PHC Exercise 1 a.

Technical and other resource assistance

b. Leadership in health and legislative work
Name: __________________________ Score: _____ c. Administrative and capacity builder
d. Resource assistance and leadership in health
e. All of the above
1. What serves as the advisory body to the municipal 9. The law that mandates the function of DOH:
local executives and the sanggunian or local legislative a. LGU code 7160
council on health related matters: b. EO 102
a. RHU Staff c. PD 220
b. Local Health Board d. PD 223
c. Municipal Health Officer 10. The vision of DOH:
d. DOH Representative a. Guarantee sustainable, quality health for all
e. Inter-Local Health Zone Filipino
2. Among the following health workers in the RHU, who b. Leader, advocate and model only in promoting
provides the primary level of care to clients: health for all Filipinos
a. PHN c. Guarantee leadership and model in promoting
b. MHO health
c. RHM d. A and B only
d. PHD 11. Rationale for the existence of Health Sector Reform:
e. RSI a. Reduction in IMR and MMR
3. Granting that you are a midwife in your barangay and b. High burden from communicable diseases
you identified 5 PTB suspects. Where you will refer c. Large variation in health status to population and
these patients to get their definitive diagnosis: geographic areas
a. MHO d. Burden of disease is light on the poor
b. PHN e. Burden from chronic degenerative disease
c. Med Tech a. All except B
d. PHD b. All except A
e. RSI c. A, c, e
4. In the RHU, who serves as clinician and medico-legal d. C, d, e
officer: e. All of the choices
a. MHO 12. Goals of FOURmula ONE:
b. PHN A. Health financing
c. RSI B. Equitable health financing
d. Med Tech C. Good governance
e. PHD D. Better health outcome
5. Who among the RHU team is responsible for initiating E. Responsive health coordination
the formulation of nursing component of the Municipal F. Health regulation
Health Plan: G. Health Care delivery service
a. MHO a. All
b. PHN b. A, C, F G
c. Med Tech c. B, F, E
d. PHD d. B, D, C
e. RSI e. A, B, C, D
6. A child, 2 years old had bouts of diarrhea and observed 13. Objectives of the health sector excludes:
to have signs of dehydration. If you are the midwife, A. Mobilization of resources for health
where you will refer this patient: B. Pursue public health and resources for health
a. MHO C. Develop the general health of the population
b. PHN D. Decrease mortality and morbidity
c. Med Tech E. Expand coverage of agricultural health services
d. PHD a. All
7. With the implementation of the local government code, b. All except C
who provides administrative management to provincial c. All except D
and district hospitals: d. All except E
a. National government e. All except A
b. Provincial Government 14. The law also known as Mandatory Infants and Children
c. Center for Health Development Health Immunization Act of 2011 signed by President
d. Municipal Government Benigno Aquino III in July 26, 2010. It includes basic
e. DOH Central Office immunization for children under 5 years old.
8. The DOH has its new role as the national authority on: a. RA 10531
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 b. RA 10351 a. Village health workers
c. RA 10152 b. Barangay health workers
d. RA 10512 c. Intermediate health workers
e. RA 10215
d. None of the above
15. In the care of population groups, the MIDWIFE must
focus on: 23. Which of the following is true about primary health level
a. Displaced families of care?
b. Sick segments a. Provided in any type of health facility
c. Vulnerable groups b. Conducts health promotive activities such as “Araw ng
d. Healthy individuals Sangkap Pinoy”, wherein young children are given free
e. All of them supplements
16. An individual will take preventive health actions if he c. Manned by highly trained health professionals such as
believes surgeons and specialists.
a. The disease/illness entails lot of expenses d. None of the above
b. He is susceptible to the disease 24. The health care provided by the barangay health
c. He may have a relapse of the disease stations and rural health units belongs to what level of
d. There is no cure for the disease health care?
e. All of the above a. Primary
17. Which of the following is a characteristic of primary
b. Secondary
health care?
c. Tertiary
a. Attuned with the culture of the community
d. All of the above
b. Community-based
25. Provincial hospitals & district hospitals offer which of
c. Sustainable
the following level of care?
d. All of the above
a. Primary
18. Which of the following is not a component of primary
b. Secondary
health care?
c. Tertiary
a. Environmental sanitation
d. None of the above
b. Traditional healing
26. Which of the following pertains to the WHO’s definition
c. Immunization of health?
d. Health education A. It is the state of complete physical, mental & social
19. Primary health care approach entails the full and active well-being, not merely the absence or infirmity.
participation of the community for development. This B. Every individual has a total functioning physically,
strategy aims to achieve: psychologically & socially,
a. Self-reliance among the people C. Mental processes determine people’s relationship with
their physical & social surroundings.
b. Chaos among the people
D. All of the above.
c. Partisanship among the people 27. Health is also defined as an ability to maintain normal
d. None of the above roles. Who gave that definition of health?
20. The abbreviation “RSI” means? A. Florence Nightingale
a. Resident Sanitary Inspector B. Sr. Callista Roy
b. Resident Sanitation Inspector C. Abraham Maslow
D. Talcott Parsons
c. Rural Sanitation Inspector
28. Health is a highly individualized perception. Who
d. Rural Sanitary Inspector among the following individuals can be considered as
21. Rural Health Midwives are known as front-liners in the healthy?
delivery of health care services. To effectively perform A. Devon, 15 yrs. old with diabetes, takes injectable
their function & responsibilities, they are commonly insulin every morning. He plays in the school soccer
assigned in the? team & is an editor of the school’s newspaper.
a. Provincial hospitals B. Susan, age 72, takes antihypertensive medications to
treat her high blood pressure. She goes swimming
b. District hospitals
regularly once a week, she is a member of a golf club,
c. Barangay health stations makes handicraft for charity & travels abroad once a
d. Rural health units year.
22. Municipal Health Officers, PHNs, RHMs, & RSIs and C. Mr. Tan, age 29, is paralyzed waist down & needs a
Public Health Dentists collectively are referred to as wheel chair for mobility. He is taking his Ph.D. at a
what level of PHC workers? nearby school & uses a specially designed automobile
for transportation.
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 D. All of the above in a prestigious company. Following the concept of
29. Of the following statements, which is most true of wellness, this is:
health & illness? A. The integration of body, mind & spirit.
A. Health & illness are individually defined by each B. Loving acceptance of oneself
person. C. It is a way of life
B. Health & illness are the same for all people. D. A choice
C. People with acute illnesses are actually healthy. 38. Of the following characteristics, which one is not part of
D. None of the above chronic illness?
30. Of the following terms, which would be defined as a A. Permanent change in body structure or function
disease? B. Self treatment that relieves symptoms
A. Hopelessness C. Long period of treatment & care
B. Excess fluid loss D. Often has remissions & exacerbations
C. Rheumatoid arthritis 39. Which of the following is true about the clinical model?
D. Altered body image A. Health can be identified by the absence of signs &
31. Choosing a medium size apple over a pack of potato symptoms of disease.
chips follows what concept of wellness? B. Commonly used by clinicians.
A. A choice C. Illness is a condition that prevents actualization of a
B. It’s a process. person’s potential.
C. A loving acceptance of oneself. D. All except C
D. All of these 40. Hanah, an accountant in a bank manages to work
32. Mrs. Cruz chooses not to smoke because she believes efficiently at her job. She had just been promoted to a
it will negatively affect her health. Among the different better position 2 weeks ago. But during their annual
concept of wellness, this is? medical exam, she was found to have tuberculosis
A. Acceptance which makes her unfit to work. Though diagnosed &
B. Choice had started treatment, she still comes to work regularly.
C. Process She is well following what model of health?
D. All of the above A. Clinical
33. Ana is the president of the student body. She is an B. Adaptive
active & tolerant student leader. She gets well with her C. Role performance
peers & the teachers as well. She is: D. Eudemonistic
A. Intellectually well 41. The following statement is/are true about Eudemonistic
B. Emotionally well model, except?
C. Socially well A. Health is a condition of actualization.
D. Physically well B. Illness prevents actualization.
34. Mang Jose, a fish vendor, exercises regularly before C. It includes a comprehensive view of health.
going to work. He maintains adequate nutrition & D. None of the above
proper body fat. He also avoids drinking alcoholic 42. The ecologic triad model of health & illness is based on
beverages. As a concept of wellness, this is: the concept of:
A. Acceptance A. Infectious diseases
B. Process B. Risk factors
C. Way of life C. Stages of illness
D. None of the above D. Behaviors to promote health
35. The ability to promote health measures that will 43. The following statement is true regarding the ecologic
improve the standard of living & quality of life in the triad except?
community is a component of health under: A. Health is always a changing state.
A. Physical B. When the elements in the triad are in balance, health
B. Spiritual is maintained.
C. Environmental C. When the variables are not in balance, disease
D. Social occurs.
36. The concept of wellness which states that “everything D. None of the above
one does, feel and believe has an impact on the state 44. What do both the health-illness continuum & the high-
of health”? level wellness models demonstrate?
A. Choice A. Illness as a fixed point in time
B. A way of life B. The importance of the family
C. Loving acceptance of oneself C. Wellness as a passive state
D. Integration of body, mind & spirit D. Health as a constantly changing state
37. Lala is a 24 year old office clerk. Though she was born 45. According to Maslow, the most basic needs of a person
with a disability & had been confined in a wheel chair, should be met at the bottom level of the pyramid which
this didn’t stop her from fulfilling her dreams of working
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 consists of physiologic needs. This includes which of He has been well taken care of in a private institution.
the following? According to Dunn’s High-level Wellness Grid, he has?
A. A house or a home A. High-level wellness
B. Warmth of a mother’s embrace B. Emergent high-level wellness
C. Financial security C. Protected poor health
D. All of the above D. Poor health
46. Giving oral rehydration solutions to a child experiencing 53. The following but one is non-modifiable variable
diarrhea is an intervention that will help meet what influencing health?
need on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs? A. Developmental level
A. Physiologic B. Life style
B. Safety & security C. Self concept
C. Love & belongingness D. Self esteem
D. Self-esteem 54. This refers to the extent to which an individual’s
47. In which of the following situation is love and behavior coincides with medical advice?
belongingness needs not met? A. Adherence
A. Amie, a college freshman, enjoys playing volleyball B. Coherence
with his team mates. C. Health behavior
B. Pedro, known to be the group clown among his circle D. Illness
of friends. 55. Henry a senior student was supposed to deliver his
C. Rita, a piano soloist in the orchestra. speech when he was unexpectedly rushed in a nearby
D. Culas, an elderly who was referred to Bahay Kalinga hospital due to palpitations. His condition is classified
after months of being a “palaboy”. as?
48. Rico is an intelligent & confident school-age child. He A. Acute
has been an honor student since first grade and had B. Chronic
been the band captain ever since. Both his parents are C. Both a & b
hard-working & has provided for all his needs pretty D. Disease
well. He has achieved what level in Maslow’s Hierarchy 56. Which of the following situation shows that physical
of Needs? environment affects health & well-being?
A. First a. Malaria & malaria-related conditions occurs more
B. Second frequently in tropical countries.
C. Third b. Pollution of water, air, & soil affects health of cells.
D. Fourth c. Light-skinned people are more susceptible to harmful
49. Of the following clients, which one is most likely to have effects of the sun.
annual breast exam & mammograms based on the d. All of the above
physical dimension? 57. Your neighbor, Alan, asks you to come over because
A. Jane, because her best friend had a benign breast he has a high temperature, feels “awful”, and did not go
lump removed. to work. What stage of illness behavior is Alan
B. Sarah, who lives in a low-income neighborhood exhibiting?
C. Tricia, who has a family history of breast cancer. A. Experiencing symptoms
D. Nancy, because her family encourages regular B. Assuming the sick role
physical exam. C. Assuming the dependent role
50. Lowered resistance to infection, age, sex, and familial D. Achieving recovery & rehabilitation
disposition to certain illness are under what element in 58. Putting coffee powder to halt bleeding as an external
the Ecologic triad? variable is an example of?
A. Agent A. Standards of living
B. Host B. Family & cultural beliefs
C. Environment C. Environment
D. All of the above D. None of the above
51. Dana is an 18 month old toddler. Her parents are able 59. Ana went to see the family doctor after a week of
to give her basic physiologic needs. Which of the continuous cough & colds. She is in what stage of
following needs when met will determine that she is on illness?
the second level of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs? A. Symptom experience
A. Safe & nutritious food to eat. B. Recovery stage
B. Clean clothes to wear. C. Assuming a sick role
C. A family to call her own. D. Medical care contact
D. A safe & secured home to live at. 60. Nora is in the first stage of illness. Which of the
52. Luis, the only son of Mr. & Mrs. Tan, has incurred following behavior will classify her under this stage?
severe multiple fracture following a vehicular accident. A. She went to see the doctor to know what caused her
illness.
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 B. She keeps complaining about her headache & feels a b. Community
little bit feverish. c. Environmental
C. She has resumed her daily activities after a week of d. Physical
rest.
68. Ben has been blind since birth. Though he was born
D. None of the above
61. When people become ill, they behave in such a way with this disability, he always maintains a positive
that sociologist refer to as illness behavior. Which of outlook about life. Following the concept of wellness,
the following is true regarding illness behavior? this is:
a. A coping mechanism a. A way of life
b. Involves ways individuals interpret & monitor their b. Loving acceptance of oneself
symptoms c. The integration of body, mind & spirit
c. It is highly individualized.
d. All of the above
d. All of the above
69. The agent-host-environment model of health & illness
62. Of the following statements, which is most true of is based on the concept of:
health & illness? a. Infectious disease
a. Health & illness are the same for all people. b. Behaviors to promote health
b. Health & illness are individually defined by each c. Risk factors
person. d. None of the above
c. People with acute illness are actually healthy. 70. A doctor relies on the presence of signs & symptoms of
d. People with chronic illness have poor health benefits. disease to validate the presence of illness. This is the
63. As a health worker, you follow the guidelines for concept in what model of wellness?
healthy lifestyle. How can this promote health in a. Role performance model
others? b. Clinical model
a. By being a role model for healthy behaviors. c. Ecologic triad
b. By not requiring sick days from work. d. High-level wellness grid
c. By never exposing others to any type of illness. 71. What do both the health-illness continuum & the high-
d. By not being overweight level wellness models demonstrate?
64. Choosing a medium size apple over a pack of potato a. Health is a constantly changing state.
chips follows what concept of wellness? b. Illness as a fixed point in time
a. As a choice c. Wellness as a passive state.
b. It’s a process d. All of the above
c. Loving acceptance of oneself 72. Ana belongs to one of the poorest family who lives in a
d. All of these slum area in Manila. She is 8 years old but looks so
65. Mang Mando, a farmer, maintains his routine exercise small for her age. She is one of the severely
before going to the fields. He maintains adequate malnourished children in her community. Her parents
nutrition & proper body fat. He also avoids drinking confided to you that they have difficulty providing for
alcoholic beverages & does not even smoke. As a Ana’s needs including her 7 younger siblings. Based on
concept of wellness, this is: Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs, Ana has difficulty
a. Way of life achieving which of the following?
b. Process a. Physiologic needs
c. Acceptance b. Safety & security
d. None of the above c. Love & belongingness
66. Mang Mando’s situation illustrates what component of d. Self-esteem
wellness? 73. Rico is an intelligent & confident child. He has excelled
a. Occupational academically since first grade. Recently, his parents
b. Physical noticed that he is getting way better at chess & that
c. Spiritual they are expecting that he will be sent next year to
d. Mental represent their school. He has achieved what level in
67. The ability to promote health measures that will Maslow’s hierarchy of needs?
improve the standard of living & quality of life in the a. Physiologic
community is a component of wellness under? b. Safety & security
a. Social c. Love & belongingness

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d. Self-esteem 80. Lowered resistance, age, sex & predisposition to a
74. According to Maslow, the most basic needs of a person certain disease are under what element in the ecologic
should be met at the bottom level of the pyramid. This triad?
includes which of the following? a. Agent
a. Financial security b. Host
b. Warmth of a mother’s embrace c. Environment
c. Potable water to drink d. None of the above
d. None of the above 81. Andy is a nurse who works in barangay health station.
75. Which of the following statement pertains to the She lives in a small room with poor ventilation near a
concept of the ecologic triad? creek full of sewage. She is in what quadrant of Dunn’s
a. Obese people have higher chance of developing high-level wellness grid?
diabetes and cardiac diseases. a. Protected poor health
b. The presence of breeding places for mosquitos is the b. High-level wellness
reason why dengue & malaria cases increase yearly. c. Poor health
c. Pollution of water, air & soil affects health of cells. d. Emergent high-level wellness
d. All of the above 82. Which of the following situation shows that physical
76. The father of the family builds fence around the house environment affects health & well-being, except?
to protect his family from the negative elements in the e. Malaria & malaria-related conditions occurs more
environment. This comforts the entire family as this frequently in tropical countries.
meets their: f. Pollution of water, air, & soil affects health of cells.
g. Light-skinned people who work outdoors are more
a. Physiologic needs
susceptible to the harmful effects of the sun.
b. Safety & security needs h. Young children are more prone to communicable
c. Love & belongingness needs infections than adults.
d. Self-esteem needs 83. Henry, a senior student was supposed to deliver his
77. Of the following clients, which one is most likely to have speech when he was rushed in a nearby hospital due
annual breast exam & mammograms based on the to intense right lower abdominal pain. Later, he was
physical dimension? diagnosed with appendicitis. His condition is classified
a. Jane, because her best friend had a benign breast as?
lump removed. a. Acute
b. Sarah, who lives in a low-income neighbourhood. b. Chronic
c. Tricia, whose mother died from breast cancer, and is c. A normal phenomenon
afraid that she too might develop such disease. d. None of the above
d. Nancy, because her family encourages regular physical 84. The following but one is a non-modifiable variable
exam. influencing health?
78. Putting coffee powder to halt bleeding as an external a. Developmental level
variable is an example of? b. Age
a. Biologic c. Body image
b. Standards of living d. Food habits
c. Family & cultural beliefs 85. When people become ill, they behave in such a way
d. Environment that sociologist refer to as illness behavior. Which of
79. Toni is a malnourished child from a poor family. He & the following is true regarding illness behavior?
his family can only afford to eat twice a day. They live a. A coping mechanism
in a small shack made up of light materials in slum area b. Involves ways individuals interpret & monitor their
near a murky river. Toni is in what quadrant of Dunn’s symptoms
high level wellness grid? c. It is highly individualized.
d. All of the above
a. Protected poor health
86. This refers to the extent to which an individual’s
b. High-level wellness
behaviour coincides with medical advice?
c. Poor health in unfavourable environment
a. Adherence
d. Emergent high-level wellness
b. Coherence
c. Health behaviour
d. Illness
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87. Your neighbour asks you to come over because he has b. Provincial Hospital
a high temperature, feel “awful” & did not go to work. c. Rural Health Unit
What stage of illness behaviour is he exhibiting? d. Puericulture Center
95. PHC approach was formally adopted in our country
a. Experiencing symptoms
through what law?
b. Assuming the sick role
a. LOI 649
c. Assuming the dependent role
b. LOI 949
d. Achieving recovery & rehabilitation
c. LOI 646
88. Of the following characteristics, which one is not a part
d. LOI 946
of chronic illness?
96. The law that amended PHC was signed by?
a. Permanent change in body structure or function
a. Pres. Macapagal
b. Self-treatment that relieves symptoms
b. Pres. Aquino
c. Long period of treatment & care
c. Pres. Marcos
d. Often has remissions & exacerbations
d. Pres. Ramos
89. Andrea is in the third stage of illness. Which behaviour
97. Anton, a severely burned victim needs to be confined in
of Andrea helps you validate this?
what kind of health facility?
a. She constantly asks her mom to check her
a. Primary health facility
temperature.
b. Secondary health facility
b. She takes over-the-counter medications to hopefully
c. Tertiary health facility
relieve the symptoms
d. All of the above
c. She allows the nurse to inject her medication because
98. What level of PHC worker does a trained birth
she believes it will cure her.
attendant belongs to?
d. None of the above
a. Village health worker
90. Genetic make-up, sex and developmental level fall
b. Intermediate health worker
under what variable which could influence health?
c. Both a & b
a. Internal
d. No answer
b. External
99. Which of the following cues/data are classified as
c. Both a & b
“signs” of illness?
d. No answer
a. Amount of blood loss
91. Occupation, income & education are factors which
b. Intensity of headache
could influence health. They fall under what variable?
c. Shortness of breath
a. Internal
d. Loss of appetite
b. External
100. The following are true about “signs” of illness, except?
c. Both a & b
a. Also called objective data
d. None of the above
b. Detectable by the observer
92. Infestation of rats, cockroaches, flies & mosquitoes
c. Measured using the five senses
puts what element in the ecologic triad in imbalanced
d. Verified only by the person affected
state?
a. Agent
b. Host
c. Environment
d. None of the above
93. Immunization provided by a midwife during barangay
visits fall under what type of level of care?
a. Primary
b. Secondary
c. Tertiary
d. All of the above
94. Maria needs to undergo skin grafting. You are well
aware that this type of surgery is given in tertiary health
facilities. In which of the following facilities will you refer
her to?
a. Philippine General Hospital
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