Shared leadership is demonstrated by active participation in one-way downward communication among partners who collectively make community level decisions and take actions, based on mutual trust and collective benefits that contribute to achieving community health objectives.

Shared leadership is demonstrated by active participation in one-way downward communication among partners who collectively make community level decisions and take actions, based on mutual trust and collective benefits that contribute to achieving community health objectives.

  True

  False

QUESTION 2       The CDC administers a range of programs designed to prevent and control specific disease, injury, and disability risks on a national level through

a.            Epidemiologic surveillance and investigation, oversight, and program development and archiving activities

b.            Epidemiologic surveillance and investigation, research, and program development and dissemination activities

c.             Medical care surveillance and investigation, research, and program development and dissemination activities

d.            Epidemiologic surveillance and investigation, research, and program assessment and social media crowd sourcing activities

QUESTION 3       Public health and preventive medicine leaders, engaged in population health improvements, are challenged to develop effective relationships with the complex constellation of constituents who are involved in or affected by community health issues.

  True

  False

QUESTION 4       The FDA functions as the nation’s largest consumer protection agency by administering regulatory programs to ensure the

a.            Safety of farms, cosmetics, medicines, medical devices, and radiation-emitting products

b.            Safety of animals, cosmetics, medicines, medical devices, and radiation-emitting products

c.             Safety of food, hair dryers, medicines, medical devices, and radiation-emitting products

d.            Safety of food, cosmetics, medicines, medical devices, and radiation-emitting products

QUESTION 5       The scope of public health services performed by local public health agencies has been standardized across regions and states.

  True

  False

QUESTION 6       Once an organization’s position has been reached, strategy options can be evaluated and selected based on the best chance for achieving dialogue and action. Four organizational strategy types can be considered: authoritative, competitive, cooperative, and interruptive.

  True

  False

QUESTION 7       A powerful public health instrument wielded by federal agencies derives from the federal government’s power to tax and to spend.

  True

  False

QUESTION 8       The CDC’s research and development initiatives have emphasized laboratory and epidemiologic methods for investigating disease transmission, control, and prevention mechanisms.

  True

  False

QUESTION 9       The federal government’s power to tax not only generates the revenue to fund federal public health programs, but it also provides an

a.            Instrument for influencing the health-related activities of individuals only

b.            Instrument for influencing the health-related activities of individuals and corporations

 c.            Instrument for influencing the health-related activities of corporations only

d.            Instrument for decreasing poor health-related activities of individuals and corporations

QUESTION 10     Categorical grants are criticized as a resource allocation vehicle for their tendency to

a.            Discourage public health organizations to operate in accordance with federal funding streams rather than in accordance with needs of the populations served

b.            Encourage health care organizations to operate in accordance with federal funding streams rather than in accordance with needs and priorities in the populations served

c.             Encourage public health organizations with impunity by using federal funding streams rather than in accordance with needs and priorities in the populations served

d.            Encourage public health organizations to operate in accordance with federal funding streams rather than in accordance with needs and priorities in the populations served