Community Exam 1 Practice Questions
A 22-year-old college student explains to the nurse at the health clinic that she
drinks four to five beers when she goes out with friends on Saturday nights.
Otherwise, she rarely drinks during the week because of her classes, studying,
and part-time job. This would be considered
age- and circumstance-appropriate behavior.
alcoholism.
binge drinking.
excessive drinking. - ✅✅-binge drinking.
A community health nurse explores a group of teenagers' beliefs about the
seriousness of eating disorders and their related susceptibility. The nurse is
applying principles from which theory?
Orem's self-care deficit theory
The Health Belief Model
Milio's framework
Critical social theory - ✅✅-The Health Belief Model
A major limitation of the Health Belief Model is that the burden of action
related to health behaviors is exclusively on the aggregate.
True
False - ✅✅-False
A man has been smoking for 20 of his 40 years. He smokes a pack of
cigarettes daily and states, "My dad smoked two packs a day and lived to be
almost 90. Besides, I'm going to die from something anyway, so why quit"? He
is in which "stage of change" in the transtheoretical model?
Contemplation
Maintenance
Precontemplation
, Preparation - ✅✅-Precontemplation
A microscopic approach to the community health problem of childhood
obesity would focus on
asking an obese child and his or her parent(s) to complete a 24-hour food
diary.
analyzing aggregate body mass indexes (BMIs) of school-age children in a
school.
advocating for a change in health policy related to school lunches.
✅✅
exploring changing cultural changes and societal values related to activity. -
-asking an obese child and his or her parent(s) to complete a 24-hour
food diary.
A risk factor refers to a(n)
probability that a specific event will occur in a given time frame.
exposure that is associated with a disease.
systematic way of distinguishing the risks posed by potentially harmful
exposures.
✅✅
proactive process in which individuals participate in behaviors that enable
them to react to actual or potential threats to their health. - -exposure that
is associated with a disease.
A smoking cessation class stresses increased lung function, money saved
that is not spent on cigarettes, and smelling clean and fresh as benefits to
quitting smoking.
These support which concept?
Perceived barriers
Decisional balance
A 22-year-old college student explains to the nurse at the health clinic that she
drinks four to five beers when she goes out with friends on Saturday nights.
Otherwise, she rarely drinks during the week because of her classes, studying,
and part-time job. This would be considered
age- and circumstance-appropriate behavior.
alcoholism.
binge drinking.
excessive drinking. - ✅✅-binge drinking.
A community health nurse explores a group of teenagers' beliefs about the
seriousness of eating disorders and their related susceptibility. The nurse is
applying principles from which theory?
Orem's self-care deficit theory
The Health Belief Model
Milio's framework
Critical social theory - ✅✅-The Health Belief Model
A major limitation of the Health Belief Model is that the burden of action
related to health behaviors is exclusively on the aggregate.
True
False - ✅✅-False
A man has been smoking for 20 of his 40 years. He smokes a pack of
cigarettes daily and states, "My dad smoked two packs a day and lived to be
almost 90. Besides, I'm going to die from something anyway, so why quit"? He
is in which "stage of change" in the transtheoretical model?
Contemplation
Maintenance
Precontemplation
, Preparation - ✅✅-Precontemplation
A microscopic approach to the community health problem of childhood
obesity would focus on
asking an obese child and his or her parent(s) to complete a 24-hour food
diary.
analyzing aggregate body mass indexes (BMIs) of school-age children in a
school.
advocating for a change in health policy related to school lunches.
✅✅
exploring changing cultural changes and societal values related to activity. -
-asking an obese child and his or her parent(s) to complete a 24-hour
food diary.
A risk factor refers to a(n)
probability that a specific event will occur in a given time frame.
exposure that is associated with a disease.
systematic way of distinguishing the risks posed by potentially harmful
exposures.
✅✅
proactive process in which individuals participate in behaviors that enable
them to react to actual or potential threats to their health. - -exposure that
is associated with a disease.
A smoking cessation class stresses increased lung function, money saved
that is not spent on cigarettes, and smelling clean and fresh as benefits to
quitting smoking.
These support which concept?
Perceived barriers
Decisional balance
