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GINAHS D.I.khan
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01 Introduction to CHN 01
02 Primary Health Care (PCH) 12
03 Pakistan Health Care System 22
04 International Health ₰ Nursing Organizations 33
05.0 The Environment ₰ its impact on Comm Health 40
05.1 The Water 49
05.2 The Waste 53
05.3 The Food Sanitation 59
05.4 The Ventilation 66
06 Health Education 72
07 Introduction to Home Visiting 76

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Miss Sehrish Naz. Applied Nutrition BSN 2nd Semester Slides. Lecturer KMU INS
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01 Introduction to CHN
Question 1: What is the traditional concept of a
community?
A) group of people with common interests
B) A neighborhood orcity
C) A geographic area with specific boundaries
D) A social structure to address common concerns
Answer 1: C) A geographic area with specific boundaries
Question 2: In the context of community health,
how is acommunity defined?
A) By geographic location only
B) By a common occupation
C) By a group of people with shared characteristics
D) By race and ethnicity
Answer 2: C) By a group of people with shared
characteristics
Question 3: What elements characterize communities?
A)Language and rituals
B)Population size and location
C)Mutual influence and shared values
D)Governmental actions and race
Answer 3: C) Mutual influence and shared values
Question 4: Which of the following is NOT one of the
elementsthat characterize communities?
A) Shared emotional connection
B) Common symbol systems
C) Governmental actions
D) Membership and a sense of
identityAnswer 4: C)
Governmental actions
Question 5: What does the term "community health" refer
to?
A) The actions taken to protect a specific neighborhood
B) The health status of a defined group of people
C) The health of an individual within a community
D) The health of a particular ethnic group
Answer 5: B) The health status of a defined group of people
Question 6: What does the term "community" traditionally
refer to?
A) A group of people with common interests
B) An area with specific geographic boundaries
C) A network of individuals with shared values
D) A social structure for mutual support
Correct Answer: B) An area with specific geographic
boundaries
Question 7: What are the elements that characterize
communities, as mentioned in the text?
A) Membership, shared values, and mutual influence
B) Common language, rituals, and ceremonies
C) Political autonomy, common history, and shared needs
D) Small population size and limited open space
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Correct Answer: A) Membership, shared values, and mutual
influence
Question 8: In the context of community health, what does
"community health" refer to?
A) The health status of a specific individual
B) The health status of a defined group of people
C) The health of the entire nation
D) The physical environment in communities
Correct Answer: B) The health status of a defined group of
people
Question 9: What is the primary role of community health
nursing?
A) Providing specialized medical care to individuals
B) Administering vaccinations to the entire population
C) Promoting and preserving the health of communities
D) Conducting research on global health issues
Correct Answer: C) Promoting and preserving the health of
communities
Question 10: Which term best describes an area with a
high population, typically serving as a resource hub?
A) Rural
B) Urban
C) Suburban
D) Countryside
Correct Answer: B) Urban
Question 11: What is the primary source of income for
people in rural communities?
A) Medical care services
B) Governmental support
C) Natural resources and farming
D) Small businesses and entrepreneurship
Correct Answer: C) Natural resources and farming
Question 12: Which element is NOT typically found in
urban communities?
A) Tall buildings
B) Limited open space
C) Close proximity of people
D) Large natural areas
Correct Answer: D) Large natural areas
Question 13: What is the shared characteristic among all
types of communities?
A) Political autonomy
B) Lack of mutual influence
C) Common values and norms
D) Geographic boundaries
Correct Answer: C) Common values and norms
Question 14: What is the primary focus of community
health nursing?
A) Providing specialized care to individuals
B) Conducting medical research in communities
C) Addressing national health policies
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D) Promoting health and preventing disease in communities
Correct Answer: D) Promoting health and preventing
disease in communities
Question 15: Which type of community typically relies
heavily on farming and natural resources for income?
A) Suburban
B) Urban
C) Countryside
D) Rural
Correct Answer: D) Rural
Question 16: In community health, what actions and
conditions are associated with promoting health?
A) Only private actions
B) Only public (governmental) actions
C) Both private and public actions
D) Only individual actions
Correct Answer: C) Both private and public actions
Question 17: What is the primary characteristic of
suburban areas?
A) High population density
B) Limited resources
C) Close proximity to urban centers
D) Predominantly farming-based income
Correct Answer: C) Close proximity to urban centers
Question 18: Which type of community typically has
limited access to resources and relies on nearby urban
areas?
A) Suburban
B) Urban
C) Rural
D) Countryside
Correct Answer: A) Suburban
Question 19: What is the common bond that defines a
community in community health?
A) Geographic location
B) Shared values and norms
C) Mutual influence among members
D) Governmental policies
Correct Answer: B) Shared values and norms
Question 20: In the context of community health nursing,
what is the ultimate goal when addressing community needs?
A) Providing individualized medical care
B) Promoting health and preventing disease
C) Conducting medical research
D) Isolating and excluding certain community members
Correct Answer: B) Promoting health and preventing
disease
Question 21: Which type of community is characterized by
buildings spread out over large distances and the need for
specialized vehicles like pickup trucks?
A) Urban
B) Suburban
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C) Rural
D) Countryside
Correct Answer: C) Rural
Question 22: In suburban areas, what is the primary
characteristic of residences?
A) Skyscraper apartments
B) Large natural areas
C) Yards and houses
D) Paved roads
Correct Answer: C) Yards and houses
Question 23: What is the term commonly used for
suburban areas?
A) Urban
B) Burbs
C) Countryside
D) Rural
Correct Answer: B) Burbs
Question 24: Which stage of community health
development is associated with Florence Nightingale's work
and her efforts at health reform?
A) Early Home Care
B) District Nursing
C) Public Health Nursing
D) Community Health Nursing
Correct Answer: A) Early Home Care
Question 25: What was one of the distinguishing features
of district nursing in the Mid 1800s?
A) Providing specialized medical care
B) Emphasizing prevention and health nursing
C) Focusing solely on the poor population
D) Working primarily in urban areas
Correct Answer: B) Emphasizing prevention and health
nursing
Question 26: What problem did district nursing face during
its development in the Mid 1800s?
A) Lack of funding for nursing education
B) Inadequate sanitation practices
C) Overemphasis on working conditions
D) Reduced number of immigrants
Correct Answer: B) Inadequate sanitation practices
Question 27: What was the focus of district nursing in the
Mid 1800s?
A) Providing medical care to the wealthy
B) Educating patients about healthy living
C) Caring primarily for the poor
D) Promoting workplace safety
Correct Answer: C) Caring primarily for the poor
Question 28: During the Public Health Nursing Training
stage (1900-1970), what did district nursing broaden its
focus to include?
A) The health and welfare of the general public
B) The wealthy population's healthcare needs
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C) Providing specialized medical care nurses for their patients' multiple health and social
D) Cleaning and maintaining city slums problems?
A) Early Home Care
Correct Answer: A) The health and welfare of the general B) District Nursing
public C) Public Health Nursing Training
D) Community Health Nursing
Question 29: What was one of the challenges faced by
district nurses during the Mid 1800s? Correct Answer: B) District Nursing
A) Lack of recognition for their work
B) Coping with patients' multiple health and social problems Question 36: In suburban areas, what is the primary focus
C) Dealing with political autonomy issues of residences?
D) Operating in rural areas A) Apartment living
B) Access to open space
Correct Answer: B) Coping with patients' multiple health C) High population density
and social problems D) Houses and small apartment buildings

Question 30: Which stage of community health Correct Answer: D) Houses and small apartment buildings
development introduced the term "health nurse"?
A) Early Home Care Question 37: What term is used for areas that have
B) District Nursing residences and are outlying from a larger city?
C) Public Health Nursing Training A) Urban
D) Community Health Nursing B) Burbs
C) Rural
Correct Answer: B) District Nursing D) Countryside

Question 31: What was one of the early roots of home Correct Answer: B) Burbs
care nursing?
A) Religious and charitable groups Question 38: What type of transportation is typically used
B) Governmental health agencies to access urban areas?
C) Private medical practitioners A) Pickup trucks
D) Urban communities B) Paved roads
C) Bicycles
Correct Answer: A) Religious and charitable groups D) Public transportation like buses and trains

Question 32: What was the primary focus of early home Correct Answer: D) Public transportation like buses and
care nursing before the Mid-1800s? trains
A) Providing specialized medical care
B) Promoting healing and reducing suffering Question 39: During which stage of community health
C) Cleaning and maintaining city slums development was there an emphasis on wholesome living
D) Educating patients about healthy living and cleanliness?
A) Early Home Care
Correct Answer: B) Promoting healing and reducing B) District Nursing
suffering C) Public Health Nursing Training
D) Community Health Nursing
Question 33: Who is known for laying the foundation for
modern community health nursing through her work on Correct Answer: B) District Nursing
health reform?
A) Florence Nightingale Question 40: What did Florence Nightingale refer to
B) Phoebe district nurses as?
C) Florence Kalish A) Public health nurses
D) Nightingale Kalish B) Health workers
C) Health nurses
Correct Answer: A) Florence Nightingale D) Caregivers

Question 34: What distinguished district nursing and later Correct Answer: C) Health nurses
public health nursing as specialties?
A) Providing specialized medical care Question 41: Which type of community is characterized by
B) Emphasis on prevention and health nursing "lots of open space and natural areas" and the need to drive
C) Working exclusively in rural areas special vehicles due to unpaved roads?
D) Governmental support A) Urban
B) Suburban
Correct Answer: B) Emphasis on prevention and health C) Rural
nursing D) Countryside

Question 35: During which stage of community health Correct Answer: D) Countryside
development did nursing programs not adequately prepare
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Question 42: During which stage of community health characterized by a high population, limited open space, and
development did district nursing primarily care for the sick tall buildings?
and emphasize cleanliness and wholesome living? A) Urban
A) Early Home Care B) Suburban
B) District Nursing C) Rural
C) Public Health Nursing Training D) Countryside
D) Community Health Nursing
Correct Answer: A) Urban
Correct Answer: B) District Nursing
Question 49: In rural communities, what is the primary
Question 43: What was one of the significant contributions source of family income?
of Florence Nightingale to modern community health A) Medical care
nursing practice? B) Natural resources and farming
A) Providing specialized medical care to individuals C) Government support
B) Focusing solely on urban populations D) Small businesses
C) Laying the foundation for health reform efforts
D) Introducing the term "health nurse" Correct Answer: B) Natural resources and farming

Correct Answer: C) Laying the foundation for health reform Question 50: What is the common characteristic of all
efforts communities, regardless of type?
A) Large population
Question 44: In which type of community do residents B) Political autonomy
typically use public transportation like buses and trains to C) Shared values and norms
access urban areas? D) Lack of mutual influence
A) Rural
B) Urban Correct Answer: C) Shared values and norms
C) Suburban
D) Countryside Question 51: Who is known for their significant
contributions to public health nursing, emphasizing illness
Correct Answer: B) Urban prevention, health promotion, and the use of epidemiological
methodology?
Question 45: What was the primary focus of early home A) Florence Nightingale
care nursing? B) Clara Barton
A) Providing specialized medical care C) Lillian D. Wald
B) Reducing suffering and promoting healing D) Mary Seacole
C) Educating patients about healthy living
D) Operating in urban areas Correct Answer: C) Lillian D. Wald.

Correct Answer: B) Reducing suffering and promoting
healing
These additional five MCQs should continue to assess
students' understanding of the concepts related to
community health nursing and different types of
communities.
Question 46: What is the primary defining characteristic of
a community in the context of community health?
A) Geographic boundaries
B) Common language and rituals
C) Shared interests and interactions
D) Small population size
Correct Answer: C) Shared interests and interactions
Question 47: What is the main focus of community health
nursing?
A) Providing individualized medical care
B) Addressing public health policies
C) Promoting health and preventing disease in communities
D) Offering social assistance to individuals
Correct Answer: C) Promoting health and preventing
disease in communities
Question 48: Which type of community is typically
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Question 52: What was Lillian D. Wald's driving
commitment in public health nursing?
A) Conducting research studies
B) Serving needy populations
C) Building alliances with healthcare providers
D) Advocating for political change
Correct Answer: B) Serving needy populations.
Question 53: What is the primary focus of public health
nursing, as emphasized by Lillian D. Wald?
A) Health teaching and nursing intervention
B) Epidemiological research
C) Emergency care for disasters
D) Mental health counseling
Correct Answer: A) Health teaching and nursing
intervention.
Question 54: When did the term "community health
nursing" emerge, marking a new era in nursing practice?
A) In the early 1900s
B) In the late 1960s and early 1970s
C) In the mid-1800s
D) In the 1980s
Correct Answer: B) In the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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Question 55: Why was there confusion between "public
health nursing" and "community health nursing" in the field?
A) Lack of qualified nurses in both fields
B) Interchangeable use of the terms
C) Limited educational preparation of nurses
D) Rapid changes in healthcare policies
Correct Answer: B) Interchangeable use of the terms.
Question 56: What conclusion was reached during the
consensus conference on the essentials of Public Health
Nursing practice and education in 1985?
A) Public health nursing and community health nursing are
distinct specialties.
B) Public health nursing is a specialized practice, while
community health nursing is a generalist practice.
C) The terms public health nursing and community health
nursing have the same meaning.
D) Community health nursing is a subset of public health
nursing.
Correct Answer: B) Public health nursing is a specialized
practice, while community health nursing is a generalist
practice.
Question 57: What remains a fundamental issue and
defining criteria for public health and community health
nursing?
A) The level of nurse education
B) The use of epidemiological methods
C) Target populations and communities
D) Geographic location of practice
Correct Answer: C) Target populations and communities.
Question 58: What is the main focus of community health
nursing practice?
A) Individual health promotion
B) Family health assessment
C) Promoting and protecting the health of populations
D) Providing curative care to the sick
Correct Answer: C) Promoting and protecting the health of
populations.
Question 59: According to the WHO charter, what is
considered one of the rights of all human beings?
A) The right to education
B) The right to employment
C) The right to health
D) The right to freedom of speech
Correct Answer: C) The right to health.
Question 60: What were the primary services provided
during the "Early Home Care" stage of community health
development?
A) Health promotion and illness prevention
B) Curative services for the wealthy
C) Education in healthy living
D) Individualized medical care
Correct Answer: D) Individualized medical care
Question 61: During which stage of community health
development was there an emphasis on curative and
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preventive services?
A) Early Home Care
B) District Nursing
C) Public Health Nursing
D) Community Health Nursing
Correct Answer: B) District Nursing
Question 62: What was the primary focus of public health
nursing during the "Public Health Nursing" stage?
A) Caring for the sick and wealthy
B) Promoting health and preventing illness in the general
public
C) Providing specialized medical care
D) Educating individuals about healthy living
Correct Answer: B) Promoting health and preventing illness
in the general public
Question 63: What is the primary focus of "Community
Health Nursing" as described in the text?
A) Providing individualized medical care
B) Addressing the needs of families
C) Promoting health promotion and illness prevention for
the total population
D) Offering specialized medical treatments
Correct Answer: C) Promoting health promotion and illness
prevention for the total population
Question 64: What term does the text use synonymously
with "public health nursing"?
A) Generalist practice
B) Community health nursing
C) Advanced nursing specialization
D) Governmental nursing
Correct Answer: B) Community health nursing
Question 65: How is "community health nursing" described
in relation to "public health nursing"?
A) It is an advanced level of specialization.
B) It is a beginning level of specialization.
C) Both terms are used interchangeably.
D) It is not a specialized field of nursing.
Correct Answer: B) It is a beginning level of specialization.
Question 66: What was the goal of the consensus
conference in 1985 regarding "public health nursing" and
"community health nursing"?
A) To resolve all issues of confusion
B) To distinguish the roles of nurses in communities
C) To eliminate the term "public health nursing"
D) To redefine nursing education
Correct Answer: B) To distinguish the roles of nurses in
communities
Question 67: What is the primary issue in the ongoing
debate over "public health nursing" and "community health
nursing"?
A) The level of nursing specialization
B) The use of medical technology
C) The funding of nursing education
D) The political advocacy of nurses
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Correct Answer: A) The level of nursing specialization
Question 68: In the context of the text, what is the focus of
"public health nursing"?
A) Providing medical care to individuals
B) Promoting health and preventing illness in populations
C) Advocating for nursing rights
D) Operating independent nursing practices
Correct Answer: A) Providing medical care to individuals
Question 69: What is the central focus of "community
health nursing"?
A) Providing specialized medical care
B) Promoting health and preventing illness in populations
C) Operating independent nursing practices
D) Advocating for political change in healthcare
Correct Answer: B) Promoting health and preventing illness
in populations
Question 70: What is the primary distinguishing criterion
between "public health nursing" and "community health
nursing"?
A) The use of advanced medical technology
B) The level of nursing specialization
C) The focus on individual care
D) The types of healthcare settings where nurses work
Correct Answer: B) The level of nursing specialization
Question 71: What is the primary philosophy encompassed
by the concept of health discussed in the text?
A) The right to free healthcare services
B) Working together for the common good
C) Continual development and self-help
D) Socialism and equal distribution of resources
Correct Answer: B) Working together for the common
good
Question 72: According to the text, what is the basis of
modern community health nursing?
A) Providing individualized medical care
B) Promoting health through advanced medical technology
C) Sharing responsibility and helping each other
D) Operating independent nursing practices
Correct Answer: C) Sharing responsibility and helping each
other
Question 73: What is emphasized in the text regarding the
delivery of health care services in the community?
A) A hierarchical leadership structure
B) Equal participation of the people
C) Exclusively medical interventions
D) Government control of healthcare
Correct Answer: B) Equal participation of the people
Question 74: According to the philosophy discussed in the
text, what potential do people in the community have?
A) The potential for wealth and success
B) The potential for political change
C) The potential for continual development and
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problem-solving
D) The potential for achieving advanced degrees in
healthcare
Correct Answer: C) The potential for continual
development and problem-solving
Question 75: How is health education projected based on
the philosophy discussed in the text?
A) Toward individuals in hospitals only
B) Exclusively through government programs
C) Toward individuals in various settings
D) Toward specific age groups only
Correct Answer: C) Toward individuals in various settings
Question 76: According to Florence Nightingale, how did
she define "Health"?
A) A state of being well physically only
B) A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being
C) A state of being free from disease
D) A state of maximum physical strength
Correct Answer: B) A state of complete physical, mental,
and social well-being
Question 77: What did Hippocrates believe influenced
human well-being according to the text?
A) Medical technology
B) Climate and environmental factors
C) Political ideologies
D) Economic status
Correct Answer: B) Climate and environmental factors
Question 78: How have health and disease historically been
considered?
A) As two separate entities
B) As unrelated to environmental factors
C) As two extremes of the same continuum
D) As unrelated to lifestyle choices
Correct Answer: C) As two extremes of the same
continuum
Question 79: What is the subtle difference between
"health" and "wellness" according to the text?
A) Health is an active process; wellness is a passive state.
B) Wellness is achieved through medical treatment; health is
a subjective feeling.
C) Health and wellness are the same concepts.
D) Wellness is a precursor to health; health is an active
process.
Correct Answer: D) Wellness is a precursor to health;
health is an active process.
Question 80: How does the text describe wellness?
A) As an inactive state of being
B) As a subjective phenomenon
C) As the absence of disease
D) As exclusively physical fitness
Correct Answer: B) As a subjective phenomenon
Question 81: How is illness described in the text?
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A) As a personal and interior experience
B) As an external phenomenon
C) As a societal issue
D) As an entirely objective condition
Correct Answer: A) As a personal and interior experience
Question 82: Which of the following statements about the
philosophy of health is correct according to the text?
A) It excludes sociocultural and economic aspects.
B) It promotes individualism and self-reliance.
C) It is based on the absence of disease.
D) It encompasses sociocultural and economic aspects.
Correct Answer: D) It encompasses sociocultural and
economic aspects.
Question 83: What is the emphasis of the philosophy
regarding working together for the common good?
A) Competing for resources
B) Achieving personal goals
C) Mutual benefit and behavior change
D) Individual success
Correct Answer: C) Mutual benefit and behavior change
Question 84: According to the text, what does "wellness"
involve?
A) Achieving physical fitness only
B) Making choices for a healthy and fulfilling life
C) The absence of disease
D) Passive lifestyle choices
Correct Answer: B) Making choices for a healthy and
fulfilling life
Question 85: What is the basis of wellness according to the
text?
A) Self-reliance and physical fitness
B) Optimum body and mind states
C) Governmental regulations
D) Advanced medical technology
Correct Answer: B) Optimum body and mind states
Question 86: What is the primary difference between
health and wellness?
A) Health is a precursor to wellness; wellness is an active
process.
B) Health is a subjective feeling; wellness is an inactive state.
C) Both terms are interchangeable.
D) Health is based on objective criteria; wellness is based on
personal opinion.
Correct Answer: A) Health is a precursor to wellness;
wellness is an active process.
Question 87: What did Florence Nightingale emphasize in
her definition of "Health"?
A) The absence of disease
B) Using every power the individual possesses
C) Political advocacy for healthcare
D) The role of advanced medical technology
Correct Answer: B) Using every power the individual
possesses
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Question 88: According to the WHO, how do they define
health?
A) A state of complete physical well-being
B) A state of physical fitness
C) A state of complete mental well-being
D) A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being
Correct Answer: D) A state of complete physical, mental,
and social well-being
Question 89: What is the origin of the term 'Health' as
discussed in the text?
A) Derived from Latin words
B) Invented by Florence Nightingale
C) A modern English word
D) Rooted in ancient Greek philosophy
Correct Answer: A) Derived from Latin words
Question 90: According to the text, what factors
influenced human well-being, as affirmed by Hippocrates?
A) Advanced medical treatments
B) The sum total of environmental factors
C) Political ideologies
D) Economic status
Correct Answer: B) The sum total of environmental factors
Question 91: What does the text suggest about the
relationship between health and illness?
A) Health and illness are two unrelated phenomena.
B) Illness is an external phenomenon, while health is internal.
C) Health and illness are two ends of the same continuum.
D) Illness is the opposite of wellness.
Correct Answer: C) Health and illness are two ends of the
same continuum.
Question 92: How does the text describe the concept of
wellness?
A) It is a passive state of being.
B) It is primarily achieved through medical interventions.
C) It involves making choices for a healthy and fulfilling life.
D) It is exclusively related to physical fitness.
Correct Answer: C) It involves making choices for a healthy
and fulfilling life.
Question 93: What does the text suggest is essential for
effective delivery of healthcare services in the community?
A) A hierarchical leadership structure
B) A top-down decision-making approach
C) A democratic team functioning
D) Exclusive control by healthcare professionals
Correct Answer: C) A democratic team functioning
Question 94: According to Florence Nightingale, what is
the focus of health?
A) The absence of disease
B) The use of advanced medical technology
C) Complete physical, mental, and social well-being
D) Achieving individual goals
Correct Answer: C) Complete physical, mental, and social
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well-being C) Subjective feelings

D) Severity of symptoms
Question 95: How does the text define health according to
the World Health Organization (WHO)? Correct Answer: B) Diagnostic tests and facts
A) The absence of disease or infirmity
B) The ability to achieve wealth and success Question 102: Which healthcare professionals seek to find
C) Complete physical well-being only the cause (etiology) of a disease?
D) The absence of mental health issues A) Nurses
B) Physicians
Correct Answer: A) The absence of disease or infirmity C) Psychologists
D) Social workers
Question 96: How does the text differentiate between
illness and disease? Correct Answer: B) Physicians
A) Illness is objective, while disease is subjective.
B) Illness is a pathological change, while disease is a feeling of Question 103: What is the study of diseases known as?
being sick. A) Sociology
C) Illness is always related to a pathologic problem, while B) Psychology
disease is not. C) Pathology
D) Illness and disease are interchangeable terms. D) Epidemiology

Correct Answer: B) Illness is a pathological change, while Correct Answer: C) Pathology

disease is a feeling of being sick.
Question 104: What is the primary role of a community
Question 97: What distinguishes disease from illness health nurse according to the text?
according to the text? A) Coordinating healthcare services
A) Disease is a subjective feeling, while illness is objective. B) Providing direct nursing intervention
B) Disease is personal, while illness is based on facts. C) Conducting diagnostic tests
C) Disease is an absence of ease, while illness is a pathologic D) Administering medications
change.
D) Disease pertains to social dysfunction, while illness does Correct Answer: B) Providing direct nursing intervention
not.
Question 105: What role involves facilitating learning for
Correct Answer: C) Disease is an absence of ease, while positive health behavior change?
illness is a pathologic change. A) Caregiver
B) Educator
Question 98: Who can determine if an individual is ill, C) Counselor
according to the text? D) Referral resource
A) Healthcare professionals
B) The individual themselves Correct Answer: B) Educator
C) Diagnostic tests
D) Family members Question 106: Which role focuses on teaching and assisting
clients in the use of the problem-solving process?
Correct Answer: B) The individual themselves A) Caregiver
B) Educator
Question 99: What is the focus of sickness according to the C) Counselor
text? D) Referral resource
A) A feeling of being sick
B) Pathologic changes in the body Correct Answer: C) Counselor
C) Social dysfunction
D) Personal health experiences Question 107: Which role links clients to services to meet
identified health needs?
Correct Answer: C) Social dysfunction A) Caregiver
B) Educator
Question 100: What does the term "disease" literally mean C) Counselor
according to the text? D) Referral resource
A) A feeling of unease
B) A pathological change Correct Answer: D) Referral resource
C) The absence of ease
D) An objective diagnosis Question 108: What does the role of a "Role Model"
involve?
Correct Answer: C) The absence of ease A) Providing direct nursing care
B) Demonstrating desired health-related behaviors
Question 101: What determines whether a condition is C) Coordinating healthcare services
classified as a disease? D) Administering diagnostic tests
A) Personal opinion
B) Diagnostic tests and facts Correct Answer: B) Demonstrating desired health-related
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behaviors D) Referral resource, Role model, Advocate

Question 109: In which role does a community health Correct Answer: C) Client-oriented roles,
nurse speak or act on behalf of clients who cannot do so for Delivery-oriented roles, Population-oriented roles
themselves?
A) Caregiver Question 116: What distinguishes the role of "Caregiver"
B) Educator from other community health nurse roles?
C) Counselor A) It involves coordinating healthcare services.
D) Advocate B) It focuses on advocating for clients.
C) It provides direct nursing intervention.
Correct Answer: D) Advocate D) It engages in shared decision making.

Question 110: What does the role of a "Primary Care Correct Answer: C) It provides direct nursing intervention.
Provider" entail?
A) Coordinating healthcare services Question 117: What is the primary goal of the "Primary
B) Providing essential health services Care Provider" role?
C) Teaching health behaviors A) To coordinate healthcare services
D) Linking clients to services B) To advocate for clients' rights
C) To prevent disease and promote health
Correct Answer: B) Providing essential health services D) To educate clients about health behaviors

Question 111: What is the role of a "Case Manager" in Correct Answer: C) To prevent disease and promote health.
community health nursing?
A) Coordinating healthcare services Question 118: What differentiates the "Educator" role
B) Providing direct nursing care from the "Counselor" role in community health nursing?
C) Advocating for clients A) The Educator focuses on advocacy, while the Counselor
D) Conducting diagnostic tests provides direct care.
B) The Educator emphasizes teaching for positive health
Correct Answer: A) Coordinating healthcare services behavior change, while the Counselor assists with
problem-solving.
Question 112: Which role involves organizing and C) The Educator coordinates healthcare services, while the
integrating services to best meet client needs in an efficient Counselor links clients to services.
manner? D) The Educator primarily serves as a role model, while the
A) Coordinator/Care Manager Counselor speaks on behalf of clients.
B) Collaborator
C) Liaison Correct Answer: B) The Educator emphasizes teaching for
D) Counselor positive health behavior change, while the Counselor assists
with problem-solving.
Correct Answer: A) Coordinator/Care Manager
Question 119: What is the primary focus of the
Question 113: What is the primary focus of the "Coordinator/Care Manager" role in community health
"Collaborator" role? nursing?
A) Engaging in shared decision making A) To educate clients about health behaviors
B) Providing direct nursing care B) To organize and integrate services efficiently
C) Advocating for clients C) To provide direct nursing intervention
D) Organizing healthcare services D) To speak on behalf of clients

Correct Answer: A) Engaging in shared decision making Correct Answer: B) To organize and integrate services
efficiently.
Question 114: What is the role of a "Liaison" in community
health nursing? Question 120: Which role maintains connections and
A) Providing direct nursing care communication between clients and healthcare providers?
B) Organizing healthcare services A) Coordinator/Care Manager
C) Engaging in shared decision making B) Advocate
D) Maintaining connections and communication between C) Liaison
clients and providers D) Educator

Correct Answer: D) Maintaining connections and Correct Answer: C) Liaison.

communication between clients and providers.
Question 115: What are the three categories of
community health nurse roles mentioned in the text?
A) Caregiver, Educator, Counselor
B) Coordinator/Case manager, Collaborator, Liaison
C) Client-oriented roles, Delivery-oriented roles,
Population-oriented roles
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Question 121: What is the primary focus of the "Case
Finder" role in community health nursing?
A) Initiating change in individual behaviors
B) Conducting research studies
C) Identifying clients with specific health problems
D) Mobilizing residents for community development

Correct Answer: C) Identifying clients with specific health
problems.
Question 122: What does the "Leader" role in community
health nursing primarily involve?
A) Conducting diagnostic tests
B) Initiating and facilitating change in behaviors
C) Identifying health problems at the population level
D) Building alliances to address health issues
Correct Answer: B) Initiating and facilitating change in
behaviors.
Question 123: What is the key responsibility of the
"Change Agent" role in community health nursing?
A) Conducting research to explain health phenomena
B) Mobilizing residents for community development
C) Initiating and facilitating change in individual or client
behaviors
D) Identifying clients with specific health problems
Correct Answer: C) Initiating and facilitating change in
individual or client behaviors.
Question 124: What does the "Community Developer"
role aim to achieve in community health nursing?
A) Identifying clients with specific health problems
B) Building alliances to address health issues
C) Mobilizing residents and population segments for action
D) Conducting research studies to evaluate interventions
Correct Answer: C) Mobilizing residents and population
segments for action.
Question 125: What is the primary responsibility of the
"Coalition Builder" role in community health nursing?
A) Identifying clients with specific health problems
B) Conducting research to explain health phenomena
C) Promoting the development of alliances to address health
issues
D) Initiating and facilitating change in individual behaviors
Correct Answer: C) Promoting the development of alliances
to address health issues.
Question 126: What is the primary focus of the
"Researcher" role in community health nursing?
A) Initiating and facilitating change in client behaviors
B) Identifying health problems at the population level
C) Conducting studies to explain health-related phenomena
D) Mobilizing residents for community development
Correct Answer: C) Conducting studies to explain
health-related phenomena.
Question 127: Which role in community health nursing
focuses on influencing clients and others to take action
regarding identified health problems?
A) Case Finder
B) Leader
C) Change Agent
D) Researcher
Correct Answer: B) Leader.
Question 128: What does the "Community Developer"
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role primarily involve in community health nursing?
A) Identifying clients with specific health problems
B) Building alliances to address health issues
C) Conducting research to explain health phenomena
D) Mobilizing residents and population segments for action
Correct Answer: D) Mobilizing residents and population
segments for action.
Question 129: Which role in community health nursing
conducts studies to evaluate the effectiveness of
interventions to control health-related issues?
A) Case Finder
B) Leader
C) Change Agent
D) Researcher
Correct Answer: D) Researcher.
Question 130: What is the main responsibility of the
"Coalition Builder" role in community health nursing?
A) Identifying clients with specific health problems
B) Conducting research to explain health phenomena
C) Promoting the development and maintenance of alliances
D) Initiating and facilitating change in individual behaviors
Correct Answer: C) Promoting the development and
maintenance of alliances.
Question 131: Which role in community health nursing is
geared toward raising awareness of population-level
problems?
A) Case Finder
B) Leader
C) Change Agent
D) Community Developer
Correct Answer: A) Case Finder.
Question 132: What is the primary goal of the "Leader"
role in community health nursing?
A) Conducting research studies
B) Influencing clients and others to take action
C) Identifying clients with specific health problems
D) Mobilizing residents for community development
Correct Answer: B) Influencing clients and others to take
action.
Question 133: Which role in community health nursing
focuses on conducting studies to explain health-related
phenomena?
A) Case Finder
B) Leader
C) Change Agent
D) Researcher
Correct Answer: D) Researcher.
Question 134: What does the "Change Agent" role aim to
achieve in community health nursing?
A) Initiating and facilitating change in individual or client
behaviors
B) Identifying clients with specific health problems
C) Mobilizing residents and population segments for action
D) Conducting research to evaluate interventions
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Correct Answer: A) Initiating and facilitating change in

individual or client behaviors.

Question 135: Which role in community health nursing is

primarily responsible for identifying health problems at the
population level?
A) Case Finder
B) Leader
C) Change Agent
D) Researcher

Correct Answer: A) Case Finder.

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02 Primary Health Care (PCH)

Question 1: What is the estimated number of people A) Personal Health Coverage

worldwide at risk of falling into poverty due to high B) Primary Healthcare
out-of-pocket health spending? C) Public Health Center
A) 500 million D) Private Health Corporation
B) 750 million
C) 930 million Answer: B) Primary Healthcare
D) 1.2 billion
Question 8: What obstacles to health does "Health for all"
Answer: C) 930 million seek to eliminate?
A) Lack of transportation
Question 2: According to the WHO, how many lives could B) Contaminated drinking-water
be saved by 2030 by scaling up primary health care C) Lack of entertainment options
interventions in low and middle-income countries? D) High taxes
A) 10 million
B) 30 million Answer: B) Contaminated drinking-water
C) 60 million
D) 100 million Question 9: Which organization recommends allocating an
additional 1% of GDP to primary health care?
Answer: C) 60 million A) UNICEF
B) WHO
Question 3: What additional investment is required C) UNESCO
annually to achieve the targets for primary health care with a D) UNDP
more comprehensive package of health services?
A) US$ 50 to US$ 100 billion Answer: B) WHO
B) US$ 100 to US$ 200 billion
C) US$ 200 to US$ 370 billion Question 10: What is the key concept in achieving "Health
D) US$ 500 billion for all" through primary health care?
A) Universal access to specialized care
Answer: C) US$ 200 to US$ 370 billion B) Access to well-equipped hospitals
C) Basic medical help in every village
Question 4: At the UN high level UHC meeting in 2019, what D) Privatization of healthcare services
did countries commit to?
A) Reducing healthcare budgets Answer: C) Basic medical help in every village
B) Expanding primary health care
C) Privatizing healthcare services Question 11: In addition to medical care, what other factors
D) Eliminating healthcare services does "Health for all" call for efforts in?
A) Space exploration
Answer: B) Expanding primary health care B) Agriculture, industry, education, housing, and
communications
Question 5: According to WHO, what percentage of GDP C) Fashion industry
does it recommend that every country allocate or reallocate D) Sports and entertainment
to primary health care?
A) 0.5% Answer: B) Agriculture, industry, education, housing, and
B) 1% communications
C) 2%
D) 5% Question 12: What is emphasized as essential for improving
the health of people living in impoverished conditions?
Answer: B) 1% A) High-tech medical equipment
B) Specialized healthcare centers
Question 6: What does "Health for all" primarily aim to C) A whole new way of life
bring within reach for everyone in a given country? D) Advanced pharmaceuticals
A) Access to advanced medical treatments
B) A state of well-being Answer: C) A whole new way of life
C) Unlimited access to doctors
D) Specialized healthcare services Question 13: What were the 1960s and 1970s characterized
as for many developing countries?
Answer: B) A state of well-being A) An era of economic decline
B) An era of healthcare surplus
Question 7: In the context of "Health for all," what does the C) An era of newly won independence
term "PHC" stand for? D) An era of technological advancement

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Question 20: Which declaration is associated with the
Answer: C) An era of newly won independence background information provided in this text?
A) Paris Declaration
Question 14: Why were access problems created in B) Geneva Declaration
predominantly rural societies during the establishment of C) Alma-Ata Declaration
healthcare services? D) New York Declaration
A) Lack of trained medical professionals
B) Lack of funding from donor nations Answer: C) Alma-Ata Declaration
C) Concentration of services in urban areas
D) Lack of interest in healthcare Question 21: What fundamental change in healthcare
services did the Alma-Ata Declaration emphasize for
Answer: C) Concentration of services in urban areas developing countries?
A) Increasing healthcare costs
Question 15: What was the primary reason for the B) Expanding specialized hospitals
population in rural areas visiting traditional healers in the C) Equity, access, and affordability
past? D) Privatizing healthcare delivery
A) Lack of access to modern healthcare
B) High cost of traditional medicine Answer: C) Equity, access, and affordability
C) Lack of belief in modern medicine
D) Limited availability of traditional healers Question 22: When was the Declaration of Alma-Ata
unanimously adopted by WHO member countries?
Answer: A) Lack of access to modern healthcare A) 1960
B) 1972
Question 16: What did further developments like oral C) 1978
rehydration solutions demonstrate? D) 1985
A) The need for more specialized care
B) The importance of hospital admissions Answer: C) 1978
C) The effectiveness of early intervention by caregivers and
village volunteers Question 23: According to the Alma-Ata Declaration, what is
D) The need for advanced medical equipment primary health care (PHC) based on?
A) Complex technology
Answer: C) The effectiveness of early intervention by B) Socially acceptable methods
caregivers and village volunteers C) Specialized treatments
D) High costs
Question 17: Which countries initiated successful programs
in the 1960s and 1970s to deliver a comprehensive program Answer: B) Socially acceptable methods
of primary care health services to poor rural populations?
A) France and Germany Question 24: What role does PHC play in the overall
B) China, Tanzania, Sudan, and Venezuela development of a community, according to the Alma-Ata
C) Canada and Australia Declaration?
D) India and Brazil A) It's an independent entity from the community.
B) It has no connection to economic development.
Answer: B) China, Tanzania, Sudan, and Venezuela C) It forms an integral part of development.
D) It focuses solely on curative care.
Question 18: What name emerged from the programs
initiated by China, Tanzania, Sudan, and Venezuela? Answer: C) It forms an integral part of development.
A) Universal Healthcare
B) Comprehensive Care Question 25: What is the first level of contact for individuals,
C) Primary Health Care families, and communities with the national health system,
D) Rural Health Services according to the Alma-Ata Declaration?
A) Specialized hospitals
Answer: C) Primary Health Care B) Private healthcare facilities
C) Primary Health Committees
Question 19: What organization undertook a synthesis of D) Primary health care
concepts related to primary health care during the 1970s?
A) UNDP Answer: D) Primary health care
B) UNICEF
C) WHO Question 26: What services were envisioned to be
D) UNESCO universally covered by PHC?
A) Advanced surgical procedures
Answer: C) WHO B) Preventive and curative programs
C) Specialized treatments for rare diseases
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D) Cosmetic surgery
Answer: B) Preventive and curative programs
Question 27: In the context of PHC, what was the approach
that involved various sectors and community participation?
A) Intersectoral approach
B) Single-sector approach
C) Centralized approach
D) Top-down approach
Answer: A) Intersectoral approach
Question 28: Who was intended to be involved in the
planning and implementation of their healthcare services
through community Primary Health Committees?
A) Government officials
B) International organizations
C) The community itself
D) Private healthcare providers
Answer: C) The community itself
Question 29: In areas where Western-trained medical
professionals were scarce, what role were Village Health
Workers supposed to play?
A) Managing hospitals
B) Providing advanced medical care
C) Serving as part of the healthcare system
D) Offering cosmetic procedures
Answer: C) Serving as part of the healthcare system
Question 30: What were some of the goals set for achieving
Health For All by the Year 2000 under the PHC framework?
A) At least 10% of gross national product should be spent on
health.
B) Access to trained personnel for attending pregnancy and
childbirth should be available.
C) Specialized hospitals should be established in every
community.
D) Only urban areas should have access to safe water.
Answer: B) Access to trained personnel for attending
pregnancy and childbirth should be available.
Question 31: What was one of the reasons PHC did not
achieve its goals, according to the provided information?
A) Lack of funding from developing countries
B) Refusal of experts and politicians to accept community
planning
C) Overemphasis on specialized healthcare
D) Limited participation from international organizations
Answer: B) Refusal of experts and politicians to accept
community planning
Question 32: What is the primary focus of primary care
within the context of healthcare?
A) Specialized care for rare diseases
B) Routine care and early detection
C) Emergency care
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D) Inpatient care
Answer: B) Routine care and early detection
Question 33: Who are the providers of primary health care
(PHC) services?
A) Only physicians
B) Only nurse practitioners
C) Various healthcare professionals
D) Specialists only
Answer: C) Various healthcare professionals
Question 34: According to the Alma-Ata Declaration, what is
primary care's role in the healthcare system?
A) To provide specialized care
B) To serve as the central function
C) To focus solely on emergencies
D) To operate independently from the system
Answer: B) To serve as the central function
Question 35: What is the focus of primary care?
A) Managing complex diseases
B) Emergency care
C) Routine care and early detection
D) Cosmetic procedures
Answer: C) Routine care and early detection
Question 36: According to the Alma-Ata Declaration, what is
the central focus of primary health care (PHC)?
A) Specialized medical treatments
B) Preventive healthcare only
C) The community's participation
D) Advanced technology
Answer: C) The community's participation
Question 37: What is the primary role of Village Health
Workers within the PHC framework?
A) Providing specialized medical care
B) Managing large hospitals
C) Serving as a formal part of the healthcare system
D) Delivering cosmetic procedures
Answer: C) Serving as a formal part of the healthcare system
Question 38: What did national governments worldwide
adopt as their official blueprint for total population coverage
with essential PHC services?
A) Specialized healthcare
B) Primary Health Committees
C) The Alma-Ata Declaration
D) Advanced pharmaceuticals
Answer: C) The Alma-Ata Declaration
Question 39: What percentage of gross national product
was recommended to be spent on health as one of the goals
for achieving Health For All by the Year 2000?
A) At least 1%
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B) At least 5%
C) At least 20% Answer: B) Equity, access, and affordability
D) At least 50%
Question 46: According to the Alma-Ata Declaration, what is
Answer: B) At least 5% the key role of the community in primary health care?
A) Providing specialized medical training
Question 40: According to the Alma-Ata Declaration, what B) Funding healthcare services
should be available within the home or immediate vicinity C) Planning and implementing their own healthcare services
regarding sanitary facilities? D) Exclusively relying on Western-trained doctors
A) Specialized medical equipment
B) Adequate sanitation Answer: C) Planning and implementing their own healthcare
C) Cosmetic surgery options services
D) Advanced technology
Question 47: What approach did the Alma-Ata Declaration
Answer: B) Adequate sanitation promote for the delivery of healthcare services?
A) Centralized approach
Question 41: What did the Alma-Ata Declaration emphasize B) Intersectoral approach
as the first level of contact for individuals, families, and C) Private healthcare approach
communities with the national health system? D) Top-down approach
A) Specialized hospitals
B) Primary Health Committees Answer: B) Intersectoral approach
C) Primary health care
D) Urban healthcare centers Question 48: What was the primary focus of primary care
within the healthcare system, according to the provided
Answer: C) Primary health care information?
A) Managing complex diseases
Question 42: In the context of primary care, what is the B) Providing specialized surgeries
focus on early detection and routine care primarily aimed at? C) Routine care and early detection
A) Specialized treatments D) Offering cosmetic procedures
B) Preventive healthcare only
C) Specialized surgeries Answer: C) Routine care and early detection
D) Managing rare diseases
Question 49: What is the Alma-Ata Declaration's vision for
Answer: B) Preventive healthcare only primary health care services?
A) Exclusive access to specialized hospitals
Question 43: What term best describes healthcare services B) Equitable, universal, and affordable healthcare for all
that are universally accessible to individuals and families in C) Limited access for rural communities
the community through their full participation and at an D) An emphasis on cosmetic procedures
affordable cost?
A) Primary care Answer: B) Equitable, universal, and affordable healthcare for
B) Secondary care all
C) Tertiary care
D) Specialized care Question 50: What is the primary goal of primary health
care as emphasized by the Alma-Ata Declaration?
Answer: A) Primary care A) Specialized medical research
B) Preventive healthcare only
Question 44: Who are the providers of primary health care C) Equity, access, and affordability
services within the PHC framework? D) Specialized surgical procedures
A) Only physicians
B) Only specialized surgeons Answer: C) Equity, access, and affordability
C) Various healthcare professionals
D) The community itself Question 51: In the representation of the healthcare
pyramid, which level of care is often situated at the top?
Answer: C) Various healthcare professionals A) Primary care
B) Secondary care
Question 45: What was the primary focus of the Alma-Ata C) Tertiary care
Declaration regarding healthcare services in developing D) Equitable care
countries?
A) Specialized medical treatments Answer: C) Tertiary care
B) Equity, access, and affordability
C) Urban healthcare centers Question 52: How many basic principles of primary health
D) Cosmetic procedures care are there?
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A) Three
B) Four
C) Five
D) Six
Answer: C) Five
Question 53: According to the principle of equitable
distribution, what does the "Inverse Care Law" suggest?
A) Availability of good medical care tends to vary directly
with the need for it.
B) Availability of good medical care tends to vary inversely
with the need for it.
C) Good medical care is evenly distributed regardless of need.
D) Good medical care is concentrated in affluent areas.
Answer: B) Availability of good medical care tends to vary
inversely with the need for it.
Question 54: What is the central theme that determines
equity in healthcare according to the principle of vertical
equity?
A) Equal access for equal needs
B) Unequal access for unequal needs
C) Equal distribution of healthcare resources
D) Unequal distribution of healthcare resources
Answer: A) Equal access for equal needs
Question 55: What is one of the prerequisites for
intersectoral coordination in primary health care?
A) Proper orientation of policies and programs
B) Isolation of healthcare sectors from others
C) Reducing community involvement
D) Avoiding joint evaluation and monitoring
Answer: A) Proper orientation of policies and programs
Question 56: What does the principle of horizontal equity in
healthcare aim to achieve?
A) Unequal access for equal needs
B) Equal access for unequal needs
C) Equal access for equal needs
D) Unequal access for unequal needs
Answer: C) Equal access for equal needs
Question 57: In the context of health workforce
development, what professionals contribute to
comprehensive healthcare?
A) Only physicians
B) Only nurses
C) Various healthcare professionals
D) Community health workers exclusively
Answer: C) Various healthcare professionals
Question 58: What role does community participation play
in primary health care?
A) Collecting data on health problems
B) Determining individual health needs
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C) Formulating health objectives based on community
priorities
D) Solely implementing healthcare programs
Answer: C) Formulating health objectives based on
community priorities
Question 59: What is the central theme that determines
equity in healthcare according to the principle of vertical
equity?
A) Equal access for equal needs
B) Unequal access for unequal needs
C) Equal distribution of healthcare resources
D) Unequal distribution of healthcare resources
Answer: A) Equal access for equal needs
Question 60: What is the role of intersectoral coordination
in primary health care?
A) It focuses exclusively on the health sector.
B) It excludes cooperative working alliances.
C) It involves other sectors of national and community
development.
D) It doesn't impact healthcare delivery.
Answer: C) It involves other sectors of national and
community development.
Question 61: According to the principles of PHC, what is the
first step in community participation?
A) Implementation by community members
B) Evaluation by community members
C) Identification and prioritization of problems
D) Planning together with the community
Answer: C) Identification and prioritization of problems
Question 62: What is the primary goal of equitable
distribution in healthcare, as per PHC principles?
A) To concentrate healthcare in affluent areas
B) To ensure that affluent areas have better healthcare
C) To provide healthcare services according to need
D) To provide equal healthcare services regardless of need
Answer: C) To provide healthcare services according to need
Question 63: Which level of care is often represented as the
base of the pyramid of health care?
A) Primary care
B) Secondary care
C) Tertiary care
D) Specialized care
Answer: A) Primary care
Question 64: What is the focus of primary care within the
healthcare system?
A) Specialized care for rare diseases
B) Routine care and early detection
C) Emergency care
D) Cosmetic procedures

Answer: B) Routine care and early detection
Question 65: According to the principles of PHC, what is the
role of the community in determining healthcare needs?
A) Solely collecting data on health problems
B) Solely implementing healthcare programs
C) Determining both collective needs and priorities
D) Exclusively planning healthcare objectives
Answer: C) Determining both collective needs and priorities
Question 66: What is the key role of Village Health Workers
within the PHC framework?
A) Managing hospitals
B) Providing advanced medical care
C) Serving as a formal part of the healthcare system
D) Offering cosmetic procedures
Answer: C) Serving as a formal part of the healthcare system
Question 67: What is the focus of primary care in the
healthcare system?
A) Preventive healthcare only
B) Specialized treatments
C) Routine care and early detection
D) Specialized surgeries
Answer: C) Routine care and early detection
Question 68: What is the Alma-Ata Declaration's vision for
primary health care services?
A) Concentration of healthcare in urban areas
B) Providing specialized healthcare
C) Equitable, universal, and affordable healthcare for all
D) Focusing on cosmetic procedures
Answer: C) Equitable, universal, and affordable healthcare for
all
Question 69: What is one of the reasons PHC did not
achieve its goals, according to the provided information?
A) Lack of funding from developing countries
B) Refusal of experts and politicians to accept community
planning
C) Overemphasis on specialized healthcare
D) Limited participation from international organizations
Answer: B) Refusal of experts and politicians to accept
community planning
Question 70: What is the primary focus of the Alma-Ata
Declaration regarding healthcare services in developing
countries?
A) Specialized medical treatments
B) Equity, access, and affordability
C) Urban healthcare centers
D) Cosmetic procedures
Answer: B) Equity, access, and affordability
Question 71: What is the primary role of Primary Health
Committees in community participation?
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A) Planning healthcare objectives
B) Providing specialized medical training
C) Evaluating healthcare programs
D) Involving the community in the planning and
implementation of healthcare services
Answer: D) Involving the community in the planning and
implementation of healthcare services
Question 72: According to the principle of vertical equity,
who should have more treatment?
A) Individuals with more need
B) Individuals with less need
C) Affluent individuals
D) Doctors and nurses
Answer: A) Individuals with more need
Question 73: According to the principles of PHC, what is the
role of the community in determining healthcare needs?
A) Solely collecting data on health problems
B) Solely implementing healthcare programs
C) Determining both collective needs and priorities
D) Exclusively planning healthcare objectives
Answer: C) Determining both collective needs and priorities
Question 74: What is the primary goal of equitable
distribution in healthcare, as per PHC principles?
A) To concentrate healthcare in affluent areas
B) To ensure that affluent areas have better healthcare
C) To provide healthcare services according to need
D) To provide equal healthcare services regardless of need
Answer: C) To provide healthcare services according to need
Question 75: What is the focus of primary care within the
healthcare system?
A) Preventive healthcare only
B) Specialized treatments
C) Routine care and early detection
D) Specialized surgeries
Answer: C) Routine care and early detection
Question 76: Which of the following is a potential difficulty
facing intersectoral coordination in healthcare?
A) Creating conflicts of interest
B) Increasing the cost of healthcare services
C) Maintaining cultural stability within organizations
D) Isolating healthcare agencies from other sectors
Answer: A) Creating conflicts of interest
Question 77: According to the definition of appropriate
technology, what should an appropriate technology be
maintainable with?
A) International resources
B) Local resources
C) Advanced technology
D) Government funding

Answer: B) Local resources
Question 78: Which element of primary health care involves
education on prevailing health problems and methods of
prevention and control?
A) Promotion of food supply
B) Maternal and child health care
C) Basic laboratory services
D) Education concerning prevailing health problems
Answer: D) Education concerning prevailing health problems
Question 79: What is the primary goal of intersectoral
coordination in healthcare, as outlined by WHO?
A) Creating conflicts of interest
B) Increasing the cost of healthcare services
C) Achieving Health for All
D) Maintaining cultural stability within organizations
Answer: C) Achieving Health for All
Question 80: In the context of appropriate technology,
what should be considered when choosing which health
needs to address?
A) The complexity of the technology
B) The availability of advanced technology
C) The magnitude of the population affected and the degree
of morbidity or mortality
D) The cost of the technology
Answer: C) The magnitude of the population affected and the
degree of morbidity or mortality
Question 81: What attribute of appropriate health
technologies ensures that they are maintainable with local
resources?
A) Scientific validity
B) Adaptation to local needs
C) Acceptability to users
D) Cost-effectiveness
Answer: B) Adaptation to local needs
Question 82: Which element of primary health care includes
the provision of essential drugs?
A) Education concerning prevailing health problems
B) Promotion of food supply and nutrition
C) Appropriate treatment of common diseases and injuries
D) Maternal and child health care
Answer: C) Appropriate treatment of common diseases and
injuries
Question 83: What is the key principle outlined by WHO for
achieving Health for All through primary health care?
A) Increasing healthcare costs
B) Maintaining cultural stability within organizations
C) Intersectoral coordination
D) Promoting advanced technology
Answer: C) Intersectoral coordination
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Question 84: According to the principles of appropriate
technology, what should technology be acceptable to?
A) Government agencies
B) Advanced technology developers
C) International organizations
D) Those who apply it and those for whom it is used
Answer: D) Those who apply it and those for whom it is used
Question 85: What role does the community play in
determining healthcare needs according to the principles of
primary health care?
A) Solely implementing healthcare programs
B) Exclusively planning healthcare objectives
C) Determining both collective needs and priorities
D) Collecting data on health problems
Answer: C) Determining both collective needs and priorities
Question 86: What is the primary goal of equitable
distribution in healthcare, as per PHC principles?
A) To concentrate healthcare in affluent areas
B) To ensure that affluent areas have better healthcare
C) To provide healthcare services according to need
D) To provide equal healthcare services regardless of need
Answer: C) To provide healthcare services according to need
Question 87: In the context of primary care, what is the
focus on early detection and routine care primarily aimed at?
A) Preventive healthcare only
B) Specialized treatments
C) Cosmetic procedures
D) Managing rare diseases
Answer: A) Preventive healthcare only
Question 88: What is the primary role of Primary Health
Committees in community participation?
A) Planning healthcare objectives
B) Providing specialized medical training
C) Evaluating healthcare programs
D) Involving the community in the planning and
implementation of healthcare services
Answer: D) Involving the community in the planning and
implementation of healthcare services
Question 89: What attribute of appropriate health
technologies ensures that they are scientifically valid?
A) Adaptation to local needs
B) Acceptability to users
C) Cost-effectiveness
D) Scientific soundness
Answer: D) Scientific soundness
Question 90: What is the focus of primary care within the
healthcare system?
A) Preventive healthcare only
B) Specialized treatments
C) Routine care and early detection

D) Specialized surgeries
Answer: C) Routine care and early detection
Question 91: What is the primary focus of the Alma-Ata
Declaration regarding healthcare services in developing
countries?
A) Specialized medical treatments
B) Equity, access, and affordability
C) Urban healthcare centers
D) Cosmetic procedures
Answer: B) Equity, access, and affordability
Question 92: What is the primary goal of intersectoral
coordination in healthcare?
A) Creating conflicts of interest
B) Increasing the cost of healthcare services
C) Achieving Health for All
D) Maintaining cultural stability within organizations
Answer: C) Achieving Health for All
Question 93: According to the principles of appropriate
technology, what should an appropriate technology be
maintainable with?
A) International resources
B) Local resources
C) Advanced technology
D) Government funding
Answer: B) Local resources
Question 94: What attribute of appropriate health
technologies ensures that they are maintainable with local
resources?
A) Scientific validity
B) Adaptation to local needs
C) Acceptability to users
D) Cost-effectiveness
Answer: B) Adaptation to local needs
Question 95: Which element of primary health care includes
the provision of essential drugs?
A) Education concerning prevailing health problems
B) Promotion of food supply and nutrition
C) Appropriate treatment of common diseases and injuries
D) Maternal and child health care
Answer: C) Appropriate treatment of common diseases and
injuries
Question 96: What is the key principle outlined by WHO for
achieving Health for All through primary health care?
A) Increasing healthcare costs
B) Maintaining cultural stability within organizations
C) Intersectoral coordination
D) Promoting advanced technology
Answer: C) Intersectoral coordination
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Question 97: According to the principles of appropriate
technology, what should technology be acceptable to?
A) Government agencies
B) Advanced technology developers
C) International organizations
D) Those who apply it and those for whom it is used
Answer: D) Those who apply it and those for whom it is used
Question 98: What role does the community play in
determining healthcare needs according to the principles of
primary health care?
A) Solely implementing healthcare programs
B) Exclusively planning healthcare objectives
C) Determining both collective needs and priorities
D) Collecting data on health problems
Answer: C) Determining both collective needs and priorities
Question 99: What is the primary goal of equitable
distribution in healthcare, as per PHC principles?
A) To concentrate healthcare in affluent areas
B) To ensure that affluent areas have better healthcare
C) To provide healthcare services according to need
D) To provide equal healthcare services regardless of need
Answer: C) To provide healthcare services according to need
Question 100: In the context of primary care, what is the
focus on early detection and routine care primarily aimed at?
A) Preventive healthcare only
B) Specialized treatments
C) Cosmetic procedures
D) Managing rare diseases
Answer: A) Preventive healthcare only
Question 101: Which international public health movement
significantly influenced Pakistan's healthcare initiatives
during the 1970s and 1980s?
A) The Smallpox Eradication Program
B) The Lady Health Worker Program
C) The Alma-Ata Declaration on Primary Health Care
D) The Roll Back Malaria initiative
Answer: C) The Alma-Ata Declaration on Primary Health Care
Question 102: What major health initiative in Pakistan was
launched in 1978 and targeted vaccine-preventable
childhood diseases?
A) Eradication of smallpox
B) Roll Back Malaria
C) Diarrhea control through oral rehydration solutions
D) National Expanded Program of Immunization
Answer: D) National Expanded Program of Immunization
Question 103: What is the primary goal of the Lady Health
Worker Program initiated in Pakistan in late 1993?
A) To combat tuberculosis
B) To ensure home delivery of health services
C) To eradicate smallpox

D) To provide directly observed treatment for malaria
Answer: B) To ensure home delivery of health services
Question 104: What role do lady health workers play in
Pakistan's healthcare system?
A) Providing secondary care in hospitals
B) Delivering first-level care at rural health centers
C) Administering immunizations
D) Overseeing food fortification programs
Answer: B) Delivering first-level care at rural health centers
Question 105: What is the primary purpose of integrated
primary health care services in Pakistan?
A) To establish an independent organizational structure for
each health program
B) To target different health conditions separately
C) To improve the health status of the people of Pakistan
D) To increase the number of secondary care hospitals
Answer: C) To improve the health status of the people of
Pakistan
Question 106: What major health initiative in Pakistan
aimed to reduce both infant and maternal mortality through
training of traditional birth attendants?
A) Roll Back Malaria
B) Eradication of smallpox
C) Diarrhea control through oral rehydration solutions
D) Infant and young child feeding program
Answer: D) Infant and young child feeding program
Question 107: In Pakistan, which program was launched in
2001 to provide directly observed treatment for tuberculosis
patients?
A) The Lady Health Worker Program
B) The Expanded Program of Immunization
C) The Roll Back Malaria initiative
D) DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment, Short Course)
Answer: D) DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment, Short
Course)
Question 108: What is the role of lady health workers in
Pakistan's healthcare system?
A) Providing secondary care in hospitals
B) Administering immunizations to children
C) Delivering first-level care at rural health centers
D) Overseeing food fortification programs
Answer: C) Delivering first-level care at rural health centers
Question 109: How many basic health units are there in
Pakistan's primary healthcare infrastructure?
A) 600 rural health centers
B) 7500 first-level care facilities
C) 100,000 lady health workers
D) 5000 basic health units
Answer: D) 5000 basic health units
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Question 110: What was launched in Pakistan in 2015 to
combat undernutrition, including infant and young child
feeding, malnutrition treatment, and food fortification?
A) Roll Back Malaria
B) Lady Health Worker Program
C) Infant and young child feeding program
D) Eradication of smallpox
Answer: C) Infant and young child feeding program
Question 111: How many secondary care hospitals support
primary healthcare services in Pakistan?
A) 600
B) 7500
C) 100,000
D) 989
Answer: D) 989
Question 112: What is the primary goal of the Roll Back
Malaria initiative launched in Pakistan in 1998?
A) To eradicate smallpox
B) To combat tuberculosis
C) To reduce infant and maternal mortality
D) To control the spread of malaria
Answer: D) To control the spread of malaria
Question 113: Which organization initiated the Lady Health
Worker Program in Pakistan?
A) World Health Organization (WHO)
B) United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund
(UNICEF)
C) Pakistan Ministry of Health
D) Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Answer: A) World Health Organization (WHO)
Question 114: What was the primary focus of Pakistan's
healthcare initiatives during the 1960s and 1970s?
A) Eradication of smallpox
B) Strengthening healthcare infrastructure
C) Combatting malaria
D) Providing specialized medical treatments
Answer: B) Strengthening healthcare infrastructure
Question 115: What is the significance of the Alma-Ata
Declaration on Primary Health Care for Pakistan's healthcare
efforts?
A) It emphasized the importance of urban healthcare centers.
B) It promoted advanced medical technology.
C) It provided stimulus for the PHC movement in Pakistan.
D) It focused on providing secondary care.
Answer: C) It provided stimulus for the PHC movement in
Pakistan.
Question 116: What significant health achievement was
made in Pakistan in 1974?
A) Launch of the Lady Health Worker Program

B) Roll Back Malaria initiative
C) Eradication of smallpox
D) Introduction of DOTS for tuberculosis treatment
Answer: C) Eradication of smallpox
Question 117: What program was launched in Pakistan in
1978 to target vaccine-preventable childhood diseases?
A) Eradication of smallpox
B) Roll Back Malaria
C) Diarrhea control through oral rehydration solutions
D) National Expanded Program of Immunization
Answer: D) National Expanded Program of Immunization
Question 118: In what decade were the 1970s and 1980s
considered the decades of PHC in Pakistan?
A) 1950s
B) 1960s
C) 1970s
D) 1980s
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Answer: C) 1970s
Question 119: What role did the Lady Health Worker
Program play in Pakistan's healthcare system?
A) Providing secondary care in hospitals
B) Administering immunizations to children
C) Delivering first-level care at rural health centers
D) Overseeing food fortification programs
Answer: C) Delivering first-level care at rural health centers
Question 120: What is the primary purpose of integrated
primary health care services in Pakistan?
A) To establish an independent organizational structure for
each health program
B) To target different health conditions separately
C) To improve the health status of the people of Pakistan
D) To increase the number of secondary care hospitals
Answer: C) To improve the health status of the people of
Pakistan
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03 Pakistan Health Care System
Question 1: What is the primary purpose of a health system,
according to the World Health Organization (WHO)?
A)To generate profits for healthcare providers
B) To organize people and institutions for any purpose
C) To deliver healthcare services to meet the health needs of
target populations
D) To provide medical education to students
Answer: C) To deliver healthcare services to meet the health
needs of target populations
Question 2: What type of hospital is typically linked with a
religious denomination and aims to provide service to the
community?
A)Public Hospital
B) Private Hospital
C) Non-profit Hospital
D) Specialized Hospital
Answer: C) Non-profit Hospital
Question 3: Which type of hospital is owned by investors
with the goal of earning a profit and often offers more
profitable services like elective surgery?
A)Public Hospital
B) Private Hospital
C) Non-profit Hospital
D) Specialized Hospital
Answer: B) Private Hospital
Question 4: What is the primary responsibility of a
District/first-level referral hospital?
A)To provide services to a specific age group
B) To offer specialized care for specific diseases
C) To serve as the first point of contact with a health
professional
D) To be responsible for a defined geographical area and
population
Answer: D) To be responsible for a defined geographical area
and population
Question 5: Who are considered physicians/doctors in the
healthcare workforce?
A)Graduates of any school of medicine working in any field
B) Individuals with midwifery education
C) Persons who have completed basic nursing education
D) Dentists and pharmacists
Answer: A) Graduates of any school of medicine working in
any field
Question 6: What does the term "health system" refer to?
A)A set of unrelated healthcare facilities
B) An organized structure for generating profits
C) The organization delivering healthcare services to meet
the health needs of target populations
D) A network of private clinics
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Answer: C) The organization delivering healthcare services to
meet the health needs of target populations
Question 7: Which type of hospital is funded and owned by
local, state, or federal governments?
A)Public Hospital
B) Non-profit Hospital
C) Private Hospital
D) Specialized Hospital
Answer: A) Public Hospital
Question 8: What is the primary goal of non-profit
hospitals?
A)To provide specialized medical treatments
B) To maximize profits for investors
C) To earn a profit for the community
D) To provide service to the community
Answer: D) To provide service to the community
Question 9: What is the primary goal of private hospitals?
A)To provide service to the community
B) To maximize profits for investors
C) To deliver specialized medical treatments
D) To offer profitable services like elective surgery
Answer: B) To maximize profits for investors
Question 10: What does a District/first-level referral
hospital govern in terms of healthcare services?
A)A specific age group
B) A defined geographical area and population
C) Specialized care for specific diseases
D) The entire healthcare system
Answer: B) A defined geographical area and population
Question 11: Which healthcare facilities are typically the
first point of contact with a health professional?
A)General Hospitals
B) Specialized Hospitals
C) Primary Health-care Centers
D) District/first-level referral hospitals
Answer: C) Primary Health-care Centers
Question 12: Who are considered midwives in the
healthcare workforce?
A)Graduates of any school of medicine
B) Individuals with prior nursing education
C) Persons authorized to provide responsible and competent
nursing services
D) Persons who have completed a program of midwifery
education
Answer: D) Persons who have completed a program of
midwifery education
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Question 13: What is the primary role of nurses in the
healthcare workforce?
A)Providing responsible and competent service for the
promotion of health
B) Administering immunizations to children
C) Delivering specialized medical treatments
D) Managing healthcare facilities
Answer: A) Providing responsible and competent service for
the promotion of health
Question 14: What is the main purpose of a specialized
hospital?
A)To deliver a range of different services for various age
groups
B) To provide general healthcare services
C) To focus on a specific disease or condition
D) To serve as a first-level referral hospital
Answer: C) To focus on a specific disease or condition
Question 15: What does the term "hospital system" refer
to?
A)A network of unrelated hospitals
B) A group of healthcare facilities that work together for
profit
C) A group of hospitals or facilities that work together to
deliver services to communities
D) A single, standalone hospital
Answer: C) A group of hospitals or facilities that work
together to deliver services to communities
Question 16: What does the term "health infrastructure"
refer to?
A)The physical buildings of healthcare facilities
B) The organization of people, institutions, and resources
C) The ownership of healthcare facilities
D) The financial goals of healthcare providers
Answer: A) The physical buildings of healthcare facilities
Question 17: What is the primary goal of a public hospital?
A)To provide specialized medical treatments
B) To maximize profits for investors
C) To provide service to the community
D) To serve a specific religious denomination
Answer: C) To provide service to the community
Question 18: What type of hospital aims to avoid
unprofitable services like emergency medicine?
A)Public Hospital
B) Private Hospital
C) Non-profit Hospital
D) Specialized Hospital
Answer: B) Private Hospital
Question 19: Which healthcare professionals are considered
part of the health workforce?
A)Graduates of any school of medicine
B) Dentists and pharmacists
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C) All of the above
D) None of the above
Answer: C) All of the above
Question 20: What is the primary purpose of primary
health-care centers?
A)To provide specialized medical treatments
B) To serve as the first point of contact with a health
professional
C) To maximize profits for investors
D) To provide emergency care services
Answer: B) To serve as the first point of contact with a health
professional
Question 21: What is the main characteristic of a non-profit
hospital?
A)Maximizing profits for investors
B) Providing service to the community
C) Offering profitable elective surgeries
D) Avoiding specialized medical treatments
Answer: B) Providing service to the community
Question 22: Which type of healthcare facility typically
avoids providing unprofitable services such as emergency
medicine?
A)Public Hospital
B) Private Hospital
C) Non-profit Hospital
D) Specialized Hospital
Answer: B) Private Hospital
Question 23: What is the primary responsibility of a primary
health-care center?
A)To serve as a first-level referral hospital
B) To deliver specialized medical treatments
C) To provide emergency care services
D) To be the first point of contact with a health professional
Answer: D) To be the first point of contact with a health
professional
Question 24: What is the goal of the Lady Health Worker
Programme in Pakistan?
A)To provide specialized medical treatments
B) To ensure home delivery of healthcare services
C) To maximize profits for investors
D) To focus on research and laboratory services
Answer: B) To ensure home delivery of healthcare services
Question 25: Which type of hospital is funded by local, state,
or federal governments and may be associated with medical
schools?
A)Public Hospital
B) Private Hospital
C) Non-profit Hospital
D) Specialized Hospital
Answer: A) Public Hospital
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D) Medical Care
Question 26: Which health professional is responsible for
responding to the national definition of health-care providers Answer: B) Secondary Health Care
but is not a physician, midwife, nurse, pharmacist, or dentist?
A)Community health nurse Question 33: Who primarily works at the Primary Health
B) Health technician Care level?
C) Dispenser A)Specialists and surgeons
D) Therapist B) Nurses and midwives
C) Health technicians
Answer: B) Health technician D) Emergency responders

Question 27: In the public health approach, what is the Answer: B) Nurses and midwives
main focus of preventing epidemics and the spread of
disease? Question 34: In the public health model, what is
A)Individual diagnosis emphasized in interventions?
B) Disease treatment A)Individual behavior
C) Population B) Disease treatment
D) Government intervention C) Population health
D) Government regulations
Answer: C) Population
Answer: C) Population health
Question 28: At which level of healthcare does Primary
Health Care (PHC) mainly focus on prevention and promotion Question 35: Which level of healthcare often conducts
rather than cure? specialized surgeries and treatments?
A)Primary Health Care A)Primary Health Care
B) Secondary Health Care B) Secondary Health Care
C) Tertiary Health Care C) Tertiary Health Care
D) Medical Care D) Medical Care

Answer: A) Primary Health Care Answer: C) Tertiary Health Care

Question 29: Which level of healthcare often conducts Question 36: Who typically owns and operates private
Normal Vaginal Delivery (NVD)? hospitals?
A)Tertiary Health Care A)Local government
B) Secondary Health Care B) Non-profit organizations
C) Medical Care C) Private investors
D) Primary Health Care D) Medical schools

Answer: D) Primary Health Care Answer: C) Private investors

Question 30: What is the primary goal of the public health
system's approach to health?
A)Individual diagnosis and treatment
B) Disease prevention and promotion
C) Government control of healthcare
D) Private medical care services
Answer: B) Disease prevention and promotion
Question 31: What is the primary purpose of the public
health system?
A)Maximizing profits for investors
B) Individual disease diagnosis
C) Disease prevention and promotion
D) Government control of healthcare
Answer: C) Disease prevention and promotion
Question 32: Which level of healthcare focuses on detecting
and treating diseases?
A)Primary Health Care
B) Secondary Health Care
C) Tertiary Health Care
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Question 37: What is the main goal of non-profit hospitals?
A)Maximizing profits for investors
B) Providing service to the community
C) Avoiding specialized medical treatments
D) Focusing on research and laboratory services
Answer: B) Providing service to the community
Question 38: What type of hospital is often associated with
a religious denomination?
A)Public Hospital
B) Private Hospital
C) Non-profit Hospital
D) Specialized Hospital
Answer: C) Non-profit Hospital
Question 39: What is the primary goal of private hospitals?
A)Providing service to the community
B) Maximizing profits for investors
C) Offering profitable elective surgeries
D) Avoiding unprofitable services
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Answer: B) Maximizing profits for investors

Answer: D) Primary Health Care
Question 40: Which healthcare level focuses on prevention,
promotion, and being the first point of contact? Question 47: Who is responsible for responding to the
A)Primary Health Care national definition of health-care providers but is not a
B) Secondary Health Care physician, midwife, nurse, pharmacist, or dentist?
C) Tertiary Health Care A)Community health nurse
D) Medical Care B) Health technician
C) Dispenser
Answer: A) Primary Health Care D) Therapist

Question 41: What is the main focus of the medical model Answer: B) Health technician
in healthcare?
A)Population health Question 48: In the public health approach, what is the
B) Individual diagnosis and treatment main focus of preventing epidemics and the spread of
C) Disease prevention and promotion disease?
D) Government regulations A)Individual diagnosis
B) Disease treatment
Answer: B) Individual diagnosis and treatment C) Population
D) Government intervention
Question 42: Who primarily works at the Secondary Health
Care level? Answer: C) Population
A)Specialists and surgeons
B) Nurses and midwives Question 49: What type of hospital is funded by local, state,
C) Health technicians or federal governments and may be associated with medical
D) Emergency responders schools?
A)Public Hospital
Answer: A) Specialists and surgeons B) Private Hospital
C) Non-profit Hospital
Question 43: What is the goal of the Lady Health Worker D) Specialized Hospital
Programme in Pakistan?
A)Providing specialized medical treatments Answer: A) Public Hospital
B) Ensuring home delivery of healthcare services
C) Maximizing profits for investors Question 50: What is the primary purpose of the public
D) Focusing on research and laboratory services health system?
A)Maximizing profits for investors
Answer: B) Ensuring home delivery of healthcare services B) Individual disease diagnosis
C) Disease prevention and promotion
Question 44: What is the primary responsibility of a primary D) Government control of healthcare
health-care center?
A)To serve as a first-level referral hospital Answer: C) Disease prevention and promotion
B) To deliver specialized medical treatments
C) To provide emergency care services Question 51: Which healthcare level is concerned with early
D) To be the first point of contact with a health professional disease detection and prompt treatment?
A)Primary Health Care
Answer: D) To be the first point of contact with a health B) Secondary Health Care
professional C) Tertiary Health Care
D) Medical Care
Question 45: What is the main goal of the public health
system's approach to health? Answer: B) Secondary Health Care
A)Individual diagnosis and treatment
B) Disease prevention and promotion Question 52: At which healthcare level does one typically
C) Government control of healthcare find specialized units and departments like psychiatry,
D) Private medical care services Ophthalmology, and Orthopedics?
A)Primary Health Care
Answer: B) Disease prevention and promotion B) Secondary Health Care
C) Tertiary Health Care
Question 46: Which healthcare level often conducts Normal D) Medical Care
Vaginal Delivery (NVD)?
A)Tertiary Health Care Answer: C) Tertiary Health Care
B) Secondary Health Care
C) Medical Care Question 53: What is the primary focus of the Basic Health
D) Primary Health Care Unit in Pakistan?
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A)Disease treatment D) 100,000 or more

B) High-level care
C) Health promotion and disease prevention Answer: D) 100,000 or more
D) Specialized surgeries
Question 60: Which healthcare level provides more curative
Answer: C) Health promotion and disease prevention healthcare?
A)Primary Health Care
Question 54: On average, how many people does a Basic B) Secondary Health Care
Health Unit in Pakistan serve? C) Tertiary Health Care
A)1,000 - 5,000 D) Medical Care
B) 5,000 - 10,000
C) 10,000 - 25,000 Answer: B) Secondary Health Care
D) 25,000 - 50,000
Question 61: Which healthcare level is focused on
Answer: C) 10,000 - 25,000 preventing epidemics and the spread of disease?
A)Primary Health Care
Question 55: What is the staffing composition of a Basic B) Secondary Health Care
Health Unit in Pakistan? C) Tertiary Health Care
A)One medical officer, one health technician, one dispenser, D) Medical Care
5-10 lady health workers, one security guard, one Dai/TBA
B) One medical superintendent, one deputy medical Answer: A) Primary Health Care
superintendent, one staff nurse, one dispenser
C) One surgeon, one gynecologist, one obstetrician, one staff Question 62: What is the primary purpose of a Basic Health
nurse, one dispenser Unit in Pakistan?
D) One medical officer, one nurse, one health technician, one A)Providing specialized surgeries
dispenser B) Offering emergency care
C) Promoting health and preventing disease
Answer: A) One medical officer, one health technician, one D) Conducting research and laboratory services
dispenser, 5-10 lady health workers, one security guard, one
Dai/TBA Answer: C) Promoting health and preventing disease

Question 56: What is the catchment area population served Question 63: Which healthcare level typically has integrated
by a Rural Health Center in Pakistan? departments like gynecology and general surgery?
A)1,000 - 5,000 A)Basic Health Unit
B) 5,000 - 10,000 B) Rural Health Center
C) 10,000 - 25,000 C) Taluka Head Quarter Hospital
D) 50,000 - 100,000 D) Tertiary Health Care

Answer: D) 50,000 - 100,000 Answer: C) Taluka Head Quarter Hospital

Question 57: What is the primary focus of a Rural Health Question 64: What is the primary responsibility of Taluka
Center in Pakistan? Head Quarter Hospitals in Pakistan?
A)Specialized surgeries A)Health promotion and disease prevention
B) Disease treatment B) Providing specialized surgeries
C) Health promotion and disease prevention C) Prompt diagnosis and treatment of diseases
D) Emergency care D) Emergency care services

Answer: C) Health promotion and disease prevention Answer: C) Prompt diagnosis and treatment of diseases

Question 58: Which healthcare level is included in the Question 65: What does NVD stand for in the context of
secondary health care level in Pakistan? primary health care?
A)Basic Health Unit A)Non-Viable Delivery
B) Rural Health Center B) Normal Vaginal Delivery
C) Taluka Head Quarter Hospital C) Neonatal Vaccination Drive
D) Primary Health Care D) Non-invasive Disease Detection

Answer: C) Taluka Head Quarter Hospital Answer: B) Normal Vaginal Delivery

Question 59: What is the population size that a Taluka Head Question 66: Who primarily staffs the Basic Health Units in
Quarter Hospital typically serves? Pakistan?
A)1,000 - 5,000 A)Specialists and surgeons
B) 5,000 - 10,000 B) Nurses and midwives
C) 10,000 - 50,000 C) Lady health workers and security guards
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D) Surgeons and gynecologists D) Generating revenue for investors

Answer: B) Nurses and midwives Answer: B) Providing service to the community

Question 67: What is the primary goal of the Lady Health Question 74: Which healthcare level focuses on disease
Worker Programme in Pakistan? treatment rather than prevention?
A)Specialized medical treatments A)Primary Health Care
B) Emergency medical care B) Secondary Health Care
C) Ensuring home delivery of healthcare services C) Tertiary Health Care
D) Providing laboratory services D) Medical Care

Answer: C) Ensuring home delivery of healthcare services Answer: B) Secondary Health Care

Question 68: How many beds are typically found in a Rural Question 75: What does the abbreviation DOTS stand for in
Health Center in Pakistan? the context of healthcare in Pakistan?
A)1-5 beds A)Diverse Options for Treatment and Surgery
B) 5-10 beds B) Directly Observed Treatment, Short Course
C) 10-25 beds C) Disease Onset and Treatment Strategy
D) 25-50 beds D) Diagnostic Options for Treatment and Surgery

Answer: C) 10-25 beds Answer: B) Directly Observed Treatment, Short Course

Question 69: What is the primary responsibility of a Rural
Health Center in Pakistan?
A)Conducting research and laboratory services
B) Offering specialized surgeries
C) Promoting health and preventing disease
D) Providing emergency care services
Answer: C) Promoting health and preventing disease
Question 70: What is the primary focus of the Taluka Head
Quarter Hospital in Pakistan?
A)Providing health education
B) Specialized surgeries
C) Offering specialized dental care
D) Promoting family planning
Answer: B) Specialized surgeries
Question 71: What is the primary role of community health
nurses in the healthcare system?
A)Conducting research
B) Promoting health and preventing disease
C) Performing specialized surgeries
D) Managing hospital finances
Answer: B) Promoting health and preventing disease
Question 72: Who primarily funds and owns public hospitals
in Pakistan?
A)Private investors
B) Local, state, or federal governments
C) Religious denominations
D) Medical schools
Answer: B) Local, state, or federal governments
Question 73: What is the main financial goal of non-profit
hospitals in Pakistan?
A)Maximizing profits
B) Providing service to the community
C) Offering specialized surgeries
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Question 76: Which healthcare facility in Pakistan provides
medical and nursing education in addition to specialized
healthcare services?
A)District Head Quarter Hospital
B) Basic Health Unit
C) Provincial or Teaching Hospital
D) Rural Health Center
Answer: C) Provincial or Teaching Hospital
Question 77: What is the primary purpose of immunization
in the healthcare system?
A)Providing treatment for infectious diseases
B) Stimulating certain body reactions to produce antibodies
C) Conducting regular surveillance of diseases
D) Educating families about hygiene practices
Answer: B) Stimulating certain body reactions to produce
antibodies
Question 78: What is the term used to describe diseases
that are constantly present to a greater or lesser extent in a
particular locality?
A)Epidemic diseases
B) Chronic diseases
C) Endemic diseases
D) Acute diseases
Answer: C) Endemic diseases
Question 79: Which healthcare level is primarily focused on
the prevention and promotion of health?
A)Primary Health Care
B) Secondary Health Care
C) Tertiary Health Care
D) District Head Quarter Hospital
Answer: A) Primary Health Care
Question 80: What is the purpose of isolating patients in
the context of controlling diseases?
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A)To provide better treatment

B) To educate patients about hygiene Question 87: What does the term "endemic diseases" refer
C) To prevent the spread of disease to others to in the context of healthcare?
D) To conduct regular surveillance A)Diseases that occur occasionally in a particular locality
B) Diseases that are constantly present in a specific area
Answer: C) To prevent the spread of disease to others C) Diseases caused by contaminated water sources
D) Diseases with high mortality rates
Question 81: Which type of hospital is often
community-based and primarily aims to provide service to Answer: B) Diseases that are constantly present in a specific
the community without profit as its main goal? area
A)Public Hospital
B) Non-profit Hospital Question 88: Which healthcare level provides care to
C) Private Hospital disabilities and offers rehabilitation services?
D) Teaching Hospital A)Primary Health Care
B) Secondary Health Care
Answer: B) Non-profit Hospital C) Tertiary Health Care
D) Rural Health Center
Question 82: What is the primary purpose of a public
hospital in Pakistan? Answer: C) Tertiary Health Care
A)Earning a profit
B) Providing services to the community Question 89: What is the primary role of community health
C) Conducting medical research workers in the healthcare team?
D) Promoting medical education A)Providing surgical care
B) Conducting medical research
Answer: B) Providing services to the community C) Administering vaccinations
D) Assisting in childbirth
Question 83: Which healthcare level provides high-level
care, rehabilitation, and specialized services such as Answer: C) Administering vaccinations
psychiatry and oncology?
A)Primary Health Care Question 90: In the public health approach, what is the
B) Secondary Health Care focus of interventions?
C) Tertiary Health Care A)Individual diagnosis and treatment
D) Basic Health Unit B) Early disease detection
C) Population-level prevention and promotion
Answer: C) Tertiary Health Care D) Environmental hazards

Question 84: What is the primary focus of the Primary Answer: C) Population-level prevention and promotion
Health Care (PHC) level in Pakistan?
A)Prevention and promotion Question 91: Which level of healthcare primarily focuses on
B) Early disease detection treatment rather than prevention?
C) Rehabilitation services A)Primary Health Care
D) Providing specialized care B) Secondary Health Care
C) Tertiary Health Care
Answer: A) Prevention and promotion D) Basic Health Unit

Question 85: Which healthcare level is responsible for early Answer: B) Secondary Health Care
disease detection and prompt treatment?
A)Primary Health Care Question 92: What is the primary function of a Taluka Head
B) Secondary Health Care Quarter Hospital?
C) Tertiary Health Care A)Early disease detection
D) Basic Health Unit B) Providing care to disabilities
C) Diagnosis and treatment of diseases
Answer: B) Secondary Health Care D) Promotion of hygiene practices

Question 86: What is the primary purpose of immunization Answer: C) Diagnosis and treatment of diseases
in the healthcare system?
A)Providing treatment for infectious diseases Question 93: Which healthcare level primarily promotes
B) Stimulating certain body reactions to produce antibodies health and prevents diseases through immunization, health
C) Conducting regular surveillance of diseases education, and family planning?
D) Educating families about hygiene practices A)Primary Health Care
B) Secondary Health Care
Answer: B) Stimulating certain body reactions to produce C) Tertiary Health Care
antibodies D) Rural Health Center
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D) Basic Health Unit

Answer: A) Primary Health Care
Answer: B) Secondary Health Care
Question 94: What does the term "endemic" mean in the
context of healthcare? Question 101: What is the main objective of devolution in
A)Diseases that occur occasionally in a particular locality the health department?
B) Diseases that are constantly present in a specific area A)Centralized decision-making
C) Diseases caused by contaminated water sources B) Empowerment of the national government
D) Diseases with high mortality rates C) Empowerment of the people at the grassroots level
D) Reduction of healthcare services
Answer: B) Diseases that are constantly present in a specific
area Answer: C) Empowerment of the people at the grassroots
level
Question 95: What is the main goal of a non-profit hospital?
A)Providing service to the community Question 102: What type of hospitals fall under Type-C in
B) Earning a profit resource distribution for the district?
C) Conducting medical research A)Civil Hospitals
D) Promoting medical education B) Sub Health Centers
C) Basic Health Units (BHUs)
Answer: A) Providing service to the community D) Tehsil HQ Hospitals

Question 96: What is the primary focus of the public health
approach?
A)Individual diagnosis and treatment
B) Population-level prevention and promotion
C) Early disease detection
D) Environmental hazards
Answer: B) Population-level prevention and promotion
Question 97: In the context of healthcare, what are
"common diseases"?
A)Diseases that are rare in a particular region
B) Diseases that occur only in urban areas
C) Diseases that frequently affect the population
D) Chronic diseases
Answer: C) Diseases that frequently affect the population
Question 98: What is the primary purpose of isolating
patients in the context of controlling diseases?
A)To provide better treatment
B) To educate patients about hygiene
C) To prevent the spread of disease to others
D) To conduct regular surveillance
Answer: C) To prevent the spread of disease to others
Question 99: What is the primary purpose of the medical
model in healthcare?
A)Early disease detection
B) Individual diagnosis and treatment
C) Population-level prevention
D) Environmental hazard control
Answer: B) Individual diagnosis and treatment
Answer: D) Tehsil HQ Hospitals
Question 103: Which level of healthcare is primarily
responsible for preventing and controlling communicable and
non-communicable diseases?
A)Primary Health Care (PHC)
B) Secondary Health Care
C) Tertiary Health Care
D) District Level
Answer: D) District Level
Question 104: In the context of healthcare, what does HMIS
stand for?
A)Healthcare Management and Information System
B) Health Monitoring and Information Services
C) Health Management Information System
D) Hospital Management and Information System
Answer: C) Health Management Information System
Question 105: What is the purpose of maintaining medical
and health statistics under HMIS at the district level?
A)To keep track of government budgets
B) To create complex medical reports
C) To monitor the distribution of resources
D) To improve healthcare delivery and planning
Answer: D) To improve healthcare delivery and planning
Question 106: Which type of hospital system aims to earn a
profit?
A)Public Hospitals
B) Non-profit Hospitals
C) Private Hospitals

Question 100: Which healthcare level is primarily Answer: C) Private Hospitals

responsible for providing prompt diagnosis and treatment of
diseases? Question 107: What does the acronym PHC stand for?
A)Primary Health Care A)Primary Health Coordination
B) Secondary Health Care B) Public Health Centers
C) Tertiary Health Care C) Primary Health Care
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Question 115: What is the main goal of the public health

Answer: C) Primary Health Care approach?
A)To maximize profits
Question 108: Which level of health care focuses on early B) To provide specialized medical care
detection and treatment of diseases? C) To promote health, prevent diseases, and respond to
A)Primary Health Care disasters
B) Secondary Health Care
C) Tertiary Health Care Answer: C) To promote health, prevent diseases, and respond
to disasters
Answer: B) Secondary Health Care
Question 116: What does HMIS stand for in healthcare?
Question 109: What is the main goal of non-profit A)Healthcare Management and Information System
hospitals? B) Health Monitoring and Information Services
A)To provide service to the community C) Health Management Information System
B) To maximize profits D) Hospital Management and Information System
C) To offer specialized services
Answer: C) Health Management Information System
Answer: A) To provide service to the community
Question 117: What are the common diseases included in
Question 110: Which of the following is not a responsibility the treatment of minor illnesses under PHC?
of the district-level health department? A)Rare genetic disorders
A)Reproductive Health B) Common cold, allergies, skin rashes, and cough
B) Food Sanitation C) Chronic conditions
C) Health Policy for the Province
Answer: B) Common cold, allergies, skin rashes, and cough
Answer: C) Health Policy for the Province
Question 118: What is the primary responsibility of the
Question 111: What is the main objective of devolution in health workforce?
the health department? A)To maximize profits
A)Centralized decision-making B) To diagnose diseases
B) Empowerment of the national government C) To promote health and provide healthcare services
C) Empowerment of the people at the grassroots level
D) Reduction of healthcare services Answer: C) To promote health and provide healthcare
services
Answer: C) Empowerment of the people at the grassroots
level Question 119: What is the main objective of devolution in
the health department?
Question 112: Which type of healthcare facility provides A)To centralize decision-making
services that are usually the first point of contact with a B) To empower the national government
health professional? C) To empower the people at the grassroots level
A)Primary Health Care Center D) To reduce healthcare services
B) District Head Quarter Hospital
C) Tertiary Health Care Center Answer: C) To empower the people at the grassroots level

Answer: A) Primary Health Care Center Question 120: What is the primary purpose of public
health?
Question 113: What is the primary purpose of a health A)To treat diseases
system? B) To promote health, prevent diseases, and protect against
A)To maximize profits environmental hazards
B) To meet the health needs of target populations C) To maximize profits
C) To provide specialized services
Answer: B) To promote health, prevent diseases, and protect
Answer: B) To meet the health needs of target populations against environmental hazards

Question 114: What is the responsibility of a lady health Question 121: What is the main goal of non-profit
worker in the health team? hospitals?
A)To perform surgeries A)To maximize profits
B) To provide emotional support B) To provide service to the community
C) To conduct vaccinations C) To offer specialized services

Answer: C) To conduct vaccinations Answer: B) To provide service to the community

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Question 122: Which type of hospital is funded and owned Question 130: What is the main objective of devolution in
by local, state, or federal governments? the healthcare system?
A)Public Hospitals A)To centralize healthcare decision-making
B) Non-profit Hospitals B) To involve local communities in healthcare decisions
C) Private Hospitals C) To reduce the number of healthcare facilities
D) To increase government control over healthcare services
Answer: A) Public Hospitals
Answer: B) To involve local communities in healthcare
Question 123: What is the primary focus of Primary Health decisions
Care (PHC)?
A)To provide specialized medical care Question 131: What is the current situation regarding
B) To emphasize curative services health expenditure in Pakistan?
C) To promote health and emphasize prevention A)Almost 100% is covered by insurance
B) Almost 100% is out-of-pocket
Answer: C) To promote health and emphasize prevention C) It is fully funded by the government
D) Reliable information is unavailable
Question 124: What is the main objective of devolution in
the health department? Answer: B) Almost 100% is out-of-pocket
A)To reduce healthcare services
B) To centralize decision-making Question 132: What is one advantage of the devolved
C) To empower the national government system in healthcare?
D) To empower the people at the grassroots level A)It centralizes decision-making at the national level
B) It reduces community involvement in healthcare
Answer: D) To empower the people at the grassroots level C) It strengthens the sense of ownership among local
communities
Question 125: What type of hospitals aim to earn a profit? D) It increases government control over healthcare services
A)Public Hospitals
B) Non-profit Hospitals Answer: C) It strengthens the sense of ownership among local
C) Private Hospitals communities

Answer: C) Private Hospitals Question 133: What criteria are considered when allocating
district budgets for healthcare?
Question 127: What is the purpose of the District Health A)The size of the healthcare facility
Management Team (DHMT)? B) The availability of healthcare infrastructure
A)To manage finances for healthcare services C) Population size, socio-economic development, health
B) To provide direct patient care infrastructure, and health needs/problems
C) To develop healthcare policies at the national level D) The political influence of the district
D) To coordinate and collaborate on healthcare activities at
the district level Answer: C) Population size, socio-economic development,
health infrastructure, and health needs/problems
Answer: D) To coordinate and collaborate on healthcare
activities at the district level Question 134: What is the main goal of non-profit
hospitals?
Question 128: How is a DHMT (District Health Management A)To maximize profits for shareholders
Team) typically constituted? B) To provide service to the community
A)Only by healthcare professionals C) To minimize the number of patients served
B) Only by government officials D) To focus on elective surgeries
C) By a mix of government officials, healthcare professionals,
and community representatives Answer: B) To provide service to the community
D) By private sector representatives
Question 135: Which level of healthcare typically provides
Answer: C) By a mix of government officials, healthcare high-level care, rehabilitation, and has specialized
professionals, and community representatives departments like psychiatry and oncology?
A)Primary Health Care
Question 129: Which level of healthcare is concerned with B) Secondary Health Care
early detection of diseases and prompt treatment? C) Tertiary Health Care
A)Primary Health Care D) Quaternary Health Care
B) Secondary Health Care
C) Tertiary Health Care Answer: C) Tertiary Health Care
D) Quaternary Health Care
Question 136: What is one of the challenges in the
Answer: B) Secondary Health Care implementation of devolved health systems?
A)Lack of political willingness
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B) Overregulation from the central government
C) Excessive funding at the district level
D) Strong trust between provinces and districts
Answer: A) Lack of political willingness
Question 137: Which entity typically defines administrative
roles, limits, and jurisdiction in a devolved health system?
A)Federal government
B) Local communities
C) Provincial and district governments
D) International organizations
Answer: C) Provincial and district governments
Question 138: What can be a constraint in the distribution
of financial powers between provincial and district
representatives in a devolved system?
A)Overabundance of resources
B) Dependence of districts on provinces
C) Lack of trust
Answer: A) Strong collaboration between provinces and districts
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D) Lack of financial capacity at the district level
Answer: C) Lack of trust
Question 139: In a devolved health system, what is the
primary purpose of district governments?
A)To create national health policies
B) To allocate funding to provincial governments
C) To oversee and manage health services at the local level
D) To conduct international health partnerships
Answer: C) To oversee and manage health services at the
local level
Question 140: Which of the following is NOT a challenge in
implementing a devolved health system?
A)Strong collaboration between provinces and districts
B) Defining administrative roles and limits
C) Financial and administrative capacity at the district level
D) Political willingness
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04 International Health ₰ Nursing Organizations
Question 1: What is the primary mission of the
International Council of Nursing (ICN)?
A) To provide direct healthcare services worldwide
B) To represent nursing worldwide, advance the nursing
profession, and advocate for health in all policies
C) To conduct medical research and publish scientific journals
D) To regulate nursing practice in member countries
Answer: B) To represent nursing worldwide, advance the
nursing profession, and advocate for health in all policies
Question 2: How many members make up the ICN Board of
Directors?
A) 5 members
B) 8 members
C) 12 members
D) 15 members
Answer: C) 12 members
Question 3: Which ICN foundation focuses on supporting
the advancement of nursing education, research, and
services for the public good?
A) International Council of Nurses Foundation (ICNF)
B) Florence Nightingale International Foundation (FNIF)
C) World Health Organization Foundation (WHO Foundation)
D) United Nations Foundation (UNF)
Answer: B) Florence Nightingale International Foundation
(FNIF)
Question 4: When was the World Health Organization
(WHO) established?
A) 1945
B) 1948
C) 1953
D) 1960
Answer: B) 1948
Question 5: Where is the headquarters of the World Health
Organization (WHO) located?
A) New York City
B) London
C) Geneva
D) Paris
Answer: C) Geneva
Question 6: What is the vision of the International Council
of Nursing (ICN)?
A) To dominate the healthcare industry worldwide
B) To achieve global recognition for nursing and health
policies
C) To represent physicians and nurses equally
D) To promote the use of advanced medical technology
Answer: B) To achieve global recognition for nursing and
health policies
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Question 7: Who is automatically part of the International
Council of Nursing (ICN)?
A) Any healthcare professional
B) Nurses who are part of their national nurses association
C) Individual members who pay a fee
D) Nursing students
Answer: B) Nurses who are part of their national nurses
association
Question 8: Which ICN foundation's signature project is the
Girl Child Education Fund (GCEF)?
A) International Council of Nurses Foundation (ICNF)
B) Florence Nightingale International Foundation (FNIF)
C) World Health Organization Foundation (WHO Foundation)
D) United Nations Foundation (UNF)
Answer: B) Florence Nightingale International Foundation
(FNIF)
Question 9: What is the primary role of the World Health
Organization (WHO)?
A) To provide direct healthcare services worldwide
B) To promote medical tourism
C) To serve as the directing and coordinating authority for
international health matters and public health
D) To regulate healthcare providers in all member countries
Answer: C) To serve as the directing and coordinating
authority for international health matters and public health
Question 10: Which city hosts the headquarters of the
World Health Organization (WHO)?
A) New York City
B) London
C) Geneva
D) Paris
Answer: C) Geneva
Question 11: How many members make up the ICN Board
of Directors?
A) 5 members
B) 8 members
C) 12 members
D) 15 members
Answer: C) 12 members
Question 12: What is the primary mission of the
International Council of Nursing (ICN)?
A) To provide direct healthcare services worldwide
B) To represent nursing worldwide, advance the nursing
profession, and advocate for health in all policies
C) To conduct medical research and publish scientific journals
D) To regulate nursing practice in member countries
Answer: B) To represent nursing worldwide, advance the
nursing profession, and advocate for health in all policies
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Question 13: Which ICN foundation focuses on supporting
charitable, scientific, literary, and educational purposes?
A) International Council of Nurses Foundation (ICNF)
B) Florence Nightingale International Foundation (FNIF)
C) World Health Organization Foundation (WHO Foundation)
D) United Nations Foundation (UNF)
Answer: A) International Council of Nurses Foundation (ICNF)
Question 14: What does ICN stand for in the context of
nursing?
A) International Care Network
B) International Council of Nurses
C) International Care Nurses
D) International Center for Nursing
Answer: B) International Council of Nurses
Question 15: In which year was the World Health
Organization (WHO) established?
A) 1945
B) 1948
C) 1953
D) 1960
Answer: B) 1948
Question 16: What is the primary focus of the Florence
Nightingale International Foundation (FNIF)?
A) Supporting medical research
B) Advancing nursing education, research, and services for
the public good
C) Promoting healthcare policies
D) Funding healthcare infrastructure projects
Answer: B) Advancing nursing education, research, and
services for the public good
Question 17: Where is the headquarters of the World
Health Organization (WHO) located?
A) New York City
B) London
C) Geneva
D) Paris
Answer: C) Geneva
Question 18: What is the purpose of the International
Council of Nurses Foundation (ICNF)?
A) To provide healthcare services to underserved populations
B) To support and complement the work of the International
Council of Nursing (ICN)
C) To regulate nursing education worldwide
D) To establish nursing schools in developing countries
Answer: B) To support and complement the work of the
International Council of Nursing (ICN)
Question 19: Which organization serves as the directing and
coordinating authority for international health matters and
public health?
A) United Nations (UN)
B) World Health Organization (WHO)
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C) International Council of Nurses (ICN)
D) International Red Cross
Answer: B) World Health Organization (WHO)
Question 20: What is the primary role of the International
Council of Nursing (ICN)?
A) Providing medical equipment to hospitals
B) Representing the interests of healthcare administrators
C) Advocating for the rights and well-being of nurses
worldwide
D) Regulating healthcare policies in all member countries
Answer: C) Advocating for the rights and well-being of nurses
worldwide
Question 21: How many members are there on the ICN
Board of Directors?
A) 5
B) 8
C) 12
D) 15
Answer: C) 12
Question 22: Which foundation supports the advancement
of nursing education, research, and services for the public
good and manages the Girl Child Education Fund (GCEF)?
A) International Council of Nurses Foundation (ICNF)
B) Florence Nightingale International Foundation (FNIF)
C) World Health Organization Foundation (WHO Foundation)
D) United Nations Foundation (UNF)
Answer: B) Florence Nightingale International Foundation
(FNIF)
Question 23: What is the primary mission of the
International Council of Nurses (ICN)?
A) To provide direct healthcare services worldwide
B) To represent nursing worldwide, advance the nursing
profession, and advocate for health in all policies
C) To promote medical tourism
D) To regulate healthcare providers in all member countries
Answer: B) To represent nursing worldwide, advance the
nursing profession, and advocate for health in all policies
Question 24: Which organization is responsible for the
directing and coordinating authority for international health
matters and public health?
A) United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
B) World Health Organization (WHO)
C) International Council of Nurses (ICN)
D) International Red Cross
Answer: B) World Health Organization (WHO)
Question 25: What does FNIF stand for in the context of
nursing?
A) Florence Nightingale International Foundation
B) Foundation for Nursing in International Fields
C) Fund for Nurse International Fellowship
D) Florence Nightingale International Forum
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Answer: A) Florence Nightingale International Foundation
Question 26: What is the primary purpose of the
International Council of Nurses Foundation (ICNF)?
A) To provide healthcare services to underserved populations
B) To support and complement the work of the International
Council of Nursing (ICN)
C) To promote medical tourism
D) To regulate nursing education worldwide
Answer: B) To support and complement the work of the
International Council of Nursing (ICN)
Question 27: What is the primary function of the World
Health Organization (WHO)?
A) Providing direct healthcare services to individuals
B) Representing nurses worldwide
C) Directing and coordinating international health matters
and public health
D) Promoting medical tourism
Answer: C) Directing and coordinating international health
matters and public health
Question 28: Which of the following is NOT a role of the
International Council of Nurses (ICN)?
A) Representing nursing worldwide
B) Advancing the nursing profession
C) Promoting medical tourism
D) Advocating for health in all policies
Answer: C) Promoting medical tourism
Question 29: Who can become a member of the
International Council of Nurses (ICN)?
A) Any individual nurse from any country
B) Only nurses from countries with a specific population size
C) Only nurses from countries with multiple nursing schools
D) Nurses who are part of their national nurses' association
Answer: D) Nurses who are part of their national nurses'
association
Question 30: Which of the following is NOT a foundation
associated with the International Council of Nurses (ICN)?
A) Florence Nightingale International Foundation (FNIF)
B) International Council of Nurses Foundation (ICNF)
C) World Health Organization Foundation (WHO Foundation)
D) United Nations Foundation (UNF)
Answer: C) World Health Organization Foundation (WHO
Foundation)
Question 31: When did the World Health Organization
(WHO) constitution come into force?
A) 1920
B) 1945
C) 1948
D) 1971
Answer: C) 1948
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Question 32: Which international organization building
efforts in 1945 led to the establishment of the WHO?
A) United Nations
B) League of Nations
C) European Union
D) Red Cross
Answer: A) United Nations
Question 33: What is the supreme decision-making body for
the World Health Organization (WHO)?
A) United Nations
B) Health Assembly
C) International Council of Nurses (ICN)
D) World Health Congress
Answer: B) Health Assembly
Question 34: Which region of the WHO is headquartered in
New Delhi, India?
A) African Region
B) Region of the Americas
C) South East Asia Region
D) Western Pacific Region
Answer: C) South East Asia Region
Question 35: What is the vision of the World Health
Organization (WHO)?
A) To lead strategic collaborative efforts among Member
States
B) To develop comprehensive health services
C) The attainment by all people of the highest level of health
D) To combat specific diseases
Answer: C) The attainment by all people of the highest level
of health
Question 36: What is the primary mission of the
International Council of Nursing (ICN)?
A) To represent nursing worldwide
B) To provide direct healthcare services
C) To conduct medical research
D) To regulate nursing education
Answer: A) To represent nursing worldwide
Question 37: How is membership in the International
Council of Nursing (ICN) typically obtained?
A) By individual application
B) By invitation only
C) By passing a nursing exam
D) By being a member of a national nurses' association
Answer: D) By being a member of a national nurses'
association
Question 38: Which foundation supports and complements
the work and objectives of the International Council of
Nursing (ICN)?
A) Florence Nightingale International Foundation (FNIF)
B) International Council of Nurses Foundation (ICNF)
C) World Health Organization (WHO) Foundation
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D) Red Cross Foundation A) To provide healthcare to all citizens

B) To represent healthcare professionals worldwide
Answer: A) Florence Nightingale International Foundation C) To attain the highest level of health for all people
(FNIF) D) To eradicate all diseases

Question 39: When was the World Health Organization Answer: C) To attain the highest level of health for all people
(WHO) established?
A) 1920 Question 46: When is "World Health Day" celebrated to
B) 1945 commemorate the establishment of the World Health
C) 1950 Organization (WHO)?
D) 1960 A) July 7th
B) April 7th
Answer: B) 1945 C) May 7th
D) October 7th
Question 40: Where is the headquarters of the World
Health Organization (WHO) located? Answer: B) April 7th
A) New York, USA
B) Paris, France Question 47: What is the logo of the World Health
C) Geneva, Switzerland Organization (WHO) comprised of?
D) London, UK A) A stethoscope and a globe
B) A snake coiling around a staff with the United Nations
Answer: C) Geneva, Switzerland symbol
C) A caduceus and a medical cross
Question 41: What is the primary objective of the World D) The Earth with a red cross on it
Health Organization (WHO)?
A) To provide direct healthcare services Answer: B) A snake coiling around a staff with the United
B) To promote world peace Nations symbol
C) To represent healthcare workers worldwide
D) To lead strategic collaborative efforts to improve global Question 48: In what year did the International Council of
health Nurses (ICN) appoint Dr. Tedros Adhanom as the
Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO)?
Answer: D) To lead strategic collaborative efforts to improve A) 1945
global health B) 2000
C) 2017
Question 42: Who appoints the Director-General of the D) 2020
World Health Organization (WHO)?
A) The United Nations Answer: C) 2017
B) The World Health Assembly
C) The World Health Organization Board Question 49: What is the primary focus of the Florence
D) The host country where WHO is headquartered Nightingale International Foundation (FNIF)?
A) Providing direct healthcare services
Answer: B) The World Health Assembly B) Advancing nursing education, research, and services
C) Promoting public health policies
Question 43: How often does the World Health Assembly D) Offering scholarships to medical students
typically meet?
A) Monthly Answer: B) Advancing nursing education, research, and
B) Annually services
C) Biannually
D) Every 5 years Question 50: Which region of the World Health
Organization (WHO) is headquartered in Manila, Philippines?
Answer: B) Annually A) African Region
B) Region of the Americas
Question 44: Which region is headquartered in Washington, C) South East Asia Region
USA, under the World Health Organization (WHO)? D) Western Pacific Region
A) African Region
B) Region of the Americas Answer: D) Western Pacific Region
C) South East Asia Region
D) European Region Question 51: Which international organization led to the
establishment of the World Health Organization (WHO) in
Answer: B) Region of the Americas 1948?
A) The United Nations
Question 45: What is the vision of the World Health B) The League of Nations
Organization (WHO)? C) The European Union
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D) The Red Cross
Answer: B) The League of Nations
Question 52: What is the primary purpose of the
International Council of Nurses Foundation (ICNF)?
A) Providing healthcare services
B) Scientific and educational purposes
C) Regulating nursing associations
D) Promoting medical research
Answer: B) Scientific and educational purposes
Question 53: Who appoints the Director-General of the
World Health Organization (WHO)?
A) The United Nations
B) The World Health Assembly
C) The World Health Organization Board
D) The host country where WHO is headquartered
Answer: B) The World Health Assembly
Question 54: Which international organization led to the
establishment of the World Health Organization (WHO) in
1948?
A) The United Nations
B) The League of Nations
C) The European Union
D) The Red Cross
Answer: B) The League of Nations
Question 55: What is the primary focus of the Florence
Nightingale International Foundation (FNIF)?
A) Providing direct healthcare services
B) Advancing nursing education, research, and services
C) Promoting public health policies
D) Offering scholarships to medical students
Answer: B) Advancing nursing education, research, and
services
Question 56: When did the World Health Organization
(WHO) come into force?
A) 1945
B) 1950
C) 1948
D) 1960
Answer: C) 1948
Question 57: What is the supreme decision-making body for
the World Health Organization (WHO)?
A) The Director-General
B) The Regional Offices
C) The Health Assembly
D) The United Nations
Answer: C) The Health Assembly
Question 58: Which region is served by the WHO Regional
Office located in Washington, USA?
A) African Region
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B) Region of the Americas
C) South East Asia Region
D) European Region
Answer: B) Region of the Americas
Question 59: What is the vision of the World Health
Organization (WHO)?
A) To lead strategic collaborative efforts among Member
States
B) To promote equity in education
C) To combat disease and poverty
D) To attain the highest level of health for all people
Answer: D) To attain the highest level of health for all people
Question 60: What does the WHO logo consist of?
A) A globe with a snake wrapped around it
B) The United Nations symbol with a snake
C) A stethoscope and a globe
D) A microscope and a DNA helix
Answer: B) The United Nations symbol with a snake
Question 61: What is the primary mission of the Pakistan
Nursing Council (PNC)?
A) To provide healthcare services
B) To regulate medical doctors
C) To support professional development in nursing
D) To oversee dental care in Pakistan
Answer: C) To support professional development in nursing
Question 62: When was the Pakistan Nursing Council (PNC)
established?
A) 1952
B) 1973
C) 1948
D) 1965
Answer: C) 1948
Question 63: Which healthcare professionals are licensed
by the Pakistan Nursing Council?
A) Physicians and surgeons
B) Dentists and dental hygienists
C) Nurses, midwives, and nursing auxiliaries
D) Pharmacists and laboratory technicians
Answer: C) Nurses, midwives, and nursing auxiliaries
Question 64: What is one of the functions of the Pakistan
Nursing Council?
A) Setting medical school curricula
B) Approving licenses for engineers
C) Inspecting educational institutions for nursing
D) Regulating airline operations
Answer: C) Inspecting educational institutions for nursing
Question 65: Which boards does the Pakistan Nursing
Council work closely with?
A) National Education Boards (NEBs)
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B) National Medical Council (NMC)
C) Provincial Veterinary Boards (PVBs)
D) National Sports Associations (NSAs)
Answer: A) National Education Boards (NEBs)
Question 66: What role does the Pakistan Nursing Council
play regarding nursing education and services?
A) Legal enforcement
B) Advisory
C) Financial oversight
D) Executive management
Answer: B) Advisory
Question 67: What action can the Pakistan Nursing Council
take in cases of fraudulent registration?
A) Issue a warning
B) Impose a fine
C) Provide additional training
D) Offer a promotion
Answer: B) Impose a fine
Question 68: Which government authorities receive policy
decisions from the Pakistan Nursing Council?
A) Provincial governments only
B) Federal government only
C) Both federal and provincial governments
D) Local municipalities
Answer: C) Both federal and provincial governments
Question 79: What does PNC stand for in the context of the
Pakistan Nursing Council?
A) Pakistan Nursing Club
B) Punjab Nursing Committee
C) Pakistan Nursing Council
D) Professional Nursing College
Answer: C) Pakistan Nursing Council
Question 70: What is the primary focus of the Pakistan
Nursing Council's standards?
A) Agricultural practices
B) Nursing education and practice
C) Architectural design
D) Telecommunications technology
Answer: B) Nursing education and practice
Question 71: Which professionals fall under the purview of
the Pakistan Nursing Council for regulation?
A) Engineers and architects
B) Pharmacists and laboratory scientists
C) Teachers and professors
D) Nurses, midwives, and nursing auxiliaries
Answer: D) Nurses, midwives, and nursing auxiliaries
Question 72: What signature project is associated with the
Florence Nightingale International Foundation (FNIF)?
A) Environmental conservation
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B) Girl Child Education Fund (GCEF)
C) Food distribution program
D) Road construction initiative
Answer: B) Girl Child Education Fund (GCEF)
Question 73: Which international organization is dedicated
to representing nursing worldwide?
A) United Nations (UN)
B) World Health Organization (WHO)
C) International Council of Nursing (ICN)
D) International Red Cross
Answer: C) International Council of Nursing (ICN)
Question 74: How often does the World Health Assembly
generally meet?
A) Every month
B) Twice a year
C) Annually
D) Every five years
Answer: C) Annually
Question 75: Who appoints the Director-General of the
World Health Organization (WHO)?
A) United Nations Secretary-General
B) The World Health Assembly
C) The President of the host country
D) The World Bank
Answer: B) The World Health Assembly
Question 76: What is the current Director-General of the
World Health Organization (WHO)?
A) Dr. Tedros Adhanom
B) Dr. Margaret Chan
C) Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland
D) Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus
Answer: A) Dr. Tedros Adhanom
Question 77: What is the vision of the World Health
Organization (WHO)?
A) To achieve global economic dominance
B) To promote healthcare profits
C) To lead and deliver health for all
D) To create world peace
Answer: C) To lead and deliver health for all
Question 78: Which specialized agency of the United
Nations is responsible for international health matters?
A) United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO)
B) World Health Organization (WHO)
C) United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
D) United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Answer: B) World Health Organization (WHO)
Question 79: What does the World Health Organization
(WHO) symbol consist of?
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A) A tree and a river A) United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

B) A globe and a lightning bolt B) World Health Organization (WHO)
C) The United Nations symbol and a snake coiling around a C) International Red Cross
staff D) United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
D) A pair of hands shaking Organization (UNESCO)

Answer: C) The United Nations symbol and a snake coiling Answer: B) World Health Organization (WHO)
around a staff
Question 86: What is the main objective of the Pakistan
Question 80: What date is celebrated as "WORLD HEALTH Nursing Council (PNC)?
DAY" in honor of the World Health Organization (WHO)? A) To provide healthcare services in rural areas
A) April 7th B) To regulate medical doctors
B) July 1st C) To support the professional development of nursing
C) October 12th professionals
D) December 31st D) To establish pharmaceutical standards

Answer: A) April 7th Answer: C) To support the professional development of

nursing professionals
Question 81: What does ICN stand for in the context of
nursing organizations? Question 87: Which healthcare professionals are licensed
A) International Council of Nations by the Pakistan Nursing Council?
B) International Council of Nursing A) Physicians and surgeons
C) Intercontinental Nursing Consortium B) Dentists and dental hygienists
D) International Committee of Nurses C) Nurses, midwives, and nursing auxiliaries
D) Pharmacists and laboratory technicians
Answer: B) International Council of Nursing
Answer: C) Nurses, midwives, and nursing auxiliaries
Question 82: Which international organization established a
health organization in 1920, predating the World Health Question 88: What does NEB stand for in the context of the
Organization (WHO)? Pakistan Nursing Council?
A) United Nations A) National Education Boards
B) League of Nations B) Nursing Examination Boards
C) International Red Cross C) National Engineering Bureau
D) World Trade Organization (WTO) D) Nursing Education Bodies

Answer: B) League of Nations Answer: B) Nursing Examination Boards

Question 83: What is the primary focus of the Florence
Nightingale International Foundation (FNIF)?
A) Environmental conservation
B) Supporting nursing education, research, and services
C) Promoting global tourism
D) Providing clean water to remote areas
Question 89: Which healthcare professionals are registered
(licensed) by the Pakistan Nursing Council (PNC)?
A) Architects and engineers
B) Pharmacists and laboratory scientists
C) Nurses, midwives, and nursing auxiliaries
D) Teachers and professors

Answer: B) Supporting nursing education, research, and Answer: C) Nurses, midwives, and nursing auxiliaries
services
Question 90: What is the purpose of the International
Question 84: Where is the headquarters of the World Council of Nurses Foundation (ICNF)?
Health Organization (WHO) located? A) To organize international nursing conferences
A) New York, USA B) To promote global tourism
B) Geneva, Switzerland C) To support charitable, scientific, and educational initiatives
C) London, UK related to nursing
D) Paris, France D) To provide emergency healthcare services in conflict zones

Answer: B) Geneva, Switzerland Answer: C) To support charitable, scientific, and educational

initiatives related to nursing
Question 85: Which international organization serves as the
directing and coordinating authority for international health
matters and public health?

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05.1 The Environment ₰ its impact on Comm Health

Question 1: What does the term "environment" encompass B) Non-living elements

with regard to living organisms? C) Cultural factors
A) Only physical aspects of the planet Earth D) Biological components
B) Physical, biological, and cultural elements
C) Economic and political functions Answer 7: B) Non-living elements
D) Social interactions only
Question 8: Which of the following is considered an abiotic
Answer 1: B) Physical, biological, and cultural elements component of the environment?
A) Plants
Question 2: Which French word does the term B) Animals
"environment" originate from, meaning "to encircle or C) Soil
surround"? D) Consumers
A) Étoile
B) Environner Answer 8: C) Soil
C) Enfant
D) École Question 9: What major components constitute the
environment?
Answer 2: B) Environner A) Physical, economic, cultural
B) Biological, social, political
Question 3: According to Douglas and Holland, how do they C) Abiotic, biotic, cultural
define the term "environment"? D) Economic, political, social
A) As only the physical surroundings of an organism
B) As all external forces affecting living organisms Answer 9: C) Abiotic, biotic, cultural
C) As the economic and political functions of society
D) As a single interacting system of physical elements Question 10: In the context of the environment, what does
the "biological component" include?
Answer 3: B) As all external forces affecting living organisms A) Soil and water
B) Physical surroundings
Question 4: What are the three major components of the C) Living organisms
environment? D) Cultural factors
A) Physical, biological, and cultural
B) Physical, economic, and political Answer 10: C) Living organisms
C) Social, economic, and cultural
D) Biological, economic, and political Question 11: Which component of the environment
encompasses elements such as soil, water, air, and climate?
Answer 4: A) Physical, biological, and cultural A) Physical component
B) Biological component
Question 5: Which component of the environment mainly C) Social component
determines the type of habitat or living conditions for the D) Cultural component
human population?
A) Biological component Answer 11: A) Physical component
B) Social component
C) Physical component Question 12: What determines the type of habitat or living
D) Economic component conditions for the human population?
A) Social component
Answer 5: C) Physical component B) Economic component
C) Biological component
Question 6: Which term is used to describe all the external D) Physical component
forces, influences, and conditions that affect the life,
behavior, and growth of living organisms? Answer 12: D) Physical component
A) Ecology
B) Ecosystem Question 13: Which term describes forces of nature
C) Habitat surrounding an individual, including physical and biological
D) Environment influences?
A) Climate
Answer 6: D) Environment B) Habitat
C) Environment
Question 7: What does the term "abiotic" refer to in the D) Ecosystem
context of the environment?
A) Living organisms Answer 13: C) Environment

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Answer 20: C) An inseparable whole of physical, biological,

Question 14: What does the term "hydrosphere" refer to in and cultural elements
the context of the environment?
A) The atmosphere Question 21: Which word is derived from a French term
B) The land meaning "to encircle or surround" and is related to the term
C) The oceans and water bodies "environment"?
D) The cultural aspects A) Encroach
B) Encompass
Answer 14: C) The oceans and water bodies C) Encircle
D) Encourage
Question 15: What does the term "lithosphere" refer to in
the context of the environment? Answer 21: C) Encircle
A) The atmosphere
B) The land Question 22: What is the primary focus of the physical
C) The oceans component of the environment?
D) The cultural aspects A) Social interactions
B) Non-living elements
Answer 15: B) The land C) Biological diversity
D) Cultural practices
Question 16: Which of the following is NOT considered a
component of the environment? Answer 22: B) Non-living elements
A) Air
B) Animals Question 23: Which term refers to everything that
C) Economics surrounds or affects a living organism?
D) Cultural factors A) Ecosystem
B) Habitat
Answer 16: C) Economics C) Environment
D) Ecology
Question 17: What does the term "atmosphere" refer to in
the context of the environment? Answer 23: C) Environment
A) The oceans
B) The land Question 24: What is the aggregate term used to describe
C) The air and gases surrounding the Earth all external forces, influences, and conditions affecting living
D) The cultural aspects organisms?
A) Ecology
Answer 17: C) The air and gases surrounding the Earth B) Habitat
C) Ecosystem
Question 18: What is the main focus of the cultural D) Environment
component of the environment?
A) Soil quality Answer 24: D) Environment
B) Economic factors
C) Social and political influences Question 25: Which component of the environment mainly
D) Biological diversity determines the type of habitat or living conditions for the
human population?
Answer 18: C) Social and political influences A) Biological component
B) Social component
Question 19: Which component of the environment C) Physical component
includes factors like society, economy, and politics? D) Economic component
A) Physical component
B) Biological component Answer 25: C) Physical component
C) Cultural component
D) Abiotic component Question 26: Which major component of the environment
includes Earth's crust and the upper part of the upper
Answer 19: C) Cultural component mantle?
A) Hydrosphere
Question 20: What is the environment argued to be, B) Atmosphere
according to the text? C) Lithosphere
A) Composed of separate, isolated elements D) Biosphere
B) A set of unrelated factors
C) An inseparable whole of physical, biological, and cultural Answer 26: C) Lithosphere
elements
D) Predominantly a physical entity Question 27: What is the primary constituent of the
lithosphere?
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A) Water A) Stratosphere
B) Air B) Troposphere
C) Soil C) Mesosphere
D) Earth's tectonic plates D) Thermosphere

Answer 27: D) Earth's tectonic plates Answer 34: B) Troposphere

Question 28: The lithosphere extends to a depth of Question 35: Which layer of Earth's atmosphere contains
approximately: the ozone layer?
A) 10 km A) Troposphere
B) 50 km B) Stratosphere
C) 100 km C) Mesosphere
D) 1,000 km D) Thermosphere

Answer 28: C) 100 km Answer 35: B) Stratosphere

Question 29: Which of the following is a major component Question 36: What is the primary gas found in the Earth's
of the hydrosphere? atmosphere?
A) Salt water A) Oxygen
B) Groundwater B) Nitrogen
C) Soil C) Carbon dioxide
D) Earth's tectonic plates D) Argon

Answer 29: B) Groundwater Answer 36: B) Nitrogen

Question 30: What percentage of Earth's water is Question 37: Which layer of the atmosphere is known for its
freshwater? abundance of oxygen?
A) 3% A) Troposphere
B) 10% B) Stratosphere
C) 30.8% C) Mesosphere
D) 97% D) Thermosphere

Answer 30: A) 3% Answer 37: A) Troposphere

Question 31: Where is the majority of Earth's freshwater Question 38: What is the approximate percentage of
found? oxygen in Earth's atmosphere?
A) Oceans A) 78.08%
B) Rivers B) 20.95%
C) Glaciers C) 0.93%
D) Lakes D) 0.038%

Answer 31: C) Glaciers Answer 38: B) 20.95%

Question 32: What percentage of Earth's freshwater is Question 39: The amount of water vapor in Earth's
easily accessible to humans in rivers, reservoirs, and lakes? atmosphere is typically in the range of:
A) 0.3% A) 0-3%
B) 3% B) 10-20%
C) 30.8% C) 30-40%
D) 97% D) 50-60%

Answer 32: A) 0.3% Answer 39: A) 0-3%

Question 33: What are the primary gases found in Earth's Question 40: Which component of the environment covers
atmosphere? the largest percentage of Earth's surface?
A) Nitrogen and oxygen A) Lithosphere
B) Hydrogen and helium B) Hydrosphere
C) Carbon dioxide and water vapor C) Atmosphere
D) Methane and argon D) Biosphere

Answer 33: A) Nitrogen and oxygen Answer 40: B) Hydrosphere

Question 34: Which layer of Earth's atmosphere is closest to Question 41: Which layer of the atmosphere is above the
the ground and where weather phenomena occur? stratosphere and below the mesosphere?
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A) Troposphere Question 48: The social component of the environment

B) Thermosphere includes which of the following?
C) Exosphere A) Climate
D) Ionosphere B) Economy
C) Soil
Answer 41: B) Thermosphere D) Oxygen

Question 42: Which layer of the atmosphere is Answer 48: B) Economy

characterized by a decrease in temperature with increasing
altitude? Question 49: The biological component of the environment
A) Troposphere includes which of the following?
B) Stratosphere A) Soil
C) Mesosphere B) Water
D) Thermosphere C) Producers
D) Economy
Answer 42: A) Troposphere
Answer 49: C) Producers
Question 43: What does the stratosphere contain that is
crucial for protecting life on Earth? Question 50: Which of the following components of the
A) Nitrogen environment covers 71% of Earth's surface?
B) Oxygen A) Atmosphere
C) Ozone layer B) Lithosphere
D) Carbon dioxide C) Hydrosphere
D) Biosphere
Answer 43: C) Ozone layer
Answer 50: C) Hydrosphere
Question 44: Which of the following is NOT a component of
Earth's environment? Question 51: Which component of the environment
A) Animals includes all living things like plants, animals, and
B) Soil micro-organisms?
C) Economics A) Lithosphere
D) Air B) Atmosphere
C) Hydrosphere
Answer 44: C) Economics D) Biosphere

Question 45: What does the term "biosphere" refer to in Answer 51: D) Biosphere
the context of the environment?
A) The lithosphere Question 52: What is the primary interaction that forms
B) The hydrosphere various ecosystems like pond ecosystems, marine ecosystems,
C) The living organisms and their interactions and desert ecosystems?
D) The atmosphere A) Interaction between physical and biological components
B) Interaction between lithosphere and hydrosphere
Answer 45: C) The living organisms and their interactions C) Interaction between atmosphere and biosphere
D) Interaction between social and biological components
Question 46: Which of the following components of the
environment is NOT abiotic? Answer 52: A) Interaction between physical and biological
A) Soil components
B) Air
C) Water Question 53: Which layer of the atmosphere is known for
D) Producers absorbing high-energy X-rays and UV radiation from the Sun?
A) Troposphere
Answer 46: D) Producers B) Stratosphere
C) Mesosphere
Question 47: The physical constituent of the environment D) Thermosphere
that includes climate, temperature, and light is part of which
component? Answer 53: D) Thermosphere
A) Hydrosphere
B) Atmosphere Question 54: The uppermost layer of the atmosphere with
C) Lithosphere very high temperatures due to direct solar radiation is called:
D) Biosphere A) Troposphere
B) Stratosphere
Answer 47: B) Atmosphere C) Mesosphere
D) Exosphere
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B) Stratosphere
Answer 54: D) Exosphere C) Troposphere
D) Mesosphere
Question 55: The sum total of all living matter, also known
as the biomass or biota, is referred to as: Answer 61: C) Troposphere
A) Hydrosphere
B) Biosphere Question 62: The ozone layer is found in which layer of the
C) Atmosphere atmosphere?
D) Lithosphere A) Troposphere
B) Stratosphere
Answer 55: B) Biosphere C) Mesosphere
D) Thermosphere
Question 56: The term "environment" is used to describe all
the external forces, influences, and conditions affecting living Answer 62: B) Stratosphere
organisms. Who defined it as such?
A) Douglas and Holland Question 63: What is the primary role of the
B) Aristotle thermosphere?
C) Edward Suess A) Absorb X-rays and UV radiation
D) C.C. Park B) Support life on Earth
C) Facilitate weather patterns
Answer 56: A) Douglas and Holland D) Absorb carbon dioxide

Question 57: Which of the following is NOT a major Answer 63: A) Absorb X-rays and UV radiation
component of the environment?
A) Physical component Question 64: Which component of the environment
B) Biological component includes all living things like plants, animals, and
C) Cultural component micro-organisms?
D) Technological component A) Lithosphere
B) Atmosphere
Answer 57: D) Technological component C) Hydrosphere
D) Biosphere
Question 58: Which component of the environment mainly
determines the type of habitat or living conditions of the Answer 64: D) Biosphere
human population?
A) Biological component Question 65: The ecosystems that support life could be in
B) Social component which regions?
C) Physical component A) Polar ice caps only
D) Technological component B) Equator only
C) Both polar ice caps and equator
Answer 58: C) Physical component D) Deserts only

Question 59: The interaction of physical and biological Answer 65: C) Both polar ice caps and equator
components forms various ecosystems. Which of the
following is an example of a biological component? Question 66: What are the four important zones formed by
A) Soil the interaction of the components of the environment?
B) Water A) Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, Lithosphere, and
C) Bacteria Technosphere
D) Climate B) Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, Lithosphere, and Biosphere
C) Biosphere, Atmosphere, Noosphere, and Hydrosphere
Answer 59: C) Bacteria D) Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, and
Thermosphere
Question 60: The atmosphere mainly comprises which gas
in the highest percentage? Answer 66: B) Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, Lithosphere, and
A) Nitrogen Biosphere
B) Oxygen
C) Carbon dioxide Question 67: What is the primary constituent of the
D) Argon physical component of the environment?
A) Bacteria
Answer 60: A) Nitrogen B) Air
C) Soil
Question 61: Which layer of the atmosphere is closest to D) Technology
the Earth's surface?
A) Thermosphere Answer 67: C) Soil
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Answer 74: C) Stratosphere

Question 68: In which component of the environment is
groundwater classified? Question 75: What is the primary role of the ozone layer
A) Atmosphere found in the stratosphere?
B) Biosphere A) Absorb X-rays and UV radiation
C) Hydrosphere B) Support plant growth
D) Lithosphere C) Generate electricity
D) Reflect sunlight
Answer 68: D) Lithosphere
Answer 75: A) Absorb X-rays and UV radiation
Question 69: Which of the following is NOT one of the three
major components of the environment? Question 76: Which of the following is NOT a physical factor
A) Physical component affecting community health?
B) Biological component A) Industrial development
C) Chemical component B) Community size
D) Social component C) Socioeconomic status
D) Environment
Answer 69: C) Chemical component
Answer 76: C) Socioeconomic status
Question 70: The hydrosphere covers approximately what
percentage of Earth's surface? Question 77: What is the term used to describe a range of
A) 10% ailments related to living or working in closed buildings with
B) 30% poor air quality?
C) 50% A) Climate change
D) 71% B) Sick building syndrome
C) Concentrated poverty
Answer 70: D) 71% D) Residential segregation

Question 71: Which layer of the atmosphere is closest to Answer 77: B) Sick building syndrome
space and has very high temperatures due to direct solar
radiation? Question 78: Which of the following factors is associated
A) Troposphere with changing distribution of vectors and infectious agents,
B) Stratosphere introducing diseases to previously unaffected regions?
C) Mesosphere A) Quality schools
D) Exosphere B) Climate change
C) Public safety
Answer 71: D) Exosphere D) Residential segregation

Question 72: What is the main constituent of the Earth's Answer 78: B) Climate change
atmosphere?
A) Oxygen Question 79: What factor can worsen asthma symptoms,
B) Carbon dioxide especially in children, and is linked to a higher prevalence of
C) Nitrogen asthma in areas with poor air quality?
D) Hydrogen A) Indoor plants
B) Asbestos
Answer 72: C) Nitrogen C) Quality schools
D) Socioeconomic status
Question 73: The mesosphere extends to a height of
approximately: Answer 79: B) Asbestos
A) 11 km
B) 32 miles Question 80: What is another threat to healthy indoor air
C) 53 miles quality, especially for children living in homes with smokers?
D) 85 km A) Radon gas
B) Good lighting
Answer 73: C) 53 miles C) Trees
D) Transportation options
Question 74: The next layer above the troposphere is
known as the: Answer 80: A) Radon gas
A) Exosphere
B) Thermosphere Question 81: Access to health services is a social factor
C) Stratosphere affecting community health. Which of the following is NOT a
D) Mesosphere social factor?
A) Discrimination
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B) Mass media A) Biological component

C) Social support B) Physical component
D) Public safety C) Cultural component
D) Technological component
Answer 81: D) Public safety
Answer 87: B) Physical component
Question 82: What does "The sick building syndrome"
describe? Question 88: What is the primary role of the thermosphere
A) A range of ailments related to working outdoors in the atmosphere?
B) A range of ailments related to living in rural areas A) Absorb X-rays and UV radiation
C) A range of ailments related to living or working in closed B) Support plant growth
buildings with poor air quality C) Facilitate weather patterns
D) A range of ailments related to living in densely populated D) Reflect sunlight
urban areas
Answer 88: D) Reflect sunlight
Answer 82: C) A range of ailments related to living or working
in closed buildings with poor air quality Question 89: What does the term "Hydrosphere" refer to?
A) The solid outer section of Earth
Question 83: Which component of the environment is B) The gaseous layer enveloping the Earth
mainly associated with factors like weather, plants, and C) All forms of water bodies on Earth
climate? D) The uppermost layer of the atmosphere
A) Biological component
B) Chemical component Answer 89: C) All forms of water bodies on Earth
C) Social component
D) Physical component Question 90: The social component of the environment
mainly consists of various groups of populations of different
Answer 83: D) Physical component living organisms. Who is considered the most intelligent living
organism in this context?
Question 84: What are the three major components of the A) Bacteria
environment? B) Plants
A) Physical component, Biological component, Political C) Man
component D) Animals
B) Social component, Chemical component, Economic
component Answer 90: C) Man
C) Physical component, Biological component, Social
component Question 91: What is the primary role of the atmosphere
D) Cultural component, Technological component, with oxygen in abundance?
Educational component A) Absorb X-rays and UV radiation
B) Support plant growth
Answer 84: C) Physical component, Biological component, C) Sustain life
Social component D) Reflect sunlight

Question 85: Which component of the environment Answer 91: C) Sustain life
includes factors like beliefs, traditions, prejudices, and
religion? Question 92: What do communities develop and implement
A) Biological component strategies for when they are helped to identify common
B) Physical component problems or goals?
C) Cultural component A) Economic development
D) Social component B) Technological advancements
C) Achieving common goals
Answer 85: C) Cultural component D) Reaching the goals they have collectively set

Question 86: What does the term "Biosphere" refer to? Answer 92: D) Reaching the goals they have collectively set
A) The sum total of all conditions surrounding an organism
B) All regions on Earth where life exists Question 93: What is the primary role of the mesosphere in
C) The combination of lithosphere, hydrosphere, and the atmosphere?
atmosphere A) Absorb X-rays and UV radiation
D) The atmosphere with an abundance of oxygen B) Support plant growth
C) Burn up meteors
Answer 86: B) All regions on Earth where life exists D) Reflect sunlight

Question 87: Which component of the environment Answer 93: C) Burn up meteors
includes elements like air, water, and climate?
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Question 94: Which layer of the atmosphere is closest to

space and has very high temperatures due to direct solar Answer 99: C) Environment
radiation?
A) Troposphere Question 100: Which component of the environment
B) Stratosphere includes all living things like plants, animals, and
C) Mesosphere micro-organisms?
D) Exosphere A) Lithosphere
B) Atmosphere
Answer 94: D) Exosphere C) Hydrosphere
D) Biosphere
Question 95: What is the main constituent of the Earth's
atmosphere? Answer 100: D) Biosphere
A) Oxygen
B) Carbon dioxide Question 101: What are some of the barriers to accessing
C) Nitrogen health services?
D) Hydrogen A) Healthy lifestyle choices
B) Availability of services
Answer 95: C) Nitrogen C) Limited language access
D) Regular exercise
Question 96: Which component of the environment
includes factors like educational and job opportunities, living Answer 101: C) Limited language access
wages, and healthful foods?
A) Biological component Question 102: Which of the following is NOT a consequence
B) Social component of barriers to accessing health services?
C) Chemical component A) Unmet health needs
D) Physical component B) Delays in receiving appropriate care
C) Improved preventive services
Answer 96: B) Social component D) Preventable hospitalizations

Question 97: What does the term "Chemical Factors" refer Answer 102: C) Improved preventive services
to?
A) Factors related to the chemical composition of the Question 103: Lack of availability, high cost, and lack of
atmosphere insurance coverage are examples of barriers related to:
B) Factors related to the chemical composition of the A) Individual characteristics
lithosphere B) Accessing health services
C) Factors related to the chemical composition of living C) Healthy behaviors
organisms D) Community resources
D) Factors related to exposure to contaminants in air, water,
food, and soil Answer 103: B) Accessing health services

Answer 97: D) Factors related to exposure to contaminants in Question 104: Which individual behavior can greatly reduce
air, water, food, and soil the risk of developing heart disease?
A) Regular hand washing
Question 98: What factor can cause exposures to B) Alcohol consumption
contaminants in air, water, food, and soil, and is associated C) Quitting smoking
with many chronic diseases and emerging communicable D) Lack of physical activity
diseases?
A) Social norms Answer 104: C) Quitting smoking
B) Economic conditions
C) Climate change Question 105: What individual behavior can impact health
D) Chemical pollutants outcomes related to heart disease?
A) Diet
Answer 98: D) Chemical pollutants B) Lack of sleep
C) Watching television
Question 99: What is the term used to describe all the D) Using hand sanitizer
external forces, influences, and conditions affecting living
organisms Answer 105: A) Diet

? Question 106: Which of the following is an individual

A) Biotic component behavior that can influence health outcomes?
B) Technosphere A) Availability of services
C) Environment B) Health insurance coverage
D) Atmosphere C) Alcohol consumption
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D) Limited language access

Answer 106: C) Alcohol consumption

Question 107: If individuals do not have health insurance,

they are more likely to:
A) Participate in preventive care
B) Delay medical treatment
C) Maintain a healthy diet
D) Engage in regular physical activity

Answer 107: B) Delay medical treatment

Question 108: Hand washing is an example of an individual

behavior that can:
A) Improve access to health services
B) Prevent heart disease
C) Impact health outcomes
D) Address language barriers

Answer 108: C) Impact health outcomes

Question 109: What does lack of availability, high cost, and

lack of insurance coverage lead to in terms of accessing
health services?
A) Improved preventive services
B) Delays in receiving appropriate care
C) Unmet health needs
D) Reduced language barriers

Answer 109: C) Unmet health needs

Question 110: Which of the following is an example of a

barrier to accessing health services?
A) Regular exercise
B) Availability of services
C) High language proficiency
D) Low-cost healthcare

Answer 110: B) Availability of services

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05.1 The Water Question 8: What is the recommended daily per capita
water requirement in rural areas?
Question 1: What is the primary physiological requirement A) 2 liters
of drinking water for survival? B) 40 liters
A) 40 liters per capita per day C) 150-200 liters
B) Pleasant taste D) 500 liters
C) Free from pathogenic agents
D) Close to the people Answer 8: B) 40 liters

Answer 1: C) Free from pathogenic agents Question 9: What is the primary origin of surface water in
impounding reservoirs?
Question 2: In urban areas, what is the recommended daily A) Rainwater
per capita water requirement for various uses? B) Groundwater
A) 2 liters C) Rivers and streams
B) 40 liters D) Lakes
C) 150-200 liters
D) 500 liters Answer 9: C) Rivers and streams

Answer 2: C) 150-200 liters Question 10: What is the role of the catchment area in
maintaining water quality?
Question 3: Which water source is known for being the A) Adding contaminants
purest in nature and containing only traces of dissolved solids? B) Filtering impurities
A) Groundwater C) Storing water
B) Surface water D) Regulating water flow
C) Rainwater
D) Impounding reservoir water Answer 10: B) Filtering impurities

Answer 3: C) Rainwater Question 11: What is the main component of impounding

reservoirs?
Question 4: What is the primary purpose of impounding A) Groundwater
reservoirs? B) Surface water from rivers and streams
A) Power production C) Rainwater
B) Drinking water supply D) Underground water
C) Agricultural irrigation
D) Industrial processes Answer 11: B) Surface water from rivers and streams

Answer 4: B) Drinking water supply Question 12: What is the primary use of surface water from
rivers and streams?
Question 5: What is the term used for water that is free A) Power production
from harmful chemical substances? B) Drinking water supply
A) Impure water C) Agricultural irrigation
B) Polluted water D) Industrial processes
C) Contaminated water
D) Wholesome water Answer 12: C) Agricultural irrigation

Answer 5: D) Wholesome water Question 13: What is the catchment area's role in
maintaining water quality?
Question 6: What is the term for water that is free from A) It has no impact on water quality
color and odor? B) It can worsen water quality by adding contaminants
A) Impure water C) It can improve water quality by filtering impurities
B) Polluted water D) It prevents water from flowing to reservoirs
C) Contaminated water
D) Wholesome water Answer 13: C) It can improve water quality by filtering
impurities
Answer 6: D) Wholesome water
Question 14: What can be a consequence of inadequate
Question 7: What is the main source of power production security measures at water sources?
using water? A) Improved water quality
A) Dug well B) Decreased contamination
B) Rainwater C) Increased risk of contamination and pollution
C) Rivers and streams D) Reduced catchment area
D) Artesian well
Answer 14: C) Increased risk of contamination and pollution
Answer 7: C) Rivers and streams
Question 15: What can be a consequence of inadequate
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A) Improved water quality D) Artesian well

B) Decreased contamination
C) Increased risk of contamination and pollution Answer 22: C) Rivers and streams
D) Reduced catchment area
Question 23: What is the recommended daily per capita
Answer 15: C) Increased risk of contamination and pollution water requirement in rural areas?
A) 2 liters
Question 16: Which of the following is NOT a type of water B) 40 liters
source? C) 150-200 liters
A) Impounding reservoir D) 500 liters
B) Rainwater
C) Underground ocean Answer 23: B) 40 liters
D) Groundwater
Question 24: What is the primary origin of surface water in
Answer 16: C) Underground ocean impounding reservoirs?
A) Rainwater
Question 17: What is the primary physiological requirement B) Groundwater
of drinking water for survival? C) Rivers and streams
A) 40 liters per capita per day D) Lakes
B) Pleasant taste
C) Free from pathogenic agents Answer 24: C) Rivers and streams
D) Close to the people
Question 25: What is the role of the catchment area in
Answer 17: C) Free from pathogenic agents maintaining water quality?
A) Adding contaminants
Question 18: In urban areas, what is the recommended daily B) Filtering impurities
per capita water requirement for various uses? C) Storing water
A) 2 liters D) Regulating water flow
B) 40 liters
C) 150-200 liters Answer 25: B) Filtering impurities
D) 500 liters
Question 26: Which of the following sources of water
Answer 18: C) 150-200 liters supply originates from rainwater?
A) Sea water
Question 19: Which water source is known for being the B) Groundwater
purest in nature and containing only traces of dissolved solids? C) Surface water from rivers and streams
A) Groundwater D) Rainwater
B) Surface water
C) Rainwater Answer 26: D) Rainwater
D) Impounding reservoir water
Question 27: What is one significant limitation of sea water
Answer 19: C) Rainwater as a source of drinking water?
A) It contains no salts in solution
Question 20: What is the term used for water that is free B) It requires no treatment
from harmful chemical substances? C) It is highly contaminated
A) Impure water D) It has a high salt content
B) Polluted water
C) Contaminated water Answer 27: D) It has a high salt content
D) Wholesome water
Question 28: What is the simplest solution to improve the
Answer 20: D) Wholesome water quality of tank water?
A) Desalting and demineralization process
Question 21: What is the term for water that is free from B) Elevating the edges of the tank
color and odor? C) Adding chlorine
A) Impure water D) Boiling the water
B) Polluted water
C) Contaminated water Answer 28: B) Elevating the edges of the tank
D) Wholesome water
Question 29: Which of the following is a key advantage of
Answer 21: D) Wholesome water ground water?
A) High mineral content
Question 22: What is the main source of power production B) No treatment required
using water? C) Availability during dry seasons
A) Dug well D) Frequent contamination
B) Rainwater
C) Rivers and streams Answer 29: C) Availability during dry seasons

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B) Deep well
Question 30: What is the primary disadvantage of ground C) Tube well
water? D) Spring
A) Low mineral content
B) No need for pumping Answer 37: D) Spring
C) High risk of contamination
D) Low availability during dry seasons Question 38: Which type of well-drilling goes through
successive substrata until water is located?
Answer 30: C) High risk of contamination A) Shallow well
B) Deep well
Question 31: What is the primary difference between a C) Tube well
shallow well and a deep well? D) Spring
A) Depth
B) Chemical quality Answer 38: B) Deep well
C) Bacteriological quality
D) Yield Question 39: Which city obtains its entire water supply from
tube wells?
Answer 31: A) Depth A) Delhi
B) Mumbai
Question 32: Which type of well has water above the first C) Kolkata
impervious layer and is moderately hard in chemical quality? D) Chandigarh
A) Shallow well
B) Deep well Answer 39: D) Chandigarh
C) Tube well
D) Spring Question 40: What is the main limitation of sea water as a
source of drinking water?
Answer 32: A) Shallow well A) It contains no salts in solution
B) It requires no treatment
Question 33: Which type of well has water below the first C) It is highly contaminated
impervious layer and is much harder in chemical quality? D) It has a high salt content
A) Shallow well
B) Deep well Answer 40: D) It has a high salt content
C) Tube well
D) Spring Question 41: What is the simplest solution to improve the
quality of tank water?
Answer 33: B) Deep well A) Desalting and demineralization process
B) Elevating the edges of the tank
Question 34: What is the main difference between a shallow C) Adding chlorine
tube well and a driven well? D) Boiling the water
A) Water quality
B) Depth Answer 41: B) Elevating the edges of the tank
C) Bacteriological quality
D) Yield Question 42: Which of the following is a key advantage of
ground water?
Answer 34: B) Depth A) High mineral content
B) No treatment required
Question 35: What is the main advantage of tube wells? C) Availability during dry seasons
A) They are bacteriologically safe D) Frequent contamination
B) They are expensive
C) They have a high risk of contamination Answer 42: C) Availability during dry seasons
D) They are unreliable
Question 43: What is the primary disadvantage of ground
Answer 35: A) They are bacteriologically safe water?
A) Low mineral content
Question 36: Which type of well consists of a pipe fitted B) No need for pumping
with a strainer at the bottom and a hand pump at the top? C) High risk of contamination
A) Shallow well D) Low availability during dry seasons
B) Deep well
C) Tube well Answer 43: C) High risk of contamination
D) Spring
Question 44: What is the primary difference between a
Answer 36: C) Tube well shallow well and a deep well?
A) Depth
Question 37: Which type of well is known for having B) Chemical quality
seasonal fluctuations and lasting for a period of 5 to 10 years? C) Bacteriological quality
A) Shallow well D) Yield

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Answer 44: A) Depth

Question 45: Which type of well has water above the first
impervious layer and is moderately hard in chemical quality?
A) Shallow well
B) Deep well
C) Tube well
D) Spring

Answer 45: A) Shallow well

Question 46: Which type of well has water below the first
impervious layer and is much harder in chemical quality?
A) Shallow well
B) Deep well
C) Tube well
D) Spring

Answer 46: B) Deep well

Question 47: What is the main difference between a shallow

tube well and a driven well?
A) Water quality
B) Depth
C) Bacteriological quality
D) Yield

Answer 47: B) Depth

Question 48: What is the main advantage of tube wells?

A) They are bacteriologically safe
B) They are expensive
C) They have a high risk of contamination
D) They are unreliable

Answer 48: A) They are bacteriologically safe

Question 49: Which type of well consists of a pipe fitted

with a strainer at the bottom and a hand pump at the top?
A) Shallow well
B) Deep well
C) Tube well
D) Spring

Answer 49: C) Tube well

Question 50: Which type of well is known for having

seasonal fluctuations and lasting for a period of 5 to 10 years?
A) Shallow well
B) Deep well
C) Tube well
D) Spring

Answer 50: D) Spring

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05.3 The Waste

Question 1: What is the primary component of refuse?

A) Metal Question 8: What is the primary source of ocean pollution
B) Glass due to waste dumping?
C) Food waste A) Organic waste
D) Plastic B) Radioactive waste
C) Plastic waste
Answer 1: C) Food waste D) Industrial waste

Question 2: Which of the following is NOT considered solid Answer 8: C) Plastic waste
waste?
A) Yard trimmings Question 9: What term refers to the waste material that is
B) Furniture burned in an open fire on the ground?
C) Household appliances A) Incineration
D) Sewage B) Composting
C) Rubbish
Answer 2: D) Sewage D) Open burning

Question 3: What is the main purpose of waste Answer 9: D) Open burning

management?
A) To increase waste generation Question 10: Which waste management method involves
B) To prevent waste generation grinding waste and discharging it into sewers?
C) To regulate waste disposal A) Ocean dumping
D) To manage waste from inception to disposal B) Incineration
C) Sanitary landfill
Answer 3: D) To manage waste from inception to disposal D) Grinding and discharging into sewers

Question 4: Which waste disposal method involves the use Answer 10: D) Grinding and discharging into sewers
of aerobic thermophilic organisms?
A) Open burning Question 11: What type of waste is mostly dry and includes
B) Incineration materials like glass and paper?
C) Composting A) Garbage
D) Sanitary landfill B) Refuse
C) Rubbish
Answer 4: C) Composting D) Sewage

Question 5: What is the primary byproduct of incineration? Answer 11: C) Rubbish

A) Flue gas
B) Compost Question 12: Which waste management method involves
C) Liquid waste burning materials in a controlled incinerator?
D) Organic matter A) Composting
B) Open burning
Answer 5: A) Flue gas C) Incineration
D) Ocean dumping
Question 6: What type of waste disposal involves burying
waste in a controlled manner? Answer 12: C) Incineration
A) Incineration
B) Composting Question 13: What is the main goal of recycling programs?
C) Open burning A) To increase waste generation
D) Sanitary landfill B) To reduce waste generation
C) To regulate waste disposal
Answer 6: D) Sanitary landfill D) To promote open burning

Question 7: Which of the following materials is often Answer 13: B) To reduce waste generation
associated with recycling programs?
A) Garbage Question 14: Which type of waste is primarily related to
B) Plastic food and other decomposable materials?
C) Incinerator ash A) Garbage
D) Flue gas B) Refuse
C) Rubbish
Answer 7: B) Plastic D) Sewage

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D) To manage waste from inception to disposal

Answer 14: A) Garbage
Answer 21: D) To manage waste from inception to disposal
Question 15: What is the primary environmental concern
associated with open burning? Question 22: Which waste management method involves
A) Reduced greenhouse gas emissions burying waste in a controlled manner?
B) Air pollution and health hazards A) Incineration
C) Increased recycling rates B) Composting
D) Improved waste disposal efficiency C) Open burning
D) Sanitary landfill
Answer 15: B) Air pollution and health hazards
Answer 22: D) Sanitary landfill
Question 16: What is the primary challenge of waste
management in high-income countries? Question 23: What type of waste is mostly dry and includes
A) Lack of regulations materials like glass and paper?
B) Limited access to waste disposal facilities A) Garbage
C) Achieving high levels of waste isolation B) Refuse
D) Overconsumption and waste production C) Rubbish
D) Sewage
Answer 16: D) Overconsumption and waste production
Answer 23: C) Rubbish
Question 17: Which waste disposal method converts waste
into ash, flue gas, and heat? Question 24: What is the main goal of recycling programs?
A) Composting A) To increase waste generation
B) Incineration B) To reduce waste generation
C) Open burning C) To regulate waste disposal
D) Sanitary landfill D) To promote open burning

Answer 17: B) Incineration Answer 24: B) To reduce waste generation

Question 18: What is the primary purpose of sanitary
landfills?
A) To isolate waste from the environment until it is safe
B) To promote open burning of waste
C) To encourage recycling programs
D) To minimize waste production
Question 25: What is the primary environmental concern
associated with open burning?
A) Reduced greenhouse gas emissions
B) Air pollution and health hazards
C) Increased recycling rates
D) Improved waste disposal efficiency

Answer 18: A) To isolate waste from the environment until it Answer 25: B) Air pollution and health hazards
is safe
Question 26: What are the primary byproducts of the
Question 19: Which term refers to the water-carried wastes treatment process of ploughing in fields?
that flow away from a community? A) Soil pollution
A) Sewage B) Carbon dioxide, water, and heat
B) Refuse C) Harrowed soil
C) Compost D) Garbage
D) Rubbish
Answer 26: B) Carbon dioxide, water, and heat
Answer 19: A) Sewage
Question 27: In waste management, what is the primary
Question 20: What term describes the decomposition of purpose of grinding and discharging waste into sewers?
organic waste by aerobic thermophilic organisms? A) Increasing solids in sewage treatment plants
A) Incineration B) Odor control
B) Recycling C) Facilitating garbage separation by households
C) Composting D) Reducing difficulties in sewer collection systems
D) Open burning
Answer 27: D) Reducing difficulties in sewer collection
Answer 20: C) Composting systems

Question 21: What is the primary purpose of waste Question 28: What is the primary advantage of a Ventilated
management? Improved Pit (VIP) latrine over a simple pit latrine?
A) To increase waste generation A) Increased fly and mosquito nuisance
B) To prevent waste generation B) Unpleasant odors
C) To regulate waste disposal C) Enhanced odor control
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D) Lack of a vent pipe D) Skin contact

Answer 28: C) Enhanced odor control Answer 35: B) Water and food

Question 29: In areas without long-term sanitation Question 36: What is the primary goal of ploughing and
infrastructure, what type of latrine is a workable solution for cultivating a soil in modern agriculture?
emergency sanitation? A) Creating an acidic environment
A) Pit latrine B) Enhancing the growth of trees
B) VIP latrine C) Forming a plough layer for plant roots
C) Trench latrine D) Generating heat in the soil
D) Pour-flush toilet
Answer 36: C) Forming a plough layer for plant roots
Answer 29: C) Trench latrine
Question 37: What is the primary purpose of the separation
Question 30: What is the primary route of transmission for of garbage from refuse by households in waste
faeco-oral diseases? management?
A) Airborne particles A) Increasing fly and mosquito nuisance
B) Skin contact B) Odor control
C) Contaminated water and food C) Facilitating waste collection
D) Mosquitoes D) Soil pollution

Answer 30: C) Contaminated water and food Answer 37: C) Facilitating waste collection

Question 31: Which of the following diseases can be Question 38: Which of the following latrines is an
transmitted through the faecal-oral route? improvement over a simple pit latrine, addressing issues like
A) Influenza fly and mosquito nuisance?
B) Malaria A) Pit latrine
C) Cholera B) VIP latrine (Ventilated Improved Pit)
D) Skin cancer C) Trench latrine
D) Siting latrine
Answer 31: C) Cholera
Answer 38: B) VIP latrine (Ventilated Improved Pit)
Question 32: What is the primary goal of a pit latrine?
A) Soil pollution Question 39: What is the primary outcome of grinding and
B) Recycling discharging waste into sewers?
C) Odor control A) Increased solids in sewage treatment plants
D) Waste incineration B) Enhanced odor control
C) Soil pollution
Answer 32: C) Odor control D) Improved water quality

Question 33: What is the main objective of trench latrines?
A) Enhancing odor control
B) Increasing fly and mosquito nuisance
C) Reducing water usage
D) Providing long-term sanitation infrastructure
Answer 33: A) Enhancing odor control
Question 34: What is the primary concern associated with
the ingestion of contaminated water and food?
A) Increased marine biodiversity
B) Improved waste disposal efficiency
C) Transmission of faeco-oral diseases
D) Enhanced fish population
Answer 34: C) Transmission of faeco-oral diseases
Question 35: What is the primary vehicle for the
transmission of microorganisms causing diseases related to
contaminated water and food?
A) Airborne particles
B) Water and food
C) Mosquitoes
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Answer 39: B) Enhanced odor control
Question 40: What is the primary goal of a trench latrine in
areas without long-term sanitation infrastructure?
A) Enhancing odor control
B) Increasing fly and mosquito nuisance
C) Facilitating waste collection
D) Providing long-term sanitation infrastructure
Answer 40: A) Enhancing odor control
Question 41: What is the primary vehicle for the
transmission of diseases related to contaminated water and
food?
A) Airborne particles
B) Water and food
C) Mosquitoes
D) Skin contact
Answer 41: B) Water and food
Question 42: Which of the following diseases is NOT
typically transmitted through the faecal-oral route?
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A) Influenza A) Increased soil pollution

B) Cholera B) Reduced odor and insect nuisance
C) Hepatitis A C) Enhanced water usage
D) Typhoid D) Higher construction costs

Answer 42: A) Influenza Answer 49: B) Reduced odor and insect nuisance

Question 43: What is the primary concern associated with Question 50: Which waste management method involves
open burning in waste management? the combustion of waste materials?
A) Enhanced waste recycling A) Composting
B) Air pollution B) Ocean dumping
C) Improved waste disposal efficiency C) Ploughing
D) Soil pollution D) Incineration

Answer 43: B) Air pollution Answer 50: D) Incineration

Question 44: What is the primary purpose of a pour-flush Question 51: What is the primary byproduct of the
toilet in human waste disposal? incineration waste treatment process?
A) Odor control A) Carbon dioxide
B) Recycling B) Heat
C) Reducing water usage C) Flue gas
D) Enhancing fly and mosquito nuisance D) Organic material

Answer 44: C) Reducing water usage Answer 51: B) Heat

Question 45: In waste management, what is the primary
purpose of composting?
A) To reduce soil pollution
B) To convert waste into ash
C) To isolate waste from the environment
D) To produce stable humus-like material
Question 52: What is the main goal of composting in waste
management?
A) To convert waste into ash
B) To produce stable humus-like material
C) To isolate waste from the environment
D) To transport waste to sanitary landfills

Answer 45: D) To produce stable humus-like material Answer 52: B) To produce stable humus-like material

Question 46: What is the main objective of a water carriage Question 53: Which of the following is a primary vehicle for
system of human waste disposal? the transmission of fecal-oral diseases?
A) Enhancing odor control A) Airborne particles
B) Reducing water usage B) Skin contact
C) Providing long-term sanitation infrastructure C) Contaminated water and food
D) Facilitating waste collection D) Mosquitoes

Answer 46: C) Providing long-term sanitation infrastructure Answer 53: C) Contaminated water and food

Question 47: What is the primary outcome of sewage Question 54: What is the primary concern associated with
treatment? ocean dumping of waste materials?
A) Increased fly and mosquito nuisance A) Increased marine biodiversity
B) Water pollution B) Pollution of water bodies
C) Soil pollution C) Improved waste disposal efficiency
D) Enhanced odor control D) Enhanced fish population

Answer 47: D) Enhanced odor control Answer 54: B) Pollution of water bodies

Question 48: Which of the following diseases is primarily Question 55: Which of the following diseases can be
transmitted through the faecal-oral route? transmitted through the fecal-oral route?
A) Tuberculosis A) Influenza
B) Malaria B) Malaria
C) Cholera C) Cholera
D) Diabetes D) Skin cancer

Answer 48: C) Cholera Answer 55: C) Cholera

Question 49: What is the primary advantage of a VIP Question 56: What is the main objective of pit latrines?
(Ventilated Improved Pit) latrine over a simple pit latrine? A) Odor control
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B) Soil pollution B) Use of disinfectants

C) Recycling C) Insect repellents
D) Waste incineration D) Rodent control

Answer 56: A) Odor control Answer 63: C) Insect repellents

Question 57: Which waste management method involves Question 64: What type of waste is primarily composed of
the combustion of organics in waste materials? glass, paper, cloth, or wood?
A) Incineration A) Garbage
B) Composting B) Rubbish
C) Ocean dumping C) Solid waste
D) Ploughing D) Sewage

Answer 57: A) Incineration Answer 64: B) Rubbish

Question 58: What is the primary goal of a VIP (Ventilated Question 65: What is the primary goal of waste
Improved Pit) latrine? management?
A) Reducing construction costs A) Generating more waste
B) Enhancing odor control B) Collecting waste from rivers
C) Reducing water usage C) Isolating waste from the environment
D) Reducing fly and mosquito nuisance D) Promoting waste pollution

Answer 58: D) Reducing fly and mosquito nuisance Answer 65: C) Isolating waste from the environment

Question 59: Which of the following diseases is NOT Question 66: Which disease is primarily characterized by
transmitted by the fecal-oral route? severe diarrhea and vomiting?
A) Giardiasis A) Giardiasis
B) Lassa Fever B) Typhoid
C) Typhoid fever C) Cholera
D) Ascariasis D) Hepatitis A

Answer 59: B) Lassa Fever Answer 66: C) Cholera

Question 60: What is the primary method for controlling Question 67: Which pathogen is responsible for causing
diseases transmitted by rodents? Giardiasis?
A) Vaccination of rodents A) Salmonella typhi
B) Frequent hand-washing B) Vibrio cholera
C) Removing rodent attractions C) Giardia intestinalis
D) Sealing entry points to prevent rodents D) Shigella dysentery

Answer 60: D) Sealing entry points to prevent rodents Answer 67: C) Giardia intestinalis

Question 61: What is the primary method for controlling Question 68: What is the infectious dose for Hepatitis A and
diseases of the fecal-oral route? E viruses?
A) Vaccination of the population A) 103 to 109
B) Disinfectants B) 1.4 million cases
C) Frequent hand-washing C) 1 in 30-50 infected people
D) Rodent control D) 10 to 100

Answer 61: A) Vaccination of the population Answer 68: A) 103 to 109

Question 62: Which of the following diseases is caused by a Question 69: Which disease has the annual burden of 200
virus? million cases with death being rare?
A) Giardiasis A) Cholera
B) Leptospirosis B) Giardiasis
C) Plague C) Typhoid
D) Hepatitis A D) Hepatitis A

Answer 62: D) Hepatitis A Answer 69: B) Giardiasis

Question 63: What is the primary method for controlling Question 70: Which pathogen is responsible for causing
diseases transmitted by vectors like mosquitoes? Bacillary dysentery with bloody diarrhea?
A) Frequent hand-washing A) Salmonella typhi
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B) Vibrio cholera Answer 75: C) Hepatitis A and E

C) Giardia intestinalis
D) Shigella dysentery Question 76: What is one of the signs to look for when
checking for the presence of rats and mice?
Answer 70: D) Shigella dysentery A) Clean kitchen countertops
B) Rodent droppings
Question 71: How common are asymptomatic carriers for C) Bird feeders in the yard
Shigella dysentery? D) Outdoor grills
A) Very common
B) Common Answer 76: B) Rodent droppings
C) Rare
D) Not applicable Question 77: Why is it recommended to keep compost piles
far away from structures?
Answer 71: B) Common A) To improve compost quality
B) To prevent rodent attraction
Question 72: What is the infectious dose for Salmonella C) To protect the compost from the rain
typhi and S paratyphi? D) To make composting easier
A) 103 to 109
B) 1.4 million cases Answer 77: B) To prevent rodent attraction
C) 1 in 30-50 infected people
D) 10 to 100 Question 78: Why should you avoid having a bird feeder in
your yard in terms of rodent control?
Answer 72: D) 10 to 100 A) Bird feeders are expensive
B) Birds don't like feeders
Question 73: Which disease has an annual burden of 3-5 C) Bird feeders provide a source of food for rodents
million cases with 120,000 deaths? D) Bird feeders attract rats and mice
A) Typhoid
B) Cholera Answer 78: C) Bird feeders provide a source of food for
C) Giardiasis rodents
D) Hepatitis A
Question 79: What is a recommended practice for keeping
Answer 73: B) Cholera outdoor areas clean in relation to rodent control?
A) Install more outdoor grills
Question 74: What is the mortality rate for Hepatitis A? B) Encase outdoor items in containers
A) >1% C) Avoid outdoor activities
B) <1% D) Plant more trees
C) 1.1 million deaths
D) 1 in 2-13 infected people Answer 79: B) Encase outdoor items in containers

Answer 74: A) >1% Question 80: Why should food and beverage containers be
rinsed before discarding or recycling?
Question 75: Which of the following diseases is A) To reduce water consumption
characterized by liver inflammation and jaundice? B) To create a nice smell
A) Typhoid C) To improve recycling efficiency
B) Giardiasis D) To make them easier to stack
C) Hepatitis A and E
D) Bacillary dysentery Answer 80: C) To improve recycling efficiency

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05.4 The Food Sanitation
Question 1: What is the primary goal of food sanitation?
A) To increase food contamination
B) To reduce food safety
C) To prevent the contamination of food and keep it safe to
eat
D) To promote the growth of bacteria in food
Answer 1: C) To prevent the contamination of food and keep
it safe to eat
Question 2: Who needs to observe the basics of food
sanitation?
A) Only workers in the food industry
B) Only home cooks
C) Both people in the food industry and home cooks
D) No one needs to observe food sanitation
Answer 2: C) Both people in the food industry and home
cooks
Question 3: What is the key to food sanitation?
A) Keeping food frozen at all times
B) Cooking food at low temperatures
C) Keeping food safe and clean while observing personal
hygiene
D) Using a single cutting board for all types of food
Answer 3: C) Keeping food safe and clean while observing
personal hygiene
Question 4: What is the definition of healthy food?
A) Any food that tastes good
B) Food that contains ingredients that contribute to disease
C) Food that provides essential nutrients and energy while
satiating hunger, sustaining growth and health, and
promoting longevity
D) Food that is highly processed and contains artificial
ingredients
Answer 4: C) Food that provides essential nutrients and
energy while satiating hunger, sustaining growth and health,
and promoting longevity
Question 5: What is food preservation?
A) The process of rapidly spoiling food
B) The process of handling food without any treatment
C) The process of treating and handling food to stop or slow
down spoilage and allow for longer storage
D) The process of growing food
Answer 5: C) The process of treating and handling food to
stop or slow down spoilage and allow for longer storage
Question 6: What is the primary purpose of drying as a
method of food preservation?
A) To increase water activity in food
B) To speed up bacterial growth
C) To reduce water activity in food and prevent bacterial
growth
D) To introduce benign bacteria to food
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Answer 6: C) To reduce water activity in food and prevent
bacterial growth
Question 7: How does refrigeration help preserve food?
A) By increasing the growth and reproduction of
micro-organisms
B) By slowing down the growth and reproduction of
micro-organisms and the action of enzymes
C) By causing food to rot faster
D) By promoting oxidation of fats
Answer 7: B) By slowing down the growth and reproduction
of micro-organisms and the action of enzymes
Question 8: What is the impact of freezing on food
preservation?
A) It has no impact on food preservation.
B) It reduces food spoilage but is not commonly used.
C) It is one of the most commonly used processes for
preserving a wide range of food.
D) It promotes bacterial growth.
Answer 8: C) It is one of the most commonly used processes
for preserving a wide range of food.
Question 9: What is water activity in the context of food
preservation?
A) The amount of water in a food product
B) The temperature at which water freezes
C) The availability of water for microbial growth and chemical
reactions in food
D) The number of water molecules in a food product
Answer 9: C) The availability of water for microbial growth
and chemical reactions in food
Question 10: How has refrigeration improved diets in the
Western world?
A) By increasing food contamination
B) By making food spoil faster
C) By allowing foods like fresh fruit, salads, and dairy
products to be stored safely for longer periods
D) By promoting the growth of harmful bacteria
Answer 10: C) By allowing foods like fresh fruit, salads, and
dairy products to be stored safely for longer periods
Question 11: Which of the following is not a common
method of food preservation?
A) Drying
B) Smoking
C) Boiling
D) Canning
Answer 11: C) Boiling
Question 12: What is the purpose of sterilization of cutting
boards in food sanitation?
A) To introduce beneficial bacteria
B) To increase food contamination

C) To prevent the growth of harmful bacteria
D) To promote the growth of molds
Answer 12: C) To prevent the growth of harmful bacteria
Question 13: Which of the following is an example of
personal hygiene in food sanitation?
A) Leaving food uncovered
B) Not washing hands before handling food
C) Using a single cutting board for all food types
D) Keeping food frozen at all times
Answer 13: B) Not washing hands before handling food
Question 14: What does food preservation primarily aim to
prevent?
A) Rapid food spoilage
B) The introduction of benign bacteria
C) Water activity in food
D) Availability of water for microbial growth
Answer 14: A) Rapid food spoilage
Question 15: Why is it important to avoid
cross-contamination in food sanitation?
A) To introduce beneficial bacteria to food
B) To increase food safety
C) To promote the growth of harmful bacteria
D) To slow down the growth of microorganisms
Answer 15: C) To promote the growth of harmful bacteria
Question 16: What is the role of oxidation in food spoilage?
A) It slows down food spoilage.
B) It has no impact on food spoilage.
C) It causes rancidity and contributes to food spoilage.
D) It prevents food spoilage.
Answer 16: C) It causes rancidity and contributes to food
spoilage.
Question 17: What is one common-sense precaution for
avoiding food contamination at home?
A) Leaving food uncovered
B) Washing hands before handling food
C) Using a single cutting board for all food types
D) Keeping food frozen at all times
Answer 17: B) Washing hands before handling food
Question 18: What does water activity have to do with food
preservation?
A) It is not related to food preservation.
B) It reduces the availability of water for microbial growth.
C) It promotes water contamination in food.
D) It increases food spoilage.
Answer 18: B) It reduces the availability of water for
microbial growth.
Question 19: What is the primary purpose of food
preservation?
A) To increase food spoilage
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B) To slow down the growth of micro-organisms
C) To introduce harmful bacteria to food
D) To keep food frozen at all times
Answer 19: B) To slow down the growth of micro-organisms
Question 20: Which of the following is not a method of food
preservation?
A) Drying
B) Refrigeration
C) Freezing
D) Boiling
Answer 20: D) Boiling
Question 21: What is the primary goal of food sanitation?
A) To introduce harmful substances to food
B) To promote the growth of bacteria in food
C) To prevent the contamination of food and keep it safe to
eat
D) To reduce the nutrients in food
Answer 21: C) To prevent the contamination of food and
keep it safe to eat
Question 22: What does "cross-contamination" refer to in
food sanitation?
A) Combining different food items to create new dishes
B) Introducing beneficial bacteria to food
C) The spread of harmful substances from one food to
another
D) The process of freezing food
Answer 22: C) The spread of harmful substances from one
food to another
Question 23: Why is it important to use separate cutting
boards for meats and vegetables in food preparation?
A) To increase convenience in the kitchen
B) To reduce water activity in food
C) To prevent the introduction of benign bacteria
D) To avoid cross-contamination between raw meat and
other foods
Answer 23: D) To avoid cross-contamination between raw
meat and other foods
Question 24: What is the role of sterilization in food
sanitation?
A) To promote the growth of molds
B) To increase food contamination
C) To prevent the growth of harmful bacteria
D) To introduce beneficial bacteria to food
Answer 24: C) To prevent the growth of harmful bacteria
Question 25: What is the primary purpose of personal
hygiene in food sanitation?
A) To introduce beneficial bacteria to food
B) To increase food contamination
C) To promote the growth of harmful bacteria
D) To avoid introducing harmful elements to food
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Answer 25: D) To avoid introducing harmful elements to food Answer 31: B) To combine multiple approaches to ensure
food safety and extend shelf life
Question 26: Which food preservation method involves
storing food in a vacuum environment to deprive bacteria of Question 32: Which of the following is NOT a method of
oxygen? food preservation?
A) Drying A) Canning
B) Refrigeration B) Fermentation
C) Vacuum Packing C) Frying
D) Canning D) Vacuum Packing

Answer 26: C) Vacuum Packing Answer 32: C) Frying

Question 27: What is the primary purpose of artificial food
additives in food preservation?
A) To promote the growth of bacteria
B) To introduce beneficial bacteria to food
C) To inhibit the growth of bacteria or fungi and prevent
oxidation
D) To increase the oxidation of food constituents
Answer 27: C) To inhibit the growth of bacteria or fungi and
prevent oxidation
Question 28: What is the main purpose of pickling as a food
preservation method?
A) To promote the growth of bacteria
B) To introduce harmful microorganisms to food
C) To preserve food in an edible anti-microbial liquid
D) To dry out food items
Answer 28: C) To preserve food in an edible anti-microbial
liquid
Question 29: What does canning involve in food
preservation?
A) Cooking food and sealing it in sterile cans or jars
B) Freezing food to extremely low temperatures
C) Pickling food in vinegar
D) Mixing food with specific microorganisms
Question 33: What is the primary purpose of refrigeration
in food preservation?
A) To cook food
B) To introduce beneficial microorganisms to food
C) To slow down the growth of microorganisms and enzymes
D) To create a vacuum environment
Answer 33: C) To slow down the growth of microorganisms
and enzymes
Question 34: Which food preservation method involves the
use of specific microorganisms to combat spoilage?
A) Pickling
B) Vacuum Packing
C) Canning
D) Controlled Use of Microorganisms
Answer 34: D) Controlled Use of Microorganisms
Question 35: What does biopreservation use to control
spoilage in food?
A) Harmful chemicals
B) Controlled microbiota or antimicrobials
C) A vacuum environment
D) High temperatures
Answer 35: B) Controlled microbiota or antimicrobials

Answer 29: A) Cooking food and sealing it in sterile cans or Question 36: Which of the following is NOT a common
jars antimicrobial preservative used in food?
A) Sodium nitrate
Question 30: How does biopreservation contribute to food B) Vinegar
preservation? C) Alcohol
A) By introducing harmful bacteria to food D) Oxygen absorbers
B) By using chemicals to prevent spoilage
C) By employing controlled microbiota or antimicrobials to Answer 36: D) Oxygen absorbers
control spoilage
D) By creating a vacuum environment Question 37: How does drying contribute to food
preservation?
Answer 30: C) By employing controlled microbiota or A) By promoting bacterial growth
antimicrobials to control spoilage B) By reducing water activity to prevent bacterial growth
C) By introducing harmful microorganisms to food
Question 31: What is the primary goal of hurdle technology D) By using a vacuum environment
in food preservation?
A) To eliminate all pathogens from food products Answer 37: B) By reducing water activity to prevent bacterial
B) To combine multiple approaches to ensure food safety and growth
extend shelf life
C) To introduce harmful microorganisms to food Question 38: What type of food products are often stored
D) To increase the growth of spoilage bacteria in a vacuum environment through vacuum packing?
A) Fresh vegetables
B) Prepared foods
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C) Dry cereals Question 45: How do lactic acid bacteria (LAB) contribute to
D) Meat and poultry food preservation?
A) By introducing harmful bacteria to food
Answer 38: D) Meat and poultry B) By producing acid and alcohol to create an environment
toxic for spoilage organisms
Question 39: Which method of food preservation involves C) By promoting the growth of spoilage bacteria
boiling containers to kill or weaken remaining bacteria? D) By increasing oxygen levels in food
A) Drying
B) Canning Answer 45: B) By producing acid and alcohol to create an
C) Pickling environment toxic for spoilage organisms
D) Freezing
Question 46: What is the primary purpose of hurdle
Answer 39: B) Canning technology in food preservation?
A) To eliminate all microorganisms from food
Question 40: What is the primary role of artificial food B) To combine multiple approaches to ensure food safety and
additives in food preservation? extend shelf life
A) To promote spoilage C) To introduce harmful microorganisms to food
B) To introduce harmful bacteria D) To increase the growth of spoilage bacteria
C) To make food taste better
D) To inhibit the growth of microorganisms and prevent Answer 46: B) To combine multiple approaches to ensure
spoilage food safety and extend shelf life

Answer 40: D) To inhibit the growth of microorganisms and Question 47: Which of the following is NOT a method of
prevent spoilage food preservation?
A) Canning
Question 41: What is the primary goal of food preservation? B) Fermentation
A) To promote spoilage C) Drying
B) To extend shelf life and prevent spoilage D) Grilling
C) To introduce harmful microorganisms to food
D) To create a vacuum environment Answer 47: D) Grilling

Answer 41: B) To extend shelf life and prevent spoilage
Question 42: What role does refrigeration play in food
preservation?
A) It promotes spoilage.
B) It increases the growth of microorganisms.
C) It creates a vacuum environment.
D) It slows down the growth of microorganisms and enzymes.
Answer 42: D) It slows down the growth of microorganisms
and enzymes.
Question 43: Which food preservation method involves
preserving food in an edible anti-microbial liquid?
A) Vacuum Packing
B) Drying
C) Pickling
D) Canning
Answer 43: C) Pickling
Question 44: What does canning involve in food
preservation?
A) Cooking food and sealing it in sterile containers
B) Freezing food to extremely low temperatures
C) Pickling food in vinegar
D) Mixing food with specific microorganisms
Answer 44: A) Cooking food and sealing it in sterile
containers
Question 48: How does refrigeration contribute to food
preservation?
A) By promoting bacterial growth
B) By reducing water activity to prevent bacterial growth
C) By introducing harmful microorganisms to food
D) By creating a vacuum environment
Answer 48: B) By reducing water activity to prevent bacterial
growth
Question 49: Which food preservation method involves the
use of sterilized containers and boiling to kill or weaken
remaining bacteria?
A) Vacuum Packing
B) Canning
C) Drying
D) Pickling
Answer 49: B) Canning
Question 50: What is the primary purpose of
biopreservation in food preservation?
A) To introduce harmful bacteria
B) To make food taste better
C) To use high temperatures for sterilization
D) To control spoilage using natural or controlled microbiota
Answer 50: D) To control spoilage using natural or controlled
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Question 51: Which organization estimates that about 76

million people in the United States become ill from Answer 57: D) Killing or weakening remaining bacteria
pathogens in food each year?
A) FDA (Food and Drug Administration) Question 58: What does the term "hurdle technology" aim
B) CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) to achieve in food preservation?
C) WHO (World Health Organization) A) Combining more than one approach to extend shelf life
D) USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) B) Reducing food temperature for long-term storage
C) Maximizing flavor through preservation
Answer 51: B) CDC (Centers for Disease Control and D) Using only a single preservation method
Prevention)
Answer 58: A) Combining more than one approach to extend
Question 52: What is the primary objective of properly shelf life
refrigerating food?
A) To enhance the flavor of food Question 59: What is the primary aim of biopreservation in
B) To maintain food at room temperature for easy access food preservation?
C) To inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria A) Creating an environment toxic for desirable
D) To slow down food spoilage through dehydration microorganisms
B) Extending shelf life through dehydration
Answer 52: C) To inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria C) Controlling spoilage through the use of specific
microorganisms
Question 53: What is the recommended temperature for a D) Maximizing flavor through oxidation
refrigerator to store perishable foods?
A) 32°F (0°C) Answer 59: C) Controlling spoilage through the use of specific
B) 40°F (4°C) microorganisms
C) 50°F (10°C)
D) 60°F (15°C) Question 60: What is one of the principles of safely handling
food that involves properly storing leftovers in the
Answer 53: B) 40°F (4°C) refrigerator?
A) Keeping food cold
Question 54: Which of the following is a proper internal B) Preventing cross-contamination
temperature for ground poultry? C) Holding food at correct temperatures
A) 145°F (63°C) D) Washing hands before handling food
B) 160°F (71°C)
C) 165°F (74°C) Answer 60: C) Holding food at correct temperatures
D) 180°F (82°C)
Question 61: Which of the following statements about
Answer 54: C) 165°F (74°C) foodborne illnesses is true?
A) They are caused only by harmful chemicals in food.
Question 55: What is one of the principles of safely handling B) Symptoms can range from an upset stomach to more
food that involves preventing the spread of bacteria from serious conditions.
one food product to another? C) Foodborne infections are always diagnosed and reported.
A) Keeping food cold D) Foodborne illnesses affect only a small portion of the
B) Practicing proper hygiene population.
C) Cooking food thoroughly
D) Preventing cross-contamination Answer 61: B) Symptoms can range from an upset stomach to
more serious conditions.
Answer 55: D) Preventing cross-contamination
Question 62: What is one of the prevention measures for
Question 56: What is the main cause of foodborne foodborne illnesses mentioned?
illnesses? A) Reheating cooked food to any temperature above 120°F.
A) Harmful chemicals in food B) Washing hands after using the bathroom but not before
B) Parasites in food handling food.
C) Bacteria, parasites, or viruses in food C) Refrigerating perishable foods within 4 hours.
D) Food allergies D) Defrosting food on the kitchen counter.

Answer 56: C) Bacteria, parasites, or viruses in food Answer 62: C) Refrigerating perishable foods within 4 hours.

Question 57: What is the primary purpose of canning as a Question 63: What is the recommended temperature for a
food preservation method? refrigerator to store perishable foods?
A) Lowering the temperature of food A) 32°F (0°C)
B) Reducing spoilage through dehydration B) 40°F (4°C)
C) Sterilization of food containers C) 50°F (10°C)
D) Killing or weakening remaining bacteria D) 60°F (15°C)
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Answer 63: B) 40°F (4°C)
Question 64: What is the minimum recommended internal
temperature for ground poultry?
A) 140°F (60°C)
B) 145°F (63°C)
C) 160°F (71°C)
D) 165°F (74°C)
Answer 64: D) 165°F (74°C)
Question 65: What does the term "hurdle technology" aim
to achieve in food preservation?
A) Combining more than one approach to extend shelf life
B) Reducing food temperature for long-term storage
C) Maximizing flavor through preservation
D) Using only a single preservation method
Answer 65: A) Combining more than one approach to extend
shelf life
Question 66: Which of the following is a primary aim of
biopreservation in food preservation?
A) Creating an environment toxic for desirable
microorganisms
B) Extending shelf life through dehydration
C) Controlling spoilage through the use of specific
microorganisms
D) Maximizing flavor through oxidation
Answer 66: C) Controlling spoilage through the use of specific
microorganisms
Question 67: What is the primary goal of vacuum packing in
food preservation?
A) Enhancing flavor through oxidation
B) Preventing the growth of harmful bacteria
C) Reducing spoilage through dehydration
D) Increasing moisture content in food
Answer 67: B) Preventing the growth of harmful bacteria
Question 68: What is the term for the process of preserving
food by treating it to stop or slow down spoilage?
A) Food sterilization
B) Food preservation
C) Food refrigeration
D) Food dehydration
Answer 68: B) Food preservation
Question 69: Which of the following is a common
antimicrobial preservative used in food?
A) Vitamin C
B) Calcium propionate
C) Olive oil
D) Honey
Answer 69: B) Calcium propionate
Question 70: What is the primary purpose of pickling as a
food preservation method?
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A) Killing harmful bacteria
B) Reducing food temperature
C) Preserving food in an edible antimicrobial liquid
D) Enhancing flavor through fermentation
Answer 70: C) Preserving food in an edible antimicrobial
liquid
Question 71: What temperature is recommended for
maintaining hot cooked food?
A) 120°F (49°C)
B) 130°F (54°C)
C) 140°F (60°C) or higher
D) 160°F (71°C)
Answer 71: C) 140°F (60°C) or higher
Question 72: How should perishables, prepared food, and
leftovers be handled regarding refrigeration or freezing?
A) Within 12 hours
B) Within 6 hours
C) Within 2 hours
D) Within 24 hours
Answer 72: C) Within 2 hours
Question 73: What is one of the principles of safely handling
food that involves washing hands before and after handling
raw meat or eggs?
A) Keeping food cold
B) Holding food at correct temperatures
C) Practicing proper hygiene
D) Preventing cross-contamination
Answer 73: C) Practicing proper hygiene
Question 74: What should be done with large amounts of
leftovers to ensure quick cooling in the refrigerator?
A) Leave them at room temperature
B) Divide them into small, shallow containers
C) Cover them tightly with plastic wrap
D) Store them in the freezer immediately
Answer 74: B) Divide them into small, shallow containers
Question 75: Which of the following temperature ranges is
typically recommended for refrigerators to keep food safe?
A) 32°F to 35°F (0°C to 2°C)
B) 36°F to 40°F (2°C to 4°C)
C) 45°F to 50°F (7°C to 10°C)
D) 55°F to 60°F (13°C to 16°C)
Answer 75: B) 36°F to 40°F (2°C to 4°C)
Question 76: What is the recommended practice for
washing fruits and vegetables before consumption?
A) Washing them with soap
B) Rinsing them under running water
C) Immersing them in bleach solution
D) Blowing them with compressed air
Answer 76: B) Rinsing them under running water

Question 77: Why is it advisable to dry fruits and vegetables
with a paper towel after washing?
A) To add flavor
B) To make them crispier
C) To reduce possible bacterial contamination
D) To preserve them for longer periods
Answer 77: C) To reduce possible bacterial contamination
Question 78: Why should you avoid packing the refrigerator
tightly?
A) To save energy
B) To keep food fresher
C) To allow cool air to circulate
D) To prevent pests from entering
Answer 78: C) To allow cool air to circulate
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Question 79: Which of the following is NOT recommended
for food safety?
A) Thawing frozen food on the kitchen counter
B) Washing hands before handling food
C) Sanitizing utensils and surfaces
D) Refrigerating perishable foods within 2 hours
Answer 79: A) Thawing frozen food on the kitchen counter
Question 80: What does the term "pre-washed" on
packaged fruits or vegetables typically indicate?
A) They don't need washing
B) They should be washed thoroughly
C) They are organic
D) They are overripe
Answer 80: A) They don't need washing
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05.5 The Ventilation

Question 1: What is the primary goal of ventilation in a D) To remove air pollutants using fans
building?
A) To control temperature Answer 7: D) To remove air pollutants using fans
B) To replenish oxygen
C) To remove moisture Question 8: Which rooms in a home typically have
D) All of the above mechanical exhaust systems to control odors and humidity?
A) Bedrooms
Answer 1: D) All of the above B) Living rooms
C) Kitchens and bathrooms
Question 2: Which type of ventilation relies on natural D) Hallways
forces like air, temperature, and wind?
A) Natural ventilation Answer 8: C) Kitchens and bathrooms
B) Mechanical ventilation
C) Hybrid ventilation Question 9: How does ventilation help in preventing
D) Passive ventilation illnesses like colds and flu?
A) By controlling temperature
Answer 2: A) Natural ventilation B) By removing humidity
C) By exchanging indoor air with outdoor air
Question 3: In mechanical ventilation, what are commonly D) By using air purifiers
used electronic devices to remove indoor air and introduce
fresh outdoor air? Answer 9: C) By exchanging indoor air with outdoor air
A) Air conditioners
B) Dehumidifiers Question 10: What happens when the concentration of
C) Fans carbon dioxide in the air exceeds a certain level?
D) Heaters A) The air becomes fresher
B) The air is regarded as impure and unhealthy
Answer 3: C) Fans C) The air becomes warmer
D) The air becomes more humid
Question 4: Why is ventilation important in maintaining
indoor air quality? Answer 10: B) The air is regarded as impure and unhealthy
A) To reduce energy consumption
B) To control humidity Question 11: How can excess indoor humidity negatively
C) To distribute heat evenly impact home comfort?
D) To control odors and remove pollutants A) It makes the air feel fresher
B) It reduces heating costs
Answer 4: D) To control odors and remove pollutants C) It can lead to mold growth
D) It improves indoor air quality
Question 5: Excess indoor humidity, if not managed through
ventilation, can lead to what type of issues in a home? Answer 11: C) It can lead to mold growth
A) Mold growth
B) Energy savings Question 12: What harmful contaminants can accumulate
C) Improved air quality in poorly ventilated homes?
D) Reduced heating costs A) Dust and pollen
B) Carbon dioxide and radon
Answer 5: A) Mold growth C) Volatile organic compounds
D) All of the above
Question 6: What does natural ventilation rely on to
exchange indoor and outdoor air? Answer 12: D) All of the above
A) Mechanical fans
B) Electronic sensors Question 13: What is the primary focus of ventilation in
C) Natural forces like air and wind workplace settings?
D) Air purifiers A) Reducing energy consumption
B) Enhancing worker comfort and health
Answer 6: C) Natural forces like air and wind C) Increasing pollutant concentration
D) Minimizing outdoor air circulation
Question 7: What is the primary purpose of mechanical or
forced ventilation? Answer 13: B) Enhancing worker comfort and health
A) To rely on natural forces for ventilation
B) To maintain indoor air quality Question 14: What is one of the harmful effects of poor
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A) Increased energy levels Question 21: What is the primary function of ventilation in
B) Reduced stress controlling indoor air quality?
C) Respiratory issues A) Reducing outdoor air circulation
D) Improved concentration B) Removing oxygen
C) Exchanging indoor air with outdoor air
Answer 14: C) Respiratory issues D) Increasing humidity

Question 15: What psychological effects can poor Answer 21: C) Exchanging indoor air with outdoor air
ventilation have on individuals?
A) Increased productivity Question 22: Which type of ventilation relies on openable
B) Reduced stress windows and natural forces?
C) Improved mental health A) Natural ventilation
D) Stress due to constant exposure to hazards B) Forced ventilation
C) Hybrid ventilation
Answer 15: D) Stress due to constant exposure to hazards D) Mechanized ventilation

Question 16: Which disease is associated with Legionella Answer 22: A) Natural ventilation
pneumophila and can result from poor ventilation, especially
in water systems? Question 23: Why is maintaining adequate ventilation
A) Tuberculosis important for buildings?
B) Asthma A) To save energy costs
C) Legionnaire's disease B) To prevent heating
D) Influenza C) To ensure acceptable indoor air quality
D) To minimize outdoor air circulation
Answer 16: C) Legionnaire's disease
Answer 23: C) To ensure acceptable indoor air quality
Question 17: What is the primary goal of ventilation
exchange in homes? Question 24: Which gases are exchanged through
A) To save energy ventilation to maintain a comfortable atmosphere?
B) To increase humidity A) Oxygen and nitrogen
C) To reduce indoor pollutants, moisture, and odors B) Nitrogen and carbon monoxide
D) To lower indoor temperatures C) Oxygen and carbon dioxide
D) Carbon monoxide and sulfur dioxide
Answer 17: C) To reduce indoor pollutants, moisture, and
odors Answer 24: C) Oxygen and carbon dioxide

Question 18: Why is it important to maintain an appropriate Question 25: What is one of the critical roles of mechanical
balance of gases in indoor air? ventilation in a building?
A) To create pleasant aromas A) Enhancing natural ventilation
B) To reduce noise levels B) Removing indoor air pollutants
C) To control temperature C) Reducing the need for windows
D) To ensure human comfort and safety D) Increasing indoor humidity

Answer 18: D) To ensure human comfort and safety Answer 25: B) Removing indoor air pollutants

Question 19: What does ventilation help control and Question 26: What major outcome is associated with low
prevent in workplaces? ventilation rates in indoor spaces?
A) Worker discomfort A) Elevated levels of carbon monoxide
B) Health problems B) Low levels of carbon dioxide
C) Improved performance levels C) High levels of oxygen
D) Energy efficiency D) Elevated levels of carbon dioxide and low levels of oxygen

Answer 19: B) Health problems Answer 26: D) Elevated levels of carbon dioxide and low
levels of oxygen
Question 20: How does ventilation help control indoor air
pollutants? Question 27: What is the primary cause of Legionnaire's
A) By increasing humidity levels disease and Pontiac fever in poorly maintained ventilation
B) By trapping pollutants in the air systems?
C) By exchanging indoor air with outdoor air A) Contaminated standing water
D) By using air fresheners B) Excessive humidity
C) Extreme temperatures
Answer 20: C) By exchanging indoor air with outdoor air D) High levels of oxygen

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Answer 27: A) Contaminated standing water Answer 34: B) Rural houses

Question 28: Which architectural style typically Question 35: In urban areas, what are the most commonly
characterizes urban houses in Pakistan? used rooms in houses?
A) Mud brick and straw construction A) Verandas and balconies
B) Concrete and iron bars construction B) Bedrooms and kitchens
C) Flat roofs with verandas C) Living rooms and gardens
D) Poorly developed rooms D) Garages and attics

Answer 28: B) Concrete and iron bars construction Answer 35: B) Bedrooms and kitchens

Question 29: What is the most commonly used room in Question 36: What is the primary function of ventilation in
rural houses in Pakistan? controlling indoor air quality?
A) Living room A) Reducing outdoor air circulation
B) Bedroom B) Removing oxygen
C) Kitchen C) Exchanging indoor air with outdoor air
D) Bathroom D) Increasing humidity

Answer 29: A) Living room Answer 36: C) Exchanging indoor air with outdoor air

Question 30: What type of gardens are typically found in Question 37: What type of housing is typically made of
urban houses in Pakistan? concrete and iron bars and has multiple rooms?
A) Gardens with less plantation A) Rural houses
B) Gardens filled with flowers and fruit plants B) Luxury apartments
C) Gardens with palm trees and coconut trees C) Urban houses
D) Gardens with barren land D) Villas

Answer 30: B) Gardens filled with flowers and fruit plants Answer 37: C) Urban houses

Question 31: What are the major outcomes of poor Question 38: Which disease has symptoms resembling
ventilation? influenza and can be caused by contaminated standing water
A) Elevated oxygen levels and reduced CO2 in ventilation systems?
B) Comfortable indoor temperatures A) Tuberculosis
C) Accumulation of dust and dirt B) Common cold
D) Improved indoor air quality C) Malaria
D) Legionnaire's disease
Answer 31: C) Accumulation of dust and dirt
Answer 38: D) Legionnaire's disease
Question 32: Which disease can result from contaminated
standing water in poorly maintained ventilation systems? Question 39: What contributes to bacterial and mold
A) Common cold growth in indoor environments?
B) Influenza A) Low humidity
C) Legionnaire's disease B) Excessive ventilation
D) Tuberculosis C) Elevated oxygen levels
D) Clean air filters
Answer 32: C) Legionnaire's disease
Answer 39: A) Low humidity
Question 33: What is one consequence of low humidity due
to poor ventilation? Question 40: In rural areas, what are the most commonly
A) Improved skin health used rooms in houses?
B) Reduced bacterial growth A) Living rooms and kitchens
C) Dry throat and dry skin B) Bedrooms and verandas
D) Comfortable indoor temperatures C) Dining rooms and gardens
D) Living rooms and verandas
Answer 33: C) Dry throat and dry skin
Answer 40: A) Living rooms and kitchens
Question 34: Which type of housing is typically made of
mud brick and straw and has only one or a few rooms? Question 41: Which illness is triggered by exposure to one
A) Urban houses chemical or a combination of chemicals, leading to symptoms
B) Rural houses like skin rashes and irregular breathing?
C) Luxury apartments A) Tuberculosis
D) Villas B) Common cold
C) Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS)
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D) Legionnaire's disease C) Exchanging indoor air with outdoor air

D) Increasing humidity
Answer 41: C) Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS)
Answer 48: C) Exchanging indoor air with outdoor air
Question 42: What is the primary purpose of natural
ventilation in a building? Question 49: In urban houses, what are the most commonly
A) Removing oxygen used rooms?
B) Reducing outdoor air circulation A) Bedrooms and verandas
C) Exchanging indoor air with outdoor air B) Living rooms and kitchens
D) Increasing humidity C) Dining rooms and gardens
D) Living rooms and verandas
Answer 42: C) Exchanging indoor air with outdoor air
Answer 49: B) Living rooms and kitchens
Question 43: In urban areas, what are the most commonly
used rooms in houses? Question 50: What building materials are typically used in
A) Bedrooms and verandas urban houses?
B) Living rooms and kitchens A) Mud brick and straw
C) Dining rooms and gardens B) Cement and concrete blocks
D) Living rooms and verandas C) Red brick blocks
D) Palm leaves and twigs
Answer 43: B) Living rooms and kitchens
Answer 50: B) Cement and concrete blocks
Question 44: What building materials are typically used in
urban houses? Question 51: What building material are rural houses
A) Mud brick and straw typically made of?
B) Cement and concrete blocks A) Cement
C) Red brick blocks B) Mud
D) Palm leaves and twigs C) Concrete blocks
D) Terracotta
Answer 44: B) Cement and concrete blocks
Answer 51: B) Mud
Question 45: Which type of ventilation uses electronic
devices like fans to remove air from a single room or entire Question 52: In rural houses, what is the most common
house? building material for roofs?
A) Mechanical or forced ventilation A) Cement
B) Natural ventilation B) Mud
C) Passive ventilation C) Straws
D) Air conditioning D) Terracotta

Answer 45: A) Mechanical or forced ventilation Answer 52: C) Straws

Question 46: What illness is caused by exposure to Question 53: What is the primary reason for keeping farm
legionellae in poorly maintained ventilation systems? animals in rural areas?
A) Tuberculosis A) To have pets
B) Common cold B) To sell milk and meat
C) Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) C) For protection
D) Legionnaire's disease D) To reduce overcrowding

Answer 46: D) Legionnaire's disease Answer 53: B) To sell milk and meat

Question 47: What type of houses in rural areas are Question 54: What problems can arise from poor housing
typically made of mud brick and straw? conditions?
A) Urban houses A) Increased levels of limiting long-term illness
B) Huts B) Increased mortality
C) Palaces C) Improved eyesight
D) Apartments D) Better mental health

Answer 47: B) Huts Answer 54: A) Increased levels of limiting long-term illness

Question 48: What is the primary purpose of ventilation in Question 55: What problems are associated with cramped
controlling indoor air quality? and crowded housing conditions?
A) Reducing outdoor air circulation A) Improved hygiene
B) Removing oxygen B) Increased stress
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C) Better disease control C) Straws

D) Decreased disease transmission D) Terracotta

Answer 55: B) Increased stress Answer 62: C) Straws

Question 56: What is the main issue associated with Question 63: What building material are rural houses
dampness in houses? typically made of?
A) Increased risk of fungal spores A) Cement
B) Improved indoor air quality B) Mud
C) Enhanced respiratory health C) Concrete blocks
D) Reduced risk of allergies D) Terracotta

Answer 56: A) Increased risk of fungal spores Answer 63: B) Mud

Question 57: How does overcrowding in homes affect Question 64: What problems can arise from poor housing
health? conditions?
A) It reduces stress levels. A) Improved health outcomes
B) It makes disease transmission easier. B) Reduced disease transmission
C) It enhances privacy. C) Increased stress
D) It reduces the risk of respiratory problems. D) Decreased mortality

Answer 57: B) It makes disease transmission easier. Answer 64: C) Increased stress

Question 58: What is a common health risk associated with Question 65: What problems are associated with cramped
poor housing ventilation during cooking? and crowded housing conditions?
A) Improved air quality A) Improved hygiene
B) Reduced risk of asthma B) Increased stress
C) Increased risk of respiratory problems C) Better disease control
D) Better eye health D) Decreased disease transmission

Answer 58: C) Increased risk of respiratory problems Answer 65: B) Increased stress

Question 59: What is the primary cause of domestic carbon Question 66: What is the main issue associated with
monoxide (CO) poisoning incidents in poor housing? dampness in houses?
A) Good ventilation A) Increased risk of fungal spores
B) Improved living conditions B) Improved indoor air quality
C) Clean cooking fuels C) Enhanced respiratory health
D) Poor housing conditions D) Reduced risk of allergies

Answer 59: D) Poor housing conditions Answer 66: A) Increased risk of fungal spores

Question 60: What is the main effect of poor housing on Question 67: How does overcrowding in homes affect
stress levels? health?
A) Reduced stress A) It reduces stress levels.
B) Increased stress B) It makes disease transmission easier.
C) No effect on stress C) It enhances privacy.
D) Improved mental health D) It reduces the risk of respiratory problems.

Answer 60: B) Increased stress Answer 67: B) It makes disease transmission easier.

Question 61: What is the primary purpose of keeping farm Question 68: What is a common health risk associated with
animals in rural areas? poor housing ventilation during cooking?
A) As pets A) Improved air quality
B) To sell milk and meat B) Reduced risk of asthma
C) To reduce overcrowding C) Increased risk of respiratory problems
D) For pest control D) Better eye health

Answer 61: B) To sell milk and meat Answer 68: C) Increased risk of respiratory problems

Question 62: What is the most common building material Question 69: What is the primary cause of domestic carbon
for roofs in rural houses? monoxide (CO) poisoning incidents in poor housing?
A) Cement A) Good ventilation
B) Mud B) Improved living conditions
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C) Clean cooking fuels A) As pets

D) Poor housing conditions B) To sell milk and meat
C) For pest control
Answer 69: D) Poor housing conditions D) To increase overcrowding

Question 70: What is the main effect of poor housing on Answer 75: B) To sell milk and meat
stress levels?
A) Reduced stress Question 76: What is one of the major outcomes of poor
B) Increased stress ventilation due to a low ventilation rate?
C) No effect on stress A) Increased oxygen levels
D) Improved mental health B) Elevated carbon dioxide levels
C) Improved indoor air quality
Answer 70: B) Increased stress D) Decreased humidity

Question 71: What type of material are rural houses often Answer 76: B) Elevated carbon dioxide levels
made of?
A) Concrete blocks Question 77: Which disease is associated with
B) Terracotta contaminated standing water in poorly maintained
C) Mud and straw ventilation systems?
D) Iron bars A) Tuberculosis
B) Influenza
Answer 71: C) Mud and straw C) Legionnaire’s disease
D) Asthma
Question 72: What type of gardens are common in rural
areas of Pakistan? Answer 77: C) Legionnaire’s disease
A) Flower gardens
B) Vegetable gardens Question 78: What is one of the effects of low humidity
C) Gardens with no plantation caused by poor ventilation?
D) Gardens with fruit trees A) Dry throat and skin
B) Increased bacterial growth
Answer 72: B) Vegetable gardens C) Reduced carbon dioxide levels
D) Excessive workplace odors
Question 73: What effect does poor household hygiene
have on indoor air quality? Answer 78: A) Dry throat and skin
A) It improves indoor air quality.
B) It reduces the risk of respiratory problems. Question 79: What type of architecture is typically found in
C) It leads to food and water contamination. rural areas?
D) It enhances eye health. A) Made of concrete and iron bars
B) Made of mud brick and straw
Answer 73: C) It leads to food and water contamination. C) Has multiple rooms
D) Located in crowded cities
Question 74: How does poor housing ventilation affect
respiratory health? Answer 79: B) Made of mud brick and straw
A) It reduces the risk of respiratory problems.
B) It has no impact on respiratory health. Question 80: What is the primary purpose of keeping farm
C) It can lead to bronchitis and asthma. animals in rural areas?
D) It enhances lung capacity. A) As pets
B) To sell milk and meat
Answer 74: C) It can lead to bronchitis and asthma. C) For pest control
D) To increase overcrowding
Question 75: What is the primary purpose of keeping farm
animals in rural areas? Answer 80: B) To sell milk and meat

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06 Health Education
Question 1: According to the World Health Organization
(WHO), what is health?
A) Absence of disease
B) Physical well-being
C) Complete physical, mental, and social well-being
D) Mental well-being
Answer 1: C) Complete physical, mental, and social well-being
Question 2: What is the primary goal of health education?
A) To increase the cost of healthcare
B) To provide medical treatment
C) To promote, maintain, and restore health
D) To replace healthcare institutions
Answer 2: C) To promote, maintain, and restore health
Question 3: What is the primary purpose of teaching in the
context of health education?
A) To make students act and feel a certain way
B) To provide academic knowledge only
C) To eliminate the need for healthcare professionals
D) To motivate students to become doctors
Answer 3: A) To make students act and feel a certain way
Question 4: Which organization defines health as "a state of
complete physical, mental, and social well-being"?
A) WHO (World Health Organization)
B) CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
C) FDA (Food and Drug Administration)
D) UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization)
Answer 4: A) WHO (World Health Organization)
Question 5: What does KAP stand for in the context of
health education?
A) Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices
B) Kindness, Acceptance, Patience
C) Knowledge, Abilities, Proficiency
D) Key Actions, Procedures, Principles
Answer 5: A) Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices
Question 6: What is the primary aim of health education?
A) To increase the cost of healthcare
B) To replace healthcare professionals
C) To empower individuals to make informed health decisions
D) To eliminate the need for hospitals
Answer 6: C) To empower individuals to make informed
health decisions
Question 7: According to WHO, health education aims to
promote:
A) Absence of disease
B) Complete physical well-being
C) Complete physical, mental, and social well-being
D) Mental well-being only
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Answer 7: C) Complete physical, mental, and social well-being
Question 8: What is the primary purpose of teaching in
health education?
A) To eliminate the need for healthcare professionals
B) To motivate students to become doctors
C) To provide academic knowledge
D) To bring about expected changes in behavior
Answer 8: D) To bring about expected changes in behavior
Question 9: Which of the following is NOT a goal of health
education?
A) Informing people
B) Motivating people
C) Encouraging disease outbreaks
D) Guiding into action
Answer 9: C) Encouraging disease outbreaks
Question 10: What does KAP stand for in the context of
health education?
A) Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices
B) Kindness, Acceptance, Patience
C) Knowledge, Abilities, Proficiency
D) Key Actions, Procedures, Principles
Answer 10: A) Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices
Question 11: Health education often focuses on:
A) Curative aspects of health
B) Preventive and promotional aspects of health
C) Replacing hospitals
D) Increasing healthcare costs
Answer 11: B) Preventive and promotional aspects of health
Question 12: Which principle of teaching and learning
emphasizes the importance of assessment practices?
A) Learning by doing
B) Assessment as integral
C) Independence and interdependence
D) Reflection on practice
Answer 12: B) Assessment as integral
Question 13: To promote learning in health education, it's
important to:
A) Use complex language for better understanding
B) Challenge and support students to develop deep levels of
thinking
C) Keep students' needs and backgrounds separate from the
learning program
D) Avoid connecting learning to communities and practice
Answer 13: B) Challenge and support students to develop
deep levels of thinking
Question 14: Health education is primarily concerned with:
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A) Treating diseases
B) Changing unhealthy behaviors
C) Replacing healthcare institutions
D) Increasing the cost of healthcare
Answer 14: B) Changing unhealthy behaviors
Question 15: What is the ultimate purpose of health
education?
A) To increase the cost of healthcare
B) To eliminate the need for healthcare professionals
C) To empower individuals and communities for better health
D) To provide academic knowledge only
Answer 15: C) To empower individuals and communities for
better health
Question 16: Which principle of teaching and learning
emphasizes the importance of reflecting on practice?
A) Learning by doing
B) Assessment as integral
C) Independence and interdependence
D) Reflection on practice
Answer 16: D) Reflection on practice
Question 17: Health education aims to empower individuals
to:
A) Replace healthcare professionals
B) Make informed health decisions
C) Increase healthcare costs
D) Eliminate the need for hospitals
Answer 17: B) Make informed health decisions
Question 18: What is the primary role of health education
regarding health risk factors?
A) Increase health risk factors
B) Encourage risky behaviors
C) Reduce or eliminate health risk factors
D) Replace healthcare institutions
Answer 18: C) Reduce or eliminate health risk factors
Question 19: Which component of health education
emphasizes the importance of connecting learning to
communities and practice beyond the classroom?
A) Independence and interdependence
B) Learning environment
C) Assessment practices
D) Reflection on practice
Answer 19: A) Independence and interdependence
Question 20: Health education focuses on which aspects of
health?
A) Curative aspects
B) Preventive and promotional aspects
C) Increasing healthcare costs
D) Replacing hospitals
Answer 20: B) Preventive and promotional aspects
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Question 21: Health education aims to empower individuals
to:
A) Replace healthcare professionals
B) Make informed health decisions
C) Increase healthcare costs
D) Eliminate the need for hospitals
Answer 21: B) Make informed health decisions
Question 22: Which principle of teaching and learning
emphasizes the importance of connecting learning to
communities and practice beyond the classroom?
A) Independence and interdependence
B) Learning environment
C) Assessment practices
D) Reflection on practice
Answer 22: A) Independence and interdependence
Question 23: What is the ultimate purpose of health
education?
A) To increase the cost of healthcare
B) To eliminate the need for healthcare professionals
C) To empower individuals and communities for better health
D) To provide academic knowledge only
Answer 23: C) To empower individuals and communities for
better health
Question 24: Health education primarily focuses on:
A) Treating diseases
B) Changing unhealthy behaviors
C) Replacing healthcare institutions
D) Increasing the cost of healthcare
Answer 24: B) Changing unhealthy behaviors
Question 25: Which principle of teaching and learning
emphasizes the importance of reflecting on practice?
A) Learning by doing
B) Assessment as integral
C) Independence and interdependence
D) Reflection on practice
Answer 25: D) Reflection on practice
Question 26: In which setting does the primary mission
involve the prevention and control of targeted diseases or
conditions?
A) School
B) Worksite
C) Health Department
D) Voluntary health agencies
Answer 26: D) Voluntary health agencies
Question 27: Who is primarily served in a hospital setting?
A) Children/adolescents
B) Consumers of products and services
C) Patients
D) Public
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C) Assessing the needs and assets of the priority population

Question 28: In which setting is the primary mission focused D) Engaging and understanding the priority population
on education?
A) Health Department Answer 34: C) Assessing the needs and assets of the priority
B) Worksite population
C) School
D) Voluntary health agencies Question 35: In health education planning models, which
component involves evaluating the importance of the
Answer 28: C) School intervention?
A) Implementing the intervention
Question 29: Which setting aims to produce goods and B) Planning an intervention
services and may seek to make a profit? C) Developing program goals and objectives
A) Hospitals D) Evaluating the importance of the intervention
B) Worksite
C) Health Department Answer 35: D) Evaluating the importance of the intervention
D) Community primary care setting
Question 36: What is one strategy for health education
Answer 29: B) Worksite practice that involves face-to-face education through spoken
words?
Question 30: In which setting does the primary mission A) Broadcasting
involve chronic and infectious disease prevention and B) Role playing
control? C) Group lectures in schools
A) School D) Individual education by nurses
B) Voluntary health agencies
C) Health Department Answer 36: D) Individual education by nurses
D) Worksite
Question 37: Which of the following is NOT a content area
Answer 30: C) Health Department typically covered in health education?
A) Human Biology
Question 31: What is the first common component of B) Nutrition
health education planning models listed in Figure 3? C) History
A) Engaging and understanding the priority population D) Prevention of Accidents
B) Evaluating the importance of the intervention
C) Implementing the intervention Answer 37: C) History
D) A planned approach to health education
Question 38: Where does health education commonly
Answer 31: A) Engaging and understanding the priority occur?
population A) Factories
B) Libraries
Question 32: Which component of health education C) Art galleries
planning models involves developing program goals and D) Airports
objectives?
A) Planning an intervention Answer 38: A) Factories
B) Assessing the needs and assets of the priority population
C) Developing program goals and objectives Question 39: What is one purpose of evaluation in health
D) Evaluating the importance of the intervention education programs?
A) To make required modifications to achieve better results
Answer 32: C) Developing program goals and objectives B) To eliminate health education programs
C) To increase the cost of healthcare
Question 33: What is the final common component of D) To replace healthcare institutions
health education planning models listed in Figure 3?
A) A planned approach to health education Answer 39: A) To make required modifications to achieve
B) Planning an intervention better results
C) Assessing the needs and assets of the priority population
D) Developing program goals and objectives Question 40: Which of the following is NOT a strategy for
health education practice?
Answer 33: A) A planned approach to health education A) Broadcasting
B) Group lectures in schools
Question 34: Which component of health education C) Use of health services
planning models involves assessing the needs and assets of D) Mass media
the priority population?
A) A planned approach to health education Answer 40: C) Use of health services
B) Planning an intervention
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Question 41: In health education practice, what is the Answer 47: C) Nutrition
purpose of mass media?
A) To replace face-to-face education Question 48: Where can health education commonly occur?
B) To target specific groups like food handlers A) Beaches
C) To communicate health messages to a large audience B) Parks
D) To promote accidents C) Libraries
D) Health care organizations
Answer 41: C) To communicate health messages to a large
audience Answer 48: D) Health care organizations

Question 42: Which of the following is a content area Question 49: Which of the following is NOT a strategy for
typically covered in health education? health education practice?
A) History of art A) Group lectures in schools
B) Use of health services B) Use of health services
C) Mathematics C) Mathematics
D) Geography D) Mass media

Answer 42: B) Use of health services Answer 49: C) Mathematics

Question 43: What is one strategy for health education Question 50: What is one common strategy for health
practice that involves lessons and lectures in schools? education practice that involves broadcasting?
A) Group lectures in work places A) Broadcasting: radio & TV
B) Use of health services B) Use of health services
C) Demonstration and training C) Demonstration and training
D) Hygiene D) Hygiene

Answer 43: A) Group lectures in work places Answer 50: A) Broadcasting: radio & TV

Question 44: Where does health education NOT commonly

occur?
A) Schools
B) Worksites
C) Factories
D) Sports stadiums

Answer 44: D) Sports stadiums

Question 45: Which of the following is a strategy for health

education practice that involves demonstration and training?
A) Mass media
B) Use of health services
C) Role playing
D) Hygiene

Answer 45: C) Role playing

Question 46: In health education, what is the primary

purpose of evaluating programs?
A) To increase the cost of healthcare
B) To make required modifications for better results
C) To eliminate health education programs
D) To replace healthcare institutions

Answer 46: B) To make required modifications for better

results

Question 47: What is one common content area typically

covered in health education?
A) History of art
B) Geography
C) Nutrition
D) Physics

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07 Introduction to Home Visiting
Question 1: What is a major distinction of a home visit in
healthcare
A) Clients go to the health professional's office.
B) It focuses on promoting family relationships.
C) Health professionals go to the client's home.
D) It involves only clients, not family members.
Answer 1: C) Health professionals go to the client's home.
Question 2: What is the primary purpose of home visiting in
healthcare?
A) Reducing child maltreatment
B) Achieving economic self-sufficiency
C) Reducing hospital admissions
D) Providing complex medical treatments
Answer 2: B) Achieving economic self-sufficiency
Question 3: Which phase of a home visit involves
establishing good interpersonal relationships with the family?
A) Preplanning the visit
B) Accomplishing the interventions
C) Evaluating and summarizing the visit
D) Initiating the visit
Answer 3: D) Initiating the visit
Question 4: Why is home visiting considered the backbone
of community health nursing?
A) It focuses on complex medical procedures.
B) It is the most cost-effective healthcare option.
C) Most sick people are at home and need simple services.
D) It eliminates the need for hospitals.
Answer 4: C) Most sick people are at home and need simple
services.
Question 5: What is a key principle of home visits in
healthcare?
A) Strictly follow a rigid plan of care.
B) Focus on the needs of the healthcare institution.
C) Involve only the individual, not family members.
D) Establish good interpersonal relationships.
Answer 5: D) Establish good interpersonal relationships.
If you have more Questions or need further assistance,
please let me know.
Of course, let's continue with more MCQs:
Question 6: What is the primary focus of community health
nursing services provided through home visiting?
A) Complex medical procedures
B) Hospital-based care
C) Caring for patients in hospitals
D) Enabling people to be cared for in their own homes
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Answer 6: D) Enabling people to be cared for in their own
homes
Question 7: Which of the following is NOT one of the
phases or steps involved in each home visit?
A) Traveling to the home and initiating the visit
B) Accomplishing the interventions
C) Completing all paperwork and documentation
D) Ending the visit and leaving the home
Answer 7: C) Completing all paperwork and documentation
Question 8: What is a key objective of home visits in
healthcare?
A) To perform complex medical procedures
B) To enhance the mental and physical health of individuals
and their families
C) To replace hospital care with home care
D) To focus on individual needs only, not family needs
Answer 8: B) To enhance the mental and physical health of
individuals and their families
Question 9: What is the primary reason for conducting
home visits in healthcare?
A) To assess the cleanliness of the client's home
B) To check if clients are following self-sufficiency plans
C) To ensure clients visit healthcare institutions regularly
D) To assess household circumstances and support needs
Answer 9: D) To assess household circumstances and support
needs
Question 10: Which principle of home visiting emphasizes
using safe technical skills and scientific nursing procedures?
A) Active listening and understanding individual and family
views
B) Involvement of family members in nursing care
C) Health education and scientific nursing care
D) Regular and flexible purpose based on individual needs
Answer 10: C) Health education and scientific nursing care
Question 11: What distinguishes a home visit in healthcare
from traditional healthcare visits?
A) Home visits require more paperwork.
B) Home visits are less effective in promoting family
relationships.
C) Health professionals go to the client's home.
D) Home visits are only conducted in urban areas.
Answer 11: C) Health professionals go to the client's home.
Question 12: What is the primary purpose of home visits in
healthcare, besides providing medical treatment?
A) Conducting comprehensive medical assessments
B) Assessing the client's economic status
C) Promoting and maintaining the health of individuals and
families
D) Replacing the need for hospitals
Answer 12: C) Promoting and maintaining the health of
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Question 13: Which phase of a home visit involves
completing a family-focused plan of care?
A) Traveling to the home and initiating the visit
B) Evaluating and summarizing the visit with the family
C) Preplanning the visit
D) Accomplishing the interventions
Answer 13: D) Accomplishing the interventions
Question 14: What is the primary reason for focusing on
home visiting in community health nursing?
A) Reducing healthcare costs
B) Replacing hospitals with home care
C) Enabling people to be cared for in their own homes
D) Eliminating the need for healthcare institutions
Answer 14: C) Enabling people to be cared for in their own
homes
Question 15: What is a fundamental objective of home
visiting in healthcare?
A) Focusing on individual needs, not family needs
B) Establishing rigid and inflexible purpose and objectives
C) Achieving economic self-sufficiency of the healthcare
institution
D) Enhancing the cognitive, social, and emotional wellbeing
of children and their families
Answer 15: D) Enhancing the cognitive, social, and emotional
wellbeing of children and their families
Question 16: What distinguishes home visits in healthcare
from traditional healthcare visits?
A) Home visits are conducted in hospitals.
B) Home visits require more paperwork.
C) Home visits are always done by the client.
D) Home visits involve health professionals going to the
client's home.
Answer 16: D) Home visits involve health professionals going
to the client's home.
Question 17: Which of the following is NOT a key principle
of home visits in healthcare?
A) Involvement of family members in nursing care
B) Regular and flexible purpose based on individual needs
C) Completing all paperwork and documentation
D) Health education and scientific nursing care
Answer 17: C) Completing all paperwork and documentation
Question 18: What is a primary purpose of home visits in
healthcare?
A) To assess client's economic status
B) To conduct complex medical procedures
C) To ensure clients visit healthcare institutions regularly
D) To promote and maintain the health of individuals and
families
Answer 18: D) To promote and maintain the health of
individuals and families
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Question 19: What is the significance of home visits in
healthcare?
A) They are only effective in urban areas.
B) They replace the need for hospitals.
C) They focus solely on individual needs.
D) They are effective at helping families in various ways.
Answer 19: D) They are effective at helping families in various
ways.
Question 20: Which phase of a home visit involves
evaluating health outcomes and family satisfaction?
A) Preplanning the visit
B) Traveling to the home and initiating the visit
C) Evaluating and summarizing the visit with the family
D) Ending the visit and leaving the home
Answer 20: C) Evaluating and summarizing the visit with the
family
Question 21: What is one of the main objectives of home
visits in healthcare?
A) Assessing the client's economic self-sufficiency
B) Replacing home care with hospital care
C) Reducing the need for community health nursing
D) Achieving positive parenting
Answer 21: D) Achieving positive parenting
Question 22: Which principle of home visiting emphasizes
involving family members in nursing care?
A) Completing all paperwork and documentation
B) Involvement of family members in nursing care
C) Health education and scientific nursing care
D) Regular and flexible purpose based on individual needs
Answer 22: B) Involvement of family members in nursing care
Question 23: What is the primary role of community health
nursing through home visiting?
A) To replace hospitals with home care
B) To focus exclusively on individual needs
C) To enable people to be cared for in their own homes
D) To eliminate the need for healthcare institutions
Answer 23: C) To enable people to be cared for in their own
homes
Question 24: What is the core objective of home visits in
healthcare?
A) To conduct complex medical assessments
B) To ensure clients live in clean homes
C) To assess household circumstances and support needs
D) To replace home care with hospital care
Answer 24: C) To assess household circumstances and
support needs
Question 25: What is a significant outcome of effective
home visiting in healthcare?
A) Reduction in community health nursing services
B) Elimination of paperwork and documentation
C) Enhanced cognitive and emotional wellbeing of children
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D) Replacement of family-focused plans of care
Answer 25: C) Enhanced cognitive and emotional wellbeing of
children
Question 26: What is one of the primary objectives of home
visiting in healthcare?
A) To replace hospitals with home care
B) To focus exclusively on individual needs
C) To assess household circumstances and support needs
D) To eliminate the need for healthcare institutions
Answer 26: C) To assess household circumstances and
support needs
Question 27: What is a significant advantage of home
visiting in healthcare?
A) It costs more than hospitalization
B) It reduces client control over interaction
C) It discourages health education
D) It affords clients greater control over interaction
Answer 27: D) It affords clients greater control over
interaction
Question 28: What can a Community Health Nurse (CHN)
observe during a home visit that is difficult to assess during
hospitalization?
A) The client's economic status
B) The client's willingness to interact
C) Factors that influence family health
D) Environmental resources and hazards
Answer 28: C) Factors that influence family health
Question 29: Which phase of home visiting involves
introducing yourself and the purpose of the visit?
A) Approach to a family as per plan
B) Establishing rapport
C) Collecting data needed
D) Writing a clean report
Answer 29: D) Writing a clean report
Question 30: What type of data is based on other people's
reports and is considered intangible?
A) Primary data
B) Secondary data
C) Objective data
D) Subjective data
Answer 30: D) Subjective data
Question 31: What is an example of subjective data that a
nurse may inquire about during a home visit?
A) Observing the sanitary conditions of the home
B) Checking the water quantity and quality
C) Inquiring about previous and present illnesses
D) Observing the construction of the house
Answer 31: C) Inquiring about previous and present illnesses
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Question 32: Which type of data is observable and
measurable by a nurse during a home visit?
A) Secondary data
B) Subjective data
C) Objective data
D) Primary data
Answer 32: C) Objective data
Question 33: What can be observed as part of objective
data during a home visit?
A) The client's felt needs
B) Cultural practices related to health
C) The history of major diseases in the family
D) The client's economic status
Answer 33: B) Cultural practices related to health
Question 34: What is an example of objective data that a
nurse can observe during a home visit?
A) Assessing sanitary conditions of the home and community
B) Inquiring about the history of major diseases in the family
C) Inquiring about methods of waste disposal
D) Inquiring about physical and mental symptoms
Answer 34: A) Assessing sanitary conditions of the home and
community
Question 35: What can objective data observed during a
home visit help determine?
A) The client's personal hygiene
B) The quantity and quality of water
C) The client's economic self-sufficiency
D) Factors that influence family health
Answer 35: D) Factors that influence family health
Question 36: What is one of the main distinctions of a home
visit in healthcare?
A) The client comes to the health professional
B) It focuses solely on individual health
C) A health professional goes to the client
D) It eliminates the need for health professionals
Answer 36: C) A health professional goes to the client
Question 37: What is a key advantage of home visiting in
healthcare?
A) It costs more than hospitalization
B) It reduces client control over interaction
C) It discourages client participation
D) It allows for early intervention
Answer 37: D) It allows for early intervention
Question 38: What is the primary purpose of home visiting
in healthcare?
A) To eliminate the need for healthcare institutions
B) To conduct research on household circumstances
C) To assess household circumstances and support health
D) To focus exclusively on individual needs
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Answer 38: C) To assess household circumstances and
support health
Question 39: What phase of home visiting involves
establishing rapport with the family?
A) Preplanning the visit
B) Initiating the visit
C) Evaluating and Summarizing the visit
D) Ending the visit and leaving the home
Answer 39: B) Initiating the visit
Question 40: What is a primary objective of home visiting in
healthcare?
A) To promote and maintain the health of individuals
B) To replace all hospitals with home care
C) To conduct scientific research on home environments
D) To focus only on client's physical health
Answer 40: A) To promote and maintain the health of
individuals
Question 41: During a home visit, what is an example of
objective data that can be observed?
A) Inquiring about previous and present illnesses
B) Observing the sanitary conditions of the home and
community
C) Assessing the client's felt needs
D) Collecting data based on other people's reports
Answer 41: B) Observing the sanitary conditions of the home
and community
Question 42: What is an advantage of home visiting in
healthcare?
A) It reduces client control over interaction
B) It discourages health education
C) It allows for early intervention
D) It costs more than hospitalization
Answer 42: C) It allows for early intervention
Question 43: What type of data is based on other people's
reports and intangible facts?
A) Primary data
B) Secondary data
C) Subjective data
D) Objective data
Answer 43: C) Subjective data
Question 44: What is a key advantage of home visiting in
healthcare?
A) It eliminates the need for healthcare institutions
B) It reduces client control over interaction
C) It affords clients greater control over interaction
D) It discourages client participation
Answer 44: C) It affords clients greater control over
interaction
Question 45: What is one of the main purposes of home
visiting in healthcare?
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A) To eliminate the need for health professionals
B) To establish links to community resources
C) To focus exclusively on individual needs
D) To increase the cost of healthcare
Answer 45: B) To establish links to community resources
Question 46: During a home visit, what is an example of
primary data?
A) Observing the client's felt needs
B) Checking the water quantity and quality
C) Inquiring about previous and present illnesses
D) Inquiring about methods of waste disposal
Answer 46: C) Inquiring about previous and present illnesses
Question 47: What is one of the main advantages of home
visiting in healthcare?
A) It increases client control over interaction
B) It eliminates the need for early intervention
C) It costs more than hospitalization
D) It reduces client control over interaction
Answer 47: A) It increases client control over interaction
Question 48: During a home visit, what is an example of
secondary data?
A) Observing the client's felt needs
B) Observing the sanitary conditions of the home and
community
C) Inquiring about physical and mental symptoms
D) Inquiring about history of major diseases in the family
Answer 48: D) Inquiring about history of major diseases in the
family
Question 49: What can be observed as part of objective
data during a home visit?
A) The client's willingness to interact
B) The history of major diseases in the family
C) The client's felt needs
D) The client's economic status
Answer 49: B) The history of major diseases in the family
Question 50: What is the main focus of home visiting in
healthcare?
A) Conducting research on household circumstances
B) Eliminating the need for healthcare institutions
C) Enabling people to be cared for in their own homes
D) Increasing the cost of healthcare
Answer 50: C) Enabling people to be cared for in their own
homes
Question 51: What is the primary distinction of a home visit
in healthcare?
A) It is conducted by family members
B) It promotes and maintains the health of individuals and
the family
C) It replaces the need for healthcare institutions
D) It is only for emergency medical situations

Answer 51: B) It promotes and maintains the health of
individuals and the family
Question 52: What are the steps involved in home visiting?
A) Preplanning, traveling to the home, and evaluating health
outcomes
B) Approach to a family, collect the data you need, and plan
and provide care
C) Knock the door, wash hands before the procedure, and
evaluate your service
D) Introduce yourself, establish rapport, and use your bag
scientifically
Answer 52: B) Approach to a family, collect the data you need,
and plan and provide care
Question 53: What is the purpose of a home visit in
healthcare?
A) To replace healthcare institutions
B) To assess supportive service needs
C) To evaluate client rights and responsibilities
D) To promote and maintain the health of individuals and
their families
Answer 53: D) To promote and maintain the health of
individuals and their families
Question 54: Why is health education important during
home visits?
A) To increase the cost of healthcare
B) To eliminate the need for healthcare institutions
C) To use complex language for better understanding
D) To empower individuals and families with knowledge
Answer 54: D) To empower individuals and families with
knowledge
Question 55: What is the primary focus of home visiting in
healthcare?
A) Conducting research on household circumstances
B) Eliminating the need for healthcare institutions
C) Enabling people to be cared for in their own homes
D) Increasing the cost of healthcare
Answer 55: C) Enabling people to be cared for in their own
homes
Question 56: What is the purpose of data analysis during
home visits?
A) To prioritize problems based on needs and dangers
B) To eliminate the need for healthcare institutions
C) To replace cultural practices related to health
D) To increase the cost of healthcare
Answer 56: A) To prioritize problems based on needs and
dangers
Question 57: What should be considered when planning
actions during home visits?
A) Actions should be culturally accepted
B) Actions should be costly for the family and community
C) Actions should be lengthy and complicated
D) Actions should be unrelated to the type of problem
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Answer 57: A) Actions should be culturally accepted
Question 58: What is the purpose of a daily log book during
home visits?
A) To record observations of healthy practices
B) To replace healthcare institutions
C) To eliminate the need for healthcare professionals
D) To record activities, observations, and incidents
Answer 58: D) To record activities, observations, and
incidents
Question 59: Why are observation visit reports important
during home visits?
A) To replace healthcare institutions
B) To evaluate the cost of actions
C) To record observations in the community
D) To conclude problems, plans, and actions
Answer 59: D) To conclude problems, plans, and actions
Question 60: What is the primary goal of health education
during home visits?
A) To use complex language for better understanding
B) To empower individuals and families with knowledge
C) To increase the cost of healthcare
D) To eliminate healthcare institutions
Answer 60: B) To empower individuals and families with
knowledge
Question 61: What is the significance of collecting primary
data or subjective data during home visits?
A) It helps in eliminating healthcare institutions
B) It provides tangible facts based on observation
C) It replaces the need for healthcare professionals
D) It relies on other's reports and intangible facts
Answer 61: D) It relies on other's reports and intangible facts
Question 62: What is the primary objective of home visiting
services in healthcare?
A) To promote and maintain the health of individuals and
their families
B) To assess the healthcare institutions
C) To evaluate the cost of actions
D) To increase the need for healthcare professionals
Answer 62: A) To promote and maintain the health of
individuals and their families
Question 63: Why is data analysis important during home
visits?
A) To eliminate healthcare institutions
B) To prioritize problems and understand their causes
C) To increase the cost of healthcare
D) To replace cultural practices related to health
Answer 63: B) To prioritize problems and understand their
causes

Question 64: What are the advantages of home visiting in
healthcare?
A) It increases the cost of healthcare
B) It eliminates the need for healthcare institutions
C) It allows for early intervention and family focus
D) It reduces the role of community resources
Answer 64: C) It allows for early intervention and family focus
Question 65: What is the primary distinction of a home visit
in healthcare?
A) It is conducted by family members
B) It promotes and maintains the health of individuals and
the family
C) It replaces the need for healthcare institutions
D) It is only for emergency medical situations
Answer 65: B) It promotes and maintains the health of
individuals and the family
Question 66: What are the steps involved in home visiting?
A) Preplanning, traveling to the home, and evaluating health
outcomes
B) Approach to a family, collect the data you need, and plan
and provide care
C) Knock the door, wash hands before the procedure, and
evaluate your service
D) Introduce yourself, establish rapport, and use your bag
scientifically
Answer 66: B) Approach to a family, collect the data you need,
and plan and provide care
Question 67: What is the purpose of a home visit in
healthcare?
A) To replace healthcare institutions
B) To assess supportive service needs
C) To evaluate client rights and responsibilities
D) To promote and maintain the health of individuals and
their families
Answer 67: D) To promote and maintain the health of
individuals and their families
Question 68: Why is health education important during
home visits?
A) To increase the cost of healthcare
B) To eliminate the need for healthcare institutions
C) To use complex language for better understanding
D) To empower individuals and families with knowledge
Answer 68: D) To empower individuals and families with
knowledge
Question 69: What is the primary focus of home visiting in
healthcare?
A) Conducting research on household circumstances
B) Eliminating the need for healthcare institutions
C) Enabling people to be cared for in their own homes
D) Increasing the cost of healthcare
Answer 69: C) Enabling people to be cared for in their own
homes
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Question 70: What is the purpose of data analysis during
home visits?
A) To prioritize problems based on needs and dangers
B) To eliminate the need for healthcare institutions
C) To replace cultural practices related to health
D) To increase the cost of healthcare
Answer 70: A) To prioritize problems based on needs and
dangers
Question 71: What is the primary purpose of home visiting
in nursing?
A) To replace hospitals as healthcare providers
B) To provide emergency medical care
C) To promote and maintain the health of individuals and
their families
D) To conduct research on healthcare institutions
Answer 71: C) To promote and maintain the health of
individuals and their families
Question 72: Which step in the home visiting process
involves establishing rapport and removing anxiety and fear?
A) Collecting data you need
B) Understanding the social background
C) Introducing yourself and the purpose of the visit
D) Planning and providing care
Answer 72: C) Introducing yourself and the purpose of the
visit
Question 73: Why is cultural acceptance important when
planning actions during home visits?
A) It increases the cost of healthcare
B) It ensures actions are affordable
C) It eliminates the need for healthcare professionals
D) It replaces the need for home visits
Answer 73: B) It ensures actions are affordable
Question 74: What is the primary goal of health education
during home visits in nursing?
A) To use complex language for better understanding
B) To increase the cost of healthcare
C) To empower individuals and families with knowledge
D) To replace healthcare institutions
Answer 74: C) To empower individuals and families with
knowledge
Question 75: What is the significance of data analysis during
home visits in nursing?
A) To increase the cost of healthcare
B) To prioritize problems based on needs and dangers
C) To replace healthcare institutions
D) To eliminate the need for healthcare professionals
Answer 75: B) To prioritize problems based on needs and
dangers