C-RLE113: 6.
Epidemiologic approach describes the:
Community Health Nursing II (Population Groups and
Community as Clients) Laboratory
Compilation of Preliminary Quizzes
Quiz 1:
1. It is a type of community diagnosis that aims to
obtain general information about the community
with the intent of determining not only prevalent
health conditions and risk factors but also socio
economic conditions and lifestyle behaviors and
attitudes that affect health.
A. Comprehensive community diagnosis
B. Problem oriented community diagnosis
2. The community's capacity to promote or sustain
health depends on which of the following factors?
Select all that apply.
A. Human resources
B. Economic resources
C. Organization resources
D. Institutional resources
3. Infant and maternal mortality rate are included
in:
A. Census
B. Demography
C. Epidemiology
D. Vital health statistics
4. Data related to water supply, waste disposal and
air water land pollution are included in which
element of community diagnosis?
A. Demographic variables
B. Political / leadership pattern
C. Socio economic and cultural variables
D. Health and illness patterns
E. Health resources
5. Which of the following is given the highest
weight?
A. Magnitude of the problem
B. Preventive potential
C. Social concern
D. Modifiability of the problem
E. Nature of the problem
A. Habits of the people towards health
promotion
B. Lifestyle behaviors and attitudes
C. Prevalent health conditions and risk
factors
D. Socio economic conditions
7. The community health nurse reviews the family
health record in the health center. This is
considered as what type of data?
A. Primary
B. Secondary
8. Which of the following data should be included in
the health and illness patterns element in the
community diagnosis? Select all that apply:
A. Health budget expenditures
B. Political orientation of the community
C. Leading cause of clinic consultation
D. Nutritional status
E. Infant and child mortality
9. The two parts of community diagnosis are:
Identify the two?
A. Analysis and seeking explanation for the
occurrence of health needs.
B. Preparation of interventions to address the
health needs.
C. Prioritization of the identified problems.
D. Collection of data of the nurse in the
community to identify the different factors
that may affect the health of the
population.
10. The community health nurse interviews the
family members in the community. This is
considered as what type of data?
A. Primary
B. Secondary
11. Household size and patterns of migration are
included in which element of community
diagnosis?
A. Demographic variables
B. Health resources
C. Health and illness patterns
D. Political / leadership pattern
 E. Socio economic and cultural variables
12. The CHNurse was informed that there is an
outbreak of measles in the community. Which
type of community diagnosis is appropriate in
this situation?
A. Problem oriented community diagnosis
B. Comprehensive community diagnosis
13. Which of the following factors does not affect
community health action potential?
A. Habits of the community have developed for
dealing with common problems.
B. Values people give to health.
C. Devolution of services to the local
government.
D. Community's relationship with the political
system and government institutions that
support health actions.
14. Data gathered through focus group discussion are
classified as:
A. Primary
B. Secondary
15. How can descriptive data be presented?
A. Tables
B. Diagram
C. Narrative
D. Graphs
16. Collation of data such as monthly income should
be mutually exclusive it means that data should:
A. Non limiting.
B. Not be overlapping.
C. Anticipate all possible answers that a
respondents may give.
D. Be exact.
17. What score in the criteria nature of the problem
are you going to give for the health need to
increase the incidence of malnutrition among the
children in the community since 60% of the total
population of children are affected by the
condition and the people in the community do
not identify this as a problem?
A. 3
B. 1
C. 0
D. 2
18. Which of the following criteria in prioritization is
given the highest weight?
A. Modifiability of the problem
B. Social concern
C. Magnitude of the problem
D. Preventive potential
E. Nature of the condition / problem presented
19. What score in the criteria of social concern are
you going to give for the health need increase the
incidence of malnutrition among the children in
the community since 60% of the total population
of children are affected by the condition and the
people in the community do not identify this as a
problem?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 3
D. 2
20. When determining the objectives of community
diagnosis the nurse should consider which of the
following questions? Select all that apply.
A. What solutions will address the problem?
B. What are the roots of the problem?
C. Why are the people in the community in
such a condition?
D. What is the present health condition of the
community?
21. Windshield survey is also called:
A. Observation
B. Group interview
C. Ocular survey
D. Focus group discussion
22. Which of the following statements are TRUE?
Select all that apply.
A. Nursing diagnoses are constant.
B. The statements about the community should
include only the community's weaknesses or
problem areas.
C. Community diagnosis stems from analysis
of assessment data.
 D. Community-level nursing diagnoses
should portray a community focus, include
the community response, and identify any
related factors that have potential for
change through community health
nursing.
23. This refers to the probability of reducing and
controlling or eradicating the problems.
A. Nature of the condition / problem presented
B. Modifiability of the problem
C. Social concern
D. Magnitude of the problem
E. Preventive potential
24. Overcrowded communities are a risk factor for
high incidence of measles in the community. This
is included in which of the following?
A. Administrative and policy diagnosis
B. Social diagnosis
C. Educational and organizational diagnosis
D. Behavioral and environmental diagnosis
E. Epidemiological diagnosis
25. The community health nurse needs to gather
sensitive issues in the community. Which of the
following is the BEST method of data gathering
that the nurse should use?
A. Individual interview
B. Records review
C. Focus group discussion
D. Group interview
Quiz 2:
1. Budgeting is an important part of planning
because:
A. It promotes independence in the community.
B. It helps the community organize the activity
so no time, effort is wasted.
C. It ensures that all resources will be utilized.
D. It provides a view of the necessary
resources and constraints that will
hamper the implementation of the
programs and activities.
2. 90% of the children in the community will receive
Vitamin A supplementation. This describes which
of the following indicators?
A. Utilization
B. Coverage
C. Relevance
D. Impact
E. Availability
3. Overcrowded communities are a risk factor for
high incidence of measles in the community. This
is included in which of the following?
A. Behavioral and environmental diagnosis
B. Administrative and policy diagnosis
C. Epidemiological diagnosis
D. Educational and organizational diagnosis
E. Social diagnosis
4. Describing how devolution is implemented in the
community is included in which variable in
community diagnosis?
A. Demographic
B. Socio economic and cultural
C. Health and illness pattern
D. Health resources
E. Political and leadership patterns
5. It is an indicator that compares the result to
standards.
A. Impact
B. Effort
C. Utilization
D. Efficiency
E. Quality
6. The size and composition of the community
should be included in which variable in
community diagnosis?
A. Demographic
B. Socio economic and cultural
C. Political and leadership patterns
D. Health and illness pattern
E. Health resources
7. After the series of health education to the group
of mothers in the community, the CHNurse asks
them about the meaning of the activity to them
and the experience they had during the activity.
 This approach in evaluating the program E. Social concern
describes:
A. Qualitative approach 14. Which of the following is an example of a goal?
B. Quantitative approach A. Increase the amount of shade in the school
playground.
8. The client during the census was interviewed in B. Reduce exposure to UV light of school
her dormitory in Manila. Her hometown is Samar. children.
She is counted in Manila. This describes: C. Increase teachers' and parents' knowledge of
A. De jure risk and exposure to UV exposure.
B. De facto
15. Infant and maternal mortality rate are included
9. Lack of hepatitis B vaccine is given an actual score in:
of _____ in the prioritization of the problem. A. Vital health statistics
A. 1 B. Census
B. 3 C. Demography
C. 0 D. Epidemiology
D. 2
16. The CHNurse identifies the resources, manpower,
10. Significant visible change in the lifestyle of the technology, time and institutions to a particular
mothers in the community will be seen 1month program that is planned. This is in what phase of
after the livelihood training. This describes which planning?
aspect of a program is evaluated? A. Strategy and activity setting
A. Outcome B. Goal and objective setting
B. Impact C. Situational analysis
C. Process D. Evaluation

11. The CHNurse was informed that there is an
outbreak of measles in the community. Which
type of community diagnosis is appropriate in
this situation?
A. Problem oriented community diagnosis
B. Comprehensive community diagnosis
17. The Chnurse created a problem tree. Which phase
of planning is she into?
A. Evaluation
B. Situational analysis
C. Strategy / activity setting
D. Goals and objective settings

12. There are steps that are to be followed in 18. Which of the following is an example of an
planning. This describes which concept of objective?
planning? A. Reduce exposure to UV light of school
A. Futuristic children.
B. Change oriented B. Increase teachers' and parents' knowledge of
C. Systematic process risk and exposure to UV exposure.
D. Continuous and dynamic process C. Increase the amount of shade in the school
E. Flexible playground.

13. Which of the following is given the highest 19. All of the following are characteristics of PAR,
weight? EXCEPT:
A. Preventive potential A. Community members are the ones who
B. Nature of the problem identify their own problems.
C. Magnitude of the problem B. Seeks transformation.
D. Modifiability of the problem
 C. Research problems are studied by the 24. Goal is measured in terms of:
researchers. A. Outcome evaluation
D. Community members formulate their own B. Process evaluation
recommendation. C. Impact evaluation

20. Significant visible change in the lifestyle of the 25. When the health problems are expressed in terms
mothers in the community will be seen after of vital health indicators such as mortality,
livelihood training. This describes which of the morbidity and fertility this describes?
following indicators? A. Educational and organizational diagnosis
A. Relevance B. Administrative and policy diagnosis
B. Impact C. Social diagnosis
C. Availability D. Epidemiological diagnosis
D. Coverage E. Behavioral and environmental diagnosis
E. Utilization
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21. It looks into contributing factors of a problem
that may become the focus of the subsequent
interventions.
A. Social diagnosis
B. Epidemiological diagnosis
C. Behavioral and environmental diagnosis
D. Administrative and policy diagnosis
E. Educational and organizational diagnosis

22. The CHNurse is planning to address the

increasing cases of leptospirosis in the
community. Her plan is to focus on resolving the
root cause of the problem. Which approach to
planning health programs is considered?
A. Community based approach
B. Comprehensive approach
C. Integrated approach

23. Which of the following statements are TRUE?

Select all that apply.
A. The statements about the community should
include only the community's weaknesses or
problem areas.
B. Community diagnosis stems from analysis
of assessment data.
C. Nursing diagnoses are constant.
D. Community-level nursing diagnoses
should portray a community focus, include
the community response, and identify any
related factors that have potential for
change through community health
nursing.