level of government? - correct answer direct
provision of services
What is the appropriate function of the state level of government? - correct answer police power
What is the appropriate function of the federal level of government? - correct answer grants-in-
aid
The term "federalism" refers to which of the following? - correct answer a system in which
power is shared between national and state governments
In the us, city and county health departments were initially created to respond to what public health
threat? - correct answer infectious diseases
Health care in the us is organized around which of the following sets of issues? - correct
answer access
