Deck 17: Health and Medicine Trivia

Question 1

If you encounter a person with a tattoo-like scar with fractal properties, also known as a Lichtenberg figure, this person has most likely encountered which of the following?

A) Poisoning
B) Burns
C) Lightning strike
D) Drug overdose

Answer 1

C

Question 2

What type of poisoning produces flulike symptoms, including headache, dizziness, weakness, upset stomach, vomiting, chest pain, and confusion?

A) Chlorine gas
B) Carbon dioxide
C) Sulfur dioxide
D) Carbon monoxide

Answer 2

D

Question 3

A person is delirious and disoriented with slow and labored breathing, pinpoint pupils, and a bluish color to the lips and nails. This could indicate an overdose of which of the following?

A) Alcohol
B) Heroin
C) Cocaine
D) Methamphetamine

Answer 3

B

Question 4

A person complains of knee pain, especially when sitting with bent knees, squatting, jumping, or using the stairs (especially going down stairs). This person could be suffering from which condition?

A) Plantar fasciitis
B) Bursitis
C) Achilles tendinopathy
D) Patellofemoral pain syndrome

Question 5

If a child has difficultly and/or pain when sitting or walking, it may be an indicator that this child may be suffering from which type of abuse?

A) Neglect
B) Sexual abuse
C) Physical abuse
D) Abusive head trauma

Question 6

An elderly person showing signs of sleep disturbance and weight loss could be suffering from which of the following medical conditions?

A) Dementia
B) Depression
C) Delirium
D) Anxiety

Question 7

Health care or therapy that is likely to be ineffective or, worse, that may cause increased pain or further damage to a patient's health and are usually undertaken as a last resort when a lesser treatment will result in death is referred to as which of the following?

A) Heroic treatment
B) Alternative treatment
C) Palliative treatment
D) Complementary treatment

Question 8

Once a patient's life expectancy has been deemed to be 6 months or less, the patient is now eligible for which type of care?

A) Hospice care
B) Palliative care
C) Long-term care
D) Complementary care

Question 9

A patient's laboratory test result reveals the presence of Reed-Sternberg cells. This finding indicates the presence of which condition?

A) Leukemia
B) Osteosarcoma
C) Hodgkin's lymphoma
D) Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Question 10

If the cancerous tumor is continuing to grow, potentially into a large tumor, but is not spreading to other areas of the body, this cancerous tumor is in which stage?

A) Stage 1
B) Stage 2
C) Stage 3
D) Stage 4

Question 11

One of the biggest advantages of __________ is that most allow members to see physician specialists directly without a referral from a primary care physician if the specialist is within the network.

A) indemnity plans
B) health maintenance organizations (HMO)
C) preferred provider organizations (PPO)
D) point of service plans (POS)

Question 12

Which part of Medicare (also called Medicare+Choice) enabled managed care companies to enter the Medicare market?

A) Medicare Part A
B) Medicare Part B
C) Medicare Part C
D) Medicare Part D

Question 13

Which of the following is the number one underlying cause of preventable morbidity and mortality around the world?

A) Obesity
B) Poverty
C) Tobacco use
D) Alcohol abuse

Question 14

Which unit of measurement, a measure now commonly used by global health researchers, measures the overall disease burden of a condition on society?

A) Incidence
B) Prevalence
C) Mortality rate
D) Disability-adjusted life years

Question 15

Based on the social-ecological model, _______-level factors that influence diabetes include genetics, weight, diet, exercise, and medication compliance.

A) individual
B) interpersonal
C) institutional
D) community

Question 16

The most dangerous time in an abusive relationship is:

A) in the beginning.
B) about 2 to 3 months after the relationship begins.
C) after 6 months.
D) when it is ending.

Question 17

Which group has the highest homicide rates, by race?

A) American Indian/Alaska Natives
B) Asian Pacific Islander
C) African Americans
D) Hispanics

Question 18

Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death for people aged 1 to 44 years. Of deaths due to automobile crashes, 71% were males and 29% were among females.

Question 19

According to the CDC, adult seat belts are one way to save lives and reduce injuries if there is a crash, but they have many other recommendations as well.

Question 20

When people are walking and talking or texting on their mobile phone, it isn't a problem. Because they aren't driving, their situational awareness, attention, and behavior simply aren't as important.

Question 21

Most people who have drug problems have regular lives-school or jobs, friends and families.

Question 22

Child maltreatment is a problem in the United States and around the world. In addition to abuse and neglect, issues also include child labor, trafficking, sexual exploitation, female genital mutilation, and child marriage.

Question 23

A person who uses lies or alcohol to persuade someone to engage in sexual activity has not obtained real consent.

Question 24

Currently, the homicide (murder) rate in the United States is at the lowest level since 1963.

Question 25

Firearms are used in 24% of murders?

Question 26

Adults aged 25 to 36 years have the highest homicide rate.

Question 27

Children are more vulnerable to pesticide exposure than adults.

Question 28

The adverse effects of climate change will not be distributed evenly across populations. Currently, there is unequal access to resources. People, who are poor, with food insecurity and in places of conflict and high rates of disease, will fare worse than those with more resources.

Question 29

Valuing diversity is an important part of cultural competence.

Question 30

Female genital mutilation and cutting is more common among adolescents than among middle-aged women.

Question 31

The amount of sunlight the earth receives is significantly more than is needed to supply the entire world with energy.

Question 32

Nuclear energy has the least effect on Earth's atmosphere because it does not discharge carbon dioxide, which is the primary greenhouse gas.

Question 33

Nearly all hospice centers in the United States are certified by Medicaid and are reimbursed by the Medicaid hospice benefit.

Question 34

The increase in the prevalence of conditions such as obesity, diabetes, and heart disease is an ironic byproduct of an increasingly prosperous and Westernized world.

Question 35

Type 2 diabetes, the most common form of diabetes, occurs because the pancreas is producing too little or no insulin.

Question 36

Exercises in which you start and stop are more likely to trigger asthma than exercises in which your heart rate and breathing rate are continuously raised for a sustained period of time.

Question 37

The United States spends more money as a percentage of its economy on medical care, and yet, on many measures of population health, it continues to experience worse outcomes than most European countries on many indicators.

Question 38

Because of how contagious it is, a single person affected by tuberculosis will often infect as many as 15 other people during a period of a few months or as long as a year.

Question 39

Public health institutions take an ecological approach to understanding and improving individual, family, and community health.

Question 40

Match the person with his contribution to public health:
-Alexander Fleming

A) Father of epidemiology
B) Discovered antibiotics
C) Creator of smallpox vaccine
D) Realized the importance of handwashing to prevent spread of disease

Question 41

Match the person with his contribution to public health:
-Edward Jenner

A) Father of epidemiology
B) Discovered antibiotics
C) Creator of smallpox vaccine
D) Realized the importance of handwashing to prevent spread of disease

Question 42

Match the person with his contribution to public health:
-Ignaz Semmelweis

A) Father of epidemiology
B) Discovered antibiotics
C) Creator of smallpox vaccine
D) Realized the importance of handwashing to prevent spread of disease

Question 43

Match the person with his contribution to public health:
-John Snow

A) Father of epidemiology
B) Discovered antibiotics
C) Creator of smallpox vaccine
D) Realized the importance of handwashing to prevent spread of disease

Question 44

Match the tendon injury with the correct definition.
-Tendinosis

A) A more general term that does not suggest the pathology of the injury
B) A pathology of chronic degeneration without inflammation
C) A tendon injury that involves an acute injury with inflammation

Question 45

Match the tendon injury with the correct definition.
-Tendinopathy

A) A more general term that does not suggest the pathology of the injury
B) A pathology of chronic degeneration without inflammation
C) A tendon injury that involves an acute injury with inflammation

Question 46

Match the tendon injury with the correct definition.
-Tendinitis

A) A more general term that does not suggest the pathology of the injury
B) A pathology of chronic degeneration without inflammation
C) A tendon injury that involves an acute injury with inflammation

Question 47

Match each type of abuse with the correct definition.
-Neglect

A) Without consent, the perpetrator touches the victim's body in a sexual way or forces the victim to have sex.
B) May be intentional or not; occurs when a parent or caregiver fails to provide a child or elderly person with the basic needs such as love, food, shelter, adequate supervision, and/or medical care.
C) Hurting the victim by hitting, slapping, shoving, pushing, biting, kick or burning, as well as throwing things and hurting animals.
D) When a person is deprived of love, affection, and attention or when the perpetrator continually speaks in a negative or hurtful way and makes the victim feel worthless.

Question 48

Match each type of abuse with the correct definition.
-Emotional

A) Without consent, the perpetrator touches the victim's body in a sexual way or forces the victim to have sex.
B) May be intentional or not; occurs when a parent or caregiver fails to provide a child or elderly person with the basic needs such as love, food, shelter, adequate supervision, and/or medical care.
C) Hurting the victim by hitting, slapping, shoving, pushing, biting, kick or burning, as well as throwing things and hurting animals.
D) When a person is deprived of love, affection, and attention or when the perpetrator continually speaks in a negative or hurtful way and makes the victim feel worthless.

Question 49

Match each type of abuse with the correct definition.
-Physical

A) Without consent, the perpetrator touches the victim's body in a sexual way or forces the victim to have sex.
B) May be intentional or not; occurs when a parent or caregiver fails to provide a child or elderly person with the basic needs such as love, food, shelter, adequate supervision, and/or medical care.
C) Hurting the victim by hitting, slapping, shoving, pushing, biting, kick or burning, as well as throwing things and hurting animals.
D) When a person is deprived of love, affection, and attention or when the perpetrator continually speaks in a negative or hurtful way and makes the victim feel worthless.

Question 50

Match each type of abuse with the correct definition.
-Sexual

A) Without consent, the perpetrator touches the victim's body in a sexual way or forces the victim to have sex.
B) May be intentional or not; occurs when a parent or caregiver fails to provide a child or elderly person with the basic needs such as love, food, shelter, adequate supervision, and/or medical care.
C) Hurting the victim by hitting, slapping, shoving, pushing, biting, kick or burning, as well as throwing things and hurting animals.
D) When a person is deprived of love, affection, and attention or when the perpetrator continually speaks in a negative or hurtful way and makes the victim feel worthless.

Question 51

Match the essential public health service with its core function.
-Assessment

A) Continuous evaluation of programs
B) Education and training for all public health care providers
C) Enforcement of health codes for restaurants
D) Epidemiologic surveillance, laboratory support
E) Facilitating community and project advisory groups to promote health F) Health promotion campaigns and social marketing
G) Increase access to care
H) Leadership development and health system planning
I) Links with academic institutions and capacity building
J) Vital statistics and health status of citizens

Question 52

Match the essential public health service with its core function.
-Policy development

A) Continuous evaluation of programs
B) Education and training for all public health care providers
C) Enforcement of health codes for restaurants
D) Epidemiologic surveillance, laboratory support
E) Facilitating community and project advisory groups to promote health F) Health promotion campaigns and social marketing
G) Increase access to care
H) Leadership development and health system planning
I) Links with academic institutions and capacity building
J) Vital statistics and health status of citizens

Question 53

Match the essential public health service with its core function.
-Assurance

A) Continuous evaluation of programs
B) Education and training for all public health care providers
C) Enforcement of health codes for restaurants
D) Epidemiologic surveillance, laboratory support
E) Facilitating community and project advisory groups to promote health F) Health promotion campaigns and social marketing
G) Increase access to care
H) Leadership development and health system planning
I) Links with academic institutions and capacity building
J) Vital statistics and health status of citizens

Question 54

The social-ecological model helps to understand the origins of gender-based violence. This approach theorizes that violence has multiple causes from a combination of personal, situational, and societal factors. Match the strategy with the level from the social-ecological model.
-Legislation to encourage employers to offer family leave options and paternity as well as maternity leave

A) Individual
B) Relationship/interpersonal
C) Community
D) Societal

Question 55

The social-ecological model helps to understand the origins of gender-based violence. This approach theorizes that violence has multiple causes from a combination of personal, situational, and societal factors. Match the strategy with the level from the social-ecological model.
-In-home programs that teach parents age-appropriate infant and toddler behavior and skills for age-appropriate infant and toddler care

A) Individual
B) Relationship/interpersonal
C) Community
D) Societal

Question 56

The social-ecological model helps to understand the origins of gender-based violence. This approach theorizes that violence has multiple causes from a combination of personal, situational, and societal factors. Match the strategy with the level from the social-ecological model.
-A peer-to-peer program that teaches youth how they can promote positive dating models within their circle of friends

A) Individual
B) Relationship/interpersonal
C) Community
D) Societal

Question 57

The social-ecological model helps to understand the origins of gender-based violence. This approach theorizes that violence has multiple causes from a combination of personal, situational, and societal factors. Match the strategy with the level from the social-ecological model.
-A city that develops safe recreational areas for residents

A) Individual
B) Relationship/interpersonal
C) Community
D) Societal

Question 58

The social-ecological model helps to understand the origins of gender-based violence. This approach theorizes that violence has multiple causes from a combination of personal, situational, and societal factors. Match the strategy with the level from the social-ecological model.
-Classroom-based health curriculums that teach students in developmentally appropriate ways to cope with loss and disappointment, as well as learn the warning signs for depression

A) Individual
B) Relationship/interpersonal
C) Community
D) Societal

Question 59

The social-ecological model helps to understand the origins of gender-based violence. This approach theorizes that violence has multiple causes from a combination of personal, situational, and societal factors. Match the strategy with the level from the social-ecological model.
-A national media campaign to create awareness and change societal norms about the way people think concerning violence

A) Individual
B) Relationship/interpersonal
C) Community
D) Societal

Question 60

The social-ecological model helps to understand the origins of gender-based violence. This approach theorizes that violence has multiple causes from a combination of personal, situational, and societal factors. Match the strategy with the level from the social-ecological model.
-Relationship workshops for couples to work on respectful communication strategies

A) Individual
B) Relationship/interpersonal
C) Community
D) Societal

Question 61

The social-ecological model helps to understand the origins of gender-based violence. This approach theorizes that violence has multiple causes from a combination of personal, situational, and societal factors. Match the strategy with the level from the social-ecological model.
-School-based programs that help students at various developmental stages acquire the necessary social, emotional and behavioral skills to build positive relationships

A) Individual
B) Relationship/interpersonal
C) Community
D) Societal

Question 62

Which has a stronger impact on the health of individuals, medical care or social and preventive services?

Question 63

A unit of susceptibility to injury equal to one athlete participating in one game or practice in which the athlete encounters the possibility of athletic injury is referred to as _____________.

Question 64

While the most serious consequence of ___________________ is death, an infant can lose his or her hearing, or become blind or mentally retarded as a result.

Question 65

In the words of a child psychologist, "____________________ is probably the most pervasive and devastating form of abuse that any child can endure. It will last longest and affect more areas of functioning in a child's life than had the child simply been abused or molested."

Question 66

____________________ is the cause of most global warming, making it the most important greenhouse gas.

Question 67

Although _____________________ (a marker of smoke exposure that can be measured in blood, saliva, and urine) levels have declined in all racial and ethnic groups, data from the CDC's National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey show that levels are higher among non-Hispanic Black Americans than non-Hispanic White Americans and Mexican Americans.

Question 68

Approximately two-thirds of colleges and universities are out of compliance with the ________________, which requires all colleges and universities to keep and disclose information about crimes on and near their campuses.

Question 69

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has no definition for the term ______________; however, the agency allows its use to describe food that does not contain added color, artificial flavors, or synthetic substances.

Question 70

Rather than giving medicine to cure a disease, one goal of ______________ medicine is to help patients manage pain and other uncomfortable symptoms that often accompany the dying process.

Question 71

If you think someone may be having a stroke, use the acronym _______________ to check.

Question 72

The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) defines ____________________ medicine as that which is practiced by holders of MD and DO degrees and by allied health professionals, such as physical therapists, psychologists, and registered nurses.

Question 73

A fundamental principle of health insurance is _________________, which is how insurance companies determine how much the plan member pays through premiums compared to how much is spent on deductibles, coinsurance, or copayments.

Question 74

___________________, a combination of several medicines used to slow the rate that HIV replicates in the body, has been effective in preventing the onset of AIDS.

Question 75

__________________-transmitted diseases, such as malaria and Zika, are examples of how our increasingly connected globe, growing urbanization, and accelerating climate change have led to the spread of previously restricted vectors from small geographic pockets to locations all around the world.

Question 76

Although there are quasi-governmental organizations in areas other than health, the main health-related quasi-governmental organization is the __________________.

Question 77

__________________ refers to the ability to honor and respect the beliefs, language, interpersonal styles, and behaviors of individuals and families.

Question 78

Explain the difference between endemic, epidemic, and pandemic.

Question 79

Explain the concept of herd immunity.

Question 80

Eradication of infectious diseases means that there are no cases of the disease in the population. What five factors make it possible to eradicate a disease?