Health Education and Admin Flashcards
Which of the following is most important for the individual who is moving to a higher position of administrative responsibility?
a. Increase technical skills.
b. Increase conceptual skills.
c. Increase humanistic skills.
d. Increase technical skills and decrease conceptual skills.
e. Increase humanistic skills and decrease technical skills.
B
Which part of the following programs within a state health department is described as part of a staff organization as opposed to line organization?
a. Maternal and child health.
b. Communicable disease control.
c. Environmental health.
d. Data processing.
e. Emergency medical service.
D
Which of the following best describes the major role of a first line supervisor?
a. Interpret agency policy to employees under his supervision.
b. Establish agency policy.
c. Reprimand employees who violate agency procedures.
d. Praise employees who routinely follow agency procedures.
e. Scrutinize daily work schedule to be sure that his work unit performs at the same level as other work units in the agency.
A
Which of the following is NOT a step in performing group problem-solving task roles?
a. Harmonizing.
b. Defining the problem.
c. Listing alternatives.
d. Obtaining facts.
e. Eliminating undesirable solutions.
A
Most instances requiring the disciplining of personnel come after a failure of some kind on the part of:
a. employment agency.
b. management.
c. employees.
d. labor unions.
e. government.
B
The most important facet of effective personnel management is:
a. appearance.
b. communication.
c. training.
d. socialization.
e. facilities.
B
Research studies show that the group discussion method of inducing behavioral change is generally:
a. less effective than the lecture method because it requires the participants to make a public commitment.
b. more effective with uneducated groups while the lecture method is more effective with college level backgrounds.
c. more effective than a lecture because it more readily facilitates decision and group consensus.
d. less effective than the lecture method because the lecture enables a fuller, more organized presentation of the relevant arguments.
e. more effective than the lecture because interpersonal differences contribute to and develop leadership through group discussion.
C
It is essential to involve lay citizens in public health planning because it:
a. is the only means of providing for the adequate financial support of health agencies.
b. provides an unexcelled source of publicity for the health department.
c. most nearly guarantees that the program will be based on the needs of the people.
d. enables the health department to carry out its preference of basing actions on the expressed desires of the people.
e. is the most efficient method of disseminating information to the community.
C
Which of the following methods is most likely to yield reliable information on the health attitudes held in a community?
a. Questionnaires filled out by high school and church classes.
b. Correspondence received in response to a radio appeal.
c. Direct interviews made with a random adult sample.
d. Informal interviews with key personalities.
e. Reports from doctors and nurses about their patients.
C
Which of the following best describes how the health department budget benefits the health of the community?
a. Time budget.
b. Organizational chart.
c. Geographical distribution of expenditures.
d. Geographical distribution of staff.
e. Performance budget.
E
Educational and experience requirements in position classifications should be written:
a. at a point which will admit all candidates who will have a good probability of performing the duties of the classification.
b. at a point which will exclude candidates who have not achieved specific degrees and a specific number of years of experience in the field with which the work is concerned.
c. at the lowest level possible to insure that no candidates who possess even a remote possibility of passing the examination will be excluded.
d. at the highest level justifiable to insure that candidates will have obtained professional or educational status to enable them to be accepted by their associates in their new job.
e. in broad general terms to encourage applications by candidates from related fields.
A
In a system of administrative management which allows each manager in an organization the broadest possible scope, most decisions should be made:
a. by staff advisors of the top administrative level.
b. at the lowest level in the organization.
c. at the highest administrative level in the organization.
d. only at the level at which they will be implemented.
e. at a level as close as possible to the level at which they will be implemented.
E
Each state in the United States has the inherent power to enact and enforce laws to protect and promote the health of its people. This power is generally referred to as:
a. police power.
b. delegated power.
c. constitutional prerogative.
d. community welfare.
e. states rights.
A
Recommendation for the disposition of animal by-products at U.S. Ports of Entry is the responsibility of:
a. U.S. Customs Service.
b. USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service - veterinary services.
c. USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service - plant protection and quarantine.
d. Foreign Agriculture Service.
e. State Department of Agriculture of the state in which the port of entry is located.
B
Which of the following is NOT one of the four stages in a system of reporting communicable diseases?
a. Reporting by national health authority to the world organizations for certain prescribed diseases.
b. Collection of basic data in local community where disease occurs.
c. Collection of total information under national auspices.
d. Publication of summary data in MMWR.
e. Assembling of data at district or state level.
D
The authority and responsibility to enforce laws and regulations pertaining to exporting livestock from the United States rests with:
a. U.S. Customs Service.
b. Department of Commerce.
c. USDA Animal and Plant Inspection Service - veterinary services.
d. Agriculture Research Service.
e. Packers and Stockyards Administration.
C
Which of the following agencies has been delegated the authority and responsibility for controlling the interstate movement of livestock in the United States?
a. Veterinary service of State Department of Agriculture.
b. Packers and Stockyards Administration.
c. U.S. Department of Commerce.
d. USDA Animal and Plant Inspection Service - veterinary services.
e. USDA Food Safety & Quality Service.
D
