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◉ 2. Which of the following is an example of a legal tool used by
public health lawyers?
a. Community Health Education
b. Taxation and Spending
c. Research
d. All of the above
e. None of the above.
Answer: b. Taxation and Spending
◉ 3. Which of the following play a role in public health law?
a. Health care institutions
b. Faith-based organizations
c. Media
d. Academia
e. All of the above.
Answer: e. All of the above
,◉ 4. Enforcement at the local and community levels is imperative for
laws and policies to take effect.
a. True
b. False.
Answer: a. True
◉ 5. Public health law never comes into conflict with personal
liberties.
a. True
b. False.
Answer: b. False
◉ 6. The role of government and law in protecting the public's
health is to create conditions in which people can be healthy through
public programs, policies, and laws.
a. True
b. False.
Answer: a. True
,◉ 7. One example of a public health legal tool is to
regulate/deregulate behaviors or substances.
a. True
b. False.
Answer: a. True
◉ 8. Public health lawyers work independently of the rest of the
public health system.
a. True
b. False.
Answer: b. False
◉ 9. Isolation and quarantine are examples of tools in public health
law.
a. True
b. False.
Answer: a. True
◉ 10. Under the U.S. Constitution, the federal government has the
power to collect taxes.
, a. True
b. False.
Answer: a. True
◉ 11. Requiring pasteurized milk was mentioned as one of the
reasons behind the enormous gains in health in the 19th and 20th
centuries.
a. True
b. False.
Answer: a. True
◉ 12. The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion (1986), co-
sponsored by the World Health Organization, defines "health" as "a
resource for everyday life, not the objective of living."
a. True
b. False.
Answer: a. True
◉ 13. The rise in chronic diseases is sometimes referred to as the
"first wave" of public health.