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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