INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING

QUESTION 1

For each of the following multiple choice questions, select the most appropriate answer. Write
the question number and the letter representing the answer e.g. l.C

1.1     The following are the basic elements of community health practice EXCEPT:

A.      Promotion of health

B.       Disease prevention

C.       Research

D.        Illness-wellness continuum

1.1     To effectively develop relationships and maintain good social health, individuals must be
willing to:

A.      Give of themselves

B.       Establish a sense of ownership

C.       Raise levels of self-esteem

D. Have high level of intimacy

1.1     The following are the characteristics of a healthy relationship EXCEPT:

A.      Trust

B.       Respect

C.       Acceptance

D.      Reciprocacity

1.2      A communicable disease that is worldwide in distribution is said to be….. …

A.      Sporadic

B.       Endemic

C.       Pandemic

D.      Epidemic

1.1     The following are the three common dimensions of community health EXCEPT:

1.1     Cockroaches;

A.      Bite and transmit diseases

B.       Bite but do not transmit diseases

C.       Do not bite but transmit diseases

D.      Do not bite and do not transmit diseases                                                             (1)

1.2             Housefly (Musca domestica) is a vector of;

A.      Louse-borne typhus, relapsing fever and trench fever

B.       Poliomyelitis, typhoid fever, and parasitic worms

C.       Bubonic fever, yellow fever, and parasitic worms

D.      Typhoid fever, poliomyelitis, and bubonic fever                                                (1)

1.11.       Anopheles mosquito will breed;

A.      In fresh as well as in polluted water, particularly on edges of ponds and streams,

and in marshes.

B.      In anything holding water clean or fairly clean water such as domestic water, storage
containers, and flower pots

C.       In polluted water such as in drains, pit latrines, sewage ponds, etc

D.      In long grass and vegetation around the house

1.12.       Anopheles mosquito is nocturnal and therefore they will bite a person during;

A.      The night

B.       The day

C.       Late afternoon

D.      Early morning