The Constitution of the World Health Organization (WHO), written in 1948, defines which of the following as “a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”?

Question 1 The Constitution of the World Health Organization (WHO), written in 1948, defines which of the following as “a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”?

 

Health

 

Miasma

 

Medicine

 

Wellness

 

Question 2True or False? In every country, a combination of happenstance and health behaviors may reduce health status at various time periods over the lifespan.

 

True

 

False

 

Question 3

 

True or False? Age-adjusted rates that account for differences in population age structures are usually used to compare mortality rates in two or more populations.

 

False

 

True

 

 Question 4Which of the following captures the burden from infant and child deaths in addition to the average age at deaths of adults?

 

Life expectancy

 

Prevalence

 

Years Lived with Disability (YLDs)

 

Incidence

 

Question 5Which of the following is a person who is temporarily living in another country and intends to return to his or her home country?

 

Expatriate

 

Asylum seeker

 

Internally displaced person

 

Immigrant

 

Question 6True or False? When two countries have similar economic profiles, the country with greater income inequality tends to have a more favorable health profile.

 

True

 

False

 

Question 7True or False? A desire for privacy means that many people without an improved sanitation facility wait until dark to defecate, even when it is dangerous to be outside at night.

 

True

 

False

 

Question 8True or False? Many improved water systems merely bring clean water nearer to homes via a public community tap, borehole, or protected dug well, but do not bring water into homes.

 

True

 

False

 

Question 9What type of drug is an illegal product that is marked deceptively?

 

Counterfeit drug

 

Generic drug

 

Candidate drug

 

Essential medication

 

Question 10Which international agreement, sponsored by the World Trade Organization, protects patients, copyrights, registered trademarks, and industrial designs across national boundaries?

 

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

 

Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement

 

General Agreement on Trade in Services

 

Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction

 

 Question 11True or False? Countries that spread the cost of health services across the whole population through taxes or mandatory participation in highly regulated insurance plans enable everyone to access the services that are included in the national health plan.

 

True

 

False

 

Question 12True or False? The governments in high-income countries have vast financial reserves, so it is possible for their national health plans to cover almost every procedure for every condition for every affected person.

 

True

 

False

 

Question 13True or False? A horizontal program strengthens an existing health system so that it can deliver additional health services.

 

False

 

True

 

Question 14True or False? Sentinel surveillance tracks potential outbreaks or other disease events based on reports of symptoms, school absentee reports, spikes in Internet searches for particular diseases, and other types of data rather than relying solely on counts of laboratory-confirmed diagnoses.

 

False

 

True

 

 Question 15Of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and smallpox, which causes the greatest number of deaths among children worldwide each year?

 

Smallpox

 

Tuberculosis

 

Malaria

 

HIV/AIDS

 

Question 16Which infectious disease does the World Health Organization recommend be treated with DOTS?

 

HIV/AIDS

 

Smallpox

 

Tuberculosis

 

Malaria

 

Question 17Which infectious disease causes the deaths of the greatest number of children each year?

 

Pneumonia

 

Measles

 

Diarrheal disease

 

Malaria

 

Question 18Which of the following refers to the ease with which an infectious agent is passed from an infected host to another individual?

 

Pathogenicity

 

Virulence

 

Infectivity

 

Transmissibility

 

Question 19Which of the following diseases has been the target of international public health efforts since the late 1800s when scientists first discovered that its parasite was transmitted to humans through the bites of infected mosquitoes?

 

HIV/AIDS

 

Malaria

 

Tuberculosis

 

Cholera

 

Question 20Which country is likely to have the heaviest burden from neglected tropical diseases?

 

Middle-income country

 

High-income country

Low-income country

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