UNIFIED TEST IN HEALTH GRADE 9

Choose the best answer from the options below. Shade the circle beside the letter of
the correct answer.

1. Which best describes a community health program?

O A. It maintains, protects and improves the health of all members of the community
through organized and sustained community efforts.

O B. It maintains and improves the health of all members of the community through
organized and sustained community efforts.

O C. It protects and improves the health of all members of the community through
organized and sustained community efforts.

O D. It maintains, protects and improves the health of all members of the community

2. Which does not describe a healthy community?

O A. A clean and safe environment

O B. An environment that meets everyone’s basic needs

O C. An environment that promotes social harmony and actively involves everyone

O D. An environment that is fully aware of its daily opportunities.

3. Which best describes the benefits of a healthy environment?

O A. Less disease, less health care costs

O B. Active community involvement

O C. More budget for health problems, increased supply of medicines

O D. More community projects for community development

4. Which of the following problems is a leading cause of environmental destruction?

O A. Soil Erosion

O B. Oil Spill

O C. Illegal Mining

O D. Deforestation
5. What environmental problem reduces the ability of soil to store water and support
plant growth?

O A. Soil Erosion O C. Illegal Mining

O B. Oil Spill O D. Deforestation

6. What environmental problem does this picture depict?

O A. Water pollution

O B. Deforestation

O C. Improper waste disposal

O D. Flashfloods

7. Which is not an effect of Climate Change?

O A. Dead trees from oil spillage

O B. Increased risk of drought, fire and floods

O C. More health related illness and disease

O D. Economic losses

8. Which of the following environmental problems causes Climate Change?

O A. Oil Spill O C. Pollution

O B. Deforestation O D. Flashfloods

9. Which of the following programs of the Department of Health promotes community

health?

O A. Maternal Health O C. Child Health Care DRAFT

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O B. Primary Health Care O D. Control of Communicable

Diseases
10. Why do we need to ensure community health in planning for community
development?

O A. To attain luxury of life

O B. To keep the safety of the community

O C. To live in a clean, safe and comfortable home

O D. To maintain an enjoyable lifestyle

11 – 20. Refuse are the dump, food waste or discarded materials. Write down examples of
these refuse. Choose from the box below.

Leftover food, Empty bottle, Dead dog, Residue from fires, Metal scraps,
Construction
KINDS OF REFUSE materials, Cigarette butts, Unwanted cars, Dead batteries,
EXAMPLES
Septic tank sludge
11. Rubbish

12. Sewage Treatment Residue

13. Business Waste

14. Abandoned Automobiles

15. Incinerator Residue

16. Garbage

17. Dead Animals

18. Street Sweepings

19. Special Waste

20. Demolition Materials

21. Deforestation is the destruction of big areas of forests. The following are effects of
deforestation EXCEPT for one.

O A. Green House effect O C. Flooding

O B. Contamination of drinking water O D. Landslides

22. Soil Pollution is chiefly caused by chemicals in pesticides, such as poisons that are
used to kill agricultural pests like insects and herbicides that are used to get rid of weeds.
What is the correct effect of soil pollution among the choices below?

O A. Unproductive use of farmland O C. Loss of life

O B. Degraded watershed O D. Denuded Upland

23. Pollution means any alteration of the physical, chemical and biological properties of
water, air and/or land resources. What pollution means any alteration of the physical,
chemical, and biological properties of the atmospheric air?

O A. Soil Pollution O C. Water Pollution

O B. Noise Pollution O D. Air Pollution

24. It is the alteration of the physical, chemical, biological, or radiological properties of a

body of water resulting in the impairment of its purity or quality.

O A. Soil Pollution O C. Water Pollution

O B. Noise Pollution O D. Air Pollution

25. It is chiefly caused by chemicals in pesticides, such as poisons that are used to kill
agricultural pests like insects and herbicides that are used to get rid of weeds.

O A. Soil Pollution O C. Water Pollution

O B. Noise Pollution O D. Air Pollution

26. What pollution is the excessive sound that causes hearing loss, stress, fatigue,
irritability, tension, headaches, and high blood pressure?

O A. Soil Pollution O C. Water Pollution

O B. Noise Pollution O D. Air Pollution

27. Which of the following choices below will definitely help students to take a deeper
understanding of their community by means of drawing strategic plans to improve the
safety of every individual? Choose the best answer.

O A. Strategic Planning O C. Action Plan

O B. Public Announcement O D. Law Implementation

28. What refers to those leaves, branches, grass and other similar materials procured
during cleaning of gardens and after typhoon?

O A. Yard Cuttings O C. Garden cuttings

O B. Tree Cuttings O D. None of the above

29. What kind of management refers to the discipline associated with the control of
generation, storage, collection, transfer and transport, processing and disposal of solid
waste in a manner that is in account with the best principles of public health, economics,
engineering, conservation, aesthetics, and other environmental considerations and that is
also responsive to public attitude?
O A. Environmental Management O C. Community Health Management

O B. Water Disposal Management O D. Solid Waste Management

30. Healthy citizenry is the key to have a strong nation. To achieve this, the government
created a Program called Primary Health Care which is promoted with the partnership of
the following except for one.

O A. Foreign Countries O C. community

O B. Baranggay O D. Government

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