Community Week 1 Exam - Nurses Revision

Welcome to your Community Week 1 Exam

May 15, 2025

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1. In which of the following orders, should a nurse attempt the process of community entry?

a) Learn, lie low, listen and look

b) Lie low, listen, look and learn

c) Listen, look, lie low and learn

d) Look, listen, lie low and learn

2. The type of prevention undertaken after treating a sick individual is called?

a) Disease prevention

b) Primary prevention

c) Secondary prevention

d) Tertiary prevention

3. Which of the following is an advantage of observation method used during community diagnoses?

a) Its time consuming

b) It gives an additional picture of the current picture

c) It causes bias

d) Information given is accurate

4. The formal process of going into the community following normal steps is?

a) Community mapping

b) Community capacity building

c) Community entry

d) Community mobilization

5. The best way to make community diagnoses is?

a) Carry out home visits

b) Attend village gatherings

c) Identify the audience

d) Talk to village leaders

6. Which of the following forms the structure of community-based health care?

a) Training community members

b) Leaders doing all the work

c) Community working together

d) Development committee

7. The major aim of health education activities is to;

a) Make a health plan for the community

b) Meet the needs of the community

c) Provide appropriate care to the community

d) Improve health of the community

8. The bottom-top approach which enables people become aware of their needs and problems and participation in activities is?

a) Community Health Care

b) Primary Health Care

c) Community Based Health Care

d) Personal and Community Health

9. Which of the following is the best group to identify and priorities community health problems

A. Health inspectors

B. Community residents

C. Health workers in the catchment area

D. Social workers

10. Which of the following is not relevant while choosing appropriate technology for a particular community?

A. Applicability

B. Environmental friendliness

C. Adaptability

D. Sophistication

11. Provision of adequate safe water to the community in primary health care is a

A. Pillar

B. Concept

C. Component

D. Strategy

12. Which of the following is an example collaboration in primary health care?

A. Team approach with other health workers

B. Support provide to run primary care by policy makers

C. Top bottom approach referral services

D. Linkage with other health related actors

13. When there is constant presence of a disease in a certain community, it is referred to as;

A. Endemic

B. Epidemic

C. Sporadic

D. Pandemic

14. Equity in primary health care means,

A. Treating people equally

B. Fair distribution of health care services

C. Equal distribution of funds

D. Keeping resources well

15. A nurse who assesses whether resource are maximized in the implementation of a primary health care program is evaluating the programs

A. Effectiveness

B. Efficiency

C. Impact

D. Outcome

16. In primary health care, material and child health services aim at,

A. Reducing material infant and childhood mortality and mobility

B. Immunizing infants and pre-school age children

C. Immunization of expectant mothers against tetanus

D. Giving prophylaxis against anemia and malaria.

17.Health care that meets the needs of the majority is said to be

a) Universal

b) Essential

c) Affordable

d) Accessible

18. Which of the following is not an indicator of community participation?

A. Community contributions

B. Utilization of local resources and services

C. Diversity of roles among community leaders

D. Soliciting for external support

19. Which of the following does NOT hinder mobilization of the community for various activities?

A. Insecurity

B. Corrupt leaders

C. Political interference

D. Decentralization

20. Which of the following is the initial step in home visiting?

A. Wash hands

B. Greet clients of household

C. Explains purpose of the visit

D. Ask about client health status

21. Which one of the following is NOT one of the main PHC themes that were considered and adopted at Alma Ata conference of 1978?

A. Multisectoral approach to health problems

B. Top bottom approach to health problems

C. Adoption and use of appropriate technology

D. Community participation in decision making

22. The role played by children in community health is,

A. Assisting health workers to give health education

B. Delivering instructions to their parents and family

C. Sharing what is in their homes with other children

D. Disseminating health messages to the community members

23. Which of the following stakeholders is a key focal person in implementation of community based health care programs?

A. Nurse

B. Health assistant

C. Village health team

D. Nursing assistant

24. The key approach to the primary disease prevention strategy is,

A. Aggressive intervention

B. Chemotherapy

C. Health education

D. Rehabilitation

25. Which of the following is NOT a role of nurse in community health?

A. Advocacy

B. Education

C. Provision of raw materials

D. Mentorship

26. A situation where a number of people in a given population develop a disease during a special period of time is termed as

A. Incidence

B. Prevalence

C. Sporadic

D. Pandemic

27. A Number of deaths under 1 year per 1000 registered live birth is

A. Neonatal mortality rate

B. Infant mortality rate

C. Perinatal mortality rate

D. Child mortality rate

28. Which of the following best defines the term epidemiology?

A. The study of frequency, distribution and determinants of health-related states.

B. The study of epidemics of infectious diseases in human population.

C. The study of diseases in Hospital.

D. The study of diseases and population trends in the community

29. The first step in community entry is;

A. Sensitization meeting

B. Preliminary study of the community

C. Identification of potential partners

D. None of the above

30. You know we cant forget to appreciate you for reaching this far, would some free marks work for you?

Yah, strike me with free marks

Nah, mama taught me to give free things to the needy

31. The process of assessing the achievement of PHC specific objectives is termed, ..............................?

32. The basic unit in the community that facilitates the promotion of individual health at household level is termed as ...........?

33. The focal person in CBHC is..................?

34. The principle of using minimum resources to achieve a given target is termed.......................?

35. The process of going into the community to obtain vital health information is called..................?

36. A pit latrine should be built.........................meters away from the water source.

37. When the Epidemiological Triad is constant in the community, the infectious disease becomes…………………………?

38. Community-Owned Resource Persons (CORPS) are selected and trained to assist the community in improving their health and facilitating ................................?

39. Think about how, eventually, all living things, like plants and animals, come to the end of their life. This natural process of living things coming to an end is called...........................?

40. Let's say 20 people get sick with a rare disease, and 4 of them don't survive. The ...................................... is 4 out of 20, which means 20% of the people who got sick with that disease passed away.