Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not thought to be a possible explanation for health differences between people of different races who live in the same country?

  1. racism
  2. ethnocentrism
  3. culture
  4. sexism

Answer: D

2. According to the United Nations, it is expected that the world poverty rate of 28% as it was in 1990 would have been reduced by ______ by 2015.

  1. 10%
  2. quarter
  3. third
  4. half

Answer: D

3. China’s total fertility rate currently (2014 figures) is running at around ______, with women giving birth to an average of ______ offspring:

  1. 1.0
  2. 1.3
  3. 1.5
  4. 1.7

Answer: D

4. In 2010 in England a working man could expect, on average, about 10 years of pensioned retirement while a working woman could anticipate around ______ years.

  1. 12
  2. 15
  3. 17
  4. 20

Answer: D

5. An LSE report in 2009 found that economic analyses suggest that ______ control is cheaper than other methods of reducing carbon emissions.

  1. air
  2. ground
  3. remote
  4. birth

Answer: D

6. In ______, China adopted a one-child policy aimed towards keeping the population at around 1.2 billion in 2000.

  1. 1928
  2. 1940
  3. 1956
  4. 1979

Answer: D

7. On current projections (2014) it is expected that India’s population will surpass China’s in the next few decades, with around ______ by 2040.

  1. 1.3 billion
  2. 1.4 billion
  3. 1.5 billion
  4. 1.6 billion

Answer: C

8. Unhealthy ______ industries should have no role in the formation of national or international policy for non-communicable disease policy.

  1. commodity
  2. foreign
  3. global
  4. profitable

Answer: A

9. ______ are the major drivers of non-communicable diseases.

  1. Transnational corporations
  2. Viruses
  3. Infections
  4. Inflammations

Answer: A

10. Which of the following is a communicable disease?

  1. cardiovascular diseases
  2. cancer
  3. chronic respiratory diseases
  4. tuberculosis

Answer: D