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Question 12 pts Which of the following is not true of the…
Question 12 pts
Which of the following is not true of the massive influenza pandemic of the 20th century?
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It occurred in 1918.
It is estimated that 500 million people were infected with it.
It is estimated that tens of millions of people died from it.
It was known as the “Paris flu.”
Flag question: Question 2Question 22 pts
A major public health event of the 1990s in the United States was a requirement that both homebuyers and renters must be told if there is lead paint on the property.
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True
False
Flag question: Question 3Question 32 pts
In 1945, Grand Rapids, MI, was the first test community to receive fluoridated water in the hopes of preventing cavities.
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True
False
Flag question: Question 4Question 42 pts
X-rays were linked to genetic mutations in the late 1800s.
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True
False
Flag question: Question 5Question 52 pts
In 1920, the life expectancy in the United States was approximately 54 years.
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True
False
Flag question: Question 6Question 62 pts
Institutional review boards review study protocols for human research and decide whether they meet ethical standards.
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True
False
Flag question: Question 7Question 72 pts
Which of the following is true of the Tuskegee study?
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The Tuskegee study was about the effects of untreated gonorrhea in an African American population.
The Tuskegee study was controversial only because it included a Black population.
The Tuskegee Study was controversial because the study population did not have the opportunity to fully understand the real purpose of the study before consenting.
The Tuskegee study participants never received any reparations.
Flag question: Question 8Question 82 pts
Which of the following was not a change in research practice resulting from the Tuskegee study?
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National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research
National Bioethics Advisory Commission for Animal Research
Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects
Institutional review boards for studies with human subjects
Flag question: Question 9Question 92 pts
Smallpox is a fairly recent disease, having only been around since the mid-1500s where it evolved and had a great impact on civilization.
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True
False
Flag question: Question 10Question 102 pts
During an epidemic in the early 1700s, researchers undertook a statistical approach to compare the mortality rate of natural smallpox infection with that contracted by variolation. The researchers found that the fatality rate for the naturally contracted disease was higher than for variolated individuals.
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True
False
Flag question: Question 11Question 112 pts
Geographical mapping of cases was very instrumental in solving the London outbreak of cholera in 1854.
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True
False
Flag question: Question 12Question 122 pts
The statement that the most important action to be undertaken was “The removal of all refuse of habitations, streets, and roads, and the improvement of the supplies of water” is found in the Report on the Sanitary Conditions of the Labouring Population of Great Britain by Edwin Chadwick.
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True
False
Flag question: Question 13Question 132 pts
Clara Barton is most famous for her pivotal public health role with the March of Dimes.
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True
False
Flag question: Question 14Question 142 pts
John Snow was the first person to identify the organism Vibrio cholerae as the causative agent of cholera.
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True
False
Flag question: Question 15Question 152 pts
Edwin Chadwick was a social reformer who devoted his life to sanitary reform in Britain.
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True
False
Flag question: Question 16Question 162 pts
The most helpful solution to the London outbreak of cholera in 1854 was:
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Limiting human contact with miasma from the nearby swamp
Improving sanitation for the working class
Providing an early form of vaccinations to as many people as possible
Removing a water pump handle in a heavily impacted neighborhood
Flag question: Question 17Question 172 pts
Which historical figure is best known for developing what he called the “sanitary idea”?
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Edward Jenner
Clara Barton
John Snow
Edwin Chadwick
Flag question: Question 18Question 182 pts
The person who discovered penicillin was Sir John Snow in 1928.
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True
False
Flag question: Question 19Question 192 pts
Clara Barton is famous for going in person to the battlefields to nurse, comfort, and cook for the wounded, earning the nickname the “Angel of the Battlefield.”
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True
False
Flag question: Question 20Question 202 pts
Clara Barton founded the ___________and led it for 23 years.
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American Red Cross
March of Dimes
John Snow Society
Baylor University Medical Center
Flag question: Question 21Question 212 pts
In 1985, the Heckler Report was released. This report documented the existence of health disparities among racial and ethnic minorities in the United States and called such disparities “an affront both to our ideals and to the ongoing genius of American medicine.”
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True
False
Flag question: Question 22Question 222 pts
Who was the first African American to be appointed as the Surgeon General of the United States?
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W.E.B. Du Bois
May Edward Chinn
Jocelyn Elders
None of the above
Flag question: Question 23Question 232 pts
The ______ was the first tribal public health department in the United States to achieve 5-year accreditation status from the Public Health Accrediation Board.
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California Area Indian Health Service
Indian Health Service
Cherokee Nation Health Services
Tribal Public Health Services
Flag question: Question 24Question 242 pts
The Aspiranto Health Home that provided “socialized” health services to low-income African Americans in Philadelphia was founded by ______.
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Charles R. Drew
Virginia Margaret Alexander
May Edward Chinn
W.E.B. Du Bois
Flag question: Question 25Question 252 pts
In the 1980s, which group(s) were instrumental in the development of the Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) conjugate vaccine by participating in clinical trials to study the vaccine’s effectiveness?
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The Omaha Nation
The Navajo Nation
The White Mountain Apache Tribe
Both a and c
Both b and c
