Multiple choice quiz

Quizzes are available to test your understanding of the key concepts covered in each chapter. Click on the arrows next to each question to view the answer.

1. Ethics review panels make sure that research complies with the principles of:

  1. Law, Order, Access, and Control
  2. Diversity, Participation, Possession, and Control
  3. Respect, Politics, and Control
  4. Ownership, Control, Access, and Possession
  5. Diversity, Order, Control, and Possession

Answer:

d. Ownership, Control, Access, and Possession

2. The government of a country has come to the realization that the health of their citizens needs to be improved. Their best mode of action would be to:

  1. Begin by increasing health education to their citizens
  2. Work to simultaneously improve multiple aspects, such as the environment, poverty level, and education
  3. Decrease ties with neighboring countries in order to focus all of their efforts on their own
  4. Place vitamins and supplements in the water supply
  5. Force citizens to change nutritional intake and increase exercise levels

Answer:

b. Work to simultaneously improve multiple aspects, such as the environment, poverty level, and education

3. What is one of the major reasons that developing countries are the ones that are least able to respond to complex health challenges?

  1. Increase in urbanization and globalization
  2. Decrease in localization and socialization
  3. Increase in localization and urbanization
  4. Increase in ruralization and socialization
  5. Decrease in urbanization and localization

Answer:

a. Increase in urbanization and globalization

4. One understandable reason for vaccine hesitancy today is:

  1. Some diseases that are vaccinated for have not been seen in recent generations
  2. Vaccines have been shown to cause autism
  3. Vaccines are unnatural
  4. Naturopathic medicine has recently advanced exponentially, attracting people to an alternative approach
  5. Science has been wrong before, so we shouldn’t trust vaccines

Answer:

a. Some diseases that are vaccinated for have not been seen in recent generations

5. Jim is a researcher who studies gut bacteria. He wants to apply for a grant and is forced to explain the proposed application of his research. What is a potential negative consequence of prematurely demonstrating the practicality of his research?

  1. His curiosity may be hampered, only focusing on what he thinks will be most likely to lead to good results and get him a grant
  2. Other researchers may read about his research and pursue it themselves, stealing potential recognition of his ideas
  3. His research could be criticized and he will be tempted to discontinue further studies
  4. His research may not lead to the proposed application presented, making him look like a liar
  5. Fellow researchers working on similar research may try to tamper with his studies to lessen the competition

Answer:

a. His curiosity may be hampered, only focusing on what he thinks will be most likely to lead to good results and get him a grant

6. The following is not a benefit of integrating various fields of work, such as neurology and psychiatry, except for:

  1. Information can be exchanged between disciplines to understand the situation better
  2. Treatments can be combined to increase response to treatments
  3. Increase the need of each discipline in the workforce
  4. Enhancing patient treatment by understanding alternative perspectives of illness
  5. Increase the acceptance of certain disciplines, or disorders, such as mental health

Answer:

c. Increase the need of each discipline in the workforce

7. Knowledge Inquiry involves:

  1. Challenging the interpretation of findings
  2. Retesting results of studies
  3. Accumulation of available data
  4. Making sure that results can be understood by everyone
  5. Ensuring that results can be applied to various demographics

Answer:

c. Accumulation of available data

8. According to the WHO, in 2005, infectious diseases combined killed around 4 million people, but non-communicable diseases killed approximately:

  1. 3 million people
  2. 30 thousand people
  3. 300 thousand people
  4. 2 million people
  5. 30 million people

Answer:

e. 30 million people

9. Public health is founded on the idea that:

  1. Educational interventions are important in preventing the development of unhealthy behaviors
  2. Community interventions are important in preventing and reducing the progression of an illness
  3. The government is responsible for making sure their citizens abide by health standards
  4. Government interventions are important in preventing and reducing the progression of an illness
  5. The individual is responsible for their own health

Answer:

b. Community interventions are important in preventing and reducing the progression of an illness

10. What is not an example of a public health initiative:

  1. Increasing access to fitness programs
  2. Educating the public about vaccinations
  3. Advertising the harm of smoking in order to promote quitting
  4. Choosing to buy more vegetables and less processed food for your family
  5. Providing vaccinations and education about them to the public

Answer:

d. Choosing to buy more vegetables and less processed food for your family