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CPHN Exam 2 Practice Questions

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Bob started smoking 10 years ago after his divorce and smoked about .75 packs/day. Bob sees his uncle at a family event who has advanced stage lung cancer and was a long time smoker. Seeing his uncle struggle to breathe and the wasted appearance of his body distressed Bob. Bob decides to quit smoking using nicotine gum, regular gum, and an online smoking cessation support group. Currently, Bob has not smoked a cigarette for more than 6 months and stopped using all nicotine gum 6 weeks ago. According to the Extended Parallel Processing Model, Bob engaged in danger control processes and this meant that Bob:

A. Felt high efficacy to reduce risk of lunch cancer which produced a change in behavior (quitting smoking).
B. Adopted a fatalistic fear response to the health information
C. Acted in a response to feelings of lack of control
D. Experiences a cyclic pattern of fear response and low efficacy.
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Screening is an appropriate secondary prevention intervention for environmental hazards such as lead and radon.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
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Jamie goes to student health for a PAP smear and reproductive health exam. The provider tells Jamie that the sensitivity of the PAP smear test is 82%. Which of the following statements below would explain to Jamie the potential for a false positive result?

A. About 1 in 20 (18%) times the test will say you do not have cancer cells present when you actually do have cancer cells present.
B. About 1 in 5 (82%) times the test will say you have cancer cells present when you do not.
C. About 1 in 20 (18%) times the test will say you have cancer cells present when you do not.
D. About 1 in 5 (82%) times the test will say you do not have cancer cells present when you actually do have cancer cells present.
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Low health literacy impacts the disease course of cancer by:

A. Persons may not know their symptoms could indicate cancer and may delay these persons in seeking health care.
B. People may not understand the treatment options and choose less effective treatment.
C. People may not understand treatment instructions (e.g. medications) and have uncontrolled symptoms that may end in hospitalizations or need critical care.
D. All of the above.
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nurse is teaching a client about how to complete a dressing change of a wound. How can the nurse know that learning has taken place?

A. Must be able to speak the language of the nurse, have time to practice the dressing change, and master the dressing change in a short time..
B. Must have the necessary motor ability, a sensory image of how to carry out the dressing change, and an opportunity to practice the dressing change.
C. Must master the dressing change at the time it is taught, repeat the demonstration for the nurse, and teach another person.
D. Must be able to memorize the instructions, relay this information to a partner, and demonstrate the dressing change.