Deck 8: Community Health

Question 1

Which of the following would be considered an erroneous way of measuring population health?

A)Disease infection rates
B)Infant mortality
C)Life expectancy
D)Happiness and well-being

Answer 1

Disease infection rates

Question 2

Air and water pollution contributes to how many deaths per year?

A)15 million
B)30 million
C)48 million
D)53 million

Answer 2

15 million

Question 3

Which is not a leading cause of death of persons living in a rural area?

A)Cardiovascular disease
B)Respiratory disease
C)Trauma
D)Cancer

Answer 3

Cancer

Question 4

What is one of the largest contributing factors to poor health in rural areas?

A)Lack of access to primary care
B)Low-income
C)Lack of preventive care
D)Distrust in modern medicine

Question 5

How many definitions for rurality are used for shaping federal health care policy?

A)1
B)2
C)3
D)There is not a definition of rurality for shaping federal health care policy

Question 6

Which segment is more at risk to developing health issues over pollution?

A)Children
B)Middle-aged persons
C)Everyone is equally susceptible
D)Pollution does not affect health

Question 7

Which governmental agency regulates pollution in the United States of America?

A)US Department of the Interior
B)Environmental Protection Agency
C)Environmental Protection Council
D)National Resource Defense Agency

Question 8

What is the primary responsibility of a State Health Agency?

A)Make sure insurance companies pay health claims
B)Develop the latest medical technology
C)Determine curricula for medical schools
D)Public Health

Question 9

Approximately how many local health departments are there in the United States of America?

A)500
B)3,000
C)51,000
D)It is required by law to have one in each incorporated city

Question 10

When there is a disease outbreak at an elementary school, which agency responds?

A)No agency responds to local disease outbreaks
B)Association of school medical professionals
C)Center for Disease Control
D)Local health agency

Question 11

Which of these is a public governmental health agency?

A)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
B)Disease Protection Agency of Alabama
C)Airborne Illness Protection Department
D)Water Safety Standards Pollution Control Agency

Question 12

Which is NOT a core discipline of a traditional Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) degree?

A)Biostatistics
B)Epidemiology
C)Social and behavioral sciences
D)Urban Sprawl Analysis

Question 13

What is the minimum length of an internship/residency for a medical student in the United States of America?

A)6 months
B)1 year
C)2 years
D)3 years

Question 14

Traditionally what is the minimum requirement of education to be considered for any medical school in the United States?

A)three years of undergraduate coursework
B)Bachelor's degree
C)Master's degree
D)GED

Question 15

Physicians and surgeons must pass which examination to be licensed to practice medicine?

A)United States Medical Exam
B)Comprehensive Medical Exam
C)United States Medical Board Exam
D)United States Medical Licensing Examination

Question 16

Which examination must an osteopathic physician pass in order to be licensed to practice?

A)Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Exam
B)Complex Osteopathic Examination
C)United States Osteopathic Medical Licensing Exam
D)United States Medical Licensing Examination

Question 17

Which work is not performed by a physician assistant?

A)Diagnostic
B)Therapeutic
C)Preventive
D)Surgical

Question 18

What traditionally defines the length of an internship/residency for a medical student?

A)Discipline of study (neurology, dermatology, etc)
B)Accreditation level of medical school
C)Undergraduate grades
D)Score on the MCAT

Question 19

A sexually transmitted disease (STD) is sometimes referred to as what kind of transmission?

A)Pathogenic transmission
B)Bio transmission
C)Horitransmission
D)Vector transmission

Question 20

What are parasites that jump from nonhuman to human hosts known as?

A)Zoonoses
B)Virulancepox
C)Glonoses
D)Mutationoses

Question 21

Why is Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) becoming the preferred phrase for describing infections and diseases which are sexually transmitted?

A)There is no such thing as a sexually transmitted infection
B)A sexually transmitted infection is the same thing as a sexually transmitted disease
C)Some people may be infected but not actually have a disease
D)Sexually transmitted diseases have been eradicated by powerful prescriptions

Question 22

Until the 1990s, what were STDs commonly known as?

A)ICDs
B)BVDs
C)VDs
D)IVDs

Question 23

What are the odds of transmission of gonorrhea by performing oral sex on an infected man while unprotected?

A)5-15%
B)25-30%
C)31-40%
D)41-49%

Question 24

What types of condoms can lead to yeast infections?

A)Polyisoprene
B)Polyurethane
C)Latex
D)Any condom that is flavored

Question 25

Which test can you take to test for any and all infectious agents?

A)Nonoxynol Test
B)Polytrac Testing
C)Epigyno Test
D)There is no test for all infectious agents

Question 26

What is the largest cause of death worldwide?

A)Cardiovascular disease
B)Motor-vehicle accidents
C)Sexually transmitted diseases
D)None of the above

Question 27

Which term refers to arterial disease?

A)Atherosclerosis
B)Atherovascularosis
C)Movatosiscardio
D)Atheromovat

Question 28

What part of the body does atheromatous plaque directly attack?

A)Teeth
B)Lymphatic system
C)Lungs
D)Cardiovascular system

Question 29

What is one of the major underlying causes of cardiovascular problems?

A)Atherosclerosis
B)Athermanous
C)Myopathy
D)Artieralopathy

Question 30

What is insulin?

A)A pathogen
B)A hormone
C)A fructose
D)A fat

Question 31

What is Gestational diabetes?

A)Diabetes that occurs during pregnancy
B)Diabetes that occurs due to poor dietary habits
C)Diabetes that occurs at birth
D)Diabetes that occurs at early childhood

Question 32

At which weeks during pregnancy should a woman take an oral glucose tolerance test?

A)1-3
B)4-7
C)24-28
D)34-38

Question 33

Which is considered a neurological disorder?

A)Acid Lipase Disease
B)Acid Lipase Aphasia
C)Acid Liphasia Alpers
D)Tay-Sachs

Question 34

Which is a form of temporary facial paralysis?

A)Facial paralysis
B)Facial palsy
C)Bell's paralysis
D)Bell's palsy

Question 35

Tay-Sachs is which type of disease?

A)Genetic
B)Pathogen-borne
C)Tay-Sachs is not a medically accepted term
D)Tay-Sachs is not actually a disease

Question 36

Sickle cell anemia is considered to be a genetic disease which is passed via red blood cells. What is the healthy shape of a red blood cell?

A)Crescent shape
B)Disc shape
C)Octangular shape
D)Triangle shape

Question 37

Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disease which causes the buildup of mucus where?

A)Anal cavity
B)Arteries
C)Lungs
D)None of the above

Question 38

The typical person has 46 chromosomes. However, if a person has 47 chromosomes they have which medical condition?

A)Cystic Fibrosis
B)Down Syndrome
C)Leukemia
D)Sickle Cell Anemia

Question 39

Severe despondency is a warning sign of what?

A)Depression
B)Down Syndrome
C)Diabetes
D)Chronic fatigue

Question 40

If someone is frequently and constantly worrying over activities and events they may have what?

A)Depression
B)Generalized anxiety disorder
C)Specificity anxiety disorder
D)Chronic anxiety disorder

Question 41

Which medical disorder does this definition describe: A long-term mental disorder of a type involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behavior, leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from reality and personal relationships into fantasy and delusion, and a sense of mental fragmentation?

A)Chronic Depression
B)Schizophrenia
C)Narcolepsy
D)Temporal lobe Affoganda

Question 42

Which of these is not considered to be a risk factor for suicide?

A)Prior suicide attempt
B)Incarceration
C)Exposure to suicidal behavior of media figures
D)Gender

Question 43

Teenagers often suffer from depression for a variety of reasons. Which of these is not considered to be one of those reasons?

A)The desire to be independent from one's parents
B)Sexual hormone increase
C)Normal process of maturing
D)Abnormally high self-esteem

Question 44

Which of these diseases is not considered to be a chronic disease?

A)Heart disease
B)Cancer
C)Diabetes
D)Pneumonia

Question 45

Heart disease, cancer and strokes are examples of chronic diseases. Approximately what percentage of people with a chronic disease have one of these listed?

A)30%
B)40%
C)50%
D)60%

Question 46

Which chronic disease is the leading cause of kidney failure?

A)Stroke
B)Diabetes
C)Alcoholism
D)Leukemia