PRELIM: GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF HEALTH CARE

I. TRUE OR FALSE

1. Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely an
absence of disease
A) True
B) False
ANSWER: A

2. Health care goal system is health development.

A) True
B) False
ANSWER: A

3. For many diseases, emotional health is the root cause leading to the deterioration of all
human system.
A) True
B) False
ANSWER: B

4. Diagnosing diseases is the process needed to trigger the next process of treatment.
A) True
B) False
ANSWER: A

5. In management of Chronic diseases such as chronic kidney disease, it is still very

important for the primary care provider to be involved.
A) True
B) False
ANSWER: A

6. According to the biomedical concept, its emphasis is on promotion and protection of

health.
A) True
B) False
ANSWER: B

7. Emotional health is closely related to spiritual health.

A) True
B) False
ANSWER: B
8. Emotional health includes ability to express feelings freely
A) True
B) False
ANSWER: A

9. Proactive outreach on the part of health care system is very important in detecting
health problems
A) True
B) False
ANSWER: A

10. Health care is the process of continuous obstruction of health status of a population.
A) True
B) False
ANSWER: B

11. Vocational dimension includes career ambitions and choice of profession.

A) True
B) False
ANSWER: A

12. Cognition is related to emotional health.

A) True
B) False
ANSWER: B

13. Mental health is related to feelings of person.

A) True
B) False
ANSWER: B

14. Mental health is a state of balance between body and mind.

A) True
B) False
ANSWER: A

15. The use of medicine, therapy and surgery are part of medical treatments that use in
treating diseases.
A) True
B) False
ANSWER: A
II. IDENTIFICATION.

16. What type of health care is where most people end up when they have a medical
condition to deal with that can’t be handle at the primary level?
ANSWER: Secondary Health Care
17. What type of health care that requires highly specialized equipment and expertise?
ANSWER: Tertiary Health Care
18. It is the organized provision of medical care to people and communities that maintain or
restore physical, mental or emotional well-being?
ANSWER: Health Care
19. What concept of health influenced by social, psychological, cultural, economic and
political factors of the people concerned?
ANSWER: Psychosocial Concept
20. What is the basis of biomedical concept?
ANSWER: Germ Theory of Disease/ Germ Theory

III. MULTIPLE CHOICE

21. Severe burn treatments and any other complex treatments and procedure are handled
under:
a. Primary Health Care
b. Secondary Health care
c. Tertiary health care
ANSWER: C

22. They are specialized in treating cancers and mainly focus on a specific type of cancer:
a. Cardiologist
b. Oncologist
c. Urologist
ANSWER: B

23. They specialized on hormone system and in diseases like diabetes and thyroid disease:
a. Oncologist
b. Endocrinologist
c. Urologist
ANSWER: B

24. What do you call a rare disorder where your blood doesn’t clot normally due to lack of
clotting factors?
a. Haemophilia
 b. Leukemia
c. Anemia
ANSWER: A

25. What health concept implies that all sectors of society have an effect on health?
a. Holistic Concept
b. Social Concept
c. Psychosocial Concept
ANSWER: A

26. The following are the characteristic of mentally healthy person:

I. Searches identity
II. Has strong self-esteem
III. Obstruction of health development
IV. Free from internal conflicts
a. I and III
b. I, II and IV
c. I, II, III, IV
ANSWER: B

27. Emotional health includes:

I. Aware wide range of feelings
II. Diminish personal growth and self-esteem
III. Assessing satisfaction in job
IV. Capable of coping and adjust self
a. I and IV
b. II and III
c. I, III, IV
d. III and IV
ANSWER: A

28. What health dimension that emphasize positive material environment and positive
human environment?
a. Social Dimension
b. Spiritual Dimension
c. Vocational Dimension
ANSWER: A

29. What health concept emphasized health problems occur due to environmental
pollution?
a. Biomedical Concept
b. Psychosocial concept
 c. Ecological concept
ANSWER: C

30. What concept viewed health as the “absence of disease”?

a. Ecological concept
b. Biomedical concept
c. Psychosocial concept
ANSWER: B

IV. ENUMERATION

31. Enumerate the five main processes in health care in exact order (5pts)
ANSWERS:
a. Keeping healthy
b. Detecting health problems
c. Diagnosing diseases
d. Treating diseases
e. Providing for a good end of life
32. Enumerate 3 processes commonly used in diagnosing diseases (3pts)
a. Examination of signs and symptoms
b. Laboratory results
c. Characteristic of pathogen involved
33. Enumerate the 3 levels of Health Care (3pts)
a. Primary Health Care
b. Secondary Health Care
c. Tertiary Health Care
34. Vocational dimension can be assessed by the following: (3pts)
a. Assessing job satisfaction
b. Facilities attached to job
c. Behaviour of the management/ colleagues
35. Give at least 4 personal improvement projects that improve health at the individual
level (4pts)
a. Physical fitness
b. Good diet
c. Clean drinking-water
d. Avoid drinking alcohol
e. Avoid use of tobacco
36. Socially healthy person maintain harmonious relationship with other members of
society that includes the following: (5pts)
 a. Communication
b. Intimacy
c. Respect
d. Equality
e. Social functioning
37. 4 Concept of Health: ( 4pts)
a. Biomedical Concept
b. Ecological Concept
c. Psychosocial Concept
d. Holistic concept
38. Give at least 3 evaluation of physical health (3pts)
a. self-assessment of overall health
b. Inquiry about ill health and risk factors
c. Inquiry into medications
d. Standardized questionnaire for cardiovascular and respiratory disease
e. Clinical examinations
f. Nutritional and dietary history
g. Biochemical and laboratory examinations

V. ESSAY

39. Discuss the rationale behind the criticism of Biomedical concept and give at least one
example. (10pts)
40. Discuss the rationale behind the criticism of Ecological Concept and give at least one
example. (10pts)