1.

The probability an event will occur within a specified period of time is called:
RISK

2. Public health professionals refer to three levels of prevention as tied to specific stages in the:
Surveillance process

3. Which statement is true about mortality rates?

Are informative only for fatal diseases

4. A screening for diabetes revealed 20 previously diagnosed diabetics and 10 probable new
cases, which were later confirmed, for a total of 30 cases. This is called:
Prevalence

5. An example of an attack rate is the:

Proportion of people becoming ill after eating at a fastfood restaurant

6. Which would be considered a serious epidemic of influenza?

Unable to determine

7. Nurse Carlo wished that the people in Brgy. Maligaya had access to water system with a piped
distribution network. Nurse Carlo is referring to which type of approved water facility?
Level 1

8. Nurse Thelma noticed that in the outskirts of Brgy. Maligaya, some families gather water from
spring with a cemented encasement. She knows that it is belongs to what type of approved
water facility?
Level 1

9. Nurse Marianne wished that the people in Bgy. Maligaya had access to a water system with a
piped distribution network. Nurse Marianne is referring to which type of approved water
facility?
Level 2

10. The relative importance of a cause of a death is computed as;

Proportionate mortality rate

11. cases of measles in a community and 5 died. What is the case fatality rate of measles?
25 %

12. In estimating the rank of a cause as a common illness, the nurse makes use
Prevalence Rate

13. Population-focused nursing practice requires which of the following processes?

Community diagnosis
14. According to C.E Winslow, which of the following is the goal of Public Health?
For people to attain their birthrights and longevity

15. Pour-flush and aqua privies are classified under what level of approved toilet facilities?
Level 1

16. Which among the following is an important requirement for registration and renewal of licenses
of newly constructed and existing hospitals?
17. Hospital Waste Management Program
18.
19. Infant mortality rate refers to deaths in every 1000 births belonging to;
12 months

20. The infant mortality rate is computed as:

4/500 x 1000

21. The case fatality rate of TB is

40/80 x 100

22. The relative importance of TB as a killer is shown through;

40/400 x 100

23. To compute for the rank of TB as a killer, we use this;

40/4000 x 10000

24. Morbidity rate of TB is computed as

80/4000 x 10000

25. The crude birth rate of community X is 30.5. This means that;
31 births in every 1000 population

26. The following are the strategies implemented by the DOH to prevent mosquito-borne diseases.
Which of these is most effective in the control of dengue fever?
Destroying breeding places of mosquitoes

27. Which of the following is responsible for the promotion of healthy environmental conditions and
prevention of environmental related diseases?
Environmental and Occupational Health Office

28. A protected well or developed spring with an outlet but without a distribution system is known
as;
Point source
29. MWSS provides water to Manila and other clients in Metro Manila. This is an example of which
level of water facility?
III

30. Which level of health facility is the usual point of entry of a client into the health care delivery
system?
Primary

31. Which of the following is a natality rate?

Crude birth rate

32. What numerator is used in computing general fertility rate?

Number of registered live birth

33. As an epidemiologist, the nurse is responsible for reporting cases or notifiable diseases. Which
law mandates reporting cases of notifiable diseases?
Act 3573

34. Which is the primary goal of community health nursing?

To enhance the capacity of individuals, families and communities to cope with their health
needs.

35. In the conduct of a census, the method of population assignment based on the actual physical
location of the people is termed;
De facto

36. Student Leslie recalled her mother’s food preparation practices. She concluded that one of the
following practices needs correction.
Lunchtime consumption of untouched breakfast covered with a plate on the dining table

37. There were 20 cases of measles in a community and 5 died. What is the case fatality rate of
measles?
250

38. Which of the following statements is the definition of public health according to CE Winslow?
the development of social machinery to ensure everyone a standard of living adequate for the
maintenance of health, so organizing these benefits as to Enable Every Citizen to Realize His
Birthright to Health and Longevity

39. Which of the following statement is the definition of Community Health Nursing of Ruth B.
Freeman?
Service rendered by a professional nurse with communities, groups, families, individuals at
home, in health centers, in clinics, in schools, in places of work for the promotion of health,
prevention of illness, care of the sick at home and rehabilitation.
40. According to CE winslow, which the following is the goal of public health?
For people to attain their birthrights of health and longevity

41. Which of the following is the most prominent feature of Public Health Nursing:
Public Health nursing focuses on preventive, not curative services

42. according to Freeman and Heinrich, community health nursing is a developmental

service. Which of the following best illustrates this statement?
Professional Nurse rendering Health Education and community organizing are necessary in
providing community health services

43. The public health nurse takes an active role in community participation. What is the primary goal
of community organizing?
To mobilize the people to resolve community health problems

44. what is the formula for the cumulative incidence rate?

Number new cases that developed during the period divided by the number of persons
followed up multiplied by 100

45. an outbreak of diarrheal disease occurs within 24 hours among people who attended a party
Prevalence rate

46. You are computing the crude death rate of your municipality with a total population of about
18,000 for last year, there were 94 deaths. Among those who died, 20 died because of diseases
of the heart and 32 were aged 50 years or older. What is the crude birth rate?
5.2/1000

47. The chain of infection is a model of?

how pathogenic microorganisms are transmitted from one person to another