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CPH ExamThe local health department is developing educational materials about prediabetes for an
immigrant community. In communication efforts, it is most important to keep in mind that
materials should be
A. focused on scientific information about prediabetes in the community.
B. written in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner
C. written at a sixth-grade reading level
D. available online in various languages. - correct answer ✔✔B. written in a culturally and linguistically
appropriate manner
Setting a goal to improve population health status is referred to as which of the following
processes?
A. intervening
B. facilitating
C. organizing
D. planning - correct answer ✔✔D. planning
Compulsory vaccination poses a potential ethical dilemma primarily because of
which of the following?
A. the scope of authority of legislators vs. the medical credentials of lobbyists
B. the benefit of the vaccine vs. the risks associated with the vaccine
C. the patient's right to refuse treatment vs. the right for a society to protect itself
D. the universal availability of a vaccine vs. the financial incentives within the supply chain - correct
answer ✔✔C. the patient's right to refuse treatment vs. the right for a society to protect itself
Which of the following statements best describes an intent-to-treat analysis?
A. dermal absorption of particulates and gaseous emissions
,B. inhalation of particulates and gaseous emissions
C. ingestion of agricultural products that have accumulated settled particulates
D. ingestion of drinking water that has accumulated settled particulates - correct answer ✔✔B.
inhalation of particulates and gaseous emissions
The program planners seek to develop a collaborative partnership with the restaurant owners
and other community stakeholders. Which of the following is the most appropriate first step at
the start of the project to achieve this goal?
A. Hire a nutrition consultant to analyze five menu items at each of the seven participating
restaurants.
B. Hold a meeting with the members of the partnership to discuss the initiative
C. Present restaurant owners with research evidence on the financial benefits of lowering
the prices of their healthier options.
D. Send a notice to all restaurants asking them to develop new healthy menu options. - correct answer
✔✔B. Hold a meeting with the members of the partnership to discuss the initiative
Which of the following describes an effort toward secondary prevention?
A. giving an aspirin to people with existing heart disease to lessen the risk of heart attack
B. providing bicycle helmets to grade school children to decrease the incidence of bicycle-
related head injuries
C. giving folic acid to pregnant women to prevent birth defects in their babies
D. providing speech therapy to patients who have had a stroke to improve communication - correct
answer ✔✔A. giving an aspirin to people with existing heart disease to lessen the risk of heart attack
Which of the following is the equation for Return on Investment (ROI)?
A. Cost of Investment / Financial Return
B. (Financial Return - Cost of Investment) / Cost of Investment
C. (Financial Return + Cost of Investment) / Financial Return
D. Financial Return / Cost of InvestmentB. (Financial Return - Cost of Investment) / Cost of Investment -
correct answer ✔✔B. (Financial Return - Cost of Investment) / Cost of Investment
,Which of the following essential public health services is an assurance practice?
A. analyzing the determinants of identified health needs
B. investigating the occurrence of health effects and hazards in the community
C. building constituencies in the community
D. informing and educating the public - correct answer ✔✔D. informing and educating the public
Using the socioecological model, which of the following would be an appropriate
intervention activity to address the interpersonal-level of the model?
A.
development of a health education campaign about healthy eating
B.
establishment of social support groups for smoking cessation
C. collaboration with city planners to create bike lanes on local roads
D. subsidization of anti-hypertensive medications for low-income residents - correct answer ✔✔B.
establishment of social support groups for smoking cessation
Requiring health care providers to report individual cases of disease as they are diagnosed to state or
local health departments is an example of which of the following types of surveillance? - correct answer
✔✔passive surveillance
A study is conducted to compare colorectal screening rates in white and African-American men.
Researchers contact 50 white men and 50 African-American men older than 50 years of age by
telephone and ask them if they have undergone colorectal screening. Fifty-five percent of white men and
49% of African-American men report undergoing appropriate screening. Which of the following tests is
the most appropriate method of analysis of the survey data?
a. paired t-test
b. Pearson chi-squared test
c. two-sample t-test
d. Spearman correlation test - correct answer ✔✔Pearson chi-square (X2) test
, EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACHES TO PUBLIC HEALTH - correct answer ✔✔This domain addresses the
statistical and methodology tools that are used by public health professional to conduction data
collection, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of information.
The epidemiologic triangle (triad) describes the occurrence of disease as an interaction between what
three factors?
1)Person, place and time
2)Host, agent and environment
3)Person, environment and immunity
4)Host, agent and exposure - correct answer ✔✔Host, agent and environment
Which of the following estimates of an odds ratio most strongly suggests a computational error?
1)7.8
2)1.2
3)-0.9
4)20.9 - correct answer ✔✔-0.9
The sensitivity of a particular screening test for a disease is 95%, and the specificity is 90%. Which of the
following statements is correct?
1)Of 100 people sampled from a population with the disease, the test will correctly detect 95 individuals
as positive for the disease
2)Of 100 people sampled from a population with the disease, the test will correctly detect 90 individuals
as positive for the disease
3)If a person tests positive, the probability of having the disease is 0.95
4)If a person tests positive, the probability of having the disease is 0.90 - correct answer ✔✔Of 100
people sampled from a population with the disease, the test will correctly detect 95 individuals as
positive for the disease
Which measure of mortality would you calculate to determine the proportion of all deaths that is caused
by heart disease?
1)Case fatality ratio
2)Cause-specific mortality rate
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