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CMAN 380 Exam 2 and Exam 3 – 100 and 80
Practice Questions and Correct Answers with
Rationales Respectively / CMAN 380 Exam Practice
Test Bank
Name the first nurse epidemiologist who pioneered the
use of statistics to improve public health.
A. Dorothea Dix
B. Florence Nightingale
C. Lillian Wald
D. Sue Barton - ...ANSWER...✓✓ B. Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale used statistics to show changes in
outcomes as hospital conditions during the war improved
because of nurses.
The nurse noted that 15 people became very ill while
eating at the school banquet for the basketball team. To
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calculate the rate of illness, what other fact does the
nurse need?
A. How many athletes were honored for being on the
team
B. How many parents and family members attended the
banquet
C. How many people ate at the banquet
D. What foods were served at the banquet
E. Who prepared and served the food at the banquet -
...ANSWER...✓✓ C. How many people ate at the banquet
To be able to calculate the rate, the nurse needs to know
how many became ill (15) out of the total population (the
missing number) at the event. Therefore the nurse needs
to know how many people ate at the banquet.
A rate might be accurately defined as:
A. Another term for ratio.
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B. A way of determining the incidence of disease in a
group.
C. A way to make comparisons among equal-size
populations.
D. The number of events divided by the number of
persons at risk. - ...ANSWER...✓✓ D. The number of
events divided by the number of persons at risk.
A rate is a numerator of the actual number of events and
a denominator of the total population at risk converted to
a standard base to permit comparisons between various
population groups of whatever size.
The nurse was asked whether the agency should focus on
young single moms in Two Oaks or Centerville. Two Oaks
had 50 single moms in a village of 4000 persons,
whereas Centerville had 150 single moms in an urban
area of 15,000 people. What would be the best reply?
A. As the nurse can be helpful to either neighborhood, the
nurse can choose.
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B. The nurse needs more data.
C. The nurse should choose to focus on single moms in
Centerville
D. The nurse should choose to focus on single moms in
Two Oaks. - ...ANSWER...✓✓ D. The nurse should choose
to focus on single moms in Two Oaks.
It is apparent that Two Oaks has a higher rate of single
moms than Centerville does. Nurses must focus on high-
risk groups—and the single moms in Two Oaks are at
higher risk.
What was one of the first public health measures
legislated by the U.S. federal government?
A. Fund local government provision of safe water.
B. Use the power to impose quarantine.
C. Inspect restaurants, bars, and other public eating
facilities.
D. Regulate disposal of waste (garbage and feces).
CMAN 380 Exam 2 and Exam 3 – 100 and 80
Practice Questions and Correct Answers with
Rationales Respectively / CMAN 380 Exam Practice
Test Bank
Name the first nurse epidemiologist who pioneered the
use of statistics to improve public health.
A. Dorothea Dix
B. Florence Nightingale
C. Lillian Wald
D. Sue Barton - ...ANSWER...✓✓ B. Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale used statistics to show changes in
outcomes as hospital conditions during the war improved
because of nurses.
The nurse noted that 15 people became very ill while
eating at the school banquet for the basketball team. To
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calculate the rate of illness, what other fact does the
nurse need?
A. How many athletes were honored for being on the
team
B. How many parents and family members attended the
banquet
C. How many people ate at the banquet
D. What foods were served at the banquet
E. Who prepared and served the food at the banquet -
...ANSWER...✓✓ C. How many people ate at the banquet
To be able to calculate the rate, the nurse needs to know
how many became ill (15) out of the total population (the
missing number) at the event. Therefore the nurse needs
to know how many people ate at the banquet.
A rate might be accurately defined as:
A. Another term for ratio.
,3|Page
B. A way of determining the incidence of disease in a
group.
C. A way to make comparisons among equal-size
populations.
D. The number of events divided by the number of
persons at risk. - ...ANSWER...✓✓ D. The number of
events divided by the number of persons at risk.
A rate is a numerator of the actual number of events and
a denominator of the total population at risk converted to
a standard base to permit comparisons between various
population groups of whatever size.
The nurse was asked whether the agency should focus on
young single moms in Two Oaks or Centerville. Two Oaks
had 50 single moms in a village of 4000 persons,
whereas Centerville had 150 single moms in an urban
area of 15,000 people. What would be the best reply?
A. As the nurse can be helpful to either neighborhood, the
nurse can choose.
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B. The nurse needs more data.
C. The nurse should choose to focus on single moms in
Centerville
D. The nurse should choose to focus on single moms in
Two Oaks. - ...ANSWER...✓✓ D. The nurse should choose
to focus on single moms in Two Oaks.
It is apparent that Two Oaks has a higher rate of single
moms than Centerville does. Nurses must focus on high-
risk groups—and the single moms in Two Oaks are at
higher risk.
What was one of the first public health measures
legislated by the U.S. federal government?
A. Fund local government provision of safe water.
B. Use the power to impose quarantine.
C. Inspect restaurants, bars, and other public eating
facilities.
D. Regulate disposal of waste (garbage and feces).
