Which of the following best describes why a nurse working in a U.S. urban area should be knowledgeable about infectious diseases common to areas of Africa?
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Nurses have an ethical commitment to care for others throughout the world.
Every infectious disease is just one airplane ride away.
Infection could occur if a nurse goes out in public.
Nurses meet people who may originally have been born elsewhere.
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Question 2
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Which of the following is one of the biggest threats faced by developing countries that are trying to grow economically and make a better life for their citizens?
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Lack of education and knowledge
Political unrest
Environmental hazards
Large population
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Question 3
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Which of the following groups makes up about 30% of the world's population?
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Children
Elderly
Teenaged adolescents
Caucasians
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Question 4
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Which of the following has been a common result in countries with a severe HIV/AIDS epidemic?
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Birth rate is high, but life expectancy is only 35 to 40 years.
Free clinics have begun distributing condoms to stop the spread.
International aid has begun to lower the infection rates.
Missionaries are establishing orphanages within their churches.
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Question 5
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Which of the following best explains why many people decide to move to large urban areas?
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To be eligible for social aid
To be with friends
To join family who are already there
To seek employment
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Question 6
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Most of a country's citizens have died from malnutrition or as the result of violence. Which of the following conclusions can be drawn?
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Their country has a problem with an adequate water supply for agriculture.
They live in a country where weather interferes with food crops.
They live in a developed country involved in a war.
They live in a developing country.
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Question 7
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Which of the following statements best define epidemiological transition?
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A change from morbidity due to a particular infectious disease to a different infectious disease
A change from mainly infectious diseases to chronic diseases
A change in infectious diseases caused by a difference in agent, host, or environment
A change in life spans of various age groups in a specific country
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Question 8
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Which of the following actions has been most effective in reducing HIV infections in some countries?
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ABC campaign
Free HIV immunizations
Religious leaders stressing abstinence or faithfulness in monogamous marriages
Public health workers distributing free condoms
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Question 9
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Which of the following strategies should be used to lower the risk of malaria among the world's population?
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Distribute insecticide-treated nets and antimalarial medications
Educate people to keep their windows closed at night
Spray neighborhoods with insecticides to kill any mosquitoes present
Spread DDT on bodies of water to prevent larva growth
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Question 10
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Which of the following statements best describes what tobacco companies have done to counter their losses resulting from U.S. efforts to decrease smoking tobacco?
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Begun advertising in more subtle ways such as sponsoring sports programs or building and naming large sport arenas
Bought off more restrictions on tobacco through the tobacco settlement funds, which gave a large amount of money to each state
Increased international exports and targeted children
Rapidly decreased their tobacco components and focused on other products
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Question 11
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Which of the following assumptions underlies the Declaration of Alma-Ata?
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Communities should be encouraged to cooperate with national health goals.
Gross inequalities and disparities will always exist.
Health is a fundamental human right.
Public health agencies are responsible to plan and take action to improve health.
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Question 12
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Which of the following best describes how the United Nations (UN) is able to implement its decisions?
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Asking for funding from all member nations to obtain appropriate resources
Through five permanent members of its security council
Sending military units to developing countries
Using its moral authority and world opinion
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Question 13
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Which of the following nongovernment organizations (NGOs) is active in improving health on a global scale?
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Carter Center
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Pan American Health Organization
UNICEF
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Question 14
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Which of the following nongovernmental groups has been expending millions of dollars to reduce the impact of infectious diseases with profound effect on prevention and treatment for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), and malaria?
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Carter Center
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Families for Freedom Foundation
Bradley Foundation
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Question 15
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Which of the following statements best describes how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) differs from its many peer agencies?
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It focuses primarily on prevention.
It is a uniquely American approach to problem resolution.
It responds to health emergencies.
It uses years of experience as the basis for its actions.
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Question 16
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Which of the following aspects of a developed country would be most worthwhile to be copied by a developing country?
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Education of health care professions
Health care reform policies to improve health care delivery
Advanced technology with its miracle interventions and cures
Our approach to rationing health care
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Question 17
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Which of the following aspects of health care could be learned by a developing country from a developed country?
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Acceptance of illness or disease as a learning experience
Effective ways to treat chronic disease
Use of healthy behaviors to prevent illness
Delivery of primary health care
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Question 18
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What was the importance of the Lalonde Report, which proposed the "health field concept" in 1974?
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It first called attention to the growing problem of air pollution.
It first emphasized the importance of basic hand washing.
It first emphasized influence of lifestyle and environment.
It was the first report that suggested a link between smoking and lung cancer.
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Question 19
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In what way is the U.S. approach to primary health care inconsistent with the World Health Organization (WHO) approach?
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Our primary health care system does not provide universal coverage to all citizens.
Most U.S. citizens can afford health care through employer insurance plans.
Tertiary care is preferred over primary care.
U.S. hospitals make maximum use of the newest and best technology.
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Question 20
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Which of the following would be the best example of service learning?
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Student nurses collecting gloves and coats to distribute to the homeless
Student nurses distributing food on plates at a "feed the hungry" site
Student nurses employed as nursing assistants for minimum wage on the weekends
Student nurses volunteering at the free clinic doing health assessments