CHLH 101 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Public health professionals: - Answer -Are rooted in social justice
Come from interdisciplinary backgrounds
Often work on topics that are political
Which of the following is one of the 10 key achievements in public health in the last 100
years? - Answer -Fluoridated water
Vaccines
Improved motor vehicle safety
Which man was responsible for interrupting the London Cholera Epidemic in 1849 by
removing the pump handle from the Broad Street Pump? - Answer -John Snow
The germ theory was developed by: - Answer -Louis Pasteur
Where do you find governmental public health agencies? - Answer -City or county
health department
Federal agencies, such as the CDC and FDA
An agency that is not a government agency, but performs work most people think that
the government would do, is called a quasi-governmental agency. - Answer -True
The principal agency for protecting health of all Americans is: - Answer -The
Department for Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is responsible for: - Answer -Ensuring the
safety of most foods in the US
Ensuring the safety of prescription and non-prescription drugs in the US
Ensuring the safety of cosmetics in the US
Creating a policy that does not allow tobacco use on a college campus would fall in the
category of: - Answer -Health promotion
Piloting a health intervention means: - Answer -Trying the intervention with a small
group to identify any problems before using the intervention with a larger group
, Public health differs from medicine in that it: - Answer -Focuses on communities or
populations
_______ built upon the germ theory by proving that specific microbes cause specific
diseases - Answer -Robert Koch (?)
The 10 core functions of public health are divided into 3 main categories. Which choice
shows these 3 categories in the correct order? - Answer -Assessment, Policy
Development, Assurance
Diagnosing and investigating health problems and health hazards in the community falls
into which category in the core functions of public health? - Answer -Assessment
What is the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ) responsible for? -
Answer -Researching and implementing best practices in healthcare (?)
In the health promotion planning model, which choose correctly lists the step that fits in
box 1 and then in box 2? [third and last box out of 5] - Answer -Developing an
intervention, evaluating the results
Public health defines health as simple the absence of disease - Answer -False
In the health promotion planning model, which choose correctly lists the step that fits in
box 1 and then in box 2? [2nd and 4th box out of 5] - Answer -Setting goals and
objectives, implementing the intervention
The role of the Indian Health Service (IHS) includes: - Answer -Ensuring the health of
Native American and Alaskan Native populations
Operating medical facilities in regions with Native American and Alaskan Native
Operating medical facilities on reservations
How are governmental public health agencies primarily funded? - Answer -Tax dollars
Many early public health efforts were focused on improving sanitation and ensuring
clean drinking water - Answer -True
Lemuel Shattuck was the first to develop: - Answer -Structure and function of public
health departments
More people in American die today of infectious diseases than chronic disesase -
Answer -False
Health education included more than health promotion, such as working on policies and
economics to promote public health - Answer -False
Public health professionals: - Answer -Are rooted in social justice
Come from interdisciplinary backgrounds
Often work on topics that are political
Which of the following is one of the 10 key achievements in public health in the last 100
years? - Answer -Fluoridated water
Vaccines
Improved motor vehicle safety
Which man was responsible for interrupting the London Cholera Epidemic in 1849 by
removing the pump handle from the Broad Street Pump? - Answer -John Snow
The germ theory was developed by: - Answer -Louis Pasteur
Where do you find governmental public health agencies? - Answer -City or county
health department
Federal agencies, such as the CDC and FDA
An agency that is not a government agency, but performs work most people think that
the government would do, is called a quasi-governmental agency. - Answer -True
The principal agency for protecting health of all Americans is: - Answer -The
Department for Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is responsible for: - Answer -Ensuring the
safety of most foods in the US
Ensuring the safety of prescription and non-prescription drugs in the US
Ensuring the safety of cosmetics in the US
Creating a policy that does not allow tobacco use on a college campus would fall in the
category of: - Answer -Health promotion
Piloting a health intervention means: - Answer -Trying the intervention with a small
group to identify any problems before using the intervention with a larger group
, Public health differs from medicine in that it: - Answer -Focuses on communities or
populations
_______ built upon the germ theory by proving that specific microbes cause specific
diseases - Answer -Robert Koch (?)
The 10 core functions of public health are divided into 3 main categories. Which choice
shows these 3 categories in the correct order? - Answer -Assessment, Policy
Development, Assurance
Diagnosing and investigating health problems and health hazards in the community falls
into which category in the core functions of public health? - Answer -Assessment
What is the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ) responsible for? -
Answer -Researching and implementing best practices in healthcare (?)
In the health promotion planning model, which choose correctly lists the step that fits in
box 1 and then in box 2? [third and last box out of 5] - Answer -Developing an
intervention, evaluating the results
Public health defines health as simple the absence of disease - Answer -False
In the health promotion planning model, which choose correctly lists the step that fits in
box 1 and then in box 2? [2nd and 4th box out of 5] - Answer -Setting goals and
objectives, implementing the intervention
The role of the Indian Health Service (IHS) includes: - Answer -Ensuring the health of
Native American and Alaskan Native populations
Operating medical facilities in regions with Native American and Alaskan Native
Operating medical facilities on reservations
How are governmental public health agencies primarily funded? - Answer -Tax dollars
Many early public health efforts were focused on improving sanitation and ensuring
clean drinking water - Answer -True
Lemuel Shattuck was the first to develop: - Answer -Structure and function of public
health departments
More people in American die today of infectious diseases than chronic disesase -
Answer -False
Health education included more than health promotion, such as working on policies and
economics to promote public health - Answer -False
