PHC 6588 Final Exam Questions and Answers Latest Update 2025-2026
The foundational definition of health, still used today, was written by which organization,
following the end of the Second World War? - Answers The World Health Organization
The welcome video for this course posted on the Canvas course site emphasized which
important competency? - Answers Professionalism and integrity
Who coined the term "vaccine" in his seminal work on smallpox? - Answers Edward Jenner
Who halted a London epidemic by removing the handle on the public water pump thereby
eliminating the mode of disease transmission? - Answers John Snow
What disease was John Snow trying to stop? - Answers Cholera
Who, 20 years after John Snow, determined the actual disease causing agent in the Cholera
epidemic? - Answers Robert Koch
Who led the sanitary movement in the latter half of the 19th century? - Answers Edward
Chadwick
In which US state was the first Board of Health created? - Answers 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? - Answers
25 years
As discussed in Turnock, what are the two widely followed measures of the health status of a
population over time? - Answers Life expectancy and infant mortality
Please identify the three core functions of public health - Answers Assessment
Development
Assurance
In the US, what level of government bears the responsibility for public health? - Answers State
Health systems globally differ from those in the US in which of the following ways? - Answers
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? -
Answers 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? - Answers Administrative Law
, What is the appropriate function of the local level of government? - Answers Direct provision of
services
What is the appropriate function of the state level of government? - Answers Police power
What is the appropriate function of the federal level of government? - Answers Grants-in-aid
The term "federalism" refers to which of the following? - Answers 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? - Answers Infectious diseases
Health care in the US is organized around which of the following sets of issues? - Answers
Access
Quality
Cost
Given its relatively greater impact on the population health, approximately what percentage of
total health expenditures in the US are directed at public health efforts? - Answers <5%
In the US, which group overall is the largest purchaser of health insurance coverage? - Answers
Employers
According to Turnock, in which of the following areas is there the greatest opportunity for
synergy and real gains between public health and the healthcare system in the US? - Answers
Disease prevention and health promotion
Though unsuccessful in his efforts to reform the US health care system, President Theodore
Roosevelt was motivated to do so by which experience? - Answers Building the Panama Canal
Insurance is fundamentally about - Answers Managing risk
The real rise in employer-sponsored health insurance coverage in the US occurred during which
historic time period? - Answers The Second World War
The Affordable Care Act assumed states would expand Medicaid coverage to include which
population group not already covered under the program? - Answers Working adults
What is the source of legal authority for public health for the states in the US? - Answers The
Tenth Amendment to the Constitution
What famous Supreme Court case laid the foundation for the cases subsequently brought
before it in response to the Affordable Care Act? - Answers Marbury v Madison
Why were the Pima Indians unable to use water from the Gila River? - Answers Dams erected
The foundational definition of health, still used today, was written by which organization,
following the end of the Second World War? - Answers The World Health Organization
The welcome video for this course posted on the Canvas course site emphasized which
important competency? - Answers Professionalism and integrity
Who coined the term "vaccine" in his seminal work on smallpox? - Answers Edward Jenner
Who halted a London epidemic by removing the handle on the public water pump thereby
eliminating the mode of disease transmission? - Answers John Snow
What disease was John Snow trying to stop? - Answers Cholera
Who, 20 years after John Snow, determined the actual disease causing agent in the Cholera
epidemic? - Answers Robert Koch
Who led the sanitary movement in the latter half of the 19th century? - Answers Edward
Chadwick
In which US state was the first Board of Health created? - Answers 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? - Answers
25 years
As discussed in Turnock, what are the two widely followed measures of the health status of a
population over time? - Answers Life expectancy and infant mortality
Please identify the three core functions of public health - Answers Assessment
Development
Assurance
In the US, what level of government bears the responsibility for public health? - Answers State
Health systems globally differ from those in the US in which of the following ways? - Answers
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? -
Answers 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? - Answers Administrative Law
, What is the appropriate function of the local level of government? - Answers Direct provision of
services
What is the appropriate function of the state level of government? - Answers Police power
What is the appropriate function of the federal level of government? - Answers Grants-in-aid
The term "federalism" refers to which of the following? - Answers 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? - Answers Infectious diseases
Health care in the US is organized around which of the following sets of issues? - Answers
Access
Quality
Cost
Given its relatively greater impact on the population health, approximately what percentage of
total health expenditures in the US are directed at public health efforts? - Answers <5%
In the US, which group overall is the largest purchaser of health insurance coverage? - Answers
Employers
According to Turnock, in which of the following areas is there the greatest opportunity for
synergy and real gains between public health and the healthcare system in the US? - Answers
Disease prevention and health promotion
Though unsuccessful in his efforts to reform the US health care system, President Theodore
Roosevelt was motivated to do so by which experience? - Answers Building the Panama Canal
Insurance is fundamentally about - Answers Managing risk
The real rise in employer-sponsored health insurance coverage in the US occurred during which
historic time period? - Answers The Second World War
The Affordable Care Act assumed states would expand Medicaid coverage to include which
population group not already covered under the program? - Answers Working adults
What is the source of legal authority for public health for the states in the US? - Answers The
Tenth Amendment to the Constitution
What famous Supreme Court case laid the foundation for the cases subsequently brought
before it in response to the Affordable Care Act? - Answers Marbury v Madison
Why were the Pima Indians unable to use water from the Gila River? - Answers Dams erected
