NSG 3480 Community Health Exam Questions &
Answers | Latest Update 2026/2027 | 100% Correct.
What is a nonmodifiable risk factor? -correct-answer-The aspects of a person's
healthy risk over which they have little or no control
What is risk reduction? -correct-answer-A proactive process in which individuals
participate in behaviors that enable them to react to actual or potential threats to
their health
What is risk communication? -correct-answer-The process through which the
public receives information regarding possible or actual threats to health
What are three dimensions describing the nature of community? -correct-answer-
Aggregate of people
Location in space and time
Social system
What is an aggregate? -correct-answer-A community composed of people who
have common characteristics
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What human factors delineate a community? -correct-answer-People factors such
as health related traits or risk factors
True or false: it is important to evaluate behaviors that have a positive effects on
health, not just the negative behaviors -correct-answer-True
What does community offer? -correct-answer-Community offers a way for
individuals to work together, socializing with one another so that the strengths of
each individual are complimented together for the overall benefit of the whole
community
When does a community of solution form? -correct-answer-When a common
problem arises
What are some common shared problems that create a community of solution?
correct-answer-Hazard from environmental contamination
Soaring rate of teenage suicide
Shared political concern
What is it important for the community health nurse to empower communities to
do? -correct-answer-To develop a capacity to address future problems
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What is community competence? -correct-answer-A community's ability to address
problems
Are tracts small or large in densely populated urban areas? What does this data
describe? -correct-answer-Tracts are small, therefore data for one or more census
traits frequently describe neighborhood residents
what can a census tract boundary data do? -correct-answer-Help define and
describe neighborhood communities (pg 93)
True or false: geographic community encompasses less formalized areas that lack
official geopolitical boundaries? -correct-answer-True
True or false: a geographic landmark may define neighborhoods? -correct-
answerTrue
True or false: a particular building style or a common development era -
correctanswer-True- this can help define community neighborhoods